[dubbeh]

Has anyone tried or does it already exist, a generic method to get team indexes?

Was thinking something like:

    iTeamCount = GetTeamCount();
    g_iSpecIndex = -1;
    g_iUnassignedIndex = -1;
    g_iObserverIndex = -1;
    
    for (i = 0; i < iTeamCount; i++)
    {
        GetTeamName(i, g_szTeamNames[i], sizeof(g_szTeamNames[i]));
        if (StrContains(g_szTeamNames[i], "spect", false) != -1)
            g_iSpecIndex = i;
        else if (StrContains(g_szTeamNames[i], "unass", false) != -1)
            g_iUnassignedIndex = i;
        else if (StrContains(g_szTeamNames[i], "obser", false) != -1)
            g_iObserverIndex = i;
    }

Could potentially work.

Has SourceMod got an inbuilt function or do mods have hardcoded values that can be read through SDKHooks?

Would make it way easier for plugins that require team indexes.

[Bacardi]

https://sm.alliedmods.net/new-api/clients/getclientteam

This return team index.
Not in all games but usually these indexs present
0 = no team
1 = spec
2 = team 1
3 = team 2

[dubbeh]

Thanks Bacardi, Think i remember something a while back about it only working if mod authors don't change the indexes themselves.

[psychonic]

The only game I've seen where 0 and 1 and not unassigned and spectator respectively is Insurgency Mod. (I don't know offhand if the current retail version is like that).

For other teams/games, indexes will start at 2 (FIRST_GAME_TEAM in the SDK) and go through however many teams there are. Most games have 2 (so, indexes 2 and 3).

Pirates, Vikings, and Knights for example has 3 (so there is a team at index 4), and if I remember correctly, Fortress Forever has 4 teams, but which teams are at which index can vary per map (which also happened in Insurgency Mod). Those are all corner cases though.

[Mitchell]

Originally Posted by psychonic Fortress Forever has 4 teams

I think that's supposed to be Fistful Of Frags (4 playing teams, 1 spectator team, 1 (team 0) FFA team)
https://github.com/MitchDizzle/Custo...rmodels.cfg#L7

[dubbeh]

Thanks for the feedback - Seems like a very small amount of mods don't follow the standard defines and is easy enough to check that.

[psychonic]

Originally Posted by Mitchell I think that's supposed to be Fistful Of Frags (4 playing teams, 1 spectator team, 1 (team 0) FFA team) https://github.com/MitchDizzle/Custo...rmodels.cfg#L7

I was definitely thinking of Fortress Forever with the four teams, but I think I was conflating with something else regarding them changing per map. I think the map just determines how many of the teams are used.

https://github.com/fortressforever/f...rules.cpp#L278

Interesting about FoF though. I haven't play it very much in a while, despite doing (a small) bit of work on the pre-Steam version of the mod.

[Mitchell]

Originally Posted by psychonic Interesting about FoF though. I haven't play it very much in a while, despite doing (a small) bit of work on the pre-Steam version of the mod.

It pretty much died after a couple weeks or so.
They only thing that could bring the game back to life is some kind of mixup. cowboys vs aliens would be nice.