[Nephyrin]

The timeout bug was fixed, you should not use this plugin anymore. Any crashes/timeouts that you are getting are NOT related to the timeout bug.

Update This has been working well for a while now. I have updated the link here with a link to a version with L4D support (though it should be noted that the timeout bug in L4D might be entirely unrelated, so it might not do anything), as well as sourcecode for those who are interested. About server stats Just to be clear: Server side stats do NOT affect achievements, or your stats, or ANYTHING else. The ONLY thing server-side stats affects, and the ONLY thing this plugin will disable, is THIS PAGE: http://www.steampowered.com/status/tf2/tf2_stats.php everything else is from the client and is unaffected by this plugin http://www.nephyrin.net/tools/NephDS...SU_v1.1-r1.zip This is an MM:S plugin, that adds a cvar: neph_nostats. Setting neph_nostats to 1 blocks stats upload, which has been shown to be causing timeouts (or, at least, the most common cause). -nogamestats was shown to not actually do what it says, tf_track_stats 0 does nothing. So i made this. It hooks the game stats code and blocks it if neph_nostats is 1. To clarify: I'm not entirely sure this will work, but give it a try! Report back if things are/arn't working. And read the readme! - Neph

[1nsane]

Time to try it out.

If it works: Yay Neph is awesome <3.
IF IT DOESN'T: Nephyrin is ghey (This one is your own fault).

[BOYSplayCS]

o.O, does this mean if it works and doesn't work at the same time(which isn't possible), Nephyrin is Awesomely Ghey?

[jockersoft]

I just saw that clients are still getting dropped
this time they managed to reconnect immediately, but I guess that to say this plugin works it should fix the client drop 100%

[Atreus]

That's separate from the timeout bug being discussed.

[jockersoft]

really? good to know. All i saw is that the server did not respond for several seconds, then all players got dropped, and finally they reconnected.

[1nsane]

Hey Neph,

If you find some other useless interfaces that can be blocked. Do tell!

[WebNoob]

Hello,

I know this is probably a noobish question , but I just want to make sure I install this correctly.

Is it correct that the files get installed as follows?

addons/metamod/
NephDSU.vdf

addons/metamod/bin/
NephDSU.dll
NephDSU_i486.so

in the server.cfg:
neph_nostats 1

...just double checking before I drop them in. If this works...it will stop alot of the premature server death we're seeing at night when a map timeout occurs. Thank for sharing this!

[MjrNuT]

Originally Posted by WebNoob Hello, I know this is probably a noobish question , but I just want to make sure I install this correctly. Is it correct that the files get installed as follows? addons/metamod/ NephDSU.vdf addons/metamod/bin/ NephDSU.dll NephDSU_i486.so in the server.cfg: neph_nostats 1 ...just double checking before I drop them in. If this works...it will stop alot of the premature server death we're seeing at night when a map timeout occurs. Thank for sharing this!

Hey WebNoob,

The readme.txt accompanied in the zip should have stated the location.

For windows servers, its the .dll and .vdf in the /metamod folder

For *nix servers, its the .so and .vdf also in the /metamod folder.

You are correct about the cvar location, although, I think it can also go in the sourcemod.cfg folder too?? Just a sidenote as I believe any cvar that is for SM may go in the sourcemod.cfg folder.

@Neph or anyone else.

Your plugin works fine on our TF2 server. No timeouts that I'm aware of.

Was this intended to work for L4D as well? If it was, I tried it, and the server would not start up.

(sidenote w/ L4D, trying the plugin there was prompted by a great VS game that timed out on the final round w/ only 100 points difference b/t the teams. *all shaking fists in the air* )

[Inflikted]

thanks, loaded it on my 3 servers. ill give a heads up if i see any timeouts. this bug fix is very much appreciated. atleast some people are trying to help, valve hasnt helped much with this lol

disregard the first drop in players, that was due to the server update today. the second drop was the mass maptimeout