[Dr. McKay]

[TF2] Name Change Oddities Fix

v1.1.0

Description:
In a recent update, Valve introduced some issues into the game which cause the player_changename event and #TF_Name_Change SayText2 usermessage to not be fired. The server also doesn't update the m_szNetname datamap, which causes SM to not see the player's new name. This plugin fixes this.

In English, this plugin will fix issues which prevent the name change chat message from appearing and which prevent you from being able to target players by name when they change their name in-server.

Cvars:
namechange_fix_version - plugin version

Installation:
Upload namechange_fix.smx to your /addons/sourcemod directory and reboot your server or type "sm plugins load namechange_fix" into your console or rcon. That's it, the plugin just passively fixes name change issues.

Auto Update:
Install Updater. The plugin will be autoupdated according to your Updater settings. It'll work without Updater. If and when Valve fixes these issues, I'll push out an update via Updater which simply deletes the plugin from your server.

Changelog:

• v1.1.0 (3/31/15)
  • The issue was fixed by Valve, so the plugin now removes itself on load
• v1.0.0 (3/23/15)
  • Initial release

Download Plugin (namechange_fix.smx)
View Source (namechange_fix.sp)

Requires updater.inc and mckayupdater.sp to compile.

[404UserNotFound]

I've emailed this to Valve a few days ago, they're looking into it and it should be fixed in the next update if all goes well.

Will use this for the time being.

[Nanochip]

Thanks for the plugin! I had a few trolls exploiting this bug making it more difficult to target them.

[Nanochip]

Getting this error whenever I try to load the plugin:

[SM] Plugin namechange_fix.smx failed to load: Native "Event.SetInt" was not found.

[Dr. McKay]

Originally Posted by Nanochip Getting this error whenever I try to load the plugin:

Update SourceMod.

[Nanochip]

Originally Posted by Dr. McKay Update SourceMod.

Any chance you could make it backwards compatible with Sourcemod 1.6?

[Mitchell]

Originally Posted by Nanochip Any chance you could make it backwards compatible with Sourcemod 1.6?

If you update to 1.7 everything will be compatible with 1.6 plugins.

[404UserNotFound]

Originally Posted by Nanochip Any chance you could make it backwards compatible with Sourcemod 1.6?

I used to have a 1.6 scripting folder alongside my 1.7 folder, but I've since deleted the 1.6 stuff. It's a lot easier to just update your SourceMod/Metamod install.

[Nanochip]

Originally Posted by abrandnewday I used to have a 1.6 scripting folder alongside my 1.7 folder, but I've since deleted the 1.6 stuff. It's a lot easier to just update your SourceMod/Metamod install.

True, and I did that awhile ago, but I had to revert back because a few private plugins broke. And the author of those plugins is inactive now :/

[Horsedick]

Originally Posted by Nanochip True, and I did that awhile ago, but I had to revert back because a few private plugins broke. And the author of those plugins is inactive now :/

1.7 should run any old plugins, as for compiling them over again some will only compile with 1.6 unless they are rewritten from a langauge change which is unfortunate.