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 simply run `./copy-cfgs.sh` and it will copy the `server.cfg` files.
 
 You can also run `./install-services.sh` to install the systemd service files.
+**Do edit them first**, they assume the dedicated server sits in `~/halflife` under the user `debian`. They're all basically a variation of the `freehl-valve.service`, there may be a way to streamline gamedir variations of one service but I am by no means a systemd nerd.
 
 From then on you can enable them all like this: