The IS MatchMod Servers that are going to be used for the Pre-Season TF2 League are up and running but they still need more rigorous testing in proper clan game situations in order to make sure they are completely ready of the league. If you are going to be playing on these server you need to familiarize yourself with the scoring rules and the server commands.
IP’s
-IS TF2 Match Server I – 196.38.180.45:27055
-IS TF2 Match Server II – 196.38.180.45:27075
-IS TF2 Match Server III – 196.38.180.45:27095
Scoring Rules
The MatchMod plugin follows the scoring rules of the ISGTF2L Pre-Season as explained here: http://tf2.co.za/league/pre-season/isgtf2l-pre-season-rules/
Basically on a ‘push’ map there are two halves. A half will end when a team reaches 4 points or 30min of play. The teams switch automatically at half time. The first team to 5 points wins. If the teams are tied after the second half there is a golden cap/sudden death round.
Text-Chat Commands
Even though the F4 system is displayed during ready-up time, entirely ignore it (it does nothing) and use the following text-chat commands to ready up:
!ready – to ready yourself up ie you are ready to play
!notready or !unready – to unready yourself if for some reason you are unable to play at the current time
!teamname example – to set your teams name replacing ‘example’ with the name of your team
!start – If you are a player short (5 !ready on your team but you need to start the game) you can use !start to set your team state to ready, this only works if you have 5 ready on your team
Maps
All of the following maps have been set up for the MatchMod plugin. The maps in bold are going to be played in the Pre-Season league.
cp_badlands
cp_dustbowl
cp_fastlane
cp_follower
cp_freight (note, not the default map cp_freight_final)
cp_granary
cp_gravelpit
cp_junction_final
cp_labor
cp_stag
cp_waste
cp_well
cp_yukon_final
ctf_mach4
ctf_turbine
ctf_well
Server Setup
You will need sourcemod admin for this, if you are a clan leader and do not have sourcemod admin on the IS clan servers or can not access the sourcemod admin commands on these match servers please inform Xt3minator so that he can add you.
The only command that you will need in order to use these servers is:
sm_map mapname - changes the map, replace ‘mapname’ with the full maps name as shown above. For example sm_map cp_badlands
Once the map has changed the server will be set up correctly and ready for play. If you want to play on a map that the server is currently on then simplay change the map to that map again in order to initiate the MatchMod plugin.
Other
These three servers are a on separate machine to all the other IS servers and thus there should be no spiking or other lag issues as had in the past on the regular IS clan and pickup servers.
The password for all the servers at the moment is ‘is’ and there are 30 slot STV servers for each of the three match servers.
If you have any issue or find any bugs in the current setup please leave a comment here. There is only one current known ‘bug’ in this plugin; during setup time one can not change weapon when the ready up list is displayed on the left.
Please play as many friendly scrims on these servers as possible and leave any feedback in the comments.
