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MatchZy Enhanced Changelog

Note: Versions 1.0.0+ are MatchZy Enhanced - a fork optimized for tournament automation. Original MatchZy versions (0.8.x and earlier) are included below for reference.

1.4.11

January 26, 2026

✨ New Features

Auto-Ready Simulation (Testing Helper)

  • Added a ready-mode simulation helper that spawns 2 bots (1 CT + 1 T) during warmup so you can test ready/auto-ready flows without manually joining.
  • Added configurable timing and safety knobs to support bots-only testing and reduce flakiness during warmup → knife/live transitions.

Crash / Debugging Utilities

  • Added transition breadcrumbs via matchzy_crash_debug_breadcrumbs to help diagnose phase-transition issues (warmup/knife/live).
  • Added an event/webhook master switch via matchzy_events_enabled to simplify isolation when debugging.

🔧 Technical Changes

  • Improved ready/auto-ready state handling to better emulate real player .ready behavior during automated flows.
  • Refactored and expanded the shipped cfg/MatchZy/config.cfg comments for better clarity and usability.

1.4.10

January 25, 2026

✨ New Features

Auto-Ready System

  • Added matchzy_autoready_enabled to automatically ready players when they join (with .unready opt-out).
  • Added configurable tuning:
  • matchzy_autoready_start_delay (countdown before auto-start)
  • matchzy_autoready_check_delay (delay after team assignment before checking readiness)
  • matchzy_autoready_ready_delay (delay before simulating .ready)

🔧 Technical Changes

  • Updated match flow readiness tracking in event handlers and ready system to support auto-ready reliably.
  • Updated the default config with the new auto-ready cvars and documentation.

1.4.9

January 24, 2026

✨ New Features

Enhanced Notification System with Duration Support

  • Timed notifications: Messages can now be displayed for a specified duration, enhancing visibility during matches
  • Unique notification keys: Multiple notifications can be managed effectively without overlap
  • Duration parameters: All notification methods now support duration parameters, ensuring messages remain visible for the specified time
  • Improved notification management for better user experience during critical match moments

🔧 Technical Changes

  • Updated notification system architecture to support timed display
  • Implemented unique notification key management to prevent notification conflicts
  • Enhanced existing notification methods with duration support

1.4.8

January 24, 2026

✨ New Features

Center HTML Notifications (Experimental)

  • Global notifications: Match live, pause countdown, side selection displayed to all players
  • Personal notifications: Individual ready/unready status shown to specific players
  • Team-specific notifications: Unpause confirmation requests shown only to relevant team
  • Countdown timers: Live countdowns for pause duration, side selection, and server restart
  • Toggle with matchzy_center_html_notifications (default: disabled - opt-in feature)
  • Clean, professional notifications that don't clutter chat

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed: server_configured event now requires matchzy_server_id to be set before sending
  • Prevents events with empty server_id from being sent
  • Auto-triggers event when server_id is set after URL configuration
  • Fixed: Event retry queue threading issues
  • Database operations now run on main game thread
  • Prevents "Invoked on a non-main thread" errors
  • Fixed: Event retry queue now automatically clears when webhook URL changes
  • Prevents retrying events to old/wrong URLs
  • New URL configuration immediately takes effect
  • Added matchzy_clear_event_queue command to manually clear pending events

1.4.0

January 20, 2026

🚀 Bulletproof Event Delivery System

This release introduces a comprehensive event reliability and retry system that ensures zero data loss, even during API downtime, network issues, or server crashes.

✨ New Features

Event Queue & Automatic Retry

  • Automatic queueing: Failed webhook events are saved to local database
  • Background retry: Processes retry queue every 30 seconds with exponential backoff (30s → 1m → 2m → 4m → 8m → 16m → 32m max)
  • Maximum 20 retries before marking event as failed
  • Auto-cleanup: Successfully sent events removed after 7 days
  • Database table: matchzy_event_queue stores event type, data, match ID, retry count, timestamps, and status

Server Registration Event

  • server_configured event: Automatically sent when webhook URL is set or on server startup
  • Contains server ID, hostname, plugin version, webhook URL, and timestamp
  • Enables API to track active servers and maintain server status database
  • Useful for dashboards, health monitoring, and server management

Pull API for Data Recovery

  • matchzy_get_match_stats <matchId>: Returns complete match statistics as JSON from local database
  • matchzy_get_pending_events (admin only): Shows event queue status with breakdown by event type
  • Enables tournament platforms to pull missing data directly from CS2 servers

Smart Console Logging

  • Visual feedback when events fail and are queued for retry
  • Success messages when retried events are delivered
  • Example: [MatchZy Events] ✗ FAILED to send 'round_end' (HTTP 500) → Event queued for retry
  • Example: [MatchZy Events] ✓ Retry successful: 'round_end' (attempt 3)

🔧 Technical Details

Database schema: - New matchzy_event_queue table for both SQLite and MySQL - Tracks event type, full JSON payload, match ID, map number, retry count, next retry time, status, and error messages

Event flow: 1. Event POST fails (non-2xx, timeout, or exception) → Auto-queued 2. Background timer (30s interval) processes pending events 3. Exponential backoff prevents API overload 4. Successful delivery → Mark as sent and remove after 7 days 5. Max retries reached → Mark as failed for manual review

Benefits: - ✅ Zero data loss during API downtime - ✅ Works on managed hosting (Dathost, etc.) - no database exposure needed - ✅ Each server manages its own queue independently - ✅ No manual intervention required - ✅ Pull API available for data recovery

📚 Documentation

  • Updated configuration.md with event reliability section
  • Updated commands.md with new commands and permission reference
  • Updated integration.md with event reliability details

