Zombiemod wont load - read topics but were no help

[generallee02]

I read all the other topic first but they weren't any help.

I got all files in the right spot. Got meta mod installed and that seems to be working. I type meta in console and the little menu shows up.

I have the metaplugins.ini in the addons/cfg/metamod and this line added to it
addons/zombiemod/bin/zombie_mm

and have zombie mod installed to all the correct folders. The zombie_mm.dll is in the addons/zombiemod/bin folder like it should be. but when i type meta list, nothing shows up. It just says

-Id- Name Version Author

With nothing below it. And another topic said to type meta refresh but that does nothing. I'm stumped. I've followed the guides on both here and the metamod site. Everything seems to be installed and in correct places yet commands dont work.

[personaljihad]

I'm having this issue with mani. The only fix i've found is doing meta load addons/mani_admin_plguin/bin/mani_admin_plugin_mm

[generallee02]

i have mani mod, but that loads just fine. Thats located in the default install folder, addons. I've got the mani_admin_plugin.dll and other 2 files in the root addons folder which is where the original install had placed them. it has a mani_admin_plugin folder and a bin folder inside that but nothings in there.


Mani's working fine where i have it now, but zombie does not load.

[personaljihad]

I know, you need to load zombie mod like I load mani, with meta load <PATH>.

[c0ldfyr3]

USE THE SOURCE:MM VERSION OF MANI

[generallee02]

ok. i got the MM version of mani and now neither work.

I try to manuelly load each one by doing "meta load addons/zombiemod/bin/zombie_mm" and "meta load addons/mani_admin_plugin/bin/mani_admin_plugin_mm" and neither load. And yes, i put the mani metamod dll's and those files in the addons/mani/bin folder. I have the metaplugins.ini in the addons/cfg/metamod folder like the installation page said. What am i missing

[Games]

The problem is probably with the gameinfo.txt in the server's cstrike dir

Follow the installation guide here
You can also put the gameinfo.txt on readonly.

[generallee02]

mine looks like this. I did this last night based on what i read and how i took what that link was saying. Did i do it wrong? It said to add that line before every 'game' entry.

SearchPaths
{
GameBin |gameinfo_path|addons/metamod/bin
Game |gameinfo_path|.
GameBin |gameinfo_path|addons/metamod/bin
Game cstrike
GameBin |gameinfo_path|addons/metamod/bin
Game hl2
}
}
}

[generallee02]

ok, i finally got it. that musta been right. i read on that page this:

#11 Optional Cvars: mm_pluginsfile - Sets the path and name of the plugins file, defaulting to "addons/metamod/metaplugins.ini". It is relative to the mod directory.

So i moved my .ini file and everything worked.

Apparently the guides saying to pit it in addons/cfg/metamod were wrong.

[Games]

The gameinfo.txt should look like this:

GameBin |gameinfo_path|addons/metamod/bin
Game |gameinfo_path|.
Game cstrike
Game hl2

Or just download mine here <---------

[generallee02]

it was working. but then i restarted my server after a few zombie config changes and now my server wont come back on.

i removed the metaplugins.ini and restarted server and it came back up. but without either mod working. i put the metaplugins.ini back and the server wont boot again. it worked once, and now server wont even boot.

All my ini contained was:
meta alias zombiemod addons/zombiemod/bin/zombie_mm
meta alias mani addons/mani_admin_plugin/bin/mani_admin_plugin_mm

i even tried it without the 'meta' part at start of each line. i was reading about using command alias's to make it easier to turn on/off, ect.

And is there something i can put in this INI to make either of these (mainly zombie) turned off when the server first starts up. then i can turn it on when i wanta play zombie.


EDIT:
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after i removed both meta and alias, i restarted server again. it looked like it tried to start but kept crashing. at least from the ping. it'd go from the 2000 ping when it's down to 1999 like it was trying to start and then back to 2000. after like 4 'startups' it finally stayed up.

[generallee02]

i cant seem to do anything with my metamod

When i do type meta it says:

credits - About Metamod:Source
list - List plugins
version - Version information

Those are the only 3 meta choices i can choose. all 3 do what their suppose to do just fine but i cant do alias, load, unload, refresh, info or any of the other meta commands. only the 3 listed.

And i have the very newest metamod. version 1.2.3
Heres the version info
Metamod:Source version 1.2.3
Compiled on: Jun 14 2006
Plugin interface version: 8:7
SourceHook version: 4:3

No idea why i cant use the other commands. even tried version 1.2.2, an eariler version but still can only use those 3 commands.

Zombie now works, but since i cant seem to use stuff like unload, alias, ect. I cant seem to turn these off without having to go into ftp and manually delete the mod i dont want running at the start.

[personaljihad]

in your ini you're supposed to put the path name, now anything related to meta. If it still won't load manually load it with meta load PATH.

[c0ldfyr3]

Im guessing ur typing meta in your client console?

The meta commands have to be typed in the rcon console...

[Undisclosed]

post your zombie_restrictions