[SM9]

Edict Overflow Prevention[v2.9]

DESCRIPTION:
Edict Overflow Prevention simply prevents 2048 edicts mark being hit thus stopping the server from crashing, its in no way a fix for this problem, infact its very hacky, so I would recommend using it as a temporary solution.

CREDITS:

• Tylerst & Oshizu - Inspiration.
• Everyone else thats helped me in the scripting forums.

Servers running this plugin (GameMonitor)
Servers running this plugin (GameTracker)

Enjoy!

[GsiX]

Its not wise kill an entity when they are being created..
requestframe() instead or timer..

[floube]

Originally Posted by GsiX Its not wise kill an entity when they are being created.. requestframe() instead or timer..

Or hook SDKHook_Spawn and return Plugin_Stop?

[SM9]

I'm sorry people, Versions 0.1 - 0.4 were unstable. Please use latest version in main post.

[PCDrivers]

It's useful, but the best would be to restart the map with a "changelevel".

Ideally, would be able to reset the identifiers of entities, because using that plugin, the map does not work as it was made.

Thanks 4 the idea

[TUSK3N1337]

Can someone explain this in a nooby way? I see that the plugin make it only go up to a certain amount of edicts and it prevents the server from crashing. When is this happening? Why does this happen?

Is there any downsides of having this plugin?

Does It help running it on a CSGO Server?

[PC Gamer]

I've been running Edict Overflow Fix version 0.2 for over 24 hours. Result = Zero Server Crashes, even after significant stress testing. I'm a bit reluctant to upgrade to version 0.5 since version 0.2 worked flawlessly so far. However, I'll follow your recommendation to upgrade to version 0.5 now.

Thanks much for a plugin that so far has helped me to avoid what used to be frequent server crashes.

Edit: After using version 0.5 for 6 hours, the server crashed twice. Is there any chance you could repost an earlier version?

[Oshizu]

Originally Posted by TUSK3N1337 Can someone explain this in a nooby way? I see that the plugin make it only go up to a certain amount of edicts and it prevents the server from crashing. When is this happening? Why does this happen? Is there any downsides of having this plugin? Does It help running it on a CSGO Server?

Hi,

This issue is caused by server having too many entities on map
There is limit of 2048 entities with edicts associated.
Entities like players, weapons, hats, npcs, projectiles etc.
If it reaches 2048th entity and server will try to spawn 2049th then srcds shall crash

This issue happens because valve setup entity limit for Team Fortress 2 for 2048 edicts
Edicts defined as edict_t in engine a la ("entity dictionary") is an interface structure (struct) that allows entities to cross the client/server.
Edicts are mostly used to synchronize server and client's
Assuming that it would be possible: If merasmus entity were to suddenly to lose it's edict and server would call later function to change merasmus skin then client's wouldn't be able to see difference cause nothing told client's game that merasmus skin should be different now. Yet if you'd check server-side way merasmus skin then it'd be that one it was changed to server-side way.

[SM9]

Originally Posted by PC Gamer I've been running Edict Overflow Fix version 0.2 for over 24 hours. Result = Zero Server Crashes, even after significant stress testing. I'm a bit reluctant to upgrade to version 0.5 since version 0.2 worked flawlessly so far. However, I'll follow your recommendation to upgrade to version 0.5 now. Thanks much for a plugin that so far has helped me to avoid what used to be frequent server crashes. Edit: After using version 0.5 for 6 hours, the server crashed twice. Is there any chance you could repost an earlier version?

Alright man, Sorry to hear you are having crashes.
As requested version 0.2 is now attached under edictoverflowfix_advanced.

[PC Gamer]

Thanks for reposting version 0.2. I'll install it and will report back if anything crashes.