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[TF2] SyncR Rocket Sync Trainer v0.8.8

SyncR is a server-side SourceMod plugin for TF2 jump servers to assist rocket syncs.

Screencaps:

http://i.imgur.com/CtrGLiVt.jpg http://i.imgur.com/unVnRnDt.jpg http://i.imgur.com/b6JqszOt.jpg http://i.imgur.com/x8Ddkl0t.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QZccP72t.jpg http://i.imgur.com/prkpUjst.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UoIqQ5rt.jpg

Technical demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqNsQ-erCd4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVh711KY-h4

Details:

Learning and executing syncs are tremendously difficult due to lack of visibility of the rocket due to aiming and ping limitations on a remote server. To mitigate these effects, the player must adjust their timing but learning this is inconsistent and difficult.

This plugin provides three visual and one audio feedback mechanisms:

Visual
- The rocket time-to-impact is visualized via a colored laser emitted in front of the rocket (green to yellow and rose to red)
- Player body overlapping with an existing rocket changes the laser to blue, i.e. for triple syncs (cyan to blue)
- Crit rocket particles are attached to rockets launched sufficiently close to another
- Player predicted landing positions are visualized on the ground in the form a ring
- Distance to impact for the player and rockets are shown in a chart on the right of the screen
Audio
- Similar to crit particles, upon firing a rocket amounting to a close sync to an existing rocket, a crit rocket sound plays. Test trials indicate this feedback to be very satisfying for some learning players.

Server ConVars:

Code:

syncr_laser [0/1]         - Show colored laser pointer

syncr_laser_all [0/1]     - Show colored laser pointer of all players using SyncR

syncr_laser_hide [0/1]    - Hides laser pointers when looking up

syncr_chart [0/1]         - Show distance to impact chart

syncr_ring [0/1]          - Show landing prediction ring

syncr_crit [0/1]          - Show sync crit particle

syncr_sound [0/1]         - Play sync crit sound

syncr_rave [0/1]          - Toggles disco/rave lasers for bored admins



syncr_warn_distance [Default: 440.0]   - Imminent rocket impact distance to warn with red

syncr_threshold [Default: 30.0]        - Distance required between rockets for crit feedback

Plugin dependencies: SourceMod 1.6.3+, SMLIB, Updater (optional)

Usage:

SyncR can be toggled by a player using /syncr, while admins with the slay flag can toggle for a player using /setsyncr <name>.

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Coding is done by me while the JumpBOT recordings from the videos were done by Fractal and Aurora.

The project code is open-source GPLv3 and available to be tracked at https://bitbucket.org/GeominorAI/syncr

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Changelog:

Spoiler

Re: [TF2] SyncR Rocket Sync Trainer v0.6.0

Nice plugin!

Few tips:

Add an 'sm_' before the command 'syncr' to give it more compatibility with prefixes like '!' or '/'. If you want to keep the straight command usage, just register another one with the 'sm_' prefixed.

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You can move the ConVar functions from 'OnMapStart' to 'OnConfigsExecuted' so they're always refreshed.

Code:

public OnConfigsExecuted()

{

  g_bPluginEnabled = GetConVarBool(g_hPluginEnabled);

  g_bLaser = GetConVarBool(g_hLaser);

  g_bLaserAll = GetConVarBool(g_hLaserAll);

  g_bCrit = GetConVarBool(g_hCrit);

  g_bSound = GetConVarBool(g_hSound);

  g_bRave = GetConVarBool(g_hRave);

  

  g_fWarnDist = GetConVarFloat(g_hWarnDist);

  g_fThreshold = GetConVarFloat(g_hThreshold);

}

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Loops for clients should probably be this...

Code:

for (new i=1; i<=MaxClients; i++)

instead of this...

Code:

for (new i=0; i<MAXPLAYERS; i++)

Data being cleared like this is fine!

Code:

for (new i=0; i<MAX_ROCKETS; i++)

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For your 'IsValidClient' function, you don't need to check if they're connected. You can just remove that portion and have 'IsClientInGame' return the value since clients have to be connected to be in-game.

