[sipster19]

I'm looking for a plugin that can displays random quotes to chat. For example, I have 50 quotes in a file, and it shows one in chat every 5 minutes. Does this exist anywhere?

[WatchDogs]

Why don't you use this ?

https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=155705

[sipster19]

It doesn't display things randomly. It goes in order (1, 2, 3, 4). So for every map, you get the same ads over and over again.

[WatchDogs]

OK. I'm writing a plugin for you.


Almost done. Maybe finish on tomorrow

[Arkarr]

Faster

A config file must be created in configs folder called : facts.txt
One fact par line. And that's it !
Also, color code support :
this {green}is {red}a {orange}fact {purple}!

PHP Code:

#include <sourcemod>
#include <sdktools>
#include <multicolors>

#define PLUGIN_AUTHOR     "Arkarr"
#define PLUGIN_VERSION     "1.00"
#define PLUGIN_TAG        "{green}[FACT]{default}"

#pragma newdecls required

Handle ARRAY_Facts;
Handle TMR_TimerNextFact;
Handle CVAR_FactsInterval;

int LastFactID;

public Plugin myinfo = 
{
    name = "[ANY] Facts!",
    author = PLUGIN_AUTHOR,
    description = "Display a line picked up from a text file every X minutes",
    version = PLUGIN_VERSION,
    url = "http://www.sourcemod.net"
};

public void OnPluginStart()
{
    CVAR_FactsInterval = CreateConVar("sm_fact_interval", "5", "Display a fact every X minutes", _, true, 1.0);
    
    RegAdminCmd("sm_ffact", CMD_PrintNextFact, ADMFLAG_CHAT, "Force to print the next fact.");
    RegAdminCmd("sm_forcefact", CMD_PrintNextFact, ADMFLAG_CHAT, "Force to print the next fact.");
}

public void OnPluginEnd()
{
    KillTimer(TMR_TimerNextFact);
}

public void OnConfigsExecuted()
{
    LoadFacts();
    
    TMR_TimerNextFact = CreateTimer(GetConVarFloat(CVAR_FactsInterval) * 60, TMR_PrintRandomFact, _, TIMER_REPEAT);
}

public Action CMD_PrintNextFact(int client, int args)
{
    PrintFact();
    
    return Plugin_Handled;
}

public Action TMR_PrintRandomFact(Handle tmr)
{
    PrintFact();
}

public void PrintFact()
{
    char fact[255];
    
    int nextFactID = GetRandomInt(0, GetArraySize(ARRAY_Facts)-1);
    
    while(nextFactID == LastFactID && GetArraySize(ARRAY_Facts)-1 > 0)
        nextFactID = GetRandomInt(0, GetArraySize(ARRAY_Facts)-1);
        
    LastFactID = nextFactID;
    GetArrayString(ARRAY_Facts, nextFactID, fact, sizeof(fact));
        
    CPrintToChatAll("%s %s", PLUGIN_TAG, fact);
}

public void LoadFacts()
{
    char path[PLATFORM_MAX_PATH];
    char line[255];
    
    ARRAY_Facts = CreateArray(sizeof(line));
    
    BuildPath(Path_SM, path, PLATFORM_MAX_PATH, "configs/facts.txt");
    
    if(FileExists(path))
    {
        Handle fileHandle = OpenFile(path, "r");
        while(!IsEndOfFile(fileHandle)&&ReadFileLine(fileHandle, line, sizeof(line)))
            PushArrayString(ARRAY_Facts, line);
        
        CloseHandle(fileHandle);
    }
    else
    {
        PushArrayString(ARRAY_Facts, "Config file facts.txt missing or unable to read from !");
    }
} 


[sipster19]

Thanks, I'll give it a shot.

It seems to work fine. The only minor problem I ran into was when I changed the sm_fact_interval via the console, it didn't update the timer.

