[rowedahelicon]

Hello everyone, I've written a plugin you guys can use on your servers and whatnot.

You'll need this to compile :
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Commands
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Cvars
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Desc
This plugin allows players to become a true ghost for 60 seconds and float around in order to find their Halloween gift and what not. After 60 seconds, the player is killed so they can't abuse the mode as well as so they can retrieve their gift from the inventory.

I made it for that purpose but it can be used to just float around for a while.

You need to let the map precache the sounds and model before you run it otherwise crashy days. The mode also turns you into a disguised dispenser to avoid sentry targeting.

Features
Avoid collision with all players, projectiles, sentries and etc. Avoid being targeted by sentries as to not disrupt gameplay.

Thank you
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=204626 cool down snippet written based on this post.

Report any bugs and stuff! I've also written a new type of ghost on arena death plugin which I'll be sharing as soon as I clean up the code and stuff a bit. So that'll be soooooon.

You can see this plugin in action at tf2.furfortress.com:27019

[Sreaper]

So will a ghost be able to troll a sniper by blocking their view?

[rowedahelicon]

Originally Posted by Sreaper So will a ghost be able to troll a sniper by blocking their view?

Technically yeah, I hadn't thought about that, I can add in some alpha adjustments to stop that!

[ddhoward]

This plugin will no longer function once the Scream Fortress 2014 update ships, which will probably happen tomorrow.

http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=14798

[friagram]

And that is why we can't have nice things. I mean, blatant farming of gifts is a bit abusive. You can bet these last few days was valve testing out how abusive the farmers would be regarding just this type thing.

I did is last year so people could get their gifts on helltower, but I tried to be responsible about it. They could type /gift and, if they were alive, it would teleport them to both locations, and then give them a 5 minute cooldown or something before they could do it again. Mostly this was just because people would get killed and not get gifts (people would camp the locations, etc). It would not respawn them, and they would still have to move to get it.

Valve's idea is good here, of just rewarding people for playing and doing achievements. I think they should do timed drops though with the item system, that would be cool.

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by ddhoward This plugin will no longer function once the Scream Fortress 2014 update ships, which will probably happen tomorrow. http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=14798

Well, presumably the old maps will still have their drops, it just won't work with a new map. Otherwise, it'd be impossible to get old items any more.

Having said that, it implies this year's items will be Limited type.

[friagram]

Originally Posted by Powerlord Well, presumably the old maps will still have their drops, it just won't work with a new map. Otherwise, it'd be impossible to get old items any more. Having said that, it implies this year's items will be Limited type.

They could just make it like normal item drops...
Gee why not make it so you cant receive a second until you have looted the first?

[Chdata]

I thought they would change the old map's drops so that if you complete the event (kill merasmus/monoc/hhh... or get to the skull island) is when you get Drop #2.

[Dr. McKay]

Originally Posted by ddhoward This plugin will no longer function once the Scream Fortress 2014 update ships, which will probably happen tomorrow. http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=14798

Not sure if you're implying that this plugin is abusive, but I really don't think it's any more abusive than your Friendly Mode one.

[ddhoward]

I was not implying anything; I was merely pointing out that the plugin author should not put too much more work into this, as the upcoming update will make it completely non-functional. The gifts will no longer be items that you pick up by walking over them.

My Friendly Mode plugin (through friendly.inc) was actually used in scrap.tf's gift farmer plugin for last year, oddly enough.