[RasterMan]

Can anyone tell me if there is a plugin out there that deals with z_difficulty for L4D1 & 2 for forcing servers to keep their difficulty setting?

The reason I ask this is I have my servers set to either hard or impossible but as soon as the last player leaves the server always resets back to normal!

[ProdigySim]

You could just add
sm_cvar z_difficulty impossible;
to your server.cfg. Every mapchange the difficulty would get set to that.

There's also this for difficulty in versus/survival/scavenge (l4d2):
http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=1340484

Edit: I should also point out that if you use the lobby system, your difficulty will be set correctly every time. Why not just force your server from lobby instead of direct connecting + setting z_difficulty?

[RasterMan]

My servers are setup for steam group only! My settings below.

sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 1
sv_gametypes coop
sv_steamgroup_exclusive "1"
sv_steamgroup "xxxxx"
//sv_search_key ""

Could you elaborate on what you mean please?

[ProdigySim]

Originally Posted by ProdigySim You could just add sm_cvar z_difficulty impossible; to your server.cfg. Every mapchange the difficulty would get set to that.

Not much to elaborate on.

[RasterMan]

I know what you meant by sm_cvar z_difficulty ect....


It's what you said here:
I should also point out that if you use the lobby system, your difficulty will be set correctly every time. Why not just force your server from lobby instead of direct connecting + setting z_difficulty?

Could you explain what you meant by it please.

[RasterMan]

Sorted!