1.4.2

January 20, 2026

  • Localized match winner messages: Added matchzy.match.won localization key to all 12 supported languages (English, German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Portuguese BR/PT, Russian, Uzbek, Chinese Simplified/Traditional)
  • Enhanced kick messages: Players now see the match winner message 3 times in different colors (Lime → Green → Yellow) with a 5-second delay before being kicked, ensuring they can read the result even if the disconnect popup doesn't show the reason
  • Improved side selection timer logic: Enhanced chat reminders and timer handling for better player awareness

1.4.1

January 20, 2026

  • Refactored event retry timer logic: Fixed potential timer duplication issues by using a repeating timer pattern with proper flags to prevent multiple instances
  • Improved cleanup timer: Enhanced old event cleanup logic for better reliability
  • Fixed changelog extraction: Improved Discord webhook changelog generation to correctly handle release commits and non-existent tags

1.3.5

January 20, 2026

  • Introduced matchzy_debug_console (default: 1) to control verbose server‑console logging and hooked it into the internal Log(...) helper.
  • Expanded console‑side debug logs around the ready/auto‑ready flow, match start decisions, pause/tactical timeout handling, .gg votes and FFW timers, to make user‑submitted logs much more useful for debugging.
  • Documented both matchzy_debug_console and matchzy_debug_chat in configuration.md / commands.md under a dedicated Debugging & logging section.

1.3.4

January 20, 2026

  • Added an example configuration for plugin‑managed pauses vs native tactical timeouts in configuration.md (showing how to use matchzy_use_pause_command_for_tactical_pause 0 together with matchzy_max_pauses_per_team, and how it should align with mp_team_timeout_max when using .tac).
  • Documented the new matchzy_gg_min_score_diff convar and clarified .gg behavior in both commands.md and configuration.md.
  • Added a reload config command (.reload_config / matchzy_reload_config) that safely re‑executes cfg/MatchZy/config.cfg when no match is live.
  • Restructured commands.md to include linkable per‑command sections (e.g. #gg, #pause--p, #reload_config) so individual commands can be shared with direct URLs.

1.3.3

January 20, 2026

  • Hardened the release script with clean‑tree pre‑checks and safer version handling before tagging/publishing.
  • Refactored internal score / readiness logic for clarity and maintainability in the enhanced match‑management features.
  • Updated commands and configuration documentation, README.md, and mkdocs.yml to better reflect the 1.3.x feature set and to streamline the published docs.

1.3.0

January 19, 2026

🎉 Major Feature Release: Player Experience Enhancements

This release introduces a comprehensive suite of new features designed to improve player experience, tournament management, and match flow control. All new features are configurable and disabled by default for safety.

✨ New Features

Auto-Ready System

  • Players are automatically marked as ready when they join the match (configurable)
  • Players can still use .unready to opt-out if they're not ready
  • Match starts automatically when all required players are ready
  • Configurable via matchzy_autoready_enabled (default: false)
  • Perfect for fast-paced tournaments where players are expected to be ready

Enhanced Pause System

  • Both-team unpause requirement: Both teams must now type .unpause to resume (configurable via matchzy_both_teams_unpause_required)
  • Per-team pause limits: Limit number of pauses per team (e.g., 2 pauses per team) via matchzy_max_pauses_per_team
  • Pause duration limits: Set maximum pause duration with automatic timeout via matchzy_pause_duration
  • New command aliases: .p for .pause, .up for .unpause
  • Pause tracking and remaining pauses shown in chat

Side Selection Timer

  • Configurable timer for side selection after knife round (default: 60 seconds)
  • Commands: .ct, .t, .stay, .swap all work with timer
  • Random side selection if timer expires without player choice
  • Configurable via matchzy_side_selection_enabled and matchzy_side_selection_time
  • Prevents indefinite waiting after knife rounds

Early Match Termination (.gg Command)

  • New .gg command allows teams to forfeit the match
  • Requires 80% team consensus (configurable)
  • Vote tracking per round (votes reset each round)
  • Opposing team automatically wins when threshold reached
  • Configurable via matchzy_gg_enabled (default: false) and matchzy_gg_threshold (default: 0.8)
  • Perfect for scrims and practice matches

FFW (Forfeit/Walkover) System

  • Automatic forfeit system when entire team leaves the server
  • 4-minute timer starts when all players from a team disconnect
  • Minute-by-minute warnings in chat
  • Automatically cancels if any team member returns
  • Opposing team wins by forfeit if timer expires
  • Configurable via matchzy_ffw_enabled (default: false) and matchzy_ffw_time (default: 240)
  • Fair handling of connection issues in online tournaments

🎮 New Commands

  • .gg - Vote to end match early (requires team consensus)
  • .up - Alias for .unpause
  • .p - Alias for .pause

⚙️ New Configuration Variables

// Auto-Ready System
matchzy_autoready_enabled "0"  // Default: disabled

// Enhanced Pause System
matchzy_both_teams_unpause_required "1"  // Default: enabled
matchzy_max_pauses_per_team "0"  // Default: unlimited
matchzy_pause_duration "0"  // Default: no limit

// Side Selection Timer
matchzy_side_selection_enabled "1"  // Default: enabled
matchzy_side_selection_time "60"  // Default: 60 seconds

// Early Match Termination
matchzy_gg_enabled "0"  // Default: disabled
matchzy_gg_threshold "0.8"  // Default: 80%

// FFW System
matchzy_ffw_enabled "0"  // Default: disabled
matchzy_ffw_time "240"  // Default: 4 minutes

