MapChooser Extended 1.10.2 (Updated 2014-02-05)
 

Requirements:
SourceMod 1.4.x. 1.5.x recommended.
To compile: A recent version of colors.inc.

This plugin is an updated version of Zuko's MapChooser Extended plugin, under a new author.

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Like SourceMod MapChooser, MapChooser Extended uses addons/sourcemod/maplists.cfg to determine which maps will show up in map votes.

Optional Requirements:
NativeVotes Plugin (TF2 only) 0.8.0 or newer.
For MapChooser Extended Sounds, you need to install a Sound Set. Except on TF2, where the included tf.cfg uses sounds already included with the game.

Compilation Requirements:

• nativevotes.inc from NativeVotes 0.8.0 or later.
• colors.inc from Colors 1.1.3 or newer. As of 2014-02-05, Attachment 126978 is the latest version.

A recent copy of colors.inc

MapChooser Extended is the SourceMod Mapchooser with the following new features:

• Players are warned before the vote (by countdown)
• Optional Sounds for vote start, end, countdown start, and countdown ticks
• Custom maps are marked on the vote menu*
• You can block slots in vote menu
• Additional vote when none of the maps receive the minimum required number of votes
• Percentage calculation when to start voting

What's new since 1.6:
1.7 has a breaking change: All cvars have been renamed to be different from their MapChooser counterparts.

Also, you must update your main (English) translation file.

This means you need to delete or rename mapchooser_extended.cfg and recreate it.

This was done to prevent confusion between MapChooser and MapChooser Extended's config files, since mapchooser had the exact same Cvars.

• Updated with the capabilities of MapChooser 1.4.
• Extend/Don't Change can now be moved above the other vote options.
• Nominations can now be randomized with maps.
• The Custom map phrase can now be disabled or set to *. * is now the default.
• Preliminary support for the BuiltinVotes extension (but said extension isn't done yet, so sorry). This means that builtinvotes.inc is now required in order to build MapChooser Extended.
• OnMapVoteStart is now deprecated. Use OnMapVoteStarted instead.

What's new since 1.3/1.4

Changelog:


Installation:

• Unpack archive to game root directory eg. /tf
• Move addons/sourcemod/plugins/mapchooser.smx to the disabled folder if present in plugins.

Upgrading:

• If you're upgrading from 1.3.x, 1.4.x, or 1.5.x, you need to follow the installation instructions above to get the updated translation files and official map files. You will also need to delete/rename your config file.
• If you are upgrading from 1.6.x, you just need mapchooser_extended.smx, although it is recommended you also update your translation files and official map files. You will also need to delete/rename your config file.
• If you are upgrading from 1.7.x, you need mapchooser_extended.smx and mapchooser_extended.phrases.txt
• If you are upgrading from 1.8.x, you need mapchooser_extended.smx and the translations directory, as new translations were added this version. nominations_extended.smx and rockthevote_extended.smx were added in this release in the disabled folder. Move them to enabled (after moving the originals to disabled) if you want to use them.

Common Problems:

• I'm running Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, but the warning timer messages are longer than the box they appear in.
  • Change the location of the warning timer using sm_mapvote_warningtimerlocation 1 (this changes to center message).
• "The sounds download but don't play!" or "I get the error 'Failed to load sound "sourcemod\mapchooser\tf2\announcer_dec_missi onbegins30s06.mp3", file probably missing from disk/repository"' in my game console"
  1. This has two potential problems. The first is that you didn't upload the sound files to your game server or fast download server.
  2. The second is that you may be running a sv_pure 2 server or a sv_pure 1 server without having the Mapchooser Sounds directory in your pure_server_whitelist.txt
  3. If it is a sv_pure 1 server, add this above the } at the end of hl2/pure_server_whitelist.txt :
     Code:

     ---

     sound\mapchooser\...            allow_from_disk

     ---

  4. You cannot fix this on an sv_pure 2 server.
• "The sounds play fine the first map, but not after a map change!"
  1. This is actually the same issue as the previous problem, except that you're setting the sv_pure value in server.cfg. See the previous answer's solution.
• "The constant beeping during a vote is annoying. How do I get rid of it?"
  1. This is controlled by the game server. Set sv_hudhint_sound 0 in your server.cfg. Note: This disables the sound for all hint messages.
• "I'm running CS:GO and on map change, the same map loads again!"
  • The first thing to try is to change mp_match_end_changelevel to 1 and mp_match_end_restart to 0.
  • If this still doesn't work, CS:GO's map group system may be interfering. I suggest making sure all maps in your map vote appears in CS:GO's map group for your server. Setting up map groups and cfg/gamemodes_server.txt is beyond the scope of this document.
  
