[canadianjeff]

for anyone that has played Left 4 Dead 2 will notice some extra hidden maps tucked away
if you type maps * into the developer console or server console you will find maps like

PENDING:   (fs) curling_stadium.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) motionprimingtest.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) motionprimingtest_rev.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) navigationtest_a.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) styleguide_semiurban_01.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) styleguide_swamp01.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) styleguide_swamp_cheapwater01.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) styleguide_urban_01.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) test_box2.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) test_macguffin.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) test_mall.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) test_scavenge.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) tutorial_standards.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) tutorial_standards_vs.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) zoo_carnivalgames.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) zoo_infected2.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) zoo_jukebox.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) zoo_swamp_foliage_01.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) zoo_trafficsigns.bsp
PENDING:   (fs) zoo_urban_foliage_01.bsp

so I decided to try out curling stadium for myself which loads up fine for the first run

---- Host_Changelevel ----
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Map curling_stadium missing stringtable dictionary, don't ship this way!!!
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ConVarRef room_type doesn't point to an existing ConVar
Executing dedicated server config file
CSpeechScriptBridge initializing...
        HSCRIPT loaded successfully
Initializing Director's script
Commentary: Could not find commentary data file 'maps/curling_stadium_commentary.txt'.
Initializing Director's script

HOWEVER if you change to a new map after the server will hang (and reboot itself)

so I tried to start SRCDS_RUN with (gdb) GNU Debugger I noticed something horrible
the server attempts to overwrite curling_stadium with a newer version (which fails) and drops back to a linux shell

Creating dictionary curling_stadium
Potential vote being called
Dropped Linux_CanadaJeff from server (Disconnect by user.)
Server is hibernating
ConVarRef test_progression_loop doesn't point to an existing ConVar
Error opening maps/curling_stadium.bsp! (Check for write enable)
steam@l4sourcemod:/opt/steam/Steam/steamapps/common/Left 4 Dead 2 Dedicated Server$ #

if I actually set READ/WRITE/EXECUTE (0777) on curling_stadium.bsp it does get changed on the server and clients get the error that it does not match version on the server

[tRololo312312]

You can prevent it from generating strings by putting it into addon vpk, but its pointless anyway because it will still generate strings for clients bsp, meaning players can only play it once in the server. (assuming they havent tried the map even once)