Nice plugin friend!

Re: [TF2] SyncR Rocket Sync Trainer v0.7.0

Thanks for the feedback. I have incorporated some of the suggestions in the 0.7.1 release.

Here are the latest changes:

Fixed an occasional bug where rockets are missing lasers
Fixed access permissions for toggling SyncR on other players
Added admin command sm_setsyncr requiring admin slay flag
Tightened timings for syncr_threshold=30 and syncr_warn_distance=150
Added cvar syncr_laser_hide [0/1] (default 1) that hides the lasers when looking up at rockets during a sync
Added configuration file under cfg/sourcemod/syncr.cfg
Added support for Updater with a reliable web host
Minor code cleanup

SyncR 0.8.0 - Feature sneak peak

What if... you knew exactly where you will land?

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http://i.imgur.com/uMdnmsKl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/VOf8yeMl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Sr8Nh2Ol.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ujTjHv2l.jpg

Coming soon to a SyncR v0.8.0 release.

SyncR 0.8.5 Prediction Update Released

An update (0.8.5) has been released for SyncR. The download is available via Bitbucket and through Updater, if installed.

http://i.imgur.com/QZccP72t.jpg http://i.imgur.com/prkpUjst.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UoIqQ5rt.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVh711KY-h4

This update focuses on sync prediction features. Here are the latest changes:

Added distance to impact chart for the player character (PC) and rockets (R#)
Added landing prediction ring for predicted player ground impact
Enabled spectator view of a player using syncr laser, ring, and chart without requiring cvar syncr_laser_all=1
Reduced server and client load by lowering refresh rate
Fixed the occasional player unable to use syncr
Fixed the command sm_setsyncr notifying the wrong player
Removed need to set cvar syncr_laser_all for syncr_rave to be visible
Increased default for cvar syncr_warn_distance=440
Added cvars syncr_chart[0/1] (default 1) and syncr_ring[0/1] (default 1) to control visibility of the new prediction features
Calculations of distance between rockets (to compare cvar syncr_threshold) now weighs horizontal (0.7) and vertical disparities separately (0.3)

Known issues:

The landing prediction ring currently only works flat horizontal surfaces, and hides when an impact is predicted on a wall
The precision of the landing prediction ring and impact distances depend on the player's ping
The player character (PC) bar shows impact distances to any surface within the player's movement arc rather than just the ground

Upgrade steps

Replace syncr.smx from tf/addons/sourcemod/plugins with the new one
Due to the new cvars and changed recommended default values, delete tf/cfg/sourcemod/syncr.cfg and let the plugin recreate it

SyncR 0.8.6 Released

An update (0.8.6) has been released for SyncR. The download is available via Bitbucket.

Here are the latest changes:

Fixed possible crash when activating SyncR

SyncR 0.8.8 Released

An update (0.8.8) has been released for SyncR. The download is available via Bitbucket and through Updater, if installed.

Here are the latest changes:

Fixed gravity-related bug hiding the prediction ring

Re: [TF2] SyncR Rocket Sync Trainer v0.8.8

Hello!
How to default enable this plugin for all players ?

Re: [TF2] SyncR Rocket Sync Trainer v0.8.8

I do not recommend enabling it by default, since it will be distracting during wallpogos, but you can add this function to the code and recompile:

Code:

public OnClientPostAdminCheck(iClient) {

    g_rPlayers[iClient][bActivated] = true;

}

Re: [TF2] SyncR Rocket Sync Trainer v0.8.8

Hello
is it possible to make it that it remembers you have turned syncr on so you dont have to turn it back on every map change?
thanks

also got this error
L 03/14/2018 - 19:54:19: [SM] Call stack trace:
L 03/14/2018 - 19:54:19: [SM] [1] Line 392, syncr.sp::Timer_refresh
L 03/14/2018 - 19:54:19: [SM] Exception reported: Array index is out of bounds
L 03/14/2018 - 19:54:19: [SM] Blaming: syncr.smx