Dedicated server without Steam installed?

[Shivian]

I have a beta server running fine on my local machine, but I want to move it to a dedicated box on my local network. Do I need to buy another copy of the game on a new account to host, or can I run a dedicated server without steam installed?

 

[Major_Day]

You don't need Steam to run a dedicated server, just transfer the files over, and then re-run the HLDS update tool to make sure nothing got corrupted.
Their is an update due in the next few days so you will need the server tool shortly anyway.

 

[Shivian]

I assumed you needed to be logged into steam, but it must be something with my server settings. When running the dedicated server on a machine logged into steam things go perfectly, but on a machine without steam logged in the server will throw a bunch of errors and basically not work at all.
I'll keep an eye out for the new tool, thanks for the heads up.

 

[Major_Day]

The update was released a few hours ago.

 

[carter.s]

Gotta run the redist.

Shouldn't be using steam for the server files at all either, use hlds.