Latency Manager (1.0.1.16) January 2017

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Originally Posted by Blackbirdhunter*:

 

Im extracting the .inc file into plugins and the BF4 .cs file into BF4....But its not shown in my Procon plugins

 

Could someone help me please?

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Originally Posted by LCARSx64*:

 

Im extracting the .inc file into plugins and the BF4 .cs file into BF4....But its not shown in my Procon plugins

 

Could someone help me please?

Are you connected to a layer?

If so, the plugin has to go in the layer's Plugin folder(s), then restart your layer.

If not, have you restarted Procon after copying the files?

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Originally Posted by doncarlone*:

 

Need help

Other countries except Turkey How do I make my game not penetrate can not join the game

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Originally Posted by ADKGamers*:

 

Is development still continuing on this or is it on the back burner for the time being?

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Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Is development still continuing on this or is it on the back burner for the time being?

Zaeed was on the site last night, but his last post is from the 14th.

 

I don't want to add a ping limiter to AdKats simply because we need a couple things added to this plugin

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Originally Posted by Zaeed*:

 

Sorry, I've had a bit of stuff going on lately and haven't had time to check the forums much. Development is still active.

 

ToDo List:

- time based settings

- clantag whitelist

- missing ping fix for tablet commanders

- some countries not being visible in the list

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Originally Posted by Sponge*:

 

Love the plugin one feature that I would love to see is end of round kicker instead of instant.

 

I have our server setup to start kicking once over 14 players. I feel horrible when it kicks the player just 20 tickets before the end of the game just because more players have joined.

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Originally Posted by Kensai*:

 

Hello

Your plugin is very usefull for me. Thank u very much for it, but i have one problem. "Latency kicker" works great, but "country kicker" isn't working for me. I tried both "allowed countries" mode and "disallowed countries" mode, but plugin do nothing. I chose "allowed country" mode and checked "Uzbekistan" only in country list, and it's appeared in selected countries, but people from another countries still joining the game. Then i chose "disallowed countries" and checked countries near by Uzbekistan, (before Uzbekistan was deleted from list) but nothing happened, they are still joining. I can't see any changes in log window, just see that "ping kicker" is works well. Here is screeshot, and Thank u

 

PS: sorry for my english, it's not my native language

 

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Originally Posted by Slayer*:

 

Hello

Your plugin is very usefull for me. Thank u very much for it, but i have one problem. "Latency kicker" works great, but "country kicker" isn't working for me. I tried both "allowed countries" mode and "disallowed countries" mode, but plugin do nothing. I chose "allowed country" mode and checked "Uzbekistan" only in country list, and it's appeared in selected countries, but people from another countries still joining the game. Then i chose "disallowed countries" and checked countries near by Uzbekistan, (before Uzbekistan was deleted from list) but nothing happened, they are still joining. I can't see any changes in log window, just see that "ping kicker" is works well. Here is screeshot, and Thank u

 

PS: sorry for my english, it's not my native language

 

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In your Country list remove the blank space in your list where it is showing [0] open it and clear the space above your list see if that helps, so it's showing a country in each slot like [1] Russian Federation if it was in the right spot would be showing as [0] Russian Federation and your total number of country's showing would only be [0] to [5] then.

 

The Country kicker wont stop them from joining the server it just means when the plugin does a server scan it looks for the country's on the list and it's an instant kick instead of the average ping kick which takes longer, though i see yours is set to instant ping kick.

 

After doing the changes un tick the plugin and re tick it, might help reload the change.

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Originally Posted by Zaeed*:

 

Love the plugin one feature that I would love to see is end of round kicker instead of instant.

 

I have our server setup to start kicking once over 14 players. I feel horrible when it kicks the player just 20 tickets before the end of the game just because more players have joined.

Hmmm, I can see the appeal in this. I'll give it some thought

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Originally Posted by OddJob001*:

 

Quote Originally Posted by Jaythegreat1 View Post

Just a minor request if we can whitelist by clan tag.

Yep, its now on the todo list.

 

Any other feature requests?

Any ideas if/when we will see this?

 

Edit: Nevermind I see it in your todo list from a few days ago.

On a side note though, what does: In Game Messages? setting do?

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Originally Posted by Zaeed*:

 

Any ideas if/when we will see this?

