Edit: Scroll to the bottom for a solution if this problem sounds like what you have.
In Left 4 Dead 2 I have plugins installed that provide custom convars, almost all of which start with l4d_ or l4d2_, such as l4d2_charger_steering_allow and l4d2_infected_release_on.
They worked in my testing listenserver, but they are considered unknown commands in the srcds I have access to.
Even the custom plugin commands that start with sm_ such as sm_digestion have broken. This is odd because my other sourcemod commands work perfectly fine, such as sm_admin, or sm_kick.
It's probably worth mentioning that I was very sloppy with porting my sourcemod contents from my listenserver to my srcds server. By that I mean all I did was just copy the sourcemod, metamod, and cfg folders and paste them into their respective places for the srcds game directory. I assumed it would hopefully carry over all the data seamlessly and be an exact functioning duplicate of my plugin testing listenserver.
Has this potentially caused specific conflicts?
sourcemod loads and other plugins are functioning. I know this for a fact because their features are usable so long as they aren't accessed through a custom convar.
My first guess is that the extensions I've installed with Left 4 Downtown 2 are not the src version, but just the regular. Could this somehow break plugin commands but not plugin features? The reason I doubt it is because the extensions are still working perfectly fine. A specific plugin that relies on Left 4 Downtown 2 in order to function, functions perfectly fine and also has custom plugin convars.
That plugin is director variables
Why are only specific plugins with custom convars not loading the convars?
Here is the sm plugins list:
Code:
] sm plugins list
"Admin File Reader" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
"AdminCheats" (0.2) by devicenull
"Admin Help" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
"Admin Menu" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
"Anti-Flood" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
"Basic Ban Commands" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
"Basic Chat" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
"Basic Comm Control" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
"Basic Commands" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
"Basic Info Triggers" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
To see more, type "sm plugins 11"
] sm plugins 11
"Basic Votes" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
"Client Preferences" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
"Director Variables" (2.1.1) by Buster "Mr. Zero" Nielsen
"Fun Commands" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
"Fun Votes" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
"L4D2 4+ Survivor Afk Fix" (1.4) by MI 5, SwiftReal, raziEiL [disawar1], Electr0 [m_iMeow]
"L4D2 MultiSlots" (1.1) by SwiftReal, MI 5
"[L4D2] Black and White on Defib" (1.0) by Crimson_Fox
"[L4D2] Charger Steering" (1.5) by SilverShot
"[L4D2] Custom admin commands" (1.0.9) by honorcode23
"Digestion" (1.2) by Oshroth
To see more, type "sm plugins 22"
] sm plugins 22
"[L4D2] Fireworks Party" (1.6) by SilverShot
"Gunner Tank" (1.0.1) by hihi1210
"[L4D2] Incapped Crawling with Animation" (1.32) by SilverShot
"[L4D2] Infected Release" (1.3a) by Thraka
"[L4D2] Melee Weapon Spawner" (1.1.1) by SilverShot
"L4D2 Spawn Uncommons" (1.0.9) by AtomicStryker
"L4D2 Weapon Attack Speed Modifier" (1.0.0) by Machine
"Witch Control" (1.4.2) by DJ_WEST
"L4DSwitchPlayers" (1.5) by SkyDavid (djromero)
"[L4D & L4D2] Survivor Crawl Pounce Fixes" (1.1) by McFlurry
"[L4D & L4D2] Lift Music" (1.3) by SilverShot
To see more, type "sm plugins 33"
] sm plugins 33
"[L4D & L4D2] Mini Gun Spawner" (1.5) by SilverShot
"[L4D & L4D2] Plane Crash" (1.4) by SilverShot
"Smoker Lightning" (1.0) by Pan Xiaohai
"L4D SM Respawn" (1.9.3) by AtomicStryker & Ivailosp
"Player Commands" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
"Reserved Slots" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
"Sound Commands" (1.6.0) by AlliedModders LLC
As you can see, doesn't look like anything was loaded improperly, and sourcemod definitely SEES all the plugins.
However, plugins like Charger steering, Infected release, Digestion, and smokerlightning all do not have their custom convars available in the console.
Yet something like director variables has sm_dvar fully functioning in the console.
Is it just how these specific plugins behave in an srcds that breaks them? How can I change this?
The digestion plugin page for instance:
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=1128081 doesn't have any unique way to install the plugin to get it functioning on a dedicated server compared to listen server. Again these plugins were working completely on listenserver.
Is there some procedure I don't know about? Perhaps I need to manually compile these specific plugins in a certain manner or something?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Edit: My fault. If you rcon in and get the command RIGHT, it works for all commands. Once rcon'd in with rcon_password <rcon password here> you can then put rcon before any custom plugin command and the server will register it like normal instead of claiming it an Unknown Command.
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