rcon status fails when server exceeds 18 players

[UnDead]

Does anyone know why this happens and also is there a fix out for it. Basically the server can rcon status fine up until the server reaches around 18 players and above. Then after a little while rcon status fails and usually rcon serverinfo does also. Does developer being on aggrivate this? We run 20 player server running 2.15 patch and I thought it was the mods then I removed them and it still happened. Thanks for any info.

[GaSplat]

I don't know if developer aggrevates it or not, but I know it does not happen on all servers, but there is no patch to it, and no apparent rhyme or reason for what causes it.

[GrinReaper]

i just recently moved from a 16 man server to a 20 man, i noticed this same problem. as much as i love having a 20 man server, i might go back to 16 just for this problem alone, i don't want banned ppl able to come into my server, ESPECIALLY when it's full. it would be nice to find out why this only happens on some servers, and not all.

[elgaucho]

As far as i'm aware, it has nothing to do with mods or configs on the server...

developer is OFF here, and there have been few/no mods on it until recently, so that hasn't anything to do with it... Platform, maybe? Do linux servers have this problem?

[GrinReaper]

yes, i'm on a linux server, i can still kick ppl (though sometimes i have to send the rcon command a few times) but i can't get a rcon status return, nor dumpuser. i have autokick AND CI running on the same server (autokick just does some automated msgs, CI does msgs and kicks/bans) and they both stop working once more than 16 ppl are in the server (as opposed to this 18+ thing). i wouldn't doubt if, at least for me, this problem is with 16+ ppl in a server. i can still do clientkick with a full 20 man server, but i just have to get client numbers via the score (TAB) screen, i had a banned player playing, and as soon as the numbers went to 16, he was kicked, but played fine when server was full :( he was just banned for being a tardass i'm sure, he wasn't causing problems that night thankfully.

and i have developer set to 2 (i get stats on my server) and only mods are MAM stuff, and a realism mod when we run realism. that's it.

[UnDead]

Thanks guys for your responses, I was beginning to think I was going crazy with this rcon status thing. I just hope this is resolved when MohAA Breakthrough comes out in September. But with EA"s track record, it probably won't be. Got my fingers crossed.

UnDead

[GaSplat]

Hey, at least they fixed the nextmap cvar. Activision left that hosed up for EF2.