How to spawn player 2 before end of round 1 (zombies)

Lupercal

I tried just connecting via IP over LAN, but second player had to spectate the first round.
I then setup server hosting, but still when another player connects to my lobby they are forced to spectate the first round.
This ruins the point distribution and makes for a less fun game.

How can I spawn (or how can they spawn themselves) in on round 1?
Either when playing over LAN or server hosted.
I just want to find any way that works.
Thanks for any help.

luigistyle

If you are playing on a map with an intro cutscene, you could try to skip it at the same time. Other than that, you will have to use GSC mods on a dedicated server to force the game to spawn in the 2nd player (or a similar workaround).

xJiroZomber935x

Where I have to set the gsc on this new update?

Lupercal

@luigistyle
Skipping cutscene at the same time doesn't work.
Using map_restart or fast_restart just leaves the map on a black screen.
Same with dying out to restart.

Is there documentation anywhere on how to setup a GSC on Plutonium?
Or for a similar workaround?

Cahz

@Lupercal GSC's can be loaded onto dedicated servers (which can be hosted on your computer).
T6 Dedicated Server Guide
Loading GSC on a Dedicated Server Guide

To have all players spawn on round 1, you can use this simple GSC in your script.

Add this into your script anywhere.

spawn_if_round_one() //force spawn player
{
	wait 5; //waits for blackscreen to load
	if ( self.sessionstate == "spectator" && level.round_number == 1 )
	{
		self [[ level.spawnplayer ]]();
		if ( level.script != "zm_tomb" || level.script != "zm_prison" || !is_classic() )
			thread maps\mp\zombies\_zm::refresh_player_navcard_hud();
	}
}

Then add this

player thread spawn_if_round_one();

under your OnPlayerConnect function, like so.

onPlayerConnect()
{
	level endon( "end_game" );
        self endon( "disconnect" );
	for (;;)
	{
		level waittill( "connected", player );
		player thread spawn_if_round_one();
	}
}

Hope this helps

szoroscsirke21

@Cahz theres is some problem with !is_classic();

Cahz

@szoroscsirke21 the is_classic() function is held in _zm_utility.gsc which means you're missing the include for it.

Add this include to the top of your _clientids.gsc file.
#include maps/mp/zombies/_zm_utility;

szoroscsirke21

Thank You! @Cahz
It fixed the error message, but the scipts still not works. I think im stupid. My friend only revive after round 1 finished. I cant make it work.

Cahz

@szoroscsirke21 You need to make sure you're doing the steps correctly. Yes, you copied the script, but you must not have the player thread spawn_if_round_one(); in your _clientids.gsc file.

MrE Ronski85

on the host console just use command:
fast_restart
this set map to all initial positions and if all players are present the command starts over the map with all present and alive round 1

it is worth while setting up a dedicated server on one of the lan machines you and friend are playing on, which ever is most powerful, xpartygo on my pc runs a lil laggy but dedicated host and client simultaneously actually has a smother outcome. AND then you can use fast_restart on dedicated

Lupercal

@MrE-Ronski85
I am already using a dedicated server on my machine....
And the fast_restart or map_restart commands used to crash server.
Now those commands don't even work.

And when the game ends, the lobby crashes with error:
"CG_Spawn: no free fake entities"

Same error will then occur on every lobby join until I restart the server.