🌍 Localization

  • Added English localization for all new features
  • New strings ready for community translations in other languages

🔧 Technical Changes

  • Enhanced event handlers for player connect/disconnect to support new features
  • Improved timer management with proper cleanup on match reset
  • Thread-safe operations for all new tracking systems
  • Comprehensive cleanup of all new timers and tracking in ResetMatch()
  • Smart match end delays based on demo configuration:
  • Demo recording disabled: ~10s restart (was 60-90s)
  • Demo recording enabled, no upload URL: ~25-35s restart (was 60-90s)
  • Demo recording enabled with upload URL: ~60-90s restart (unchanged, waits for upload)

📖 Documentation

  • Updated README.md with new features overview
  • Updated cfg/MatchZy/config.cfg with comprehensive documentation
  • Added detailed comments and use cases for all new convars

1.2.2

January 6, 2026

  • Enhanced command documentation and player communication
  • Improved practice utilities documentation
  • Updated MatchZy convars reference

1.2.1

December 30, 2025

  • Enhanced player whitelist handling to allow admin bypass
  • Admins can now connect even if not on whitelist
  • Improved match configuration flexibility

1.2.0

December 30, 2025

🔄 Remote Backup & Admin Management Release

This release introduces remote backup upload functionality and per-match admin configuration, enabling better integration with tournament platforms and match management systems.

✨ New Features

Remote Backup Upload

  • Upload match backups to remote HTTP/HTTPS endpoints
  • Configurable via matchzy_remote_backup_url convar
  • Custom authentication headers support via matchzy_remote_backup_header_key and matchzy_remote_backup_header_value
  • Automatic upload after each backup round
  • Perfect for centralized backup storage and disaster recovery

Per-Match Admin Configuration

  • Define admins directly in match JSON configuration
  • Override server-level admin settings per match
  • Support for "admins": ["STEAM_ID_1", "STEAM_ID_2"] in match config
  • Simplified tournament admin management
  • No need to modify server files for each match

🔧 Technical Changes

  • Enhanced backup management with HTTP client integration
  • Improved admin validation logic
  • Better error handling for remote operations

📖 Documentation

  • Updated configuration guide with remote backup examples
  • Added admin configuration documentation

1.1.5

December 29, 2025

  • Enhanced overtime configuration handling
  • Improved match management for extended play
  • Better overtime round tracking

1.1.4

December 29, 2025

  • Refined overtime handling in match management
  • Improved overtime segment tracking
  • Better OT phase detection

1.1.3

December 29, 2025

  • Refined overtime segments handling
  • Enhanced documentation for overtime configuration
  • Improved overtime logic

1.1.2

December 29, 2025

  • Enhanced overtime tie resolution logic
  • Improved overtime documentation
  • Better handling of OT scenarios

1.1.1

December 29, 2025

  • Added tournament overtime and regulation configuration
  • Support for maxRounds, overtimeMode, and overtimeSegments in JSON config
  • Enhanced flexibility for tournament organizers

1.1.0

December 29, 2025

🎯 Match Queuing & Tournament Automation Release

This release introduces intelligent match queuing capabilities, allowing servers to automatically transition between matches without manual intervention. Perfect for tournament brackets and continuous match series.

✨ New Features

Match Queuing System

  • New tournamentNextMatch field in match JSON configuration
  • Automatic detection and loading of queued matches after series end
  • Seamless transition between matches without downtime
  • Support for tournament bracket automation
  • Queue state tracking and validation

Overtime Configuration Enhancements

  • Support for maxRounds in match configuration
  • Configurable overtimeMode (standard, tournament)
  • overtimeSegments configuration for multi-OT scenarios
  • Better tie resolution logic
  • Enhanced overtime round tracking

🔧 Technical Changes

  • Improved match reset flow to check for queued matches
  • Enhanced overtime handling in match management
  • Better state management for continuous matches
  • Refined OT segment tracking and phase detection

📖 Documentation

  • Added match queuing examples
  • Updated overtime configuration guide
  • Enhanced tournament workflow documentation

1.0.26

December 29, 2025

  • Added missing using directive for Utils module
  • Fixed compilation issues in G5API.cs

1.0.25

December 21, 2025

  • Implemented connected clients tracking for simulation and normal matches
  • Enhanced player state management
  • Improved match flow control

1.0.24

December 20, 2025

  • Enhanced simulation and normal match settings enforcement
  • Improved timescale and cheats management
  • Better simulation mode reliability

1.0.23

December 20, 2025

  • Implemented HLTV/SourceTV exclusion from readiness tracking
  • Fixed issues with spectator bots affecting ready system
  • Improved match start logic

1.0.22

December 20, 2025

  • Updated simulation initialization logic for first map in series
  • Fixed simulation flow for BO3/BO5 matches
  • Enhanced multi-map simulation support

1.0.21

December 20, 2025

  • Enhanced simulation mode readiness logic and event handling
  • Improved bot ready flow
  • Better simulation match lifecycle

1.0.20

December 19, 2025

  • Enhanced logging for series and map checkpoints
  • Improved debugging capabilities
  • Better match state tracking

1.0.19

December 19, 2025

  • Added simulation timescale configuration
  • Support for simulation_timescale in match JSON
  • Enhanced match control for testing

1.0.18

December 19, 2025

  • Enhanced simulation mode behavior and logging
  • Refactored MatchZy configuration
  • Improved simulation state management

1.0.17

December 19, 2025

🔄 MatchZy-Safe Auto-Updater Release

Introduces intelligent auto-update detection that prevents server restarts during active matches, critical for unattended tournament servers.

