[dustinandband]

Originally Posted by pride95 userid. if a client connects from lobby then userid++; if a client connects from map change the old userid (from the previous map) == userid (from this map). try to create a fakeclient onmapstart, get his userid and then check if userid from player connected > userid from fakeclient.

So, just to clarify, does a user ID ever get reused on another client after so many connections / disconnections? Like say 100 people have been connecting & disconnecting all day - will client #2’s (second person to connect that day) user ID not be reused in someone else at a later time? (Of course not counting when the server reboots.)

[Lux]

Userid is fine that don't change unless they disconnect from the server that's all i use

[pride95]

Originally Posted by dustinandband So, just to clarify, does a user ID ever get reused on another client after so many connections / disconnections? Like say 100 people have been connecting & disconnecting all day - will client #2’s (second person to connect that day) user ID not be reused in someone else at a later time? (Of course not counting when the server reboots.)

let's clarify.

if i'm the first player connected on the server (in the morning with 0 players online) let's say i have userid 100
if i reconnect on the server i will have userid: 101
if the map changes i will have the same userid: 100

the userid will increase itself after player connection which is not from map change.
so if 100 people connects & disconnects all day then the userid will increase with how many connections were in that day.
userid is unique and no one will ever have that userid before server hibernation or server restart (i think just server restart, idk) ...

userid is a number from engine, not from sourcemod so you are not losing data if the plugin reloads.

[eyal282]

Originally Posted by pride95 let's clarify. if i'm the first player connected on the server (in the morning with 0 players online) let's say i have userid 100 if i reconnect on the server i will have userid: 101 if the map changes i will have the same userid: 100 the userid will increase itself after player connection which is not from map change. so if 100 people connects & disconnects all day then the userid will increase with how many connections were in that day. userid is unique and no one will ever have that userid before server hibernation or server restart (i think just server restart, idk) ... userid is a number from engine, not from sourcemod so you are not losing data if the plugin reloads.

The player_connect event should contain something about it tbh... Ty for info and I'll attempt something.

[pride95]

Originally Posted by eyal282 The player_connect event should contain something about it tbh... Ty for info and I'll attempt something.

check my code from previous posts.

[Kyu67]

Originally Posted by pride95 PHP Code: int IntMaxUserId; public void OnPluginStart() {     HookEvent("player_connect_full", Event_PlayerConnect); } public void OnMapStart() {     int Bot = CreateFakeClient("Bot");     IntMaxUserid = GetClientUserId(Bot);     KickClient(Bot); } public Action Event_PlayerConnect(Event event, const char[] name, bool dontBroadcast)  {     int Id = event.GetInt("userid");     int Client = GetClientOfUserId(Id);          if(Id < IntMaxUserid)     {         ... connection from previous map     } }  i don't know if the bot has some userid, but this is an idea. You should find a signature and use in gamedata (if exists) for connections from previous maps. If the players keep their userid on map change i think there should be a signature for this.

I am doing something that requires this same thing, where I want to keep tract of new people joining - specifically, joining for the first time in a campaign (I want to do something if somebody is joining for the first time in a campaign - or if they disconnect and rejoin at some point - so NOT when a new chapter of a campaign is loaded into).

I've tested with the mentioned user ID method, and it looks like it doesn't change while loading the 2nd or 3rd level of a campaign - You only get a new user ID if you connect again after leaving. So from my tests, if I store a user ID, and check people who join against the stored ID's, it has always worked for checking if someone is joining for the first time.

The problem is that the OnMapStart() event happens both during new map loads as well as during map changes to the next chapter in a campaign; so this can't be used to clear the stored user ID's since that would be saying everyone who loads into the next part of a campaign is joining for the first time.

Does anyone know if there is some other event for something like starting a new campaign/the first level?

Edit: "Round_Start" won't work, this happens even more often than OnMapStart

[Visual77]

Originally Posted by Kyu67 Does anyone know if there is some other event for something like starting a new campaign/the first level? Edit: "Round_Start" won't work, this happens even more often than OnMapStart

I'm not sure what you want. But here's what you can do.

public void OnMapStart()
{
	char map[32];
	GetCurrentMap(map, sizeof(map));
	
	if (StrContains(map, "m1_", false) != -1)
	{
		// clear array? 
	}
}

[cravenge]

I don't know if OnClientAuthorized is fired once the client has connected to the server... but it is a safer bet than having nothing.

PHP Code:

bool bMapChanging, bInLastMap[MAXPLAYERS+1];
ArrayList alLastPlayers;

public void OnPluginStart()
{
    alLastPlayers = new ArrayList(ByteCountToCells(32));
}

public void OnClientAuthorized(int client, const char[] auth)
{
    if (IsFakeClient(client))
    {
        return;
    }
    
    int iIDMatch = alLastPlayers.FindString(auth);
    if (iIDMatch != -1)
    {
        bInLastMap[client] = true;
    }
}

public void OnClientConnected(int client)
{
    if (bMapChanging || bInLastMap[client]) /* Gotcha! */
    {
        return;
    }
}

public void OnMapStart()
{
    bMapChanging = false;
}

public void OnMapEnd()
{
    bMapChanging = true;
    if (alLastPlayers.Length > 0)
    {
        alLastPlayers.Clear();
    }
    
    for (int i = 1; i <= MaxClients; i++)
    {
        if (IsClientInGame(i) && !IsFakeClient(i))
        {
            if (bInLastMap[i])
            {
                bInLastMap[i] = false;
            }
            
            char sSteamID[32];
            GetClientAuthId(i, AuthId_Steam2, sSteamID, sizeof(sSteamID);
            alLastPlayers.PushString(sSteamID);
        }
    }
} 


Originally Posted by Visual77 [...]

Wouldn't L4DT2 be helpful in this case? The idea of "using one native vs. hardcoding all first maps of all campaigns" is better.

... That is unless no custom campaigns are involved.

[Visual77]

Originally Posted by cravenge Wouldn't L4DT2 be helpful in this case? The idea of "using one native vs. hardcoding all first maps of all campaigns" is better. ... That is unless no custom campaigns are involved.

For linux users, yes. For windows users, I would either hardcode or look for some kind of entity that all first maps have (avoid downtown if you're on windows).

On a side note, I'm not sure how practical this is but would OnClientConnected + GetClientTime be easier to detect the first connection. GetClientTime most likely returns 0 or 1 s for newly connected players.

public void OnClientConnected(int client)
{
	if (IsFakeClient(client)) return;

	int connectionTime = RoundFloat(GetClientTime(client));
	if (connectionTime != 0) return;
	
	LogMessage("%N connected for the first time", client);
}

[MasterMind420]

possibly use player_entered_start_area eventhook, which will fire when players enter the first maps start area. Set a bool in there to identify it as the first campaign map, and in player_first_spawn hook if that bool is true, do what u want, set the bool to false during round_end hook, I use this method for things I only wanna do during the first campaign map to players...also I wouldnt put anything directly into player_entered_start_area other than a bool because a player could leave the start area and walk back into it and trigger it over and over again...just use it to identify the first campaign map. Should work for custom maps as well if they trigger this hook also, i dont know though...