[Obyboby]

As the title says, would it be possible to make the map cycle change according to the time of the day of the area where the server is hosted?
This way I could make the most "popular" maps have different versions, day and night.
For example, until 5 PM, the plugin would incluce de_inferno in the mapcycle, and after that, until the next day, de_inferno_night would be loaded.

[SZOKOZ]

It's possible. Now what do you want to do from here? ( ͡ຈ ͜ʖ ͡ຈ)

[Obyboby]

Originally Posted by SZOKOZ It's possible. Now what do you want to do from here? ( ͡ຈ ͜ʖ ͡ຈ)

If anyone likes the idea, it would be nice to have a plugin written please.
Not sure if it's an easy one.

[asherkin]

There are quite a few “cron” plugins around, just use one to change the mapcyclefile cvar.

[Obyboby]

Originally Posted by asherkin There are quite a few “cron” plugins around, just use one to change the mapcyclefile cvar.

Something like this could be used?

[Obyboby]

That plugin should work but it seems Valve has removed the option to select a specific mapcyclefile since CS:GO. SO...im not even sure I can manage to get that plugin to do the job :C

[vortex.]

You can make like this;

1- Hook map end event.
2- Check time.
3- Get map for time.
4- Finally, open map.

If the idea is ok for u, I can make this for u

[Obyboby]

Originally Posted by vortex. You can make like this; 1- Hook map end event. 2- Check time. 3- Get map for time. 4- Finally, open map. If the idea is ok for u, I can make this for u

We need to consider that the next map is chosen at half time.
So the plugin would have to:

- Check time
- If time of the day has indeed changed, then check map
- If map has a day/night version, set accordingly.

For example:

- It's day time in real life. (at the server time zone)
- Current map dust2.
- Half time, vote starts, de_inferno is chosen.
- Map end, plugin checks time.
- It's now night time (for example, 6 PM)
- Plugin should change from "sm_nextmap de_inferno" to "sm_nextmap de_inferno_night"

.. And so on.

How does that sound? ez or too confused as a logic?

In the future, seasons could be added (spring/summer/fall/winter) allowing for an awesome mapcycle throughout the year for the server :Q______


EDIT: I read your post again and yeah, that seems the right approach to be honest. I just added some ideas in this post
Would your plugin be standalone? I mean do u plan to release a plugin just for this? It would be nice.

[Obyboby]

Hello.
So I am trying out Ultimate Map Chooser and it seems that a time limit feature is already available there!
I am currently trying to set de_inferno_night to be visible in the vote right now (it's 7 PM here) let's see if I got it right.
This would mean I don't need a new plugin for all this (I guess...)
Let's see.

[Obyboby]

Sorry for triple post. Just bumping to report back.

Yes, I can confirm that Ultimate Map chooser allows me to achieve what I wanted in this thread.
I've set the night maps to appear in mapvotes after 6 PM until 6 AM.
Now it's time to learn how to make maps, and I will be more than happy to create a dawn/noon/night version of each of the maps we play on my server. It's gonna be cool
Thanks