diff --git a/MapRestartWorkaround/main.gsc b/MapRestartWorkaround/main.gsc
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+#include maps\mp\_utility;
+#include common_scripts\utility;
+
+init()
+{
+	initialMapRestart(); //this only happens once to fix invisible player bug
+	thread gscRestart();
+	thread killAllPlayers();
+}
+
+initialMapRestart()
+{
+	if ( getDvarIntDefault( "initial_restart", "1" ) )
+	{
+		wait 15;
+		setDvar( "initial_restart", "0" ); //dvars persist between map_restarts
+		map_restart( false );
+	}
+}
+
+gscRestart()
+{
+    while ( 1 )
+    {
+        if ( level.intermission )
+        {
+            wait 20; //20 is ideal
+            map_restart( false );
+        }
+        wait 1;
+    }
+}
+
+killAllPlayers()
+{
+	level.no_end_game_check = 1; //disable end game check just in case player[0] leaves before all players are respawned
+	level.zombie_vars["penalty_no_revive"] = 0;
+	wait 3;
+	players = get_players();
+	i = 0;
+	while ( i < players.size )
+	{
+		if ( i == 0 )
+		{
+			i++;
+		}
+		players[ i ] kill();
+		i++;
+	}
+	wait 5; 
+	spawnAllPlayers();
+}
+
+kill()
+{
+	self.maxhealth = 100;
+	self.health = self.maxhealth;
+	self disableInvulnerability();
+	self dodamage( self.health * 2, self.origin );
+	self.bleedout_time = 0;
+}
+
+spawnAllPlayers()
+{
+	level.zombie_vars["penalty_no_revive"] = 0.1;
+	players = get_players();
+	i = 0;
+	while ( i < players.size )
+	{
+		if ( players[ i ].sessionstate == "spectator" && isDefined( players[ i ].spectator_respawn ) )
+		{
+			players[ i ] [[ level.spawnplayer ]]();
+			thread maps\mp\zombies\_zm::refresh_player_navcard_hud();
+			players[ i ].score = 500;
+			players[ i ].downs = 0; //set player downs to 0 since they didn't actually die during gameplay
+		}
+		i++;
+	}
+	level.no_end_game_check = 0;
+}
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