[phoenix0001]

sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
9.0 version of this problem will occur, the 8.0 version of this problem occurs very low frequency
I also have this problem, so I replaced the 8.0 version

[Sunyata]

Interesting to see that phoenix0001 is also having the same issue as me, and just not me having the issue alone here.

@Mi.Cura
I installed the plugin you suggested for blocking the "difficulty" vote, that plugin works great btw. But I'd thought perhaps that blocking the voting system would somehow solve my issue (as per post 29 above) and that Crasher_3637's plugin would start to work correctly. But it still didn't fix the problem for me.

Can anyone else here give me any pointers/help to solving this problem I'm having -- or is the plugin itself just not coded properly?

[Mi.Cura]

Sometimes it happens on my servers as well.

Perhaps the plugin fails to count players a few times, and the difficulty does not change.

The plugin does not show LOG errors

I would say it works in 90% of the time, sometimes I have to restart the server to get back to working

Even so, it's a very good plugin. very useful.

[Sunyata]

This plugin has great potential in my view, and as you say, and it's just a pity the plugin fails every so often. I'd say it works roughly 30% of the time for me - that's on both my Linux l4d1 and Windows l4d2 servers.

If I was a coder, I'd have a crack at fixing this plugin myself.

[cravenge]

Instead of resetting the client count every time a player joins/leaves, why not just hook "round_start" event, create a 1 second repeating timer, and do the plugin's magic there?

Example:

PHP Code:

// ...
bool bStopCounting;
// ...

public void OnPluginStart()
{
    // ...
    
    HookEvent("round_start", OnRoundStart);
    
    HookEvent("round_end", OnRoundEvents);
    HookEvent("finale_win", OnRoundEvents);
    HookEvent("mission_lost", OnRoundEvents);
    HookEvent("map_transition", OnRoundEvents);
}

public void OnRoundStart(Event event, const char[] name, bool dontBroadcast)
{
   bStopCounting = false;
   
   CreateTimer(1.0, CountAllHumanPlayers, _, TIMER_REPEAT);
}

public Action CountAllHumanPlayers(Handle timer)
{
    if (bStopCounting)
    {
        return Plugin_Stop;
    }
    
    // Put the plugin's magic here...
    return Plugin_Continue;
}

public void OnRoundEvents(Event event, const char[] name, bool dontBroadcast)
{
   if (!bStopCounting)
   {
       bStopCounting = true;
   }
}

int GetHumanCount()
{
    int iCount = 0;
    for (int i = 1; i <= MaxClients; i++)
    {
        if (IsClientInGame(i) && !IsFakeClient(i))
        {
            iCount += 1;
        }
    }
    return iCount;
} 


[Mi.Cura]

Hello cravenge

Unfortunately I do not know how to do this.
I would have to ask Crasher_3637 to do this, and I do not want to bother with that.

P.S: cravenge: I sent a private message to you, but I did not get a response, did you receive it?

[Visual77]

The problem is probably related to how the plugin counts bots inside bIsHumanSurvivor().

Plugin description: Adjusts difficulty based on the number of clients on the server.

It could be more clarified: Adjusts difficulty based on the number of alive survivors (excluding bots) on the server.

The bIsHumanSurvivor bool should probably be optimized too, it's quite long and has redundency in it. (No need to check IsClientConnected or IsValidEntity

[Psyk0tik]

I'll work on this when I find the time. If anyone wants to take a jab at it, that's fine too. I've just been busy with stuff in real life.

[Mi.Cura]

Originally Posted by Visual77 The problem is probably related to how the plugin counts bots inside bIsHumanSurvivor(). Plugin description: Adjusts difficulty based on the number of clients on the server. It could be more clarified: Adjusts difficulty based on the number of alive survivors (excluding bots) on the server. The bIsHumanSurvivor bool should probably be optimized too, it's quite long and has redundency in it. (No need to check IsClientConnected or IsValidEntity

The plugin does not consider the BOTS.

When it is working, it adjusts correctly according to the number of survivors.

What happens is that at some point it stops adjusting, even entering more players or leaving, the plugin stop adjust the difficulty.

[Sunyata]

Hi crasher,

If you need me to test your revised plugin anytime - and you don't have enough time to test the code yourself, I can test it out for the bugs and stuff on my servers for you. Just PM me if you do decide to update your script.

Would be much appreciated if you do find time to recode this.