[ThatOneGuy]

Description

After trying several team balancers, I found I was not happy with any of them. So, I decided to make my own.

This is a very simple balancer. Instead of checking teams every time a player dies, it checks them on configurable intervals. If the teams are unbalanced by a configurable amount, the plugin will move the next player that dies and is not immune and that is not in cooldown (unless cooldown is disabled).

Unlike the other plugins I tested, this one does not kill the player when moving them, so their score is unchanged (or level if it is a gungame server, etc.).

Players can be made immune to team balance if they have the flag defined by the cvar tdmtb_immuneflag.

For server owners who wish to make the time between checks far apart, I've also implemented an admin command to run the check.


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See Github repository for plugin details and instructions.


If you enjoy this plugin, I'm always open to donations! Either way, enjoy!

[ThatOneGuy]

Updated to v1.1

[ecca]

Basically this just move players over to other team without any check that confirms they will be more balanced ? It's like mp_autoteambalance but for DM as i can see.

[ThatOneGuy]

Originally Posted by ecca Basically this just move players over to other team without any check that confirms they will be more balanced ? It's like mp_autoteambalance but for DM as i can see.

Kind of. It is made primarily for gungame servers, where kdr isnt as important and a good kdr doesnt imply being good at gungame. It is non-biased in that it moves the first person to die, but can exclude admins, donators, etc. I find that it fits gungame servers better than any DM team balance plugins I've found so far. I wouldnt use this on a regular DM server though...i would sooner use one of the few others out there.

[Ejziponken]

This works with FFA too?

[ThatOneGuy]

Originally Posted by Ejziponken This works with FFA too?

I dont even know what FFA is. I made it for CSS, so I doubt it works for other games since their natives/hooks would likely be different. If you have a test server, you could try it, but yea...tis for CSS.

[Ejziponken]

FFA - Free for all = everybody against everybody in CS/CSGO.
Its deathmatch.

[ThatOneGuy]

Updated plugin to v1.2:

• Fixed problem i noticed in the code that the check immunity function could take off a players immunity.
• Fixed error that could have occured if check immunity or check balance functions were called via rcon (print to chat would cause an error, since client isnt in game).
• Added check to see if plugin is enabled before checks on player death.
• Added cooldown time (configurable via cvar) for players who are switched, as well as a minimum number of players (configurable via cvar) needed for the cooldowns to activate (and ability to disable cooldown time all together).

[TUSK3N1337]

L 08/15/2014 - 05:09:05: [SM] Native "KillTimer" reported: Invalid timer handle 66eb0824 (error 3)
L 08/15/2014 - 05:09:05: [SM] Displaying call stack trace for plugin "togdmteambalance.smx":
L 08/15/2014 - 05:09:05: [SM]   [0]  Line 408, C:\Users\Daniel\Downloads\CSS\Server Builds\SM\addons\sourcemod\scripting\togdmteambalance.sp::OnPluginEnd()

[ThatOneGuy]

Originally Posted by TUSK3N1337 L 08/15/2014 - 05:09:05: [SM] Native "KillTimer" reported: Invalid timer handle 66eb0824 (error 3) L 08/15/2014 - 05:09:05: [SM] Displaying call stack trace for plugin "togdmteambalance.smx": L 08/15/2014 - 05:09:05: [SM] [0] Line 408, C:\Users\Daniel\Downloads\CSS\Server Builds\SM\addons\sourcemod\scripting\togdmteambalance.sp::OnPluginEnd()

Hmmm...I coded this a while back...before I was as handy with timers XD

You would only ever run into that error if you unloaded the plugin or the server was crashing or restarting...

Anyways, give this a try. I removed the declared handle, since it shouldn't need one unless I need to kill the timer for some reason (which I don't - It is terminated automatically on map change and restarted next map start). Update (v1.2a) attached below.

If you have any other questions/bugs/requests, let me know.