✨ New Features

MatchZy-Safe Auto-Updater

  • Monitors Steam UpToDateCheck API for CS2 server updates
  • Only updates when matchzy_tournament_status is "idle"
  • Writes update markers to disk for external monitoring
  • Prevents disruptive mid-match restarts
  • Configurable check interval

📖 Documentation

  • Added auto-updater configuration guide
  • Updated tournament server deployment docs

1.0.16

December 19, 2025

  • Enhanced bot behavior in simulation mode
  • Improved bot command execution
  • Better simulation reliability

1.0.15

December 19, 2025

  • Refactored simulation flow management
  • Improved readiness handling for bots
  • Enhanced simulation initialization

1.0.14

December 18, 2025

  • Enhanced bot management and simulation flow
  • Improved logging and debugging
  • Refactored Load method and event handling

1.0.13

December 18, 2025

  • Enhanced simulation ready flow management
  • Improved player connection handling
  • Better bot management in simulation mode

1.0.12

December 18, 2025

  • Ensured bots remain active in simulation mode
  • Fixed bot_join_after_player command enforcement
  • Supports fully simulated matches without humans

1.0.11

December 18, 2025

  • Refactored bot management and simulation handling
  • Improved code organization
  • Enhanced simulation reliability

1.0.10

December 18, 2025

  • Refactored bot management logic in Utility.cs
  • Cleaned up bot spawn/kick functionality
  • Improved code maintainability

1.0.9

December 18, 2025

  • Updated configuration files
  • Cleaned up bot management code
  • Enhanced simulation configuration

1.0.8

December 18, 2025

  • Refactored simulation handling in MatchZy
  • Improved code structure
  • Better separation of concerns

1.0.7

December 18, 2025

  • Refactored warmup configuration handling
  • Improved simulation warmup logic
  • Better configuration management

1.0.6

December 18, 2025

  • Implemented warmup configuration adjustments for simulation mode
  • Enhanced simulation warmup flow
  • Improved player spawn handling

1.0.5

December 18, 2025

  • Implemented simulation flow handling during map changes
  • Fixed simulation initialization on map transitions
  • Enhanced multi-map simulation support

1.0.4

December 18, 2025

  • Enhanced remote logging configuration and event handling
  • Improved webhook integration
  • Better event delivery reliability

1.0.3

December 10, 2025

  • Updated changelog generation in release script
  • Improved release automation
  • Better GitHub release notes

1.0.2

December 10, 2025

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements
  • Enhanced simulation mode handling

1.0.1

December 10, 2025

  • Enhanced simulation mode handling
  • Added simulation bot disconnection after series end
  • Improved cleanup logic

1.0.0

December 9, 2025

🎉 Initial Release: MatchZy Enhanced Fork

This marks the first official release of the MatchZy Enhanced fork, a specialized version optimized for tournament automation, simulation testing, and seamless integration with the MatchZy Auto Tournament platform. Built on the foundation of the excellent original MatchZy by WD-, this fork adds powerful automation capabilities while maintaining full compatibility with the core plugin.

✨ New Features

Simulation Mode

Complete bot-driven match simulation for testing and automation: - Configure via "simulation": true in match JSON - Adjustable timescale via simulation_timescale for faster testing (1.0 to 10.0x speed) - Automatic bot spawn and management (10 bots per team) - Bots remain active even without human players - Full match lifecycle simulation (warmup, knife, live, overtime, series) - Complete event logging for automated match processing - Perfect for tournament bracket pre-computation and stress testing

Enhanced Event System

Comprehensive webhook-based event logging for external integrations: - Player Events: Connect, disconnect, ready, unready - Match State Events: Match loaded, started, paused, resumed, ended - Round Events: Round start, end, MVP, bomb plant/defuse - Backup Events: Backup created, loaded - All events sent to remote_log_url as JSON payloads - Custom authentication header support - Enables real-time tournament platform integration

Tournament Status ConVars

Real-time match state tracking accessible to external tools: - matchzy_tournament_status: Current match phase (idle/loading/warmup/knife/live/paused/halftime/postgame/error) - matchzy_tournament_match: Active match identifier (e.g., "match_12345") - matchzy_tournament_updated: Unix timestamp of last status update - Perfect for tournament dashboards and server orchestration

Match Report API

Automated JSON reports for completed matches: - Automatic upload to configured endpoint after series end - Comprehensive match statistics and outcomes - Server identification for multi-server tournaments - Authentication header support for secure APIs - Structured data for database ingestion

MatchZy-Safe Auto-Updater

Intelligent update system that never interrupts active matches: - Monitors Steam UpToDateCheck API for CS2 updates - Only updates when matchzy_tournament_status is "idle" - Logs update availability to disk for external monitoring - Prevents mid-match server restarts - Critical for unattended tournament servers

🔧 Technical Changes

  • Added SimulationMode.cs with complete bot management system
  • Enhanced SynchronizationContextManagement.cs for thread safety
  • Implemented PublishEvents.cs for webhook event delivery
  • Added MatchReportCommand.cs for automated reporting
  • Created MatchZySafeAutoUpdater.cs with update detection
  • Improved state management across all match phases
  • Better error handling and logging throughout

📖 Documentation

Complete documentation rewrite for tournament automation use cases: - API Endpoint Specification: Full webhook event reference - Configuration Loading Behavior: Priority and override rules - Simulation Mode Guide: Complete simulation workflow documentation - Integration Documentation: External platform integration examples - Server Allocation Status: Multi-server management guide

🔄 Migration Notes

Compatibility

  • ✅ Fully compatible with existing MatchZy configurations
  • ✅ All original features and commands preserved
  • ✅ Existing match JSON configurations work unchanged
  • ✅ Drop-in replacement for standard MatchZy

New Requirements

  • Simulation mode requires "simulation": true in match config
  • Event delivery requires remote_log_url configuration
  • Tournament status convars are always active (no opt-out)

Breaking Changes

None for standard usage. Simulation features are opt-in via match configuration.

