[Dr. McKay]

[ANY] Impersonate

v1.5.0

Description:
An admin can use sm_impersonate [target] to begin impersonating a target. After the command is used, everything they say (including team chat!) will be said by the impersonation target. All chat triggers are filtered, so this should be safe to give to lower-level admins, as they won't be able to abuse it by making a higher-level admin use a chat trigger (they should be immune anyway, but your settings might be weird).

Commands:
sm_impersonate [target] - begin impersonating [target] - use sm_impersonate again without any arguments to disable

Cvars:
impersonate_version - plugin version

Installation:
Put impersonate.smx into /addons/sourcemod/plugins and reboot your server or type "sm plugins load impersonate" into your console or rcon.

Changelog:

• v1.5.0 (8/2/12)
  • Changed RegConsoleCmd to AddCommandListener for say and say_team
  • Last planned official release - auto-updating removed
• v1.4.0 (7/12/12)
  • Added option to disable automatic updating
• v1.3.0 (11/23/11)
  • You can no longer impersonate someone who is currently impersonating someone
• v1.2.0 (11/23/11)
  • Why on earth did I use colors? ShowActivity2 is much better!
  • Displays notification to admins when someone begins impersonating, finished impersonating, and every time they impersonate a message
  • Plugin now logs
• v1.1.0 (11/22/11)
  • Now uses colors.inc
  • You can no longer attempt to impersonate yourself
• v1.0.0 (11/20/11)
  • Initial Release

[The batman]

Theres a major bug that causes a server to crash.


If a admin uses the impersonate command on his/her self the server will crash.

Or while impersonating someone and accidently types the command to impersonate that person again boom crash which replaicates th first issue.

[Dr. McKay]

Originally Posted by The batman Theres a major bug that causes a server to crash. If a admin uses the impersonate command on his/her self the server will crash. Or while impersonating someone and accidently types the command to impersonate that person again boom crash which replaicates th first issue.

I'll fix the impersonate self problem, but there's no reason that trying to impersonate the person you're currently impersonating should do anything. Using sm_impersonate (with or without any arguments) while currently impersonating will simply disable impersonate mode.

[Dr. McKay]

Updated to v1.1.0. Now uses colors.inc, and you can no longer attempt to impersonate yourself.

[Dr. McKay]

Updated to v1.2.0. No longer uses colors.inc (??), uses ShowActivity2 (!!), and logs.

[Dr. McKay]

Updated to v1.3.0. You can no longer impersonate someone who is currently impersonating someone. This made for some... *ahem* "interesting" behavior, as well as the possibility for an infinite loop.

For instance, say Person A was impersonating Person B, then Person C impersonated Person A. When Person C said something, it would make Person B say it, as Person A would impersonate them.

Say Person A impersonated Person B, and Person B impersonated Person A. Person A says something, Person B impersonates Person A, who impersonates Person B, who impersonates Person A.... get it?

In a future release (1.3.1), I'll make it so if someone begins impersonating while they're being impersonated, the impersonation of them will be disabled.

[The batman]

So do i have to use the update feature or can you post the latest version here?

[Dr. McKay]

Originally Posted by The batman So do i have to use the update feature or can you post the latest version here?

The download links are the newest version.

[Dr. McKay]

Updated to v1.4.0. Added ability to disable automatic updating.

[ReFlexPoison]

Adding support for hooking this to spy disguise would be sweet.