just adding a config file to control if the fakeclients should join a team based on player count

FakeClients/configs/fakeclients_tiers_team.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"FakeClientsTiersTeam"
+{
+    "0"   "0"
+    "10"  "2"
+    "14"  "3"
+    "18"  "4"
+    "22"  "5"
+    "26"  "6"
+}

FakeClients/scripting/FakeClients.sp

@@ -171,6 +171,49 @@ public void OnMapStart()
     delete kv;
 }
 
+public int getFakesNeededInTeam()
+{
+    //just moving them with CheckPopulation() over to a team as needed. we dont bother moving them back to spectate, mapchanges do that for us.
+    char sPath[PLATFORM_MAX_PATH];
+    BuildPath(Path_SM, sPath, sizeof(sPath), "configs/fakeclients_tiers_team.cfg");
+
+    KeyValues kv = new KeyValues("FakeClientsTiersTeam");
+    if (!kv.ImportFromFile(sPath))
+    {
+        LogError("configs/fakeclients_tiers_team.cfg not found");
+        delete kv;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (!kv.GotoFirstSubKey(false))
+    {
+        LogError("configs/fakeclients_tiers_team.cfg is empty or malformed");
+        delete kv;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    int prev_bots = 0;
+    do
+    {
+        char sKey[16], sVal[16];
+        kv.GetSectionName(sKey, sizeof(sKey));
+        kv.GetString(NULL_STRING, sVal, sizeof(sVal), "-1");
+
+        int bots = StringToInt(sVal);
+        int players = StringToInt(sKey);
+        if (players > g_iPlayerCount)
+        {
+            break;
+        }
+        prev_bots = bots;
+
+    } while (kv.GotoNextKey(false));
+
+    delete kv;
+    //LogMessage("prev_bots: %i", prev_bots);
+    return prev_bots;
+}
+
 public int getFakesNeeded()
 {
     //copied from nide fakeclients plugin.
@@ -228,10 +271,12 @@ public Action addfakes(Handle timer)
             }
         }
 	}
+    /*
     if (nightTime())
     {
         limit /= 2;
     }
+    */
 
     if (fakes < limit)
     {
@@ -388,7 +433,6 @@ public Action Command_DebugFakes(int client, int argc)
         }
 		if (IsFakeClient(i) && GetClientTeam(i) > CS_TEAM_SPECTATOR)
 			iFakesInTeam++;
-
 	}
 
 	ReplyToCommand(client, "[SM] There are currently %d Fake-Clients, from which %d are in Spectate. Real Clients %d", iFakes, iFakes - iFakesInTeam, iPlayers);
@@ -460,10 +504,12 @@ public void CheckPopulation()
         }
 	}
     int fakes_needed = getFakesNeeded();
+    /*
     if (nightTime())
     {
         fakes_needed /= 2;
     }
+    */
 
     if (fakes > fakes_needed && last_fake != 0)
     {
@@ -474,6 +520,23 @@ public void CheckPopulation()
     {
         CreateFake();
     }
+
+    //moving fakes to a team
+    int fakes_in_team = 0;
+	for(int i = 1; i <= MaxClients; i++)
+	{
+		if (IsClientConnected(i) && IsClientInGame(i) && IsClientAuthorized(i))
+        {
+            if (IsFakeClient(i) && !IsClientSourceTV(i) && GetClientTeam(i) > CS_TEAM_SPECTATOR)
+            {
+                fakes_in_team++;
+            }
+        }
+	}
+    if (getFakesNeededInTeam() > fakes_in_team)
+    {
+        SetFakeToTeam();
+    }
 }
 
 public bool nightTime()
@@ -497,8 +560,6 @@ public bool nightTime()
     return false;
 }
 
-
-//not used anymore
 public void SetFakeToTeam()
 {
     for(int i = 1; i <= MaxClients; i++)