[Solved] Server Ghosts ! (Connecting clients)

WatchDogs · **Author**

Hi All.

I have problem on my CSS server. When server is run for a period of time some players stick in the server and I think they are connecting ! (In some place I read that they are server ghosts ! )

They aren't in game and they just added to number of server players.

For example when a client timeouts (just sometimes) , His client sticks in server and when he wants to connect again with that SteamID it says "Steam ID is already in use !". (I have sv_timeout 60 so the server should kick them after 60 seconds but sometimes it doesn't !)

Can anyone help me please ?

Also thanks to all people who make reply ;)

Best Regards

EDIT : Solved the problem (See the last post)

adabra · 11-24-2017 , 04:23 Re: Server Ghosts ! (Connecting clients)

Please give some details of your Server
Meta and Sm version plus your plugins

cravenge · *Last edited by cravenge; 11-25-2017 at 09:45.*

Scratch that. The only possible way is by copying the Steam ID to a string, check the owner of that ID, and kick it when the owner is not in game.

DJPlaya · *Last edited by DJPlaya; 11-26-2017 at 18:42.*

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Originally Posted by WatchDogs

His client sticks in server and when he wants to connect again with that SteamID it says "Steam ID is already in use !". (I have sv_timeout 60 so the server should kick them after 60 seconds but sometimes it doesn't !)

This happens really rarely, most of the time when Clients crash. You can savely set sv_timeout to 25 Secs or something like that, just be sure to use sm_cvar before it

WatchDogs · *Last edited by WatchDogs; 11-27-2017 at 16:41.*

Thanks to all for help. I solved the problem

When server has run into another mod , The mod would set the sv_timeout to 0. So some clients stuck in connecting.