 

Edit: Nevermind I see it in your todo list from a few days ago.

On a side note though, what does: In Game Messages? setting do?

Lets the players know someone was kicked for high ping

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Originally Posted by virusdead*:

 

I have installed the plugin latency in ftp server procon but it does not appear in the console

assistance

 

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Originally Posted by Phil_K*:

 

I have installed the plugin latency in ftp server procon but it does not appear in the console

assistance

Did you restart the Procon instance you uploaded it to?

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Originally Posted by virusdead*:

 

yes I restart

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Originally Posted by JEEMY*:

 

hi trying to figure out how to set the kick for no ping to some kind of delay. Also how do I set up the whitelist for clan tag or reserved slot.

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Originally Posted by LCARSx64*:

 

hi trying to figure out how to set the kick for no ping to some kind of delay. Also how do I set up the whitelist for clan tag or reserved slot.

You can't set a delay to the no ping kick, it's either kick with no ping or don't.

As for the whitelist, you can't use clan tags, just in-game names, and if you don't know how to add to the list, simply click the "..." button to the far right of the whitelist option and enter one player name per line. Also, whitelist will not protect from no ping kick.

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Originally Posted by JEEMY*:

 

thanks for the info.

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Originally Posted by Zaeed*:

 

I'm going to look into sourcing clan tags from battlelog, but its a very low priority at the moment.

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Originally Posted by xFaNtASyGiRLx*:

 

decided to enable -1 kicker today and got this at the end of one round. does this look right?

 

[14:15:46 99] Latency Manager: Kicking Supr3macy0fS3lf : Missing ping

[14:16:13 94] Latency Manager: Kicking BL_NEOZOR : Missing ping

[14:16:17 47] Latency Manager: Kicking LtSnipe127 : Missing ping

[14:16:48 28] Latency Manager: Kicking Labagungela : Missing ping

[14:17:03 44] Latency Manager: Kicking BL_NEOZOR : Missing ping

[14:17:34 64] Latency Manager: Kicking Supr3macy0fS3lf : Missing ping

[14:17:47 94] Latency Manager: Kicking Osmar88 : Missing ping

[14:17:49 16] Latency Manager: Kicking stephanizanato : Missing ping

[14:18:26 87] Latency Manager: Kicking ConsoIePeasant : Missing ping

[14:18:49 97] Latency Manager: Kicking Osmar88 : Missing ping

[14:19:20 25] Latency Manager: Kicking Digitalz0808 : Missing ping

[14:19:20 25] Latency Manager: Kicking aznfire987 : Missing ping

[14:19:30 44] Latency Manager: Kicking MajorDamag3 : Missing ping

[14:19:30 44] Latency Manager: Kicking Ornamentum1863 : Missing ping

[14:20:20 87] Latency Manager: Kicking aznfire987 : Missing ping

[14:20:50 53] Latency Manager: Kicking schwartzxc13 : Missing ping

[14:21:22 18] Latency Manager: Kicking aznfire987 : Missing ping

[14:21:36 12] Latency Manager: Kicking schwartzxc13 : Missing ping

[14:22:53 39] Latency Manager: Kicking SuperEddicus : Missing ping

[14:23:38 08] Latency Manager: Kicking Mr_Larva : Missing ping

[14:23:54 04] Latency Manager: Kicking Pizza9384 : Missing ping

[14:24:30 53] [insane Limits] [DOMINATION] Pro3win with 10 kills!

[14:26:06 95] Latency Manager: Kicking 1ms_D3LL3Y_BL4CK : Missing ping

[14:26:10 66] [insane Limits] iixJarhead ended Pro3win's domination!

[14:26:56 61] Latency Manager: Kicking ezmob1374 : Missing ping

[14:27:58 79] Latency Manager: Kicking Supr3macy0fS3lf : Missing ping

[14:27:58 85] Latency Manager: Kicking ezmob1374 : Missing ping

it appears to do this a lot after a round ends.

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Originally Posted by LCARSx64*:

 

decided to enable -1 kicker today and got this at the end of one round. does this look right?

 

 

 

it appears to do this a lot after a round ends.

Strange, it works as intended for me.

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Originally Posted by Slayer*:

 

Strange, it works as intended for me.

