Honestly, after some ferocious googling, I don't think that the console spam has much to do with the lag. I'm not an expert though. Another thing is that, if I remember correctly, extra zombies are also spawned every 30 to 60 seconds(?) after the finale starts, so there should be a bit more commons than that. I don't remember how many are spawned at a time though. I made this map such a looong time ago. And yeah, huge open-area maps aren't exactly the easiest to optimize.

I’d like to avoid flooding this comment section with debugging messages, so if you have more debugging-related questions, you might want to copy-paste the errors into Google, ask on a forum or Discord, or friend me on Steam and I’ll help if I can.

Yea, there's unlimited health item dispenser in the building, so item scarcity shouldn't be a complain... I'll try to check again the map but I highly doubt the lag was caused by high amount of Common since I used to play with z_common_limit 120 with no lag issue. Here's some weird spam in server console log:

12 of this before ~map start:
Floor 1 ('top') of elevator at ( -13953.00, 1162.00, -2393.00 ) has no matching navigation areas

About 49 spamming of these:
UTIL_GetListenServerHost() called from a dedicated server or single-player game.
UTIL_GetListenServerHost() called from a dedicated server or single-player game.
UTIL_GetListenServerHost() called from a dedicated server or single-player game.

and some:
Entity XXX (class 'infected') reported ENTITY_CHANGE_NONE but 'm_nSequence' changed.

Also, now that I'm at it—some people have complained about "the lack of medkits". Come on, seriously? :D

There's literally a dispenser that spawns an UNLIMITED amount of first aid kits, pills and adrenaline. It's not even hidden!

As some people have already pointed out, the issue with performance is most likely due to the large number of infected during the finale. I was pretty inexperienced with optimization back when I made this map (6-7 years ago?). My fps used to drop to 30 at worst, though, if I remember correctly (and no, I don't have a NASA supercomputer), unless I was inside the building in the middle. I don’t have any experience running a server for L4D2, so I can only guess, but that would be the first thing I'd suspect. Of course, I also had to make some special arrangements for the intro and outro, but I don't think that stuff would affect anything performance-related.

If you're able to, I’d suggest lowering the "CommonLimit" in the "zombicaust" script to 30 from 60 (30 is actually the default). There still might be too many infected at times, but it should at least help a bit. Not sure if that would make the map dramatically easier, though.

Got server rate going up and down to 10-20 (normal 60) causing stutter to client, I guess map optimization issue?

200多M就一关还是破烂黑图

i hate optimization

there are vrchat worlds with less desync than this

我以為喺缺乏急救包嘅情況下，死守一波又一波嘅侵襲，到最後必定成功撤離，但點知原來只係一場鬧劇。

I thought that in the situation of lacking first aid kits, defending wave after wave of attacks would inevitably end in successfully evacuating, but it turned out to be just a farce.

so its a troll campaign. aight.

short but fun map!

(10/10) Pretty ironic ending. The only problem is just not too much supplies and med kits in this map and almost ending u need to fight 3 or 4 tanks can''t remember.

Well, it's a joke campaign, don't be too serious guys. But, fps drop pretty bad though. Too many infected I believe

只有一关的守城，挺好的~~~

@fcmarker Wdym?

Please finish this.

Funny lil map.

not bad, just like Survival.

Great map, bad ping for hosts, I rate 8/10, remove the lag for the hosts and it's 10/10

a little bit hard ! but not bad

FPS dropped to 30 every time

Прикольная штука, но лагает жутко, если создавать на локалке. Хотя комп вроде не самый слабый.

Intro was pretty descent however the rescue took way too long and the ending wasnt expected like that lmao.

Mapa legal, mas foi feito pra enganar trouxa no final, kkkk
Cool map, but it was made to fool Muggles in the end, kkkk
9 ;=;

mad
死了就是逃脱？绝了

5/10

Cutscene and overall map layout is pretty cool
Pretty fun and challenging for a short 1 level map
Not much else to really say about it besides dont play with AI, play with friends!