[WatchDogs]

OK Thank you pro


Here is fix:

PHP Code:

#include <sourcemod> 
#include <multicolors> 

#define PLUGIN_AUTHOR     "Arkarr" 
#define PLUGIN_VERSION     "1.01" 
#define PLUGIN_TAG        "{green}[FACT]{default}" 

#pragma newdecls required 

Handle ARRAY_Facts; 
Handle TMR_TimerNextFact; 
Handle CVAR_FactsInterval; 

int LastFactID; 

public Plugin myinfo =  
{ 
    name = "[ANY] Facts!", 
    author = PLUGIN_AUTHOR, 
    description = "Display a line picked up from a text file every X minutes", 
    version = PLUGIN_VERSION, 
    url = "http://www.sourcemod.net" 
}; 

public void OnPluginStart() 
{ 
    CVAR_FactsInterval = CreateConVar("sm_fact_interval", "5", "Display a fact every X minutes", _, true, 1.0); 
     
    RegAdminCmd("sm_ffact", CMD_PrintNextFact, ADMFLAG_CHAT, "Force to print the next fact."); 
    RegAdminCmd("sm_forcefact", CMD_PrintNextFact, ADMFLAG_CHAT, "Force to print the next fact."); 
    
    HookConVarChange(CVAR_FactsInterval, CvarChange_FactsInterval);
} 

public void CvarChange_FactsInterval(Handle convar, char[] oldValue, char[] newValue)
{
    KillTimer(TMR_TimerNextFact);
    TMR_TimerNextFact = CreateTimer(GetConVarFloat(CVAR_FactsInterval) * 60, TMR_PrintRandomFact, _, TIMER_REPEAT);
}

public void OnPluginEnd() 
{ 
    KillTimer(TMR_TimerNextFact); 
} 

public void OnConfigsExecuted() 
{ 
    LoadFacts(); 
     
    TMR_TimerNextFact = CreateTimer(GetConVarFloat(CVAR_FactsInterval) * 60, TMR_PrintRandomFact, _, TIMER_REPEAT); 
} 

public Action CMD_PrintNextFact(int client, int args) 
{ 
    PrintFact(); 
     
    return Plugin_Handled; 
} 

public Action TMR_PrintRandomFact(Handle tmr) 
{ 
    PrintFact(); 
} 

public void PrintFact() 
{ 
    char fact[255]; 
     
    int nextFactID = GetRandomInt(0, GetArraySize(ARRAY_Facts)-1); 
     
    while(nextFactID == LastFactID && GetArraySize(ARRAY_Facts)-1 > 0) 
        nextFactID = GetRandomInt(0, GetArraySize(ARRAY_Facts)-1); 
         
    LastFactID = nextFactID; 
    GetArrayString(ARRAY_Facts, nextFactID, fact, sizeof(fact)); 
         
    CPrintToChatAll("%s %s", PLUGIN_TAG, fact); 
} 

public void LoadFacts() 
{ 
    char path[PLATFORM_MAX_PATH]; 
    char line[255]; 
     
    ARRAY_Facts = CreateArray(sizeof(line)); 
     
    BuildPath(Path_SM, path, PLATFORM_MAX_PATH, "configs/facts.txt"); 
     
    if(FileExists(path)) 
    { 
        Handle fileHandle = OpenFile(path, "r"); 
        while(!IsEndOfFile(fileHandle)&&ReadFileLine(fileHandle, line, sizeof(line))) 
            PushArrayString(ARRAY_Facts, line); 
         
        CloseHandle(fileHandle); 
    } 
    else 
    { 
        PushArrayString(ARRAY_Facts, "Config file facts.txt missing or unable to read from !"); 
    } 
} 


[sipster19]

Good job guys.

[sipster19]

I played around with the plugin some. I found if you change the map, the timer continues from the previous map. I've fixed this. Also, it seems that handles are killed when the plugin is unloaded or reloaded.

https://forums.alliedmods.net/showpo...47&postcount=2
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showpo...6&postcount=12

So I removed the OnPluginEnd() method.

