#Map Restart Workaround
This is a mod that gets around the clientside errors that happen after a zombies game ends. When a zombies game ends and the clients remain in the server after the intermission restart, clients may experience several different clientside only bugs. Some examples of these errors include: -No sound except music -Barriers are glitched -Mystery box is glitched -A few more minor bugs These are only clientside so have no effect on the server itself and can be fixed by simply leaving and rejoining.
However, I created a workaround that allows players to remain in the lobby after it ends and not experience any of these clientside issues.
#The Workaround
Basically, what I did was utilize map_restart in the GSC and I call it around 20 seconds after level.intermission is set to 1. What happens is the game uses a map_restart instead of the normal method Plutonium servers use. There is a reason this is a workaround though. That is because when map_restart occurs the game reparses all the scripts its supposed to load in the first place, and as a result it reads a certain function in _zm.gsc.
onallplayersready() { timeout = getTime() + 5000; while ( getnumexpectedplayers() == 0 && getTime() < timeout ) { wait 0,1; } /# println( "ZM >> player_count_expected=" + getnumexpectedplayers() ); #/ player_count_actual = 0; while ( getnumconnectedplayers() < getnumexpectedplayers() || player_count_actual != getnumexpectedplayers() ) { players = get_players(); player_count_actual = 0; i = 0; while ( i < players.size ) { players[ i ] freezecontrols( 1 ); if ( players[ i ].sessionstate == "playing" ) { player_count_actual++; } i++; } /# println( "ZM >> Num Connected =" + getnumconnectedplayers() + " Expected : " + getnumexpectedplayers() ); #/ wait 0,1; } setinitialplayersconnected(); /# println( "ZM >> We have all players - START ZOMBIE LOGIC" ); #/ if ( getnumconnectedplayers() == 1 && getDvarInt( "scr_zm_enable_bots" ) == 1 ) { level thread add_bots(); flag_set( "initial_players_connected" ); } else { players = get_players(); if ( players.size == 1 ) { flag_set( "solo_game" ); level.solo_lives_given = 0; _a379 = players; _k379 = getFirstArrayKey( _a379 ); while ( isDefined( _k379 ) ) { player = _a379[ _k379 ]; player.lives = 0; _k379 = getNextArrayKey( _a379, _k379 ); } level maps/mp/zombies/_zm::set_default_laststand_pistol( 1 ); } flag_set( "initial_players_connected" ); while ( !aretexturesloaded() ) { wait 0,05; } thread start_zombie_logic_in_x_sec( 3 ); } fade_out_intro_screen_zm( 5, 1,5, 1 ); }