[ghostofmybrain]

I have a few pub servers with HLTVs connected. I'd like them to record gameplay, but I also don't want massive files of nothing happening when the server is empty.

I'm trying to make a script that does something like this:
Monitor server. Perhaps check the server every 10 seconds or something, or even every minute.

If player joins server, start HLTV record.

Continue monitoring every minute. (But don't start a new demo every minute when it sees there is a person - there needs to be something that says "If you're already recording a demo, don't start a new one.")

When the server is empty, it stops the demo.

How could I do something like this?

[wickedd]

Search

[ghostofmybrain]

Oh, hi, it's wickedd, the most unhelpful poster in the forums!

Turns out, I did search. All I could find was this ridiculous program at hltv.org, which is not what I want. I just want a simple script, not an amxx plugin, which I also don't want because not all of the servers have amxx installed. (Furthermore, my hltv servers are located on a completely different machine on a completely different LAN, so that plugin wouldn't work even if I did have amxx on all my servers.)

Maybe you could finally put me on your ignore list so you don't feel the need to constantly post complete and utter shit to my threads all the time?

[wickedd]

Originally Posted by ghostofmybrain Oh, hi, it's wickedd, the most unhelpful poster in the forums! I just want a simple script, or an amxx plugin, which I also don't want because not all of the servers have amxx installed.

It looks like you don't know what you want. Plus there's a plugin on the forum that starts recording base on the numbers of players. Since you don't want a plugin I will not post the link.

Oh, I will happily ignore your ass from here on, because I hate dumb@#$ people who are too lazy to search and don't know what they want.

Edit: If you don't want a plugin, why would post here smart guy?

[ghostofmybrain]

Thanks for pointing out my typo. I DO NOT want an amxx plugin.

I posted here because this is an HLDS server help forum as well as a scripting forum.

Thank god you will finally start ignoring me. You and what's-his-face... makes the forum so much more helpful and enjoyable.

[8088]

This can be done with PHP and a cronjob. At the moment I don't have much time, but if you can't find another script or solution I'll try to whip up something by the end of the week/beginning of next week.

[ghostofmybrain]

Originally Posted by 8088 This can be done with PHP and a cronjob. At the moment I don't have much time, but if you can't find another script or solution I'll try to whip up something by the end of the week/beginning of next week.

I haven't found any solution better than a php script, so if you get any free time this would be amazing.

[ghostofmybrain]

It's not possible with a bash script?

[fysiks]

Originally Posted by 8088 Originally Posted by ghostofmybrain It's not possible with a bash script? It is, but I can't write it for you Still, I think using bash will make it harder to maintain. Considering the fact that you want to query several HLDS servers and control multiple HLTVs, I would prefer to administer it from a webinterface.

You can run the a PHP script exactly as you would a bash script (provided that you have PHP installed on the system, which is easy to do). It's called the Command Line Interface (IIRC). It's basically the same as a web based PHP script but without the GUI output. This being said, you don't get the "administration from a web interface" that you mentioned but this way you have the power and knowledge of PHP at your disposal.

[8088]

Originally Posted by fysiks You can run the a PHP script exactly as you would a bash script (provided that you have PHP installed on the system, which is easy to do). It's called the Command Line Interface (IIRC). It's basically the same as a web based PHP script but without the GUI output. This being said, you don't get the "administration from a web interface" that you mentioned but this way you have the power and knowledge of PHP at your disposal.

That's exactly what I had in mind. The scheduled script then retrieves the settings (which HLTV should connect to which HLDS on which conditions) from a database, which can be managed from a web interface.