Maps features

[half-lifeer]

Hello, i have two questions:

1. In the multiplayer we have a bug, when on the server more than 3 players - maps are skipping for no reason. Is it a bug in engine? Did you catch it whenever?

2. Could you change an extensions of air-control/movement speed/gravity for each map, because now its only for server running settings.

[DreamyCecil]

1. I'm not familiar with this. If you have any recording of it, or even a demo file, that'd be helpful.

2. I'm not gonna adjust any settings for any map because they are supposed to be optional patch-exclusive features. Any server operator can dynamically toggle them themself by using the following commands or by putting these commands in the "init" config for each round on a dedicated server (assuming gex_bEnable has been turned on before starting the server):

pck_GameplayExtNumber("UnlimitedAirControl", 1.0); // Enable
pck_GameplayExtNumber("UnlimitedAirControl", 0.0); // Disable
pck_GameplayExtNumber("MoveSpeed", 2.0); // Double movement speed
pck_GameplayExtNumber("GravityAcc", 0.5); // Half gravity acceleration

You can toggle gameplay extensions during the game too by using the "Enable" property instead of setting up gex_bEnable = 1 for the server.

[half-lifeer]

1. Here is the half of log file and begin.ini of that issue.
   server.log
   14_begin(ini).txt

2. You mean that i cannot put pck_GameplayExtNumber("UnlimitedAirControl", 1.0); in the begin.ini? Only for init.ini (server's config) ? Because i tried to use this commands in begin.ini (for each maps) and nothing happend. Am i right that its command only client-use? But why?

[DreamyCecil]

1. I cannot recreate the level change bug with more than 3 people on the server, even when using the provided round config. It could be something written in the main server config that's causing the issue or an extra plugin, if you have any written specifically for the server. The log isn't telling me anything useful, it's only replacing the item entities based on the round settings.

2. I guess you can't actually put the packet functions in the round begin configs because they are executed prior to any game, so you should be able to just modify gameplay extensions by using the commands directly, just like in the main server config, i.e. gex_bUnlimitedAirControl = 1;.
   These commands are server-side and are synchronized between all clients. But since there are no clients and not even any simulation running between the round changes, they don't affect anything.

[half-lifeer]

1. Need a time to confirm that cause and effect. I think we need a test with a short map time, and trying to catch these "bug" command.

2. Just tried to set for the first map gex_fMoveSpeed=20, thats works. The second map has these settings too (gex_fMoveSpeed=20). Set to seconds map ini gex_fMoveSpeed=1 (first keep to 20). Starts the round > first map speed 20, second map 20, nothing changed. Guess if i set this command, its become unchangeable.

[half-lifeer]

So, I tried to run gex_bUnlimitedAirControl = 1; in the end.ini file, and it does not work - here's the issue in the log:

end of round---------------------------
Executing: 'Scripts\Dedicated\FM1\2_end.ini'
Cannot change the value of this shell symbol while the server is running!

NOTE: Restarting server!

If I put it in begin.ini, it becomes unchangeable. Every round it inherits the first value. The server cannot use different "gex" values on different maps.