🙏 Credits

This fork is maintained by sivert-io for the MatchZy Auto Tournament platform.

Built on the excellent foundation of Original MatchZy by WD- (shobhit-pathak).

🎯 Target Use Cases

  • Tournament Platforms: Automated match orchestration across multiple servers
  • Bracket Pre-computation: Simulate tournament outcomes at high speed
  • Integration Testing: Fast validation of tournament platform integrations
  • Server Management: Coordinated updates across tournament server fleets
  • Analytics: Rich event streams for match statistics and player tracking

Original MatchZy Versions (0.8.x and earlier)

The following versions are from the original MatchZy plugin by WD- before the Enhanced fork.

0.8.27

November 27, 2025

  • Demo recording improvements
  • Auto-kick players after series end
  • Enhanced server cleanup

0.8.26

November 27, 2025

  • Enhanced demo upload with debug logging
  • Added chat notifications for demo upload
  • Improved demo upload reliability

0.8.25

November 20, 2025

  • Refactored match report command for improved async handling
  • Better error handling in match reports

0.8.24

November 15, 2025

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

0.8.23

November 15, 2025

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

0.8.22

November 15, 2025

  • Enhanced match report upload functionality

0.8.20

November 15, 2025

  • Added match report upload functionality

0.8.19

November 15, 2025

  • Implemented match report command
  • Enhanced player connection tracking

0.8.18

November 14, 2025

  • Added version display commands
  • Updated dependencies

0.8.17

November 9, 2025

  • Added tournament status ConVars
  • Automated release system
  • Enhanced release process

0.8.16

October 26, 2025

  • Added event logging improvements
  • Enhanced backup management logging

0.8.15

October 26, 2025

  • Fixed the /noclip command without any permissions.
  • Updated pt-BR translation.
  • Fixed database schema creation error with MySQL.

0.8.14

October 21, 2025

  • Bumped CSS Version.
  • Added .savepos and .loadpos commands in practice mode.
  • Fixed noclip not getting disabled after switching out from practice mode.
  • Fixed issues with rethrow of smoke / molly / nade.
  • Fixed .rethrow always throwing incendiary instead of molotov.
  • Fixed RemoteLogHeaderValue value while resetting the match.

0.8.13

September 03, 2025

  • Fixed coach bomb bug and updated CSS version.
  • Added matchzy_demo_recording_enabled convar to toggle demo recording.
  • Fixed the Map Winner Logic in MapWinner event
  • Fixed first Map Name in database stats

0.8.12

August 25, 2025

  • Updated CSS Version to fix .last and .throw commands.

0.8.11

August 9, 2025

  • Updated CSS Version
  • Fixed SmokeGrenadeProjectile Signatures

0.8.10

May 12, 2025

  • Fixed decoy airtime in Practice Mode. (Switched EventDecoyDetonate to EventDecoyStarted so it takes the air time once it lands, and not when the decoy finishes)
  • Added .ct and .t command for side selection after knife round.
  • Rename ive_wingman_override.cfg to live_wingman_override.cfg
  • Fixed es-ES.json

0.8.9

April 3, 2025

  • Fixed issue with EventPlayerChat (. commands) post CSSharp v315 update.

0.8.8

January 1, 2025

  • Fixed issue with !pause command where non-admin players were not able to take pauses when matchzy_tech_pause_flag "" was set.

0.8.7

December 4, 2024

  • Fixed backup / restore on Windows.
  • Dryrun will now have random competitive spawns rather than same spawns every time.
  • Made .pause / .tech toggleable. Use matchzy_enable_tech_pause convar to toggle.
  • Updated pt-PT translation.
  • Fixed live_override

0.8.6

September 13, 2024

  • Improvements in coach, now coaches will spawn on the fixed defined spawn to avoid spawning and getting stuck with the players. Spawns will be defined in addons/counterstrikesharp/plugins/MatchZy/spawns/coach/<map_name>.json. Each map will have its json file, in which there will be 2 keys, "3" and "2". 3 -> CT, 2 -> T and the values will be an array of Vector and QAngle objects.
  • Added .showspawns and .hidespawns command for Practice mode to toggle highlighting of competitive spawns. (Image attached)
  • Removed auto-join of players in match setup which was causing players to spawn under the ground.
  • Added .rr alias for .restart command.

0.8.5

August 27, 2024

  • Added matchzy_match_start_message convar to configure message to show when the match starts. Use $$$ to break message into multiple lines.
  • Some improvements and guard checks in coach system
  • Fixed matchzy_hostname_format not getting disabled on setting its value to ""
  • Fixed winner side in round_end event

0.8.4

August 27, 2024

  • Fixes in coach system, where players would spawn into each other.
  • Improved backup loading (teams will be locked automatically with the first restore if match setup was being used.)
  • Fixed veto bug where ready system would not work after the veto.
  • Updated Uzbek translations

0.8.3

August 25, 2024

  • Fixed issues with backup restore where .restore command would show as round restored, but nothing happened. (Improved file naming and backup saving logic)
  • Updated live.cfg as per new rules (mp_team_timeout_max 3; mp_team_timeout_ot_max 1; mp_team_timeout_ot_add_each 1)
  • Added css_globalnades alias (!globalnades) for css_save_nades_as_global / .globalnades

0.8.2

August 25, 2024

  • Added capability to have multiple coaches in a team.
  • Coaches will now be invisible, they will drop the bomb on the spawn if they get it and will die 1 second before freezetime ends.
  • If a match is loaded, player will directly join their respective team, skipping the join team menu.
  • Fixed a bug where loading a saved nade would make the player stuck.
  • Added matchzy_stop_command_no_damage convar to determine whether the stop command becomes unavailable if a player damages a player from the opposing team.
  • .map command can now be used without "de_" prefix for maps. (Example: .map dust2)

0.8.1

August 17, 2024

  • Added matchzy_enable_damage_report convar to toggle damage report after every round.
  • Fixed bad demo name formatting.
  • Updated Uzbek translations.

