Sourcemod and can't join server after a game update. How I

[Nightware]

Three times now, game update and nobody can join the server until we disable the Metamod/Sourcemod.

They aren't broken (last 2x anyway).
I rename the addons folder to disabled_addons.
Stop and start the server (NFO, restart button isn't seeming to do both, when the server is in this state).
You now have a server running, with no mods.
Join and disconnect, just to prove you can.
Rename the disabled_addons folder to addons
Stop and start the server. I have had to try to start the server twice, each time, before it succeeds.
Join the server. Each time I've done this, it is very slow to connect the first time. After that, back to the normal connect times.

Hope this helps someone else.

I see that the mods are now listed under autoinstallers. Thank you NFO!

[Nightware]

due to being too long, and this is content so it doesn't get rejected for being too short

[LittleB]

Did you try an upgrade to the latest snapshot?

[Edge100x]

I definitely recommend upgrading to the latest snapshots by using the autoinstallers. Every game update breaks SM until they release a fix.

[Nightware]

Yes, it was current each time, this was before the autoinstallers were available.
When first available they were at the version we had installed.

I've updated again today from the autoinstallers (thanks for the "upgrade" feature).

We'll see - only rebooted the once, this time.

-NW

[Cain]

So the SM and MM autoinstallers always have the very latest snapshots??

[FlyingMongoose]

The snapshot feed is an RSS, if you know where to look anyone can have it pull the "most recent" link if they know how to code. It typically will have latest snapshot unless NFO grabs the links/files manually.

[Edge100x]

I haven't automated rolling out updates yet, so when you see an update on the Autoinstallers page, I put it there. But, I may automate it in the future. I would also lie to add another checkbox to the page in the control panel to perform automatic upgrades every day, but I do have a concern that this could break servers if there's a bad SM build.

[FlyingMongoose]

Personally, I would advise not to do automatic updates of development builds (the only thing that works on CS GO) for the same reason you indicated that you haven't automated it, but release builds yes.

[Edge100x]

Unfortunately it is very frequently the case that the release channel doesn't work for several days after important game updates.

I'll keep it as it is for now and give it more thought.