PHP Code:

#include <sourcemod>  
#include <multicolors>  

#define PLUGIN_AUTHOR     "Arkarr"  
#define PLUGIN_VERSION     "1.02"  
#define PLUGIN_TAG        "{green}[FACT]{default}"  

#pragma newdecls required  

Handle ARRAY_Facts;  
Handle TMR_TimerNextFact;  
Handle CVAR_FactsInterval;  

int LastFactID;  

public Plugin myinfo =   
{  
    name = "[ANY] Facts!",  
    author = PLUGIN_AUTHOR,  
    description = "Display a line picked up from a text file every X minutes",  
    version = PLUGIN_VERSION,  
    url = "http://www.sourcemod.net"  
};  

public void OnPluginStart()  
{  
    CVAR_FactsInterval = CreateConVar("sm_fact_interval", "5", "Display a fact every X minutes", _, true, 1.0);  
      
    RegAdminCmd("sm_ffact", CMD_PrintNextFact, ADMFLAG_CHAT, "Force to print the next fact.");  
    RegAdminCmd("sm_forcefact", CMD_PrintNextFact, ADMFLAG_CHAT, "Force to print the next fact.");  
     
    HookConVarChange(CVAR_FactsInterval, CvarChange_FactsInterval); 
}  

public void CvarChange_FactsInterval(Handle convar, char[] oldValue, char[] newValue) 
{ 
    KillTimer(TMR_TimerNextFact); 
    TMR_TimerNextFact = CreateTimer(GetConVarFloat(CVAR_FactsInterval) * 60, TMR_PrintRandomFact, _, TIMER_REPEAT|TIMER_FLAG_NO_MAPCHANGE); 
} 

public void OnConfigsExecuted()  
{  
    LoadFacts();  
      
    TMR_TimerNextFact = CreateTimer(GetConVarFloat(CVAR_FactsInterval) * 60, TMR_PrintRandomFact, _, TIMER_REPEAT|TIMER_FLAG_NO_MAPCHANGE);  
}  

public Action CMD_PrintNextFact(int client, int args)  
{  
    PrintFact();  
      
    return Plugin_Handled;  
}  

public Action TMR_PrintRandomFact(Handle tmr)  
{  
    PrintFact();  
}  

public void PrintFact()  
{  
    char fact[255];  
      
    int nextFactID = GetRandomInt(0, GetArraySize(ARRAY_Facts)-1);  
      
    while(nextFactID == LastFactID && GetArraySize(ARRAY_Facts)-1 > 0)  
        nextFactID = GetRandomInt(0, GetArraySize(ARRAY_Facts)-1);  
          
    LastFactID = nextFactID;  
    GetArrayString(ARRAY_Facts, nextFactID, fact, sizeof(fact));  
          
    CPrintToChatAll("%s %s", PLUGIN_TAG, fact);  
}  

public void LoadFacts()  
{  
    char path[PLATFORM_MAX_PATH];  
    char line[255];  
      
    ARRAY_Facts = CreateArray(sizeof(line));  
      
    BuildPath(Path_SM, path, PLATFORM_MAX_PATH, "configs/facts.txt");  
      
    if(FileExists(path))  
    {  
        Handle fileHandle = OpenFile(path, "r");  
        while(!IsEndOfFile(fileHandle)&&ReadFileLine(fileHandle, line, sizeof(line)))  
            PushArrayString(ARRAY_Facts, line);  
          
        CloseHandle(fileHandle);  
    }  
    else  
    {  
        PushArrayString(ARRAY_Facts, "Config file facts.txt missing or unable to read from !");  
    }  
} 


[WatchDogs]

Yes right, But I think you should kill it in OnMapEnd then create it in OnConfigsExecuted.



EDIT: If you set "TIMER_FLAG_NO_MAPCHANGE" flag on the timer it doesn't need to kill it OnMapEnd & create it when map starts.