[Misery]

Hi,

I inspected the restmenu.sma plugin.
However, I do not understand yet very well the principles...
I mean... I don't see a function explicitely called which actually does the restricting job.
I assume it's something else.

Could anyone explain me, in short, how it works? Does it restrict buying by catching an event or something?

Thanks!

Misery

[ConnorMcLeod]

http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=149380

+ #6 where you can find orpheu way with less code.

[Misery]

Connor, thanks for this link.
As the question was stating, I wanted to know how restrict.amxx works. I see restrict.amxx does not use the same code/way.

It catches aliases, old menu binds (menuselect and so on) and autobuy calls by the use of public_command().
You method seems to have less code? COuld you brievly explain how it works? Does it catches the buy attempts in a lower level? Is it faster?

Thanks!

[Hunter-Digital]

Yes it's more efficient and hooks stuff at a lower level.
AMXX doesn't have orpheu by default so it can't use it in it's default plugins
Also, some default plugins still use get_cvar_*() which is terribly slow compared to get_pcvar_*()...

[Misery]

Originally Posted by Hunter-Digital AMXX doesn't have orpheu by default so it can't use it in it's default plugins

Dude, I'm not talking about the Orpheu method here! I will not use orpheu in my plugin, not that I have something wrong with it, but I want to do it without it, for purist reasons: I don't wanna hook another mm dll just for using it with one plugin, even if the additional memory usage is not noticeable.

Besides, what I was asking is... In *connor's original cl_buy forward*, is it lower level? and... ____how is the concept different than restrict.amxx________

Thanks!
Misery

[TETYYS]

PHP Code:

remove_entities("func_buyzone"); 


[ConnorMcLeod]

My way hooks :

- menuselect commands and then check if the players is in an buy menu (old menu style)
- alias commands, those commands are sent via regular commands for :

1. aliases
2. VGUI buy menu

And they are sent via CS_Internal_Command function for rebuy and autobuy


I'm not sure how restrict.amxx works for VGUI menu, but for old style menu, it make its own menu, for aliases i think a Trie (my way) is a bit mroe efficient.