Server Server automatically changing gamemode, difficulty etc.

[wannabe_polyglot]

Hey guys,

So I started a KF2 server which is regularly full of players.

For example, a normal Survival server: is set to hard difficulty and 10 waves (all in the config file on the server) it when I check back sometime later, the mode, difficulty, and length all are changed automatically. For example suddenly its on Weekly, Hell on Earth and 4 waves. How can I keep this consistent? Ofc I want players to be able to vote for the next map, but the mode difficulty and length should ALWAYS be the same.

Thanks in advance to any answers.

 

[Yoshiro]

There are two possibilities here:

• You have server takeover enabled. If this is on, players that are matchmaking can find an empty server and change it to what they desire
  • This can be disabled via webadmin or changing the .ini directly
• You have competing arguments somewhere (either in the launch script, shortcut, or webadmin map change) and the game could get confused and swap between a few

 

[wannabe_polyglot]

There are two possibilities here:

• You have server takeover enabled. If this is on, players that are matchmaking can find an empty server and change it to what they desire
  • This can be disabled via webadmin or changing the .ini directly
• You have competing arguments somewhere (either in the launch script, shortcut, or webadmin map change) and the game could get confused and swap between a few

Thanks for your answer. I can pretty much exclude the second options, I only change within the .ini usually. But I will recheck.

In what file can I find the takeover stuff?

 

[Yoshiro]

Look for: bUsedForTakeover=TRUE setting in PCServer-KFEngine.ini and change it to FALSE to opt out of the server takeover.

 

[wannabe_polyglot]

Look for: bUsedForTakeover=TRUE setting in PCServer-KFEngine.ini and change it to FALSE to opt out of the server takeover.

Awesome thank you! So this should fully prevent my empty server from changing game mode and force joining users to play on whatever settings are on the server?

 

[Yoshiro]

Awesome thank you! So this should fully prevent my empty server from changing game mode and force joining users to play on whatever settings are on the server?

The server settings won't change, but players also won't matchmake into it. They will have to join it via the browser.

 

[wannabe_polyglot]

The server settings won't change, but players also won't matchmake into it. They will have to join it via the browser.

What about when the matchmaking search is identical with the servers settings? Then it wouldnt make sense to not redirect them to the server. Does it still not work then?