[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by SmackDaddy So what is the most current/up to date download for this or is it being revised? (I ask because sometimes people modify/change the original and post it within the thread). THanks in advance.

First post is still up to date; however, SourceMod's tf2.inc isn't currently up to date to reflect the removal of the Mann Vs. Machine holiday. In order to compile this correctly, you must edit tf2.inc and remove TFHoliday_MannVsMachine.

[11530]

A note to those who are forgetful like me: do not keep tfh_halloween at 2 if you want Merasmus to appear.

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by 11530 A note to those who are forgetful like me: do not keep tfh_halloween at 2 if you want Merasmus to appear.

One of these days, I should split tfh_halloween and tfh_fullmoon back into separate cvars.

Speaking of which, Valve added new Holidays again (Valentine's Day and a check for Halloween/Full Moon/Valentine's Day), so tf2.inc needs to be updated again and a new version of this plugin needs to be released.

I'll be doing this shortly.

[Powerlord]

OK, here's the proposed version of 1.8.0.

It needs testing

New cvars are:
tfh_use_overrides - If set to 0, halloween_maps.txt will be ignored. Defaults to 1.
tfh_fullmoon - Force Full Moon mode on. -1 = Always off; 0 = Use game setting; 1 = Always on. Default 0.
tfh_valentines - Force Valentines Day mode on. -1 = Always off; 0 = Use game setting; 1 = Always on. Default 0.

tfh_halloween 2 is now deprecated and will be removed in a future version. It still works, but please switch over to tfh_fullmoon 1.

A lot of new code has been added to precache Merasmus's models and sounds for when the Halloween holiday ends, although Valve may have unbroken boss caching in this update.

To compile this, you need to edit tf2.inc and change the TFHoliday enum to this:

enum TFHoliday
{
    TFHoliday_MannVsMachine = -1, // Obsolete
    TFHoliday_Birthday = 1,
    TFHoliday_Halloween,
    TFHoliday_Christmas,
    TFHoliday_ValentinesDay,
    TFHoliday_MeetThePyro,
    TFHoliday_FullMoon,
    TFHoliday_HalloweenOrFullMoon,
    TFHoliday_HalloweenOrFullMoonOrValentines,
};

Bug 5526 has been opened to get this changed in SourceMod's main tf2.inc.

Edit: Use the plugin posted here.

[xPaw]

May I ask what's special about Valentine's Day?

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by xPaw May I ask what's special about Valentine's Day?

At a guess, the Heavy's Grand Duchess costume can be used on Valentine's Day in addition to Halloween and Full Moon. I don't know, I just add the holidays to this when Valve adds them to TF2.

[11530]

I see two convars for tfh_halloween in the code for 1.8.0 here.

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by 11530 I see two convars for tfh_halloween in the code for 1.8.0 here.

Good catch. I must have missed that when copypasta-ing.

This should fix it.

[SmackDaddy]

This is only really needed for after the halloween event right? (that is, for those of us using it for the "full moon" setting)

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by SmackDaddy This is only really needed for after the halloween event right? (that is, for those of us using it for the "full moon" setting)

Yes.

Well, 1.7.1 has Full Moon not working properly anyway due to the holiday renumbering... why can't Valve add new holidays to the end instead of the middle?