[Ribbon]

One issue that I and many others have had with TF2's default CTF gamemode over the years is that most maps have the flag timer at a whopping 60 seconds that cannot be reduced. This problem leads to your flag being slowly inched out of your base by enemies needing only a touch to reset the whole process over.
Improved CTF aims to fix this by giving server ops the ability to change the map-defined flag timer and by allowing you, the player, to return the flag faster by standing near it.
Capture rate is even influenced by scout's natural 2x capture rate or soldier and demoman's The Pain Train, finally giving it some use in CTF.

Screenshots
When the flag is dropped, two circles appear around the flag. Outer circle indicates the capture radius, inner circle shrinks as the timer decreases.

If you enter the flag's range, the inner circle will light up with your team's color to show that you are now returning the flag.


Installation/Customization
No plugin dependencies. Should print "Improved CTF enabled" on startup.
Included Cvars:
sm_ictf_version - Prints the installed version of Improved CTF to the server console
sm_ictf_enable <1/0> - Enables/Disables Improved CTF
sm_ictf_flag_time <default: 30> - The base time, in seconds, until the flag is returned
sm_ictf_cap_multiplier <default: 0.6> - The amount of time each capper reduces the flag's timer (i.e. 0.6 means the flag's timer will be decreased by 0.6 seconds more, per second)
sm_ictf_cap_radius <default: 100.0> - The maximum distance, in hammer units, player can be at to still return the flag faster
sm_ictf_hud_text <1/0> - Enables/disables on-screen text for a flag's capture rate

Changelog

Version b3.3.1 (5/13/20)
- Added custom HUD text to show the flag's current capture rate. Shown only when a flag is down and on the screen at the bottom next to the flag status
- Added cvar "sm_ictf_hud_text" to give the option to disable HUD text for all players
- Fixed The Pain Train not giving the 2x capture rate on flags
- Fixed beam ring not being representative of the flag's true capture radius
- Adjusted default beam ring size to compensate being bigger than intended
- Updated syntax
Version b3.2 (4/30/20)
- Fixed players being able to return the flag while cloaked, ubercharged, bonked, ect.
- Improved code readability
Version b3.1
- Improved code readability
- Privated unnecessarily public functions
- Flag timer can now be a decimal
Version b3.0
- First public version
- Changed the flag capture indicator from a jank hexagon to a circle
- Capture area will now disappear instantly when the flag is returned

Planned features

• Support for more gamemodes
• Custom weapon capture rate modifier support
• Custom round and overtime timers

Feel free to post issues and suggestions in this thread.
You may also at my github: https://github.com/RibbonHeartU/TF2-Improved-ctf
Also, If you're going to be using it on your server, let me know. I'd love to see it be used by more communities.

[enderandrew]

I tried updating this to the newer syntax. I also put in a quick check to see if it is a CTF map, otherwise the plugin does nothing.

//is this an CTF map?
bool IsCTFMap() 
{
	char curMap[32];
	GetCurrentMap(curMap, sizeof(curMap));
	return strncmp("ctf_", curMap, 4, false) == 0;
}

void InitiateICTF(Handle convar, const char[] oldValue, const char[] newValue)
{
	//Check to see if ICTF is enabled and that the game is, in fact, TF2
	char gamename[3];
	GetGameFolderName(gamename, sizeof(gamename));
	if(StrEqual(gamename,"tf") && cvar_enabled.BoolValue && IsCTFMap())

But both the original and my modified version spam the logs on CTF maps with this error:

L 07/05/2020 - 00:00:00: [SM] Exception reported: Property "m_vecOrigin" not found (entity 1637/tf_ragdoll)
L 07/05/2020 - 00:00:00: [SM] Blaming: improvedctf.smx
L 07/05/2020 - 00:00:00: [SM] Call stack trace:
L 07/05/2020 - 00:00:00: [SM]   [0] GetEntPropVector
L 07/05/2020 - 00:00:00: [SM]   [1] Line 248, improvedctf.sp::TimeTick

[Ribbon]

Originally Posted by enderandrew I tried updating this to the newer syntax. I also put in a quick check to see if it is a CTF map, otherwise the plugin does nothing. snip But both the original and my modified version spam the logs on CTF maps with this error: snip

I had decided to leave out a check for CTF map specifically because I added support for sd_doomsday and possible unintended support for other maps with flags on them.

The bug is new to me. I seems that the plugin on your server is indexing ragdolls where it should index flags, which I have never run into during my testing and use on servers with players. I tested it again recently, making sure to enable ragdolls on my client and was still unable to replicate this error. Are you running any plugins that add new ragdolls or change ragdoll behavior?

[enderandrew]

Just this (which disables itself on non-MvM maps

https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=2212895

And this:

https://github.com/nosoop/SM-TFCusto...teStarterPack/

However I noticed I was having problems with a few plugins that no one else seemed to be having, and I am starting to chalk that up to the fact that I was testing on a dev build of SM 1.11.

I'm running on SM 1.10 now and I'm not seeing the errors.

[venter25]

Added this to my server. Thank you!

[Ah_Roon]

L 02/09/2021 - 00:00:00: [SM] Exception reported: Entity 900 (900) is invalid
L 02/09/2021 - 00:00:00: [SM] Blaming: improvedctf.smx
L 02/09/2021 - 00:00:00: [SM] Call stack trace:
L 02/09/2021 - 00:00:00: [SM]   [0] GetEntPropVector
L 02/09/2021 - 00:00:00: [SM]   [1] Line 248, E:\Development\tf2_ds\tf\addons\sourcemod\plugins\TF2-Improved-ctf\improvedctf.sp::TimeTick

This spams the console, can you fix the issue? This happens when the bots are on the game.

[Teamkiller324]

Updated to new syntax.

Hopefully fixed the invalid prop vector problem, untested.

[Ribbon]

Originally Posted by Teamkiller324 Updated to new syntax. Hopefully fixed the invalid prop vector problem, untested.

Tested. OP and Github updated. Thank you!!

[wllpwr]

Hey, plugin seems to be broken again. Capping isn't working on my servers...

[SashaNight]

Amazing mod! Thank you for making it. Is there any way to change the interval the circle updates visually?