diff -r 7e4acfe72046 -r fa485d2f25ed core/sourcemm_api.cpp
--- a/core/sourcemm_api.cpp	Tue Jan 16 20:45:13 2007 +0000
+++ b/core/sourcemm_api.cpp	Wed Jan 17 03:01:38 2007 +0000
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 IVEngineServer *engine = NULL;
 IServerGameDLL *gamedll = NULL;
 IServerGameClients *serverClients = NULL;
+ISmmPluginManager *g_pMMPlugins = NULL;
 
 PLUGIN_EXPOSE(SourceMod, g_SourceMod_Core);
 
@@ -18,6 +19,15 @@
 	GET_V_IFACE_CURRENT(engineFactory, engine, IVEngineServer, INTERFACEVERSION_VENGINESERVER);
 	GET_V_IFACE_CURRENT(serverFactory, serverClients, IServerGameClients, INTERFACEVERSION_SERVERGAMECLIENTS);
 
+	if ((g_pMMPlugins = (ISmmPluginManager *)g_SMAPI->MetaFactory(MMIFACE_PLMANAGER, NULL, NULL)) == NULL)
+	{
+		if (error)
+		{
+			snprintf(error, maxlen, "Unable to find interface %s", MMIFACE_PLMANAGER);
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	return g_SourceMod.InitializeSourceMod(error, maxlen, late);
 }