Common problems, solutions and useful links

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Common problems

No. Problem Solution
1 “No groups available” in the admin menu when giving VIP status Save groups.ini as UTF-8 (without BOM) and check that all braces and quotes are opened and closed: {}, "val"
2 “No available features” in the VIP menu No modules are installed, or see No. 1
3 “No access” in the VIP menu The module’s parameter is missing from the group in groups.ini, or see No. 1
4 Native "FormatEx" reported: Language phrase "Phrase name" not found A phrase is missing from the translations. Add "Phrase name" to the modules translation file
5 The VIP menu behaves oddly, items disappear or shift See No. 4
6 [SM] Exception reported: Plugin handle 550055 is invalid (error 3) in the log You reload/unload/load an outdated module; check the reloaded modules for updates
7 Native "VIP_RegisterFeature" reported: Feature "Module name" already exists The module is installed more than once (several versions, or in different folders)
8 Native "VIP_SetClientVIP" reported: Invalid VIP group (test_vip) Wrong group in cfg/vip/vip_test.cfg: set a group that exists in groups.ini, or create it
9 KeyValues Error: RecursiveLoadFromBuffer: got } in key in file addons/sourcemod/data/vip/cfg/groups.ini A brace is missing in groups.ini; check that no quotes or braces are missing or extra, see No. 1
10 The admin menu behaves oddly, the wrong items open Solution
11 groups.ini: group "..." extends unknown group "..." or ... which leads back to itself in the error log A group in extend doesn’t exist (names must match exactly, including case), or the groups extend each other in a loop. See Group inheritance

Solution for No. 10

Add to addons/sourcemod/configs/adminmenu_sorting.txt:

"vip_admin"
{
    "item"        "add_vip"
    "item"        "edit_vip"
    "item"        "del_vip"
    "item"        "list_vip"
    "item"        "reload_vip_players"
    "item"        "reload_vip_cfg"
}