Hmm interesting, I haven't been game to turn it on after the last time I tried it, luckily I was hovering over the untick box as I waited to see what it would do and yep it started to empty out the 64 slot server.

 

Nice LatencyManager(1.0.1.12) is now sort of working working as intended, just tested it while tentatively hovering over the turn it back off tick box and it only kicked one player the one with -1.

 

Though it's working as intended it is still kicking commanders on a tablet as they have -1 ping.

 

xFaNtASyGiRLx make sure you have this version LatencyManager(1.0.1.12) or it wont work correctly the one you have might be an older version and double check you don't have commanders on tablets amongst that group.

 

 

 

 

Do we know why players show up in server sometimes with -1 I see a lot of foreign players with -1 and I'd love to keep them out but I also see a lot of Australian players that have -1 as well.

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Originally Posted by LCARSx64*:

 

@Doom69, To be honest, I haven't seen it kick any tablet commanders (or any commanders for that matter), however, I have just recently disabled commanders on my server due to an exploit with it.

As for the missing and -1 pings, they could be caused by a number of things including, but not limited to, the server not sending the player's ping yet, players using proxies, player's router, etc.

 

@xFaNtASyGiRLx, another option would be to disable Latency Manager's no ping instant kick and use an Insane Limits limit. Here's one that should do the job:

 

 

Missing Ping Kicker

---

This limit will kick players with missing pings with the exception of WhiteList players, Spectators and Commanders (PC & Tablet).

 

Set limit to evaluate OnIntervalPlayers. Set the interval to the delay time between each check in seconds, I suggest 30 to 60 (Half a minute to 1 minute). Set action to None.

 

Set first_check to this Code:

Code:

if (!plugin.isInWhitelist(player.Name) && player.Role == 0)
    return true;

return false;

Set second_check to this Code:

Code:

// Missing Ping Kicker
//

// Ignore the very first activation since ping can be 0 anyway
if (limit.Activations(player.Name) == 1)
    return false;

// Check for the player's ping and kick if it's 0 or lower
if (player.Ping < 1)
{
    // Remove the //'s in the next line for Procon console logging
    //plugin.ConsoleWrite("^b^0Missing Ping Kicker: ^8Kicking " + player.Name + " : Missing Ping!^0^n");
    // Remove the //'s in the next line for Procon chat logging
    //plugin.PRoConChat("^b^0Missing Ping Kicker: ^8Kicking " + player.Name + " : Missing Ping!^0^n");
    // Remove the //'s in the next line for Event logging
    //plugin.PRoConEvent("Kicked " + player.Name + " for Missing Ping!", "Insane Limits");
    plugin.KickPlayerWithMessage(player.Name, "Missing Ping!");
}

return false;

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Originally Posted by xFaNtASyGiRLx*:

 

@Doom69, To be honest, I haven't seen it kick any tablet commanders (or any commanders for that matter), however, I have just recently disabled commanders on my server due to an exploit with it.

As for the missing and -1 pings, they could be caused by a number of things including, but not limited to, the server not sending the player's ping yet, players using proxies, player's router, etc.

 

@xFaNtASyGiRLx, another option would be to disable Latency Manager's no ping instant kick and use an Insane Limits limit. Here's one that should do the job:

 

 

Missing Ping Kicker

---

This limit will kick players with missing pings with the exception of WhiteList players, Spectators and Commanders (PC & Tablet).

 

Set limit to evaluate OnIntervalPlayers. Set the interval to the delay time between each check in seconds, I suggest 30 to 60 (Half a minute to 1 minute). Set action to None.

 

Set first_check to this Code:

Code:

if (!plugin.isInWhitelist(player.Name) && player.Role == 0)
    return true;

return false;

Set second_check to this Code:

Code:

// Missing Ping Kicker
//

// Ignore the very first activation since ping can be 0 anyway
if (limit.Activations(player.Name) == 1)
    return false;

// Check for the player's ping and kick if it's 0 or lower
if (player.Ping < 1)
{
    // Remove the //'s in the next line for Procon console logging
    //plugin.ConsoleWrite("^b^0Missing Ping Kicker: ^8Kicking " + player.Name + " : Missing Ping!^0^n");
    // Remove the //'s in the next line for Procon chat logging
    //plugin.PRoConChat("^b^0Missing Ping Kicker: ^8Kicking " + player.Name + " : Missing Ping!^0^n");
    // Remove the //'s in the next line for Event logging
    //plugin.PRoConEvent("Kicked " + player.Name + " for Missing Ping!", "Insane Limits");
    plugin.KickPlayerWithMessage(player.Name, "Missing Ping!");
}

return false;

pretty awesome limit! thank you.

