Missing slots after R24 patch!

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Re: Missing slots after R24 patch!

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have you tried these exact steps posted by AnimOL?
You have to uncheck set server to normal every 5 mins. Then in procon you need to go into game play in server settings and lock normal in there and apply. Then set spec slots to what you want them to be and hit apply then you need to set server slots to what you want then hit apply and you server will show as normal with the right slots
there is a check box in procon to lock normal settings.
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Re: Missing slots after R24 patch!

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If you guys are still having problems you guys can come into my teamspeak and i can walk you through the steps

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Re: Missing slots after R24 patch!

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I think I found my issue, It was related to Ultimate Map Manager

Thanks for the help!
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Re: Missing slots after R24 patch!

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also, there seems to be an issue with the control panel. If you use Easy Setup and use the hardcore or normal links and submit, the vars.preset Normal (or hardcore) doesnt get written to the startup.txt file putting you at custom. if you send that command manually, you get reverted back to 4 spectators. The ONLY way i can figure out how to fix this is to use Procon. Perhaps if there was a dropdown box or radio button to select the game mode and include it in the startup.txt file that would help those that arent using procon. or we just wait until DICE "fixes" it again.
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Re: Missing slots after R24 patch!

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mikedbom, it doesn't add vars.preset to the Startup.txt because it is not needed if you set the individual variables appropriately. Having vars.preset in Startup.txt would override the variables, so it's better to do one way or the other (either listing them all, or listing only vars.preset).

Previously, there were bugs in BF4 related to vars.preset that also caused it to break if it were specified in Startup.txt. Those were fixed at one point.
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Re: Missing slots after R24 patch!

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ok, understood. but without the vars.preset, the server is marked as custom even if i select the hardcore or normal link and do nothing else.

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vars.maxPlayers 32
vars.commander true
vars.maxSpectators 0
vars.mpExperience CQCLASSIC
vars.soldierHealth 60
vars.playerRespawnTime 100
vars.gameModeCounter 100
vars.vehicleSpawnAllowed true
vars.3dSpotting false
vars.miniMap false
vars.killCam false
vars.3pCam false
vars.regenerateHealth false
vars.onlySquadLeaderSpawn true
vars.nameTag false
vars.hud false
vars.forceReloadWholeMags true
vars.hitIndicatorsEnabled false
vars.alwaysAllowSpectators false
reservedSlotsList.aggressiveJoin false
vars.friendlyFire true
the above presets are the result of the hardcore link without touching anything. results in a custom server on Battlelog.

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vars.preset HARDCORE
vars.maxPlayers 32
vars.commander true
vars.maxSpectators 0
vars.mpExperience CQCLASSIC
Manually setting the startup.txt file like this gets me hardcore. however to bypass the bug from R24, I must use Procon. (which is fine for now)
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Re: Missing slots after R24 patch!

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It was working good until my maplist changed from Rush to Conquest. The game then shows as custom until I manually change the preset to Normal and change the specs to 0. Am I out of luck for maplist changes?

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Re: Missing slots after R24 patch!

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[WDT]TardFarmer wrote:I think I found my issue, It was related to Ultimate Map Manager

Thanks for the help!

What was it in UMM that needed to be changed?
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Re: Missing slots after R24 patch!

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There is another bug in the current version that is likely related to this one, and it's the reason that "Easy setup" page use results in a "Custom" server right now.

The bug is that if you are running in a special mode (like Hardcore) and set vars.maxspectators, then try to set something else, the server gets kicked to Custom.

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vars.preset hardcore
OK
vars.maxspectators 2
OK
vars.preset
OK
HARDCORE
false
vars.idletimeout 300
OK
vars.preset
OK
CUSTOM
false
I've let DICE know about this.
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