0.8.0

August 17, 2024

  • Improved backup and restore system. (Added matchzy_loadbackup and matchzy_loadbackup_url commands, now round backups will be stored in .json file in csgo/MatchZyDataBackup/ directory which will have valve backup and other match config data.)
  • Added matchzy_listbackups which lists all the backups for the provided matchid. By default lists backups of the current match.
  • Added matchzy_hostname_format for hostname formatting.
  • Improved player color smokes in practice mode
  • Fixed .last grenade's player rotation
  • Added switching of maps without adding de_ prefix (using .map command)
  • Marked the requestBody as required: true in event_schema.yml

0.7.13

July 07, 2024

  • Added alias for .savenade -> .sn, .loadnade -> .ln, .deletenade -> .dn, .importnade -> .in, .listnades -> .lin, .ctspawn -> .cts, .tspawn -> .ts
  • Added smart quering for nadenames, where the closest name is being selected for loading names (.ln mid can be used to load a nade with name midflash)
  • Added to allow the same lineup-name on different maps, so you can pick like b-smoke multiple times, but once per map. Updated logic for savenade, deletenade, importnade for this.
  • Added missing ! commands for listnades, importnade and deletenade.
  • Changed cash_team_planted_bomb_but_defused from 800 to 600 as per the update https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/730/view/4177730135016140040
  • Added "override" config for live.cfg and live_wingman.cfg (Simply create live_override.cfg and live_wingman_override.cfg in the cfg folder if you want to override any of the commands.)
  • Added Uzbek, Japanese, Hungarian and Traditional Chinese translations

0.7.12

June 27, 2024

  • Removed unused cvars from cfgs which were causing the server to crash with the new CS# versions.
  • Added MatchZyOnDemoUploadEnded Event ater demo is uploaded
  • Fixed SendEventAsync Post failing when header is not empty with empty value
  • Fixed decoy message localization id
  • Made MatchID as int

0.7.11

May 19, 2024

  • Improved .help command with better readability and updated commands
  • Fixed overtime getting automatically enabled even if turned off in live.cfg
  • Added matchzy_show_credits_on_match_start config convar to toggle 'MatchZy Plugin by WD-' message on match start.
  • Added gradient while printing KNIFE! and LIVE! message.
  • Added .pip alias for .traj command to toggle sv_grenade_trajectory_prac_pipreview in practice mode.

0.7.10

May 19, 2024

  • Added matchzy_smoke_color_enabled config convar for practice mode which changes the smoke's color to player's team color (player's color seen in the radar)
  • Added .bestspawn command which teleports you to your team's closest spawn from your current position
  • Added .worstspawn command which teleports you to your team's furthest spawn from your current position
  • Added .bestctspawn command which teleports you to CT team's closest spawn from your current position
  • Added .worstctspawn command which teleports you to CT team's furthest spawn from your current position
  • Added .besttspawn command which teleports you to T team's closest spawn from your current position
  • Added .worsttspawn command which teleports you to T team's furthest spawn from your current position
  • Practice mode will no longer have warmup help text.

0.7.9

May 06, 2024

  • Updated pt-BR and ru translations.
  • Added .notready alias for .unready.
  • Added .forceend alias for .restart/.endmatch.

0.7.8

May 02, 2024

  • Added .solid command in practice mode to toggle mp_solid_teammates.
  • Added .impacts command in practice mode to toggle sv_showimpacts.
  • Added .traj command in practice mode to toggle sv_grenade_trajectory_prac_pipreview.
  • Fixed double prefix in damage report.
  • Added commonly used aliases for multiple commands. (.force and .forcestart for force-start, .tactics to enable practice mode, .noblind to toggle no-flash in practice, .cbot to spawn a crouched-bot in practice.)
  • Added pt-BR and zh-Hans updated translations.
  • Renamed the pt-pt translation file to pt-PT
  • Fixed translation in fr

0.7.7

April 29, 2024

  • Added wingman support. Now, if game_mode is 2, plugin will automatically execute live_wingman.cfg. If game_mode is 1, live.cfg will be executed.
  • Setting wingman as true in match config json will now automatically set game_mode 2 and reload the map. Wingman toggle from G5V will now also work.
  • Removed UpdatePlayersMap from player connect and disconnect methods to avoid it getting called multiple times on map change.
  • Made SetMatchEndData to be an async operation.
  • Added updated pt-PT translations.

0.7.6

April 28, 2024

  • Added remaining strings available for translation.
  • Fixed force-unpause command not working in knife round.
  • Fixed cfg folder not available in Windows build of MatchZy with CSSharp.

0.7.5

April 27, 2024

  • Upgraded CounterStrikeSharp to v217
  • Fixed CFG execution on Map Start (After the latest update, CFGs were getting overriden by gamemodes cfg. Hence, added a timer to delay MatchZy's CFG execution on MapStart)
  • Fixed BO2 setup, now Get5 server will be freed once the BO2 match is over

0.7.4

April 26, 2024

  • Upgraded CounterStrikeSharp to v215
  • Added Chinese (Simplified) translations.
  • Fixed wrong [EventPlayerConnectFull] KICKING PLAYER during match setup.