Please finish this Goddamn thing

nicely done

@Jesscaaaa0
I think you should try these

-Disable some or all of your addons (especially conflicting addons)
-Resubscribe this addon (both of you)
-Unsubscribe some of your addons, especially custom finale music addons
-Verify game cache files? :P

I don't know for sure what is causing that to happen but I think it may have something to do with other addons you have subscribed... Maybe you should also try having your friend host the server?

So my friend and I tried to play this - we couldn't load in together. Please assist? I tried to host local sever, because I always do, and his would load 1/2 way and then just stay on the loading screen forever, even after I entered and could play the game. He couldn't back out and rejoin either. If you have a solution LMK 'cause the plane beginning was pretty awesome.

I think it's because you have a tank addon or a custom campaign that includes a custom tank model, try disabling some addons/mods. If that doesn't help, try verifying files.

There is no tank model included in this campaign so it shouldn't be happening because of this addon.

i've recently started getting a "map enforced model tank.hulk.mdl" or something like that. I've seen it happen on other maps as well but it normally fixed itself is there an actual fix for this?

a sequel huh? interesting

@Pallas's-Cat

I have released an update that should stop players from getting stuck or frozen when the finale escape starts.

Cons:
You might get incapacitated while the camera is enabled (because zombies can still move while the camera is enabled, unlike players).

Yeah, one chapter, but I might make a sequel to this map

just one game... that's it?

@yuzuru otonashi

Yes, it can be played online :)

But there is no dedicated servers for this map, you should choose a server type Local server . Anyone that have subscribed the map should be able to join your game if you have also changed the Permissions to Public game .

@Pallas's-Cat
Okay... that's weird. I have to find out why these things happen, and it might take some time.

First of all, I think I'm going to get rid of the time slowdown thing, it seems to make you get stuck. It didn't happen for us when I tested the map with a friend so I wasn't really aware of that.


Before I update the map you could try to:

-Unsubscribe some/all other addons you have (or just disable them in the Addons menu)

-Update your graphics drivers (could fix texture problems)

Note: (You will probably still get stuck even after completing those steps, I'll update the map someday soon to fix that problem)


Sorry for late reply, I have been very busy lately. I'm a student so I don't have much spare time :P
Thanks for the feedback! :) I wouldn't know about these bugs without your feedback.

this is bullshit it never fuckin ends plz end this crabby map

-_- ok did you put it to where only ONE PERSON CAN PLAY or that IT CAN ONLY LOCALLY BE PLAYED but not ONLINE? or what why cant i use best dedicated?

that mean the survivor is dead

@Evil
Thank for your reply,
But my situation is different,

I'm using GTX 980ti, and my friend using GTX 1080, and his memory , CPU is also better than me.

In the first time, we both get getting stuck. (alwasy watching the final gate until we shut-down the game)

but in the second time, only my friend getting stuck, and he is the host.

however, his computer also get some other problem during we are playing other map（Suddenly quit or texture loss)

So I'm not sure this is will help or not

anyway, I like this map and thanks for your work, just I didn't finish this campaign

@Lukey1028

Were you trying to host a local server?

@Pallas's-Cat

I tried to slow down time when the final door opens (so that players wouldn't get incapacitated while the camera is on), I noticed myself that sometimes - probably when the host has a low-end computer - it takes 1-3 minutes (should take 5-10 seconds) to reset time to normal. I think that's why it looks like the players are getting stuck, but they are actually slowed down. I think you just have to wait for a couple minutes (sorry). I will probably fix that in a future update.

the gate has been unlocked but still nothing happen or any tip. after final gate animation played, some player will not exit from animation so they arfe getting stuck.

Looks cool

R!O!T!K!

장트 방송보고 왔습니다. 구독 박습니다.

Each server has a stock map it resets to so its always on something.