delay between map change

[wavey]

I have a windows tf2 server and am having problems with huge delay between maps I have no ideal how to fix this a little help please and thanks fellas

[Drocona]

Define "delay" please

[wavey]

from the end of a map to the start of a new one it seems very excessive to me compared to other servers
I have mani mod running and that is all for mods

[Spartanfrog]

Whats your hard drive speed?

[wavey]

· Intel Xeon 2.4 GHZ dual processor

· 2 Gigs DDR PC-3200

· 80 Gig 7200 RPM hard drive

· Windows 2003 server

· 100/1000 Network Interface Card (NIC)

[Spartanfrog]

Well the hard drive is not the problem. How many servers are you running?

[wavey]

well that is the problem it is a rented server and no clue what is on it

[wavey]

but it runs great during game play

[Spartanfrog]

Hmm that probably means that the gsp is overloading their servers.
Just curious, who did you rent from?

[Mooga]

Post your server.cfg
I'm guessing your chat time is set to like 15 or something.

[wavey]

// this is your server name as shown in the server list
hostname ""

sv_password ""
// your server password. a pair of double quotes means it is not set and anyone can join

// start rcon settings

rcon_password ""
// your rcon password to log into the dev rcon console or HLSW rcon console
sv_rcon_banpenalty 5
// Number of minutes to ban users who fail rcon authentication
sv_rcon_maxfailures 10
// Max number of times a user can fail rcon authentication before being banned

// end rcon settings

// start cvars for balancing un-even teams

mp_autoteambalance 1
// 0 is off and 1 is on. if 1 then should be used in conjunction with the following 3 commands
mp_autoteambalance_delay 60
// Time (in seconds) after the teams become unbalanced to attempt to switch players
mp_autoteambalance_warning_delay 30
// Time (in seconds) after the teams become unbalanced to print a balance warning
mp_teams_unbalance_limit 2
// Teams are unbalanced when one team has this many more players than the other (0 disables)

// end cvars for balancing un-even teams

// start cvars for round and game times

mp_enableroundwaittime 1
// Enable or disable timers to wait between rounds. 0 is off 1 is on
mp_bonusroundtime 60
// Time after round win until round restarts (in seconds)
mp_restartround 30
// Time the current round will restart (in seconds)
mp_stalemate_timelimit 240
// Timelimit (in seconds) of the stalemate round
mp_timelimit 30
// game time per map in minutes

// end cvars for round and game times

// start cvars for win conditions

mp_maxrounds 5
// Max number of rounds to play before server changes maps
mp_winlimit 4
// Max number of rounds one team can win before a server changes maps

// end cvars for win conditions

// start client specific cvars

mp_forcecamera 0
// force dead clients to first person mode disabling freelook. 0 is off 1 is on
mp_allowspectators 1
// enable or disable spectators on the server. 0 is off 1 is on
mp_friendlyfire 0
// 0 is off and clients can do harm to team mates. 1 is on and players can kill or injure team mates
mp_footsteps 1
// footsteps on or off. 0 is off and 1 is on
sv_cheats 0
// allow cheats to be used by the client. 0 is off 1 is on
sv_timeout 180
// the amount of time in seconds that a client is booted for no input
sv_maxspeed 320
// the maximun speed a client can move at
sv_consistency 1
// Force clients to pass a consistency check for critical files before joining server. 0 is off 1 is on
decalfrequency 10
// the pause in seconds between a decal being sprayed

// end client specific cvars

// start cvars for communication

sv_voiceenable 1
// allow players to use a microphone. 0 is off 1 is on
sv_alltalk 0
// toggles whether both teams can hear each others voice comms or not. 0 is off 1 is on. recommend it being off
mp_chattime 10
// players can chat for this amount of time (in seconds) after a game is over

// end cvars for communication

// start download cvars

sv_allowupload 1
// allow custom decals to be uploaded. 0 is off 1 is on
sv_allowdownload 1
// allow files to be downloaded from the server. 0 is off 1 is on
net_maxfilesize 15
// Max download file size. Default is 15
sv_downloadurl ""
//redirect download location

// end download cvars

// start bandwidth rates/settings

sv_minrate 20000
sv_maxrate 30000
decalfrequency 10
sv_maxupdaterate 100
sv_minupdaterate 66
sv_mincmdrate 66
sv_maxcmdrate 100

// end bandwidth rates/settings

// start server logging

log on
// enable or disable server logging. on is on off is off
sv_logbans 0
// Log server bans in the server logs
sv_logecho 1
// Echo log information to the console. 0 is off 1 is on
sv_logfile 0
// Log server information in the log file. 0 is off 1 is on
sv_log_onefile 0
// log everything in one file

// end server logging

// start cvars for general operation

sv_lan 0
// is this an internet or LAN server. 0 is internet 1 is LAN
sv_region 0
// server location. -1 is the world, 0 is USA east coast, 1 is USA west coast, 2 south america, 3 europe, 4 asia, 5 australia, 6 middle east, 7 africa
sv_contact email@here
// contact email for sysop
sv_pausable 0
// enables or disables whether the server can be paused. 0 is off 1 is on
sv_pure 1
// forces all clients on the server to use content that matches what is on the server. 0 is off 1 is on
sv_pure_kick_clients 1
// kicks clients that do not have content that matches what is on the server

// end cvars for general operation

// start execute ban files

exec banned_user.cfg
exec banned_ip.cfg

// end execute ban files

[frogert15]

you can try changing the chattime to like 5... or is your server having a huge delay when you're at the loading screen saying "server changing level" or whatever

[Mooga]

Code:

mp_chattime 10
// players can chat for this amount of time (in seconds) after a game is over

As frogert15 says, changing that to 5 or less might help.
However, THIS WILL BRAKE BEETLESMOD'S MAP CHANGES if you use BeetlesMod.