  

Known bugs:

• None at the moment.

Future plans:

• Possibly make the number of blocked slots configurable.

Convars:

• mce_extend_fragstep [val] (min 5, def 5) - Specifies how many more frags are allowed when map is extended.
• mce_extend_roundstep [val] (min 5, def 5) - Specifies how many more rounds each extension makes
• mce_extend_timestep [val] (min 5, def 15) - Specifies how much many more minutes each extension makes
• mce_dontchange [0/1] (def 1) - Specifies if a 'Don't Change' option should be added to early votes
• mce_endvote [0/1] (def 1) - Specifies if MapChooser should run an end of map vote
• mce_exclude [val] (def 5) - Specifies how many past maps to exclude from the vote.
• mce_extend [val] (def 0) - Number of extensions allowed each map.
• mce_include [val] (min 2, max 5, def 5) - Specifies how many maps to include in the vote.
• mce_novote [0/1] (def 1) - Specifies whether or not MapChooser should pick a map if no votes are received.
• mce_starttime [val] (min 1, def 10) - Specifies when to start the vote based on time remaining.
• mce_startfrags [val] (min 1, def 5) - Specifies when to start the vote base on frags remaining.
• mce_startround [val] (min 1, def 2) - Specifies when to start the vote based on rounds remaining. Use 0 on TF2 to start vote during bonus round time
• mce_voteduration [val] (min 5, def 20) - Specifies how long the mapvote should be available for.
• mce_blockslots [0/1] (def 1) - Block slots to prevent accidental votes. This setting is ignored for Valve-style menus.
• mce_maxrunoffs [val] (def 1) - Number of run off votes allowed each map.
• mce_runoff [0/1] (def 1) - Hold run off votes if winning choice has less than a certain percentage of votes
• mce_runoffpercent [val] (min 0, max 100, def 50) - If winning choice has less than this percent of votes, hold a runoff
• mce_runoffvotewarningtime [val] (min 0, max 60, def 5) - Warning time for runoff vote in seconds.
• mce_start_percent [val] (min 0, max 100, def 35) - Specifies when to start the vote based on percents.
• mce_start_percent_enable [0/1] (def 0) - Enable or Disable percentage calculations when to start vote.
• mce_version [val] (def 1.9.1) - MapChooser Extended Version
• mce_warningtime [val] (min 0, max 60, def 15) - Warning time in seconds.
• mce_menustyle [val] (min 0, max 2, def 0) - Menu Style. 0 is the game's default, 1 is the older Valve style that requires you to press Escape to see the menu, 2 is the newer 1-9 button Voice Command style. Style 2 is unavailable in some games.
• mce_warningtimerlocation [val] (min 0, max 2, def 0) - Location for the warning timer text. 0 is HintBox, 1 is Center text, 2 is Chat. Defaults to HintBox.
• mce_markcustommaps [val] (min 0, max 2, def 1) - Mark custom maps in the vote list. 0 = Disabled, 1 = Mark with *, 2 = Mark with phrase.
• mce_randomizeorder [0/1] (def 0) - Randomize the order of nominations and randomly selected maps instead of having nominations first?
• mce_extendposition [0/1] (def 0) - Extend/Don't Change position. 0 = end, 1 = start
• mce_hidetimer [0/1] (def 0) - Hide Warning timer notices, except the first.
• mce_addnovote [0/1] (def 1) - Specified if "No Vote" should be added in the first vote slot. Has no effect if NativeVotes is in use. Adjusts the number of blocked slots if mce_blockslots is set.

MapChooser Extended Sounds:

• mce_sounds_downloadallsounds [0/1] (def 0) - Force players to download all sound sets, so sets can be dynamically changed during the map. Takes effect at map change.
• mce_sounds_enablesounds [0/1] (def 1) - Enable this plugin. Sounds will still be downloaded (if applicable) even if the plugin is disabled this way.
• mce_sounds_enablewarningcountersounds [0/1] (def 1) - Enable sounds to be played during warning counter. If this is disabled, map vote warning, start, and stop sounds still play.
• mce_sounds_version [val] (def "1.1.2") - Mapchooser Extended Sounds Version
• mce_sounds_soundset [val] (def "tf") - Sound set to use, optimized for TF by default. Sound sets are defined in individual files in addons/sourcemod/configs/mapchooser_extended/sounds/. Takes effect immediately if mce_sounds_downloadallsounds is 1, otherwise at map change.

