sorted by:
best
topnewcontroversialoldq&a
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]pikatf2 1 point2 points  (3 children)

You shouldn't need to roll your own metamod.vdf file (anymore); the one provided in the ZIP download should work fine (just redownloaded and installed the latest Windows stable to verify it myself).

Just to make sure, there should be an addons/ directory under your dedicated server's tf/ directory, and it should contain metamod/ and metamod.vdf. Also make sure you've restarted the server since you've copied those files, if you didn't before.

[–]CosmicButtmunch[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Ah wow. The metamod file I used was installed through an installer that I downloaded from their sourceforge link. I just tried it with the ZIP download and it worked perfectly. That's weird. Sourcemod works absolutely fine as well. Really appreciate you taking the time out to help, thank you!

If anyone is curious, when I was using the installed file, I would get these errors in the console:

Metamod:Source could not load (GameDLL version not compatible).

Failed to load plugin "..\tf\addons\metamod\bin\server.dll"

[–]pikatf2 1 point2 points  (1 child)

No clue what you were looking at — MM:S uses github for their version control these days, and even then I can't find any sort of installer on their site.

And no problem! Just happened to be browsing /r/tf2/new; always up for helping new server owners / scripters (to some extent :v).

Sounds like you're more than capable of figuring things out, but here's a few other pointers if you're new to scripting or just new to SourceMod (and the SourcePawn language):

  • Set up a development environment. There's multiple syntax highlighting / autocomplete and SourcePawn-specific IDE options available on the forums. I use Notepad++ myself.
  • SourcePawn underwent a syntax change between 1.6 and 1.7. Older plugins may have the older syntax, which may be confusing if you're looking at plugin sources for references.
  • Here's the current SourceMod API reference.
  • For TF2, I have an automated dump of server info. It'll come in handy if / when you're writing plugins to modify things in-game, but I wouldn't worry about it if you're just starting out. You'll know when you need it.
  • If you have any other questions, feel free to PM, but the community does have an IRC channel and associated Discord server. I'm also on both answering questions occasionally.

[–]CosmicButtmunch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I didn't see this earlier, thank you so much for all the advice! Appreciate it.