[Antithasys]

Autobalance -Admin (Minus)


Description:

Ignores the built-in autobalancer in TF2 for admins with the CUSTOM1 tag.

Commands:

None.

Cvars:

ab_minusadmin_version

Copyright:

GNUv2

Changelog:

1.0.1
Fixed Error: Added error checking for connected clients and non admins

1.0.0
Initial Release

Future Updates:
None

Setting your own flag:

Replace the code in line 51:

if(GetUserFlagBits(client) & ADMFLAG_CUSTOM1) {

Put any flag you want there and then recomplie and install.

Installation:

Place the autobalance-admin.smx in the /sourcemod/plugins dir and you are done.

I have tested this on my TF2 servers and it appears to be working just fine.

It's hard to test since you have to get large numbers of players on the server and then see if it switches an admin, but it appears that this will finally allow you to use the built-in team balancer with TF2 again and have it ignore admins.

NOTE:

This was determined not to work as the event I hooked does not actually control the switching of players.

[DJ Tsunami]

Wow, that's pretty slick. Didn't know that was possible that way. Good job.

[Liam]

Nice job. Add a public cvar and we'll approve it.

[DontWannaName]

Maybe add a cvar to change the flag? I can do it manually I bet too.

[msleeper]

Yeah I'd rather this be for the reserved flag.

[DJ Tsunami]

Oh, speaking about the flag, I don't think this will work for people with the root flag. You have to manually check for the root flag, something like this:

GetUserFlagBits(client) & (ADMFLAG_CUSTOM1|ADMFLAG_ROOT)

Can someone else confirm that?

[Antithasys]

Originally Posted by DJ Tsunami Oh, speaking about the flag, I don't think this will work for people with the root flag. You have to manually check for the root flag, something like this: Code: GetUserFlagBits(client) & (ADMFLAG_CUSTOM1|ADMFLAG_ROOT) Can someone else confirm that?

I use this code for more then 1 plugin and it has always worked in the past. I do not think this is necessary since I don't check for root and it works on them.

I even confirmed it with a PrintToChat message to make sure the logic worked.

[Antithasys]

Originally Posted by msleeper Yeah I'd rather this be for the reserved flag.

I use the custom1 flag to set different donation levels on my server, but if you want the reservation, you can change it with the instructions given. Just change ADMFLAG_CUSTOM1 to ADMFLAG_RESERVATION in line 48.

[DontWannaName]

L 09/05/2008 - 21:26:10: [SM] Displaying call stack trace for plugin "autobalance-admin.smx":
L 09/05/2008 - 21:26:10: [SM] [0] Line 48, /home/groups/sourcemod/upload_tmp/phpfT3AQi.sp::HookPlayerBalance()
L 09/05/2008 - 21:28:50: [SM] Native "GetClientName" reported: Client 2 is not connected

[Antithasys]

Interesting. I never even run the function GetClientName(). I will add some error checking to make sure the client is connected and the flagbits don't return a 0.