we are running a tournament on a dedicated server with Search & Destroy.
Our problem is that players get assigned to random teams when they join.

We need a way for players to choose their team BEFORE the match starts.
setteam works but kills the player for that round which is unacceptable
for tournament play.

Is there a compiled GSC script that forces team selection when joining?
Or any other solution that works reliably on a dedicated server?

We tried:

autoTeamBalance 0
allowInGameTeamChange 0
prematchperiod 45

None of these solve the problem cleanly.

Any help is appreciated!