Commands:

• sm_mapvote_reload_sounds - Console command that reloads the Mapchooser Sound configuration files. EXPERIMENTAL. This may or may not work, although 1.1.2 should have fixed the crashing issue with it.
• sm_mapvote_list_soundsets - Admin command that lists which sound sets have been successfully loaded. Requires the Cvar admin flag.

For Plugin Developers - Mapchooser Extended Forwards:

• OnMapVoteStarted(const String:map[]) - Called at the start of a map vote, part of MapChooser
• OnMapVoteEnd() - Called at the end of a map vote
• OnMapVoteWarningStart() - Called 1 second before the warning timer starts ticking
• OnMapVoteRunnoffWarningStart() - Called 1 second before the runoff warning timer starts ticking.
• OnMapVoteWarningTick(timeLeft) - Called once a second as long as the warning timer is running. timeLeft is the number of seconds left on the timer.

Credits:

• SM Devs
• Zerak
• Zuko
• Powerlord
• Sammit92 (Russian translation)
• DaRk56 (old French translation)
• Arcy (Polish translation)
• Sunshisoo (Italian translation)
• banania (French translation)
• Franc1sco (Spanish translation)
• Minoost (Korean translation)
• RoaR (Serbian translation)
• Floody (German translation)
• Yalamix (Portuguese translation)

* - For Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Plugins that work with MapChooser Extended:

• NativeVotes
• SourceMod NextMap
• SourceMod RockTheVote
• SourceMod Nominations
• MapChooser Extended Sounds
• RockTheVote Extended
• Nominations Extended

The Get Plugin link will not work because the plugins requires mapchooser_extended.inc to compile.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5
 

GJ

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5
 

French translation

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5
 

Maybe I should have made it clearer what's new in this version:

1. The plugin is a lot smaller than the older versions. As in, 17.5KB versus 28.7KB. A lot of this was caused by the removal of Sounds from the core, but there was also some savings from moving the map list out as well. The way the map list is done should also take less memory than before (I hope), since only the current game's map list is loaded.

The sounds plugin is another 7.85KB, so both combined are still around 3.5KB smaller than version 1.4.2 (25.32KB vs. 28.7KB).

2. The Official Map list is now stored in a bunch of separate files, so they can be updated independently of the main plugin. It also allows other people to submit new lists of files for each game.

Said file is checked for changes every map change using the built-in SourceMod ReadMapList function. You can force a check with the sm_mapvote_reload_maplist server command (via console or rcon). It's recommended you just let it update on map change, though.

3. This version is now synced against SourceMod Mapchooser 1.3.7. I'm hoping this gives us better interoperability with other plugins that think they're talking to the SourceMod Mapchooser and are instead talking to Mapchooser Extended. From what I saw, this was mainly changes in how Mapchooser passes data around in timers, plus some logging changes.

4. Fixed some translation issues. I've never really understood how SourceMod determines a client's translation language, but things like (Custom) and the slot blocking lines are now hooked into the client's language instead of the server's language.

5. The code to print votes is gone now. It was redundant as of SourceMod 1.3.0 when the sm_vote_progress_hintbox cvar got added.

6. This rewrite finally fixes the % bug in translations (which still needs to be %% due to how SourceMod works). For real this time. The last time I tried fixing it (with %%%%), it still didn't display properly. Now, messages are handled as they're used rather than translating them, then passing them to additional functions that mangle % signs.

7. Fixed the menu and countdown being ugly in HL2DM, since it uses the older-style menus.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5
 

Here's a complete polish translation.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5
 

I will be releasing version 1.5.1 shortly. I had a misunderstanding as to which cvars needed to be marked as FCVAR_NOTIFY.

The 1.5.1 zip file will also include the French translation from DaRk56 and the Polish translation from Arcy.

Edit: Somehow I didn't replace the source file with the correct version in either the zip or post. Fixed now.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

I posted 1.5.1 a while back, but it turns out that, although I posted the correct smx file, I posted the wrong sp file both attached and in the zip. This has now been fixed.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

I've fixed an issue with the Russian translation file. See attachment. I'll also fix it in the 1.5.1 zip.

It goes in addons/sourcemod/translations/ru/

Note: It's still missing the "Cannot Start Vote" translation string, if someone wants to add that.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

Ok again in this new Thread ;-)

With the newest version 1.5.1 i get this error messages at my console !

Whats wrong with the translation file.
I use the "en" translation file.


lg
Smith

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

I'm at work right now, but I'll check it out when I get home to see if I can duplicate the problem.

I assume this is using SourceMod 1.3.7?

Edit: These line numbers don't match up to the ones in the 1.5.1 English mapchooser_extended.phrases.txt. Are you sure you're using the newest version? It's in the zip file in the first post.