 

p.s. how do I make this limit only work when there are more than 60 players on a server?

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Originally Posted by LCARSx64*:

 

For 60 or more players only, change the first_check code to:

Code:

if (!plugin.isInWhitelist(player.Name) && player.Role == 0 && server.PlayerCount >= 60)
    return true;

return false;

If you want the limit to work for 61 or more players, simply change the server.PlayerCount >= 60 to server.PlayerCount >= 61

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Originally Posted by ToM666*:

 

Guys what causes this missing ping and why would we want to kick them?

 

I activated this missing ping kicker last night and now one clan member, losts of randoms and some of our regulars have started getting kicked for it.

 

Is this something players can do themselves to gain an advantage?

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Originally Posted by LCARSx64*:

 

Guys what causes this missing ping and why would we want to kick them?

 

I activated this missing ping kicker last night and now one clan member, losts of randoms and some of our regulars have started getting kicked for it.

 

Is this something players can do themselves to gain an advantage?

There can be lots of causes for it, sometimes the ping isn't just 0 but shows as -1 (which can indicate no ping or an extremely high ping). Usually the reason behind it isn't anything to do with cheating, however, it could be used as a way of masking your ping in a sense. For example, if you play on a US server from Europe or Australia etc., your ping on the server is going to be reasonably high, this could give you an advantage due to the "netcode" issues. By blocking your ping you effectively avoid being kicked for high ping and can therefore play on servers outside your country, possibly causing lag in the server and even having a lag compensation advantage over other players.

 

As for kicking them, that is entirely up to you. If you would like to have this enabled but don't want your whitelisted players kicked, I wrote an Insane Limits limit that will do it ...*

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Originally Posted by kobiatiya*:

 

Hello Zaeed,

 

i recently downloaded your plug-in and copied it to the FTP server of our procon.

usually when doing so, the plug-in shows up there after a procon restart, however in this case the plug-in never showed.

 

i even did a full server / procon shutdown and copied the files to the FTP then, but it didn't change anything.

any idea to why this is happening?

 

i am pretty sure i did everything correctly though i might have missed something.

i did notice that in the forum post chains there's a post by you that explain how exactly does it works in a way where it measure the ping average. does this means i need at least 2 players on the server before i'll be able to see the plug-in to begin with? if so, it doesn't make any sense but that will do i guess?

 

 

looking forward to your reply,

 

 

Thank you.

 

 

p.s

 

i noticed other player/s complained about the same issue so i wanted to put my version of softwares.

 

i am using Procon Frostbite Version 1.4.2.3, FileZilla Version 3.8.0, G-Portal Dashboard

 

as far as i can tell, these are the most updated software versions i can use at the time this post is written (april 29th, 2014).

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Originally Posted by Slayer*:

 

Hello Zaeed,

 

i recently downloaded your plug-in and copied it to the FTP server of our procon.

usually when doing so, the plug-in shows up there after a procon restart, however in this case the plug-in never showed.

 

i even did a full server / procon shutdown and copied the files to the FTP then, but it didn't change anything.

any idea to why this is happening?

 

i am pretty sure i did everything correctly though i might have missed something.

i did notice that in the forum post chains there's a post by you that explain how exactly does it works in a way where it measure the ping average. does this means i need at least 2 players on the server before i'll be able to see the plug-in to begin with? if so, it doesn't make any sense but that will do i guess?

 

 

looking forward to your reply,

 

 

Thank you.

 

 

p.s

 

i noticed other player/s complained about the same issue so i wanted to put my version of softwares.

 

i am using Procon Frostbite Version 1.4.2.3, FileZilla Version 3.8.0, G-Portal Dashboard

 

as far as i can tell, these are the most updated software versions i can use at the time this post is written (april 29th, 2014).

What did you copy?

 

Their is two files which you need to place into the correct folders for it to work.

 

I'm just going to guess you mean BF4 if so look at the below for file paths on the FTP if for BF3 then replace BF3 where I have BF4.