0.7.3

April 06, 2024

  • Added an automated build and release pipeline.
  • Now all the players will be put in their team on veto start.

0.7.2

April 02, 2024

Coach

  • Fixed rare case of everyone getting the C4 when coach gets the C4.

Translation

  • Added German translations
  • Added Portuguese (Brazil) translations
  • Added French translations
  • Added Portuguese (Portugal) translations

0.7.1

March 31, 2024

Coach

  • Fixed coaches able to spectate other teams for 1 second on round start.
  • Fixed coaches taking competitive spawns. Now coaches will be spawned in air (in non-competitive spawn).
  • Fixed coaches getting weapons in freezetime and their weapons getting dropped after freezetime ends. Now they will be spawned without any weapons.
  • Fixed coaches getting the C4. Now only the players will get the C4.

Translation

  • Added translation/multi-lingual support in MatchZy. Currently only match related strings are added in the translation. There will be a folder called lang in which translation JSONs will be present. Currently we have the translations for English and Russian (thanks to @innuendo-code). To add more languages, create a JSON file with the language locale code (like en.json or fr.json, etc). Contribution for translations are much appreciated! :D

Practice Mode/Match Mode

  • Fixed boost command working in match mode.
  • Added .skipveto command which will skip veto in match setup (thanks to @lanslide-team) (note: veto and this command are removed in the enhanced Auto Tournament fork)
  • Added complete support of get5_status command which will now return detailed status of the match setup (thanks to @The0mikkel)
  • Added mp_solid_teammates 1 in knife round for solid teammates.
  • Disabled overtime when .playout command is used.

Admin

  • Added a convar matchzy_everyone_is_admin, if set to true, all the players will be granted admin privileges for MatchZy commands.

CSSharp

  • Migrated the plugin to .NET8, make sure you use CS# v201 or above.

0.7.0

Feb 10, 2024

Practice Mode

  • Added !rethrow command which rethrows player-specific last thrown grenade.
  • Added !last command which teleports the player to the last thrown grenade position
  • Added !timer command which starts a timer immediately and stops it when you type .timer again, telling you the duration of time
  • Added !back <number> command which teleports you back to the provided position in your grenade history
  • Added !throwindex <index> <optional index> <optional index> command which throws grenade of provided position(s) from your grenade thrown history. Example: !throwindex 1 2 will throw your 1st and 2nd grenade. !throwindex 4 5 8 9 will throw your 4th, 5th, 8th and 9th grenade (If you've added delay in grenades, they'll be thrown with their specific delay).
  • Added !delay <delay_in_seconds> command which sets a delay on your last grenade. This is only used when using .rethrow or .throwindex
  • Added !lastindex command which prints index (position) number of your last thrown grenade.
  • Added grenade-specific rethrow commands like !rethrowsmoke, !rethrownade, !rethrowflash, !rethrowmolotov and !rethrowdecoy
  • Grenades fly-time added. For example, on throwing a grenade, you'll get the message in chat: Flash thrown by WD- took 1.62s to detonate

Match Mode

  • Fixed .stay and .switch not working in in side-selection phase after CS2's Arms Race update.
  • Added !forceready command which force-readies player's team (Currently works only in match setup using JSON/Get5, based on the value of min_players_to_ready)
  • Improved get5_status command, which will now display proper gamestate and matchid when a match is loaded using JSON/Get5 (Thanks to @The0mikkel)

Coach

  • Coaches will now die immediately after freeze-time ends, solving the problem of coach blocking players for 1-2 seconds.

0.6.1-alpha

Dec 27, 2023

  • Added DryRun mode for Practice Mode. Use .dryrun while in practice mode to activate dryrun! Also added dryrun.cfg in cfg/MatchZy/dryrun.cfg which can be modified as per your requirements
  • Added .noflash command in Practice Mode which will make the user immune to flashbangs. Use .noflash again to disable noflash.
  • Added .break command in Practice Mode which will break all the breakable entities like glass windows, wooden doors, vents, etc
  • Added matchzy_demo_name_format which will allow to set demo name as per the requirement. Default: {TIME}_{MATCH_ID}_{MAP}_{TEAM1}_{TEAM2} Read More
  • Fixed players able to use .tac even after tactical timeouts were exhausted.

0.6.0-alpha

Dec 14, 2023

  • Added support for Get5 Web panel! (G5V and G5API) (Read more at: https://shobhit-pathak.github.io/MatchZy/get5/) What can Get5 Web Panel + MatchZy can do?

  • Create teams and setup matches from web panel

  • Support for BO1, BO3, BO5, etc with Veto and Knife Round
  • Get veto, scores and player stats live on the panel
  • Get demo uploaded automatically on the panel (which can be downloaded from its match page)
  • Pause and unpause game from the panel
  • Add players in a live game
  • And much more!!!