As it says in the first post: "If you're upgrading from 1.3.x or 1.4.x, you need to follow the installation instructions above to get the updated translation files and official map files."

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

Yes, its Sourcemod 1.3.7.

I will reinstall the entire plugin from the zip file in the first post.
We will see if its my fault.

lg
Smith

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

So, it was my fault. Sorry for that.
The zip file contain in the translation folder a mapchooser_fr.zip.
I thought it has to be replaced with the original mapchooser_extended.phrases in the fr folder. The error lines in my first post are the result from this replacement.
Now im using the original mapchooser_extended.phrases.txt for fr and the erros are gone.
But:

Now there are these Erros ;-)

L 05/16/2011 - 23:22:14: -------- Mapchange to de_dust --------
L 05/16/2011 - 23:22:14: [SM] Fatal error encountered parsing translation file "fr/mapchooser_extended.phrases.txt"
L 05/16/2011 - 23:22:14: [SM] Error (line 19, column 82): Line contained too many invalid tokens

but im sure now that your plugin is perfectly installed ;-)

Is there a chance to fix this error message ?

lg
Smith

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

I forgot to say that the old mapchooser.smx is in the disabled folder .......

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

You should have both of these files installed:
addons/sourcemod/translations/mapchooser_extended.phrases.txt (this file is in English)
addons/sourcemod/translations/fr/mapchooser_extended.phrases.txt (this file is in French)

Both are required for the translation system to work, as the English file also defines what {1} and {2} mean.

If this is the case, I'll have to do more research as to why the French translation isn't working.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

Yes, both phrases are in the right place.

en here: addons/sourcemod/translations/
fr here: addons/sourcemod/translations/fr/


I have upped the entire folder layout to my server.
So all is on his right place.

lg
Smith

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

I made a mistake. mapchooser_fr.zip should not be in the zip file. I already copied the french translation into the Mapchooser Extended translations folder.

I will update the zip to remove it.

I think what's happening is that it is erroring because the zipped version of the french translation file included "#format" lines that you do not need, because they are already defined in the English translation file.

This may be fixed if you download the new zip and use the translation files as they are set up in the zip file. If not, let me know.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

Yeah i know. But this is not the explanation for the errors, i think ? ;-)

I deleted the zip already.

lg
Smith

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

I will look into this further, then.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

I quickly look at my translation seems to me that I have not made a mistake =/

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

OK, I see what happened. There was a missing { on the previous line. I thought it was referring to the {1} tokens, not brackets.

I probably deleted one too many lines when removing the #format commands (as I updated the file to use it with the SourceMod 1.1 Distributing Language Files technique).

Here's the new French translation file for use in translations/fr/ for this system. I also updated the main zip in the first post.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.1 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

Many Thanx for your work on it.

Now the script shows no more error lines in the console. ;-)

lg
Smith

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.1 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

I didn't mention it here, but I updated Mapchooser Extended Sounds yesterday to make it considerably easier to add new sound sets.

Having said that, after having 4 different versions of Sounds in 3 days, I'm going to lay off making changes to both plugins unless people are finding new bugs.

Also updated the zip file in the main post again to fix extra color strings (which aren't supported in 1.5) from the Russian and Polish translations.

If people request that color support be re-added, I can add it back in for the next version and re-assign all the colors in the translation files.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.1 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

Playing in TF2, this isn't working.

Console Spam with this:

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.1 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

Interesting, I'll take a look at it tomorrow to see if I can figure out what's going on (I'm going to bed in a few minutes).

Needless to say, I didn't see this behavior on my own servers.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.1 (Updated 2011-05-15)
 

Actually, I took a quick look at the code.

Version 1.5.2 was released. The SMX file is attached to the first post.

I'm not sure if it fixes the problem or not, because I'm not experiencing this issue. However, it now resets the internal pointer directly before reading from the DataPack, which is what I should have been doing in the first place (instead, I was resetting it in no less than 4 other places).

Strangely, despite the code now being shorter, the smx file has grown larger. I really need to ask the SourceMod team why that is...

Edit: Removed files for a moment. The previous "smx file has grown larger" was because another attempted fix was still present in the file, but it's totally unnecessary and wastes memory. Rolling back to older version and reapplying the fix, then doing a quick test of it.

Edit 2: OK, new version is tested and posted.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.2 (Updated 2011-05-17)
 

Good job mate, very useful and well made plugin :) Keep going.

Btw, i'd like to ask you, why you made this plugin with no sound, and then added plugin to support sounds? Wouldn't it be good, to make a one plugin, with some Cvars, to enable/disable sounds? Thx for answer

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.2 (Updated 2011-05-17)
 

That was how 1.4.2 and earlier worked.

