We've seen odd behaviour with finales in VS mode at times. Almost as soon as the event is started, a tank spawns, and the rescue vehicle immediately arrives. Simply restarting the server seemed to clear this up, so if you haven't restarted in a while, you might want to give that a try.
James On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:17 PM, David A. Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I guess it might just be a bug in the game, then. > This is the first time I have received a complaint about it, but then > again, I don't think most players bother to e-mail the admin when > something weird happens on a public server, so I have no idea if this > has been a regular occurrence or just an isolated incident. > > - Dave > > Saint K. wrote: >> Hi, >> >> We noticed the same thing, but running Sourcemod I kinda figured I'd prolly >> be some kind of bug in SM. But as your reporting it on vanilla servers I am >> now tend to believe it's not sourcemod. >> >> It doesn't happen a lot, just every now and then until that game finishes. >> The game after goes totally normal again. >> >> Cheers, >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David A. >> Parker >> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 7:47 PM >> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list >> Subject: [hlds_linux] Lots of tanks in Dead Center finale (L4D2) >> >> Hello, >> >> I received an e-mail from someone who played on our L4D2 server last >> night. He said the he and his friends were playing the Dead Center >> campaign on normal difficulty, and everything was fine until the finale. >> An inordinate number of tanks spawned during the finale, and he and >> his teammates tried to play through it but they were overwhelmed by the >> tanks coming at them constantly. >> >> I checked the logs and I can confirm that a bunch of tanks spawned in a >> row. 10 tanks spawned in 13 minutes. Here are the relevant lines from >> the log: >> >> >> L 03/03/2010 - 01:24:42: Tank spawned as a TANK >> L 03/03/2010 - 01:26:18: (1)Tank spawned as a TANK >> L 03/03/2010 - 01:28:48: Tank spawned as a TANK >> L 03/03/2010 - 01:29:03: (1)Tank spawned as a TANK >> L 03/03/2010 - 01:29:41: Tank spawned as a TANK >> L 03/03/2010 - 01:30:25: (1)Tank spawned as a TANK >> L 03/03/2010 - 01:31:27: Tank spawned as a TANK >> L 03/03/2010 - 01:32:07: (1)Tank spawned as a TANK >> L 03/03/2010 - 01:33:55: Tank spawned as a TANK >> L 03/03/2010 - 01:36:30: Tank spawned as a TANK >> L 03/03/2010 - 01:37:01: (1)Tank spawned as a TANK >> >> This doesn't look normal to me. Has anyone seen this before? Any >> suggestions? This is on a plain vanilla server running 6 forks. >> >> Thanks, >> Dave >> > > -- > > Dave Parker > Systems Administrator > Utica College > Integrated Information Technology Services > (315) 792-3229 > Registered Linux User #408177 > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux

