[HL-SDK]

HL-SDK Sentry Spawner v0.5a (beta)
Now you can have the last laugh



Purpose:

• Create a sentry for a player when he/she dies at the location of their death
• Keep track of how many sentries that player has "created" by dying and limit to a number set by administrator

CVARS:

• sm_spawnsentry <-returns version of plugin
• sm_spawnsentry_enabled <0|1> <-enables/disables plugin during gameplay (will not remove sentries)
• sm_spawnsentry_maxsentries <1-20> <-maximum sentries a player has in stock when he/she dies (not affected by engineer's building of sentries), takes effect when clients reconnect or map change.
• sm_spawnsentry_initlevel <1-3> <-can be hundreds of levels but at present is one of the three stock valve sentries. This is the level at which the sentry is to be created (can be upgraded + repaired by engies)
• sm_spawnsentry_chance (0.00-1.00) <-- 0.50 is 50% chance. Defaults to 1.00
• sm_spawnsentry_random <0|1> <-- Random leveled sentry?

Version history:

• 0.3 Submitted to public
• 0.4 Added cvar sm_sentryspawner_chance
• 0.5 Fixed problem with engineer's sentries (beta version, filename is sentryspawner_testing)
• 0.5a Added random level spawned option (still beta version, filename is still sentryspawner_testing)

[IMG]http://img231.**************/img231/1888/sentryspawnermk6.jpg[/IMG]

Credit goes to The JCS, Muridas, bl4nk, and me, HL-SDK. A special thanks goes to liam12360 for his graphic.

[BrutalGoerge]

haha, seems to work just fine.

[BrutalGoerge]

now that ive seen it in action in a full server, i have some suggestions.
- perhaps a chance cvar for modifything the chance someone will spawn a sentry on death
- maxlife cvar, the maxlife of a spawn sentry 20 seconds or something. when you get too many, it causes lag
- max total sentries cvar to limit the number of active sentries to prevent lag. 10 or so is plenty.
- maybe only people with the A admin flag, or a flag set by a cvar spawn sentries

[HL-SDK]

Thank you very much for the playtesting and suggestions, I have addded the sm_spawnsentry_chance cvar float for chance. Updated first post.

As for max total sentries, a possible alternative would be to set _maxsentries so that a player can only create one or two, limiting the total.

To be entirely honest, I would not know how to go about adding a timer to detroy a particular sentry and mark ot for destruction. If someone would set me on the right path, it would be interesting to learn. Not sure how much time I have to devote to scripting nowadays though.

[liam12360]

haha nice! Good idea for a fun server. I was board so I whipped you up a logo thing.. enjoy! Feel free to use however you like.

[IMG]http://img231.**************/img231/1888/sentryspawnermk6.th.jpg[/IMG]
clik wth mor haste!

[jockersoft]

Nice idea!
We are giving it a try on 195.43.185.164:27050 and found a couple of bugs:
-sentries at round end aren't removed and remain inactive
-if you are an engineer, build a sentry, destroy it, the plugin will increase the number of sentries you can spawn at death

[bl4nk]

Originally Posted by jockersoft -if you are an engineer, build a sentry, destroy it, the plugin will increase the number of sentries you can spawn at death

That's going to be a fun one to fix.

[FoxMulder]

Thanks a lot, I've been researching on how to spawn a sentry...millions of thanks

[BrutalGoerge]

1 sentry per person may not be enough to limit them. Where there gets to be 6-10 of them, it get start to stutter.

The chance var works great though, thanks!

I noticed that the sentry rockets and whatnot seem to be coming from the bottom/base of the sentry. Is it possible to elevate it to around where the turret is?

[msleeper]

This plugin sounds really cool! We are gonna try it out tonight at Midnight Marble Madness at F7Lans, I'll be sure to tell you what the community thinks of it.

If you need some help figuring out some of the ideas posted here, let me know. I am definitely interested in this project!