Many of the servers I've visited that use Mapchooser Extended use it without sounds. By moving the sound code to a separate plugin, I've now reduced the size of the plugin for those servers. It also removes a lot of the cvars used for those sounds, making configuration files simpler.

That, and Mapchooser Extended Sounds is not the only plugin that can hook the new forwards now exposed by this plugin. Any plugin listening for those events can respond... which reminds me, I need to double-check the code for Mapchooser Extended Sounds and make sure I have it set up with the proper return codes for that...

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.2 (Updated 2011-05-17)
 

Any reason this is defaulting to Russian for language?

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.2 (Updated 2011-05-17)
 

It should be defaulting to English, unless the server is using a different language.

I'm still not completely clear on how SourceMod chooses which language to display to clients.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.2 (Updated 2011-05-17)
 

I always assumed it got that information from the server/client and then used the appropriate translations. It makes sense, since clients connecting to a server don't have to install SM yet can have phrases translated into their own language.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.2 (Updated 2011-05-17)
 

I'm defaulted to english, yet it still displayed in Russian. I worked around it by deleting all of the languages except english from the languages config. Plus, I disabled the client ability to choose language. Only english users are on my server anyway.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.2 (Updated 2011-05-17)
 

Turns out the Russian translation file had all its strings marked as being in English.

Here's a new Russian translation file (goes in addons/sourcemod/translations/ru/), and the main zip will be updated in a moment.

Apparently my own server was missing the Russian translation file, which is why I wasn't seeing it on my own server. When I uploaded it, everything started displaying in Russian.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.2 (Updated 2011-05-18)
 

I found a redundant block of code when checking if the current vote is a revote, but I don't think it's major enough change to push out a new release over. It will be present in the next release instead.

I might even redo the revote logic then and force a revote if we still have revotes left and the top two options have the same number of votes.

Translators:
If this does get added, and it likely will, there will likely be a new translation message that looks something like this.
Note that the #format line is only in the English file.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.2 (Updated 2011-05-18)
 

can`t download,
I really like your mod so please fix the download
(old one got lost in re-install)

edit: Oh, just saw you can download the whole pack xD

Thanks, but still fix the download for other people :P

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.2 (Updated 2011-05-18)
 

I can't fix it until the SourceMod site supports compiling with third-party include files, as mapchooser_extended.inc is required to compile this plugin.

mapchooser_extended.inc defines the forwards Mapchooser Extended calls when votes start, the warning timer ticks, etc...

I believe Asherkin said it's on his list of things to change.

Edit: I've added a warning to the first post that the Get Plugin link won't work.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.2 (Updated 2011-05-18)
 

Oke, thanks for your reply
But the zip will work I presume?

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.5.2 (Updated 2011-05-18)
 

Yes. The zip file is just the smx file, the sp source file, the inc file, 4 official map lists (and an empty one for Fortress Forever, whoops...), and 4 translation files in their proper directories.

If you uncompress it to your game directory, it should put files in the correct places.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.6 (Updated 2011-05-19)
 

New version: 1.6
What's new in 1.6:

1. New cvar sm_mapvote_menustyle. This cvar controls which style menu you see. 0 for your game's default style (same as 1.5). 1 is the older Valve style that requires you to press Escape to see the menu. 2 is the newer 1-9 button Voice Command style. Style 2 is unavailable in some games (like HL2: Deathmatch). Block Slots is ignored for the older Valve style.
2. New cvar sm_mapvote_warningtimerlocation. Location for the warning timer text. 0 is HintBox, 1 is Center text, 2 is Chat. Defaults to HintBox.
3. Detection for HL2: Deathmatch is gone. If you want it to act like 1.5, set sm_mapvote_warningtimerlocation 1.
4. If runoffs are enabled, a runoff will now be triggered if the top two or more maps have the same number of votes regardless of the percentage... as long as you're not already on the last runoff vote.

You need to update the English translation file again, as there is a new "Tie Vote" translation string as mentioned earlier. And thus, I didn't post an .smx file in order to force you to download the zip... MWAHAHA, my plan of world domination!

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.6 (Updated 2011-05-19)
 

Spotted and fixed a bug in the 1.6 release. It said 0 people had downloaded it, but just in case, if you grabbed 1.6 before now, please grab it again.

Re: MapChooser Extended 1.6 (Updated 2011-05-19)
 

I've heard reports from one of my users that they can't see the Valve-style vote menus in Team Fortress 2. I'm not sure if this is a client thing or what.