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[TUT] Config files

Config files

This is a basic example of a config that you can add to your work.
What it does basicly is just create a config file, write to it, and execute it just
like the server would execute server.cfg or autoexec.cfg.

1. In plugin_init(), add ExecuteConfigs();

PHP Code:


		
			
public plugin_init()
{
    register_plugin("Config", "1.00", "Exolent")

    ExecuteConfigs();     //if this isnt here the server wont bother what your about to do below
}

2. Create your ExecuteConfigs() function, and initially create the file

PHP Code:


		
			
public ExecuteConfigs()
{
    new sConfig[64];     //Create the variable
    get_localinfo("amxx_configdir", sConfig, 63)     //get the configs directory (addons/amxmodx/configs/)
    add(sConfig, 63, "/tutorial.cfg", 0);     //create the file being used
    
    if( file_exists(sConfig) )     //if its already there just execute it
    {
        server_cmd("exec %s", sConfig);
        server_exec();
    }
    else
    {
        make_config(sConfig);     //if its not then create it with the information we made here
    }
}

3. Pick up where you left off

PHP Code:


		
			
make_config(const sConfig[])
{
    new f = fopen(sConfig, "wt");     //open the file with the flags Write and Text
    
    fputs(f, "// This is where the configs thing is.^n^n^n");     //Add a comment line with 3 spaces (Note ^n means "New line")
    
    fprintf(f, "config_cvar %i^n", get_pcvar_num(p_cvar)); //Write the cvars for your plugin in the form used to change the cvars ex. amx_cvar "sv_gravity"

    
    fclose(f);     //close the file
}

Add it all together and check if it works (Note: The below example has what you need to test, above does not)

Code:

#include <amxmodx>





new p_cvar





public plugin_init()

{

    register_plugin("Config", "1.00", "r4ndomz")



    p_cvar = register_cvar("config_cvar", "1337")

    register_clcmd("say pcvar", "print_pcvar")



    ExecuteConfigs();

}





public ExecuteConfigs()

{

    new sConfig[64];

    get_localinfo("amxx_configdir", sConfig, 63)

    add(sConfig, 63, "/tutorial.cfg", 0);

    

    if( file_exists(sConfig) )

    {

        server_cmd("exec %s", sConfig);

        server_exec();

    }

    else

    {

        make_config(sConfig);

    }

}



make_config(const sConfig[])

{

    new f = fopen(sConfig, "wt");

    

    fputs(f, "// This is where the configs thing is.^n^n^n");

    

    fprintf(f, "config_cvar %i^n", get_pcvar_num(p_cvar));



    

    fclose(f);

}





public print_pcvar(id)

{

    client_print(id, print_chat, "Pcvar is currently set at %i", get_pcvar_num(p_cvar))

}

Credit to exolent, original code from him.
Don't do drugs.

Re: [TUT] Config files

Ummm . . . what? I see not logic for something like this (what ever it is).

Re: [TUT] Config files

Quote:

Originally Posted by fysiks (Post 1362303)

Ummm . . . what? I see not logic for something like this (what ever it is).

The logic is to make a configuration file. Did you even read it?

A while ago i wanted to make a config file..but i did not know how to do it. I searched and didnt find anything related to this matter.

This is a clear-cut way of making a config file. You wont need to look through a plugin that already has a config file in its code and try to find out how it works.

Re: [TUT] Config files

So did this come from your brain? Or someone else's( Exolent ). You know what I mean, give credit where credit is due please. Thanks.

Re: [TUT] Config files

Quote:

Originally Posted by r4ndomz (Post 1362442)

Yes, I read the post but I also have this very rarely used and highly secret program that I use called Notepad to create a config file. And, I can document it as well instead of it just being a plain list of cvars.

Re: [TUT] Config files

Quote:

Originally Posted by fysiks (Post 1362560)

Then this is an example of doing that in code.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kreation (Post 1362490)

So did this come from your brain? Or someone else's( Exolent ). You know what I mean, give credit where credit is due please. Thanks.

Thanks for the reminder.

Re: [TUT] Config files

Quote:

Originally Posted by r4ndomz (Post 1362562)

Then this is an example of doing that in code.

This is an example of someone defending a cause without reasoning, only because their elite role model had done it in the past.

Re: [TUT] Config files

Use get_localinfo, so you wouldn't need amxmisc :).

Re: [TUT] Config files

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrecked_ (Post 1362566)

This is an example of someone defending a cause without reasoning, only because their elite role model had done it in the past.

And who exactly is my elite role model?

Re: [TUT] Config files

Quote:

Originally Posted by r4ndomz (Post 1362562)

Then this is an example of doing that in code.

Example to Copy and Paste from Exolent's Code