[TnTSCS]

Only thing I can suggest is to see how Updater works

[Nefarius]

Finally made some progress; downloading and parsing community map info works now:



Now I'll write the new menu code. Stay tuned

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by Nefarius So far so good, I'll let this information flow into the further improvement of the plugin. Sadly I haven't yet found out where the supported Game Mode is stored, as it would make a nice criterion for categorizing the maps.

The game mode is likely stored inside the file itself, although it's possbile that CS:GO works exclusively on the map's filename. I know you can generally find out map types by checking netprops on the game's gamerules entity when the map is actually running (or at least you can on TF2). Of course, with csgo, you already set the gamemode and gametype commands (cvars?) on startup...

(Of course, TF2 has its own special little hell by only supporting 5 distinct game modes (4 plus General/Single Player) which are then subdivided into game types from there... but for CP maps, you can't just find out which of the 3 types (A/D CP, 5CP, TC) is running from the gamerules and specific entities alone. To this day, I don't know how the game internally determines this.)

[TnTSCS]

w00h00 - would be nice if Valve documented their API (more/better/period).

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by TnTSCS w00h00 - would be nice if Valve documented their API (more/better/period).

They supposedly have a WebService for that, but it's blocked where I work.

[Nefarius]

Originally Posted by Powerlord The game mode is likely stored inside the file itself, although it's possbile that CS:GO works exclusively on the map's filename. I know you can generally find out map types by checking netprops on the game's gamerules entity when the map is actually running (or at least you can on TF2). Of course, with csgo, you already set the gamemode and gametype commands (cvars?) on startup...

This is exactly what I didn't want to rely on. I'm fetching the info from the Web API now. My first Idea was indeed analyzing Game Type, has Map Buy Zone and so on but these methods suck cause you have to load the map, run your analysis code, change the game mode/type if mismatch and reload the map again. Not mentioning that overhead just for building a map menu

EDIT: the game is actually dumber than you think; it (without SourceMod) relies entirely on the game_type and game_mode variables, who may be set correctly on map change but not restricted by the map itself. If you load an Arms Race Map in Casual Mode it works but without the Buy Zone you can only do knife fights unless you heavily mod your server with a Buy Zone Simulator and so on. At this time I myself have ~30 plugins running to make CS:GO playable for my tastes

Originally Posted by Powerlord (Of course, TF2 has its own special little hell by only supporting 5 distinct game modes (4 plus General/Single Player) which are then subdivided into game types from there... but for CP maps, you can't just find out which of the 3 types (A/D CP, 5CP, TC) is running from the gamerules and specific entities alone. To this day, I don't know how the game internally determines this.)

Good question, never thought of that in all my years of playing TF2. Fortunately my code at this stage can retrieve info about TF2 Items as well:

[Nefarius]

Version 0.1.0 released!

This is quite a major release, please consolidate the first post for new features and installation instructions.

The changes in short

• New Top-Level Menu with map categories
• Loads map title and tags from steam workshop
• Automatically adjusts the current game type/mode to match the users selection

Happy testing/fragging

[TnTSCS]

outstanding Thank you for the update.

[Nefarius]

Version 0.1.1 released!

This doesn't add new features but fixes some parts under the hood. Please update.

The changes in short

• Fixed a few menu memory leaks
• Added loads of comments to code
• Interception changing game mode/type now only happens on map change. This is important 'cause the previous version may conflict with existing mode changer plugins.

  My implementation gracefully bypasses following behavior you may encounter in your server logs:
  

  L 01/09/2014 - 02:50:45: -------- Mapchange to workshop/203499188/fy_poolparty_v6 --------
  GameTypes: initializing game types interface from GameModes.txt.
  GameTypes: merging game types interface from gamemodes_server.txt.
  GameTypes: missing mapgroupsSP entry for game type/mode (custom/custom).

  Suck on that, map groups!

Happy testing/fragging Good night!

[Nefarius]

Version 0.1.2 released!

This doesn't add new features but fixes some parts under the hood. Please update.

The changes in short

• Plugin version Cvar now inhibited to show up in config file
• API Key validation included
• Plugin will now never try to connect to Steam API until a valid Key has been supplied

Happy testing/fragging