[psychonic]

Originally Posted by tatercrisp This looks promising gonna try this out on our test server. Ive been running war3source on tf2 for a long time our players have been wanting a new server with something different. [05] <FAILED> file "runetf.ext.so": Extension version is too new to load (6, max is 5)

The extension was compiled against a newer version of SM than the one that you're running.

Side note: mod looks cool.

[tatercrisp]

Happ has updated the op all is working fine now. Although there was a crash no error logs but i did catch this in console. I will disable that plugin for now and see.
http://pastebin.com/xmVf5Kp8

@DJ Where is this windows ext?

[happs]

I've added spawn generators for the new stock map cp_standin_final.

@friagram Thanks for your input. I agree that one of the biggest hurdles for new players is my use of +use. I'll take a look at in_attack3. I didn't want to use a combination of in_attack, in_attack2 because I wanted a clear mechanism for activation for players that use both frequently.

I decided against dynamic/random spawn locations because I didn't want to couple the rune to the players' movement history. I want them to spawn away from common hot-zones because I think of them as like an optional objective with a high-risk/reward. If they spawned everywhere you were; then what becomes the difference between picking up a rune and typing !rtd? I'm not against adding such a thing, but it's not a priority of mine right now.

W.r.t the original quake runes; I more or less included toned down versions of those runes. I felt that doing a straight port of them would be too strong and lead to many lop-sided games. That being said; I plan to incorporate a weight to each rune so the more powerful runes will show up less frequently. I'll revisit adding more powerful versions of them when that is done.


Adding a rune is pretty straight forward.

OnPluginStart() { my_rune_id_unique = AddRune( "RuneName", PickupCallBackFunc, DropCallBackFunc, rune_id); }
public RunePluginStart() { }
public RunePluginStop() { }

The extension handles calling the pickup function when the player touches a rune, and the drop function when the player dies/leaves, etc.

The callback has the following signature; where runeid is the unique_id returned from AddRune, and ref is the number of players that have a rune from this plugin.

funcenum RuneTFPickup
{
   public(client),
   public(client,runeid),
   public(client,runeid,ref)
}

runeid is used to differentiate runes having a common callback for example see rune_recall.sp

ref should be used to setup and tear-down hooks that should only exist when needed; for example see rune_rage.sp.


A few guidelines that I followed when creating the runes included;

• A player's skill-level should still matter. No God-mode runes.
• Try to incorporate teammates when designing rune effects.
• Anything that increases damage/survivability should have a negative to balance.
• Don't create runes that are only usable by specific classes.

If anyone has a snippet that would make a good rune, I'd be happy to add/credit the author.


@Skyrider
Certain runes, like rune of blink, require the player to have a key bound to +use. The server must have the cvar tf_allow_player_use set to 1.

Runes are dropping on the floor because I rushed adding spawn points to most maps. I spent way more time making the !menu_rune user-friendly then I did actually using it.

If anyone takes the time to re-do any of my maps, or create one for a custom map; pm me, and I'll add it.


@tatercrisp
I don't know why it is crashing for you when you pickup the rune of repulsion. I haven't been able to replicate it on my end. I added more sanity checks that should help it from crashing hard.

@rowedahelicon @DJ
If someone can compile the extension on windows for me; I'll add it.

[MaloModo]

I fired this up yesterday and fooled around with some bots. Pretty cool concept. One thing I found was the runes are a little hard to see ..as I am getting old. Perhaps add a " glow " effect to them or something.

And on that note before someone posts don't forget to either whitelist this plugins " stuff " or pure 0.

[Delfy]

Oh god, very very hard to put this on server.
Hard to understand for me, what to do with Generator...
At stock maps it can work without "Spawn Generator" settings?

[MineProLike]

I can't run this plugin because console type that -

[SM] Unable to load plugin "rune_ammo.smx": Required ex
tension "runetf" file("runetf.ext") not running

I put all files from master winrar, but I don't know, why this isn't working.

[RavensBro]

I have a friend fixing this plugin. I will put it on here once he is done working on it.

[RavensBro]

did anyone get this working? the friend that was going to fix it never did ;(

[happs]

@RavensBro

I managed to revive it:



I'm going to make the installation easier. I'll post again after I have a turn-key Linux server setup.

[RavensBro]

thanks