SMAC & connect.ext

Bittersweet · **Author**

It isn't really clear on the first page of the download or documentation that the connect extension is required for smac_client.smx. There's some mention of needing include files to compile, but that seems different than the compiled smx having a dependency on connection, but it seems like it does:

[10] <FAILED> file "connect.ext.dll": The specified module could not be found.

I had to add/remove plugins one by one to figure out that it was indeed smac_client.smx causing the error. Since it looks like CS:S support for Connect is going away, you might want to mention that dependency somewhere up front and obvious.

GoD-Tony · 11-13-2012 , 00:31 Re: SMAC & connect.ext

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Originally Posted by Bittersweet

It isn't really clear on the first page of the download or documentation that the connect extension is required for smac_client.smx.

That's because it is optional.

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Originally Posted by Bittersweet

[10] <FAILED> file "connect.ext.dll": The specified module could not be found.

That message will show in "sm exts list" regardless. If it was required, I believe it would log an error in your SM logs with the offending plugin.

Bittersweet · 11-13-2012 , 09:36 Re: SMAC & connect.ext

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Originally Posted by GoD-Tony

That's because it is optional.

That message will show in "sm exts list" regardless. If it was required, I believe it would log an error in your SM logs with the offending plugin.

Yes, I learned somewhere else about that after I posted this. Someone else also pointed out that there would be some sort of failure report in 'sm plugins list' if the extension were actually required. I was working backwards from a Windows program crash of SRCDS, so I naturally started with anything marked as 'error', 'failed', etc. This is the first time I've had this sort of issue where an update of SM and any necessary gamedata didn't fix it. Turns out that one of my custom plugins is somehow conflicting with gungame.