[Frus]

Just a quick plugin that fixes the bug in L4D that can cause more than 4 medkits to appear in the saferoom.

CVARS

• l4d_dupekitfix_version (1.0) - The version cvar
• l4d_dupekitfix_enable (1) - Enable/Disable the plugin
• l4d_dupekitfix_removeonplayer (1) - If 1, removes duplicate medkits directly from the player after being picked up, otherwise if 0 deletes another medkit near the player when a duplicate kit is picked up instead.
• l4d_dupekitfix_verbose (0) - If 1, it will send a message to the player if the plugin removed the medkit he picked up, telling him he needs to pick up another one.
• l4d_dupekitfix_debug (0) - If 1, it sends a chat message to all players whenever the plugin removes a medkit. You can use it if you want to verify the plugin is detecting the bug when it occurs.

Notes

• I haven't done what I would call extensive testing on it, but I am reasonably confident that the plugin can detect any duplicate medkit in the saferoom and take action on it, from an hour of reloading maps trying to get the bug to trigger, and always being detected. If the plugin doesn't catch an instance of it let me know.
• Bots freeze up and don't move if I directly remove their kit, therefore it will automatically switch to the delete nearby kit behaviour if it was a bot that picked it up.
• I don't recommend setting the plugin to use removing kits on the ground behaviour, but it seems to work ok.
• This is only for servers not running my comp plugin, or disabling the medkit conversion in the plugin. The comp plugin has this feature built in if you are replacing kits in the saferoom with pills.
• Thanks to Downtown1 for identifying how the bug works.

[egor1908]

I've met this bug before, but it didn't affect the gameplay at all.

[Frus]

Originally Posted by egor1908 I've met this bug before, but it didn't affect the gameplay at all.

It usually doesn't, since most teams will not pick up the duplicate kit.

I coded it for my comp plugin where this bug can actually cause a bug with my plugin on the finale. And it wasn't much effort to change it to kits and make it it's own plugin if somebody wanted it.

[madcap]

I thought this only happened if the first team didn't take one of their medpacks. Then, when the 2nd team starts there are 2 medpacks occupying the same spot. Does this happen in other cases?

[Frus]

Originally Posted by madcap I thought this only happened if the first team didn't take one of their medpacks. Then, when the 2nd team starts there are 2 medpacks occupying the same spot. Does this happen in other cases?

No, it has nothing to do with that. It's a bug in the weapon pickup code Valve has that can let 2 people pick up the same instance of a weapon.

[Zverina]

hah nice bug never heard of this and i've had this game since after the first week it came out xD