0.5.1-alpha

Dec 8, 2023

  • Added .boost, .crouchboost, .crouchbot commands in Practice Mode to spawn Bot/Crouched bot and boost on it.
  • Added .ct, .t, and .spec command in Practice Mode to switch the player in requested team
  • Added .fas and .watchme command in Practice Mode which forces all players into spectator except the player who called this command
  • Added matchzy_autostart_mode command for default launch mode of the plugin (0 for neither/sleep mode, 1 for match mode, 2 for practice mode. Default: 1)
  • Added matchzy_save_nades_as_global_enabled config convar to save nades globally
  • Added matchzy_use_pause_command_for_tactical_pause config convar to use !pause command as tactical pause
  • Renamed .knife command to .roundknife and added .rk alias to resolve conflict with .knife command of other plugins
  • Fixed tactical timeout force-unpausing the match on timeout end
  • Fixed matchzy_minimum_ready_required 0 not working properly on server startup
  • Made spectator key in match setup config optional field

0.5.0-alpha

Dec 6, 2023

  • Matches can now be setup using JSON file! This includes locking players to their correct team and side, setting the map(s) and configuring the game rules. Added matchzy_loadmatch <filepath> and matchzy_loadmatch_url "<url>" commands (read more at https://shobhit-pathak.github.io/MatchZy/match_setup/)
  • Demos can now be uploaded to a URL once the map and recording ends. Command to setup the upload URL: matchzy_demo_upload_url "<url>" (read more at https://shobhit-pathak.github.io/MatchZy/gotv/#automatic-upload)
  • Removed map reload on map end to avoid any issues
  • Fixed issues while restoring round during halftime
  • Fixed lag on round end which was due to pushing stats into the database. Now that operation is async!
  • This one is not related to the working of the plugin, but we have a new documentation page! https://shobhit-pathak.github.io/MatchZy/

0.4.3-alpha

Nov 25, 2023

  • A full implementation of CSSharp's admin system! You can now fine-tune admin permissions as per your requirement Flag-wise permissions:

  • @css/root: Grants access to all admin commands

  • @css/config: Grants access to config related admin commands
  • @custom/prac: Grants access to practice related admin commands
  • @css/map: Grants access to change map and toggle practice mode
  • @css/rcon: Grants access to trigger RCON commands using !rcon <command>

  • @css/chat: Grants access to send admin chat messages using !asay <message>

  • Added .forcepause and .forceunpause commands for admins so that they can use .pause and .unpause as a player while playing (Use .fp and .fup for shorter commands)

  • Added .playout commands to toggle Playout! (If playout is enabled, all rounds would be played irrespective of winner. Useful in scrims!). Also added matchzy_playout_enabled_default command to enable/disable playout by default. Default: matchzy_playout_enabled_default false
  • Added matchzy_admin_chat_prefix command to configure admin chat prefix when using .asay <message>. Default: matchzy_admin_chat_prefix [{Red}ADMIN{Default}]
  • Added .help command to list all the available commands during that match phase
  • Rounded off blind duration in practice mode to 2 decimal places.
  • Added damage report for bot in practice mode (for every hit, similar to Get5 practice mode)
  • Fixed CSTV bot getting kicked on adding a bot in practice server
  • Improvements in handling saved nades (now JSON structure is used to manage saved nades, thanks to @DEAFPS!)
  • Removed "Welcome to the server" message on joining the server

0.4.2-alpha

Nov 21, 2023

  • MatchZy now supports CSSharp's admin system! You can create a new entry in the /addons/counterstrikesharp/configs/admins.json file with @css/generic generic flag like mentioned in the below example: 
    {
  "WD-": {
    "identity": "76561198154367261",
    "flags": [
      "@css/generic"
    ]
  },
  "Another admin": {
    "identity": "SteamID 2",
    "flags": [
      "@css/generic"
    ]
  }
}

To maintain backwards compatibility, we still support creating admins using older method (by adding entries in csgo/cfg/MatchZy/admins.json), so you can choose the most convenient method according to your preference.

0.4.1-alpha

Nov 20, 2023

  • Fixed a case where coaches were not swapping after halftime
  • Fixed a case where round restore on halftime would swap the teams internally

0.4.0-alpha

Nov 17, 2023

  • Coach system! .coach <side> Starts coaching the specified side. Example: .coach t to start coaching terrorist side!
  • MySQL Database is now supported! Now same DB can be used with multiple servers! Configure csgo/cfg/MatchZy/database.json according to your need!
  • .spawn command now uses competitive spawns!
  • Many commands added in Practice mode: .clear, .fastforward, .god, .savenade <name> <optional description>, .loadnade <name>, .deletenade <name>, .importnade <code>, .listnades <optional filter> (Refer to Readme for their descriptions!)
  • Added text message for showing blind duration by a flashbang in practice session!
  • Damage report will now be shown for every opponent player (even if damage is not dealt!)

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0.3.0-alpha

Nov 14, 2023

  • Team names can now be configured using !team1 <teamname> and !team2 <teamname> command. The same will be stored in Database and CSV.
  • If team names are not configured, it will be configured automatically by picking a player's name randomly from both the teams (For example, if there is a player WD-, their teamname will be set to team_WD-)
  • Damage report in chat will be shown on round end (similar to Faceit!)
  • Chat timer delay can now be configured using matchzy_chat_messages_timer_delay. Example: matchzy_chat_messages_timer_delay 12
  • Players can be whitelisted by adding their steam64id in cfg/MatchZy/whitelist.cfg. Whitelisting is a toggleable feature and can be enabled using .whitelist. To enable it by default, set matchzy_whitelist_enabled_default true in cfg/MatchZy/config.cfg

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0.2.0-alpha

Nov 5, 2023

  • Practice mode added ( with .bot, .spawn, .ctspawn, .tspawn, .nobots and .exitprac commands!)
  • Chat prefixes can now be configured using matchzy_chat_prefix. Example: matchzy_chat_prefix [{Green}MatchZy{Default}] (More details related to colors is present in readme and config.cfg)
  • Added RCON command via chat! Now admins can use !rcon <command> in chat to trigger a command to the server!
  • Fixed some bugs related to Demo recording and match pause when match was restarted using .restart