[REQUEST] Enhanced Reserved Slot system

Extreme_One · **Author**

Here's a scenario to try and explain how I think a reserve slot system could/should work:

Lets say we have a 25 slot server which is set up (with this new plugin) to allow 20 available slots and X reserve slots (which are hidden)

We have 19 people playing. The server looks like:

19/20 (19 players / one slot free) (the X hidden slots are always hidden)

If one more person joins, the server will appear full:

20/20 (20 players / no slots free) (the X hidden slots are always hidden)

But there will actually be X slots open for clients with the reserved flag.

These slots never fill up but provide a 'buffer' for if ever X people with the reserved slot flag join simultaneously.

If the server appears full but someone with a reserved slot joins they will firstly arrive in one of the hidden slots and then somebody (without a reserved slot) will be kicked to make room.

The order in which players are kicked are:
AFK players are kicked first (spectators)
Then the player that joined last is next to be kicked.

The X hidden slots would be set as a cvar to provide the server admin with a choice as to how many hidden slots he/she wants on his/her server.

Hope that makes sense.

I really hope a skilled Pawner could take this challenge up.
I'm not saying the core reserved slot system is bad - I just think this system I've (hopefully adequately) explained would be more useful.

Extreme_One · *Last edited by Extreme_One; 08-11-2007 at 14:19.*

Here's an Event Script that works using the principle I explained above.

I'd really rather not resort to using an Event Script if at all possible.

Also looking back at my idea I think more than one hidden slot would be needed for large busy servers to cope with simultaneous connections.

dr1ft3r · 08-11-2007 , 13:18 Re: [REQUEST] Enhanced Reserved Slot system

You only need 1 reserve slot if you have a cvar that kicks the last connected/highest ping/spec when someone with the reserve flag joins. Very little chance of 2 people joining at the exact second.

It is something I would like to see though