 

procon/Plugins stick this file CLatencyManager.inc into the plugins folder.

 

procon/Plugins/BF4 stick this CLatencyManager.cs file into the BF4 folder.

 

Reboot the layer and you should see the plugin sitting in your procon ready to configure.

 

Once you set it up and use the settings that best suits your needs then when players enter who have over the ping limit it will kick them.

 

Or if you choose to use the country side of it you can add country's to allow or disallow.

 

Here is a sample of what's inside my config file for this plugin, everyone runs them differently though you will need to work out settings that suit you.

 

Code:

/////////////////////////////////////////////
// This config will be overwritten by procon.
/////////////////////////////////////////////
procon.protected.plugins.enable "CLatencyManager" True
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Enable Country based kick_" "No"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Action" "Allow countries"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Country list" "N/A"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Selected countries" "Australia|New Zealand|Japan|Papua New Guinea|Cook Islands|Christmas Island|Fiji|Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands|Marshall Islands|New Caledonia|Norfolk Island|Nauru|French Polynesia|Vanuatu|N/A|Vietnam|Hong Kong"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Country kick message" "Sorry, players from %country% are not allowed."
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Enable high ping kick_" "Yes"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Ping Kick Method" "Average ping"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Ping limit" "200"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "High ping kick message" "High ping (%ping%)"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Pings to sample for average" "20"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Minimum pings before kicking" "4"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Instant kick no ping_" "No"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Debug messages_" "Yes"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Minimum players before rule enforced (0: none)" "16"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Whitelist" ""
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Display plugin update message_" "No"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Ingame messages_" "Yes"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Yell or Say ingame message" "Say"

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Originally Posted by kobiatiya*:

 

What did you copy?

 

Their is two files which you need to place into the correct folders for it to work.

 

I'm just going to guess you mean BF4 if so look at the below for file paths on the FTP if for BF3 then replace BF3 where I have BF4.

 

procon/Plugins stick this file CLatencyManager.inc into the plugins folder.

 

procon/Plugins/BF4 stick this CLatencyManager.cs file into the BF4 folder.

 

Reboot the layer and you should see the plugin sitting in your procon ready to configure.

 

Once you set it up and use the settings that best suits your needs then when players enter who have over the ping limit it will kick them.

 

Or if you choose to use the country side of it you can add country's to allow or disallow.

 

Here is a sample of what's inside my config file for this plugin, everyone runs them differently though you will need to work out settings that suit you.

 

Code:

/////////////////////////////////////////////
// This config will be overwritten by procon.
/////////////////////////////////////////////
procon.protected.plugins.enable "CLatencyManager" True
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Enable Country based kick_" "No"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Action" "Allow countries"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Country list" "N/A"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Selected countries" "Australia|New Zealand|Japan|Papua New Guinea|Cook Islands|Christmas Island|Fiji|Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands|Marshall Islands|New Caledonia|Norfolk Island|Nauru|French Polynesia|Vanuatu|N/A|Vietnam|Hong Kong"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Country kick message" "Sorry, players from %country% are not allowed."
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Enable high ping kick_" "Yes"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Ping Kick Method" "Average ping"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Ping limit" "200"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "High ping kick message" "High ping (%ping%)"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Pings to sample for average" "20"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Minimum pings before kicking" "4"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Instant kick no ping_" "No"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Debug messages_" "Yes"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Minimum players before rule enforced (0: none)" "16"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Whitelist" ""
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Display plugin update message_" "No"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Ingame messages_" "Yes"
procon.protected.plugins.setVariable "CLatencyManager" "Yell or Say ingame message" "Say"

thank you doom, for your reply.

 

i believe i did exactly that.

i am running a BF4 locker only server. i took the .inc file and put it in the /plugin/ folder.

i took the .cs file and put it in /plugin/BF4 folder as well. it seems it refuses to show in the plug in folder.

 

i had this before with many plug ins however, ever a procon layer restart, they always showed up. this one simply refuses to do so.

 

i even tried the entire process while the procon layer is shut down.

 

procon part 2(final).jpg

 

no idea what's wrong with it.

 

i am willing to give a remote control over my computer if someone have a good reason to believe he can fix this.

 

looking forward to your replies.