hopefully just having the prop_dynamics killed and not respawned very early will suffice to prevent that stupid edict overflow

zombie_hunting_respawn/zh_respawn_stop.sp

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <cstrike>
 #include <PlayerRankings>
 #include <hlstatsx_loghelper>
+#include <mapchooser_extended>
 #define MAXZONES 66
 #define ZONENAMELENGTH 256
 int g_bBlockRespawn[MAXPLAYERS+1];
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ bool g_is_zh_map = false;
 
 bool round_start_delay;
 
+bool ran_out_of_time = false;
+
 //spawning the markers
 float ping_coorindates[MAXZONES][3];
 int zone_pings[MAXZONES];
@@ -333,6 +336,33 @@ public void OnRoundEnd(Event hEvent, const char[] sEvent, bool bDontBroadcast)
             PrintToChatAll("Humans failed!");
             PrintToChatAll("Humans failed!");
         }
+        for (int i = 0; i <= g_zoneCount; i++)
+        {
+            for (int j = zone_pings[i]; j < zone_pings[i + 1]; j++)
+            {
+                RemovePing(j);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+public void OnMapEnd()
+{
+    if (g_is_zh_map)
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i <= g_zoneCount; i++)
+        {
+            for (int j = zone_pings[i]; j < zone_pings[i + 1]; j++)
+            {
+                RemovePing(j);
+                /* Should hopefully help prevent these crashes
+                    L 11/26/2024 - 16:59:11: (70.62%) 1447        prop_dynamic
+                    Nov 26 16:59:11 unloze script[1920069]: L 11/26/2024 - 16:59:11: Total edicts: 2049
+                    Nov 26 16:59:11 unloze script[1920069]: ED_Alloc: no free edicts
+                    Nov 26 16:59:11 unloze script[1920069]: L 11/26/2024 - 16:59:11: Engine error: ED_Alloc: no free edicts
+                */
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -675,6 +705,22 @@ public void handle_pings(int i, int pingtype)
     {
         //the ping is atm not the skull, will be changed to skull.
         RemovePing(j);
+        if (!ran_out_of_time)
+        {
+            int timeleft = 0;
+            GetMapTimeLeft(timeleft);
+            if (timeleft <= 0)
+            {
+                ran_out_of_time = true;
+            }
+        }
+        //these jewish tricks should stop the crashing when switching map because the prop_dynamics are not around anymore.
+        //its not the last round because timeleft is not 0
+        //there is also atm no nextmap set for the server through mapchooser. This confirms that the mapvote did not set it and an
+        //admin also did not set it yet. 
+        //just checking GetNextmap will not suffice because we always have a nextmap set.
+        if (!HasEndOfMapVoteFinished() && !ran_out_of_time)
+        {
             SpawnPing(pingtype, ping_coorindates[j], j);
             for (int client = 0; client < MaxClients; client++)
             {
@@ -684,6 +730,7 @@ public void handle_pings(int i, int pingtype)
                 }
             }
         }
+    }
 }
 
 public void display_hud_text(int index, int client)
@@ -776,6 +823,7 @@ public Action ReadZoneFile()
 
 public void OnMapStart()
 {
+    ran_out_of_time = false;
     g_is_zh_map = false;
     char sConfigFile[PLATFORM_MAX_PATH];
     BuildPath(Path_SM, sConfigFile, sizeof(sConfigFile), "configs/zh_maps.cfg");
@@ -1076,38 +1124,12 @@ stock void ReplaceStrings(char[] str, char[] strReplace)
 	Format(str, sizeof(l_cstrFix), l_cstrFix);
 }
 
-public void OnMapEnd()
-{
-    if (g_is_zh_map)
-    {
-        for (int i = 0; i <= g_zoneCount; i++)
-        {
-            for (int j = zone_pings[i]; j < zone_pings[i + 1]; j++)
-            {
-                RemovePing(j); 
-                /* Should hopefully help prevent these crashes
-                    L 11/26/2024 - 16:59:11: (70.62%) 1447        prop_dynamic
-                    Nov 26 16:59:11 unloze script[1920069]: L 11/26/2024 - 16:59:11: Total edicts: 2049
-                    Nov 26 16:59:11 unloze script[1920069]: ED_Alloc: no free edicts
-                    Nov 26 16:59:11 unloze script[1920069]: L 11/26/2024 - 16:59:11: Engine error: ED_Alloc: no free edicts
-                */
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 public void SpawnPing(int skin, float pos[3], int index)
 {
     if (!g_is_zh_map)
     {
         return;
     }
-    if (GetEntityCount() > 1900)
-    {
-        //this should probably never happen tbh.
-        PrintToChatAll("Fail safe was activated. skipped spawning ping to prevent edict limit");
-        return;
-    }
     int Ent = CreateEntityByName("prop_dynamic");
     SetEntityModel(Ent, "models/unloze/unloze_ping.mdl");
     DispatchKeyValue(Ent, "modelscale", "1.5");