Counter-Strike: Source Question about AFK in Dust2 server

[RVizzle]

Don't know if this has been brought up or not, but the AFK kicker in the D2 server is a bit jacked. Or maybe I just don't understand why it is set the way it is.

You can go spectate and get kicked for being AFK, but you can sit in spawn for an entire map and never get kicked to spec.

Is there a reason for this I'm missing? Is there an option just set wrong?

Any input would be appreciated.

 

[LeviTheDegu]

Don't know if this has been brought up or not, but the AFK kicker in the D2 server is a bit jacked. Or maybe I just don't understand why it is set the way it is.

You can go spectate and get kicked for being AFK, but you can sit in spawn for an entire map and never get kicked to spec.

Is there a reason for this I'm missing? Is there an option just set wrong?

Any input would be appreciated.

Hey RVizzle,

When the server is full an admin will typically manually kick afk's from spec to make room for players who want to be playing. If you have someone who's afk in spawn for more than a round please reach out to an admin using team chat and the @ sign and let them know there's an afk player you'd like to move to spec.

When there's a full server and only one admin on it can sometimes be hard to tell if someone's afk or not.

Thanks for understanding

 

[Mayhem Death]

Agree with Death Keeper. Also, if you notice that there is no admin on you can come into our Teamspeak server and find an admin to assist you. There is 99% of the time an admin on who can help you out!

 

[Simon]

Just to keep adding to more of the answers, add lots of eGO members on Steam! Whenever you see one in the server give us an add. If they can't immediately help, usually they can find someone who can

 

[FireHazard772]

Since most of the answers thus far are about admins handling AFK, I'll try to answer the question about the AFKManager plugin on Dust2, although it's been awhile since I've been on CSS -

If I recall correctly after having talked to Medviah sometime ago about this, there was a threshold as to when it would start kicking people in spec, however at the moment I can't remember what that threshold is.

Why it's acting the way you mentioned, however, I'm guessing is due to a glitch or perhaps the threshold line needing adjusted.

I tagged Stealth/GG on this to see if they could comment or know of the issue (my apologies otherwise)

 

[RVizzle]

Hey RVizzle,

When the server is full an admin will typically manually kick afk's from spec to make room for players who want to be playing. If you have someone who's afk in spawn for more than a round please reach out to an admin using team chat and the @ sign and let them know there's an afk player you'd like to move to spec.

When there's a full server and only one admin on it can sometimes be hard to tell if someone's afk or not.

Thanks for understanding

Just wanted to let you guys in the upper echelon know something could use some tuning since it won't put players into spec.

I usually play in the morning hours between 6am and 8am,D2 is never full at that time of day. So I never really saw the point in pestering any of the admins about an AFK, as the ones in spec are kicked when the timer runs out, and they're not hogging spots for others that want to join.

The ones in spawn are a little bit more of a nuisance as there is no timer that kicks them to spec.
This causes more fussing among players in the server. When there's an AFK Terrorist, it's pretty sure he's getting the bomb. By the time we called in an admin to move them the round is over.
When the AFKs are hanging in CT spawn, it throws off the team balance a bit but not enough to be enough of a bother to message anyone.

I remember getting PM's on STEAM when TG had the MonsterServer saying, "this guy is saying this and that" and "I want the map changed" and so on and so forth, so I try and keep my admin call outs for the obvious aim-botters and wallers, including player name and steam ID and what they are doing currently while I demo them. You guys have a good server population and I like helping when I can.

I do have TS info and have been in to get my settings adjusted. For some reason my PC has a fit when I ALT/TAB while in CS:S, so I guess joining TS before I join the server is my best option.

Thanks for the quick replys gang.

 

[Rogue Sniper]

Also most likely the plugin is checking player location which changes when a new round starts and theyre respawned so it assumes the player moved. In spec it just checks if theyre not on either team and when they started in spec and then if they rejoin a team it deflags them as possible afk.

 

[RVizzle]

Also most likely the plugin is checking player location which changes when a new round starts and theyre respawned so it assumes the player moved. In spec it just checks if theyre not on either team and when they started in spec and then if they rejoin a team it deflags them as possible afk.

Had not even considered the moving on respawn, good point.