For the past 4 months our server has had a a very serious problem that is killing our player base. Basically at random on a map change 4 or so people get disconnected from the server. We've tried various different configurations, and they've not seem to have any affect. AMX, AMXX, AdminMod, MetaMod, MetaModX, Vanilla, and combinations there of haven't changed the problem.

Here's the current server setup:
Win2k Dedicated Server
T1 Internet Connection
AMXX .16
MetaModX
Latest HLDS (forget how to find the version number)

MetaMod Plugins:
win32 addons/amxx/dlls/amxx_mm.dll
win32 addons/unstuck/mm_unstuck.dll
win32 addons/serverops/dlls/mm_serverops.dll

AMXX Plugins:
Admin Base 0.16 AMXX Dev Team admin.amx running
Admin Commands 0.16 AMXX Dev Team admincmd.amx running
Admin Help 0.16 AMXX Dev Team adminhelp.amx running
Slots Reservation 0.16 AMXX Dev Team adminslots.amx running
Menus Front-End 0.16 AMXX Dev Team menufront.amx running
Commands Menu 0.16 AMXX Dev Team cmdmenu.amx running
Players Menu 0.16 AMXX Dev Team plmenu.amx running
Maps Menu 0.16 AMXX Dev Team mapsmenu.amx running
Anti Flood 0.16 AMXX Dev Team antiflood.amx running
Admin Chat 0.16 AMXX Dev Team adminchat.amx running
Admin Votes 0.16 AMXX Dev Team adminvote.amx running
TimeLeft 0.16 AMXX Dev Team timeleft.amx running
Info. Messages 0.16 AMXX Dev Team imessage.amx running
Pause Plugins 0.16 AMXX Dev Team pausecfg.amx running
Unchain 1.7 mE @ psix.info me_unchain.amx running
Display rules on 1.00 [TeamHoward]Papa ServerRules.amx running
NsX-NS 0.11 devicenull nsx_ns.amx running
Bugged Player Fix 1.0 Head crab amxx-psbh-fix1. running
NS Reserve Kicker 1.0 mahnsawce ns_reservekick running

As I mentioned, though, this problem persists regardless of what configuration we try. It looks like it's an error in steam, but I've played on a number of servers that do not have this problem. Any clue as to what is going on?

-Brackhar

thats not a problem by mod or plug
its ns himself. u can delete eveery plug. i dont know whats happen.
but i think it could a client bug or map bug

Well, I don't believe it's a map bug, as it seems to occur randomly. Also, we only play the default maps.

If it were a client bug, then I would expect it to occur on all servers. But when I play on NSArmslab, for instance, it does not.

-Brackhar

Make sure your using crashfix, its a client side command that crashes half or less of the people on your server.

http://www.modns.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=581

The server I run had this problem, this seemed to have fixed it.


Also try to get a clean copy of Steam HLDS by only installing the update tool and updateding a new directory. This way you will be getting the latest files for everything with no "clutter" left.


BTW. is this for PT servers?

sv_timeout 100 could effect it, on some servers e.g. Mr men server I take a long tim to connect (over the 60 second timeout) whereas on others I connect fine, not sure why but sv_timeout 100 is a good setting anyway

sv_timeout 100 didn't seem to make a difference, as far as I can tell. I don't think that crash fix you mentioned will fix the problem either, but I'll try it later tonight.

Also, I'm not referring to the client 57 error. Steam just hangs on "Connecting to Server" after a level change.

-Brackhar

I dont think this will make a difference but here.

This is a new Metamod version, it works very well and is stable.

http://forums.unitedadmins.com/index.php?showtopic=39088

It was a common problem a few months ago, now people just tend to live with it.

hmm This seems to be happening to the 2 NS server I run, Any update?

Same problem 1 month ago on a server from NS-FR. Maybe u can ask an admin to know how to resolve it ! #ns-fr on Qnet