Crashing to Desktop
 

Mean Mod Crashing Counter-Strike to Desktop

This is a listen server, where I load CS1.6 and start a new game. About two seconds after picking a map, it crashes.

I have:
- podbot_mm
- mEAn mod 6.00

Podbot is the latest, I think -- the file is dated 12/06/2004 @ 244KB.

Re: Crashing to Desktop
 

The latest podbot mm is R2B46c - get it here:
http://filebase.bots-united.com/inde...on=file&id=294

You have linux or windows server? It crashes at every map You are trying to start or only at some map start?

I guess You shouldn't call this:
mgamedll addons\podbot\podbot_mm.dll
It would be better call this:
mgamedll addons\metamod\dlls\metamod.dll

and You need to have metamod installed
Podbot mm is a metamod plugin and it needs metamod o correct work.
Look here how to install podbot mm and metamod correctly:
http://forums.bots-united.com/showthread.php?t=2576

Re: Crashing to Desktop
 

Downloaded and pasted in the .dll and .so from that Podbot file link.

Windows 2000, an experimental listen server (when finished, I'll set up the Dedicated on another system and copy everything over). It crashes immediately after I select a map from the list (New Game Menu -> Create Server Tab -> Map from List), or just before the menu vanishes and the Steam validation progress box shows up.

I have Metamod in (the latest and final version that supposedly never needs to be upgraded again - 04/22/2005), and was using it, but it didn't work then. I'll try it again.

Prior to fetching mEAn mod, I had AMX Mod X, Podbot_MM, and a Maxhumans plugin, through Metamod. All three worked, but the bots were insanely easy even at 100% and tweaked. I play on a bot server where the bots will headshot you the moment a fraction of your hitbox comes within their 360 degree sight even though they're on the opposite side of, say, Aztec.

Change to the command line made, but it still blips back to the desktop. :-/

Re: Crashing to Desktop
 

Change the direction of slashes to this:
win32 addons/podbot/podbot_mm.dll

[EDIT]
It's supposed to crash since metamod is calling mEAn and then - mEAn is calling metamod. Change Your shortcut to CS to this:

F:\Half-Life\steam\steam.exe -applaunch 10 +localinfo mgamedll addons/metamod/dlls/metamod.dll +localinfo mbotmod podbot_mm

(I mean change the slashes also here)

and change the plugins.ini file to only this line (and nothing else there):

win32 addons/podbot/podbot_mm.dll

and the call for gamedll in liblist.gam should look so (withoput calling linux *.so file):
gamedll "addons\mean\mean.dll"
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Re: Crashing to Desktop
 

[edit]
I figured it out... the maker of mEAn Mod for some reason hardcoded it to work only when the folder structure is "cstrike\mean\mean.dll" and nothing else. Weird.
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Re: Crashing to Desktop
 

Or not.

If I leave the shortcut at only this,
it works.

With this,
it blips back to the desktop like it did before.

Also, the version of Podbot you told me to get says in its file properties that it is "Release 2 build 46b" / 2005.2.18.0

Re: Crashing to Desktop
 

Yeah - for linux probably it says R2B46b, but its R2B46c (I forgot to edit one file more in sources when I was giving it to someone to recompile it for me).

How about Your plugins.ini? Do You have there now only one line with podbot_mm call?

Re: Crashing to Desktop
 

Plugins.ini hasn't changed, as it's correct.

Re: Crashing to Desktop
 

OK - we have to wait for botmeister (mEAn mod maker) to help You more. Maybe I'll try install mEAn on my PC (but can't promise because of lack time :( ).

Re: Crashing to Desktop
 

Just tryied it in CS1.6 with latest mEAn (6.00), metamod 1.7.4p21, AMX 0.9.9b, podbot_mm R2B46c and it doesn't crash at me. I don't have any idea why it crash at You.
And yes - mean folder has to be placed in cstrike directory. In liblist.gam the call for mean.dll should look so:

game_dll "mean\mean.dll"

This one works also on listenserver without any access level (I didn't need to be an admin with level2 :P ).

[EDIT]
Just copy and paste here the contents of the files liblist.gam, metamod's plugins.ini and look if You don't have in cstrike directory any file called autoexec.cfg. Also write the latest version of Your launch option for CS.
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