Description
Implements a shottimer, akin to the one found in basketball for the 5CP gamemode. For more information see
this reddit thread.
If a team caps a point that they don't own by default a timer will start.
When the timer expires the aggressive points will either be unassigned (sm_5cpfs_punishment 0)
given to the defensive team (sm_5cpfs_punishment 1).
Based on suggestions from FUNKe, MR SLIN and sigafoo.
FUNKe in
Youtube Video Comment
Quote:
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"Do you think resetting point captures without changing player locations would work? Example, blue holds 4th for too long, let's say 4 minutes, points reset and now they have to recap mid, ideally with a slower capture rate that becomes extremely fast when stacked with multiple people. Now the attacking team is forced to send at minimum one scout back to recapture, giving defenders number advantage on a potential push. Ideally the mid cap becomes extremely slow when it resets. Attackers cannot take last because mid has to be capped, defenders now have an opportunity to push without major reprocussions. It would be best to insentivize two players recapping mid, because a single scout cap still leaves attackers with a hard to crack stalemate, but it at least creates an opportunity that your defenders dying might not be terrible because they can respawn before attackers take 2nd again."
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MR SLIN in Youtube Video @ 8:'35
sigafoo in Youtube Video @ 1:'48:'38
The timer is arbitrarily set at 360 seconds (6 minutes) by default.
The plugin can not detect whether or not a map is 5CP, which means you will have to enable and disable it manually.
Artist's rendition.
CVAR List
Code:
sm_5cpfs_version - Current version.
sm_5cpfs_enabled - Is the plugin enabled or disabled? [0 = Disabled, 1 = Enabled, Default = 1]
sm_5cpfs_timer_mode - Where should the timer be shown? [1 = HUD Timer, 2 = Chat Timer, 0 = No Timer, Default = 1]
sm_5cpfs_chat_interval - How often should the chat timer be shown? [0 = Never, =>1 = Whenever the timer is divisible by this number., Default = 10]
sm_5cpfs_countdown_voice - Should Announcer voicelines be played when the timer is about to run out? [-1 = Don't play any sounds, 0 = Only the stalemate sound will be played.,
=>1 = A voiced countdown will play at this number (max 5)., Default = 5]
sm_5cpfs_debug_switch_teams - See known issues below. [1 = Enabled, 0 = Disabled, Default = 0]
sm_5cpfs_punishment - How should the offensive team be punished for letting the time run out? [0 = Points are unassigned, 1 = Points are assigned to the defensive team., Default = 0]
sm_5cpfs_punishment_timer - If sm_5cpfs_punishment is 1, should a new shottimer start for the defensive team since they are aggressive in mid? [1 = Yes, 0 = No, Default = 0]
sm_5cpfs_shottimer - What should the shottimer start at? [>= 1 = The timer will start at this number., Default = 360]
sm_5cpfs_show_timer_below "30" - When should the timer be shown? [0 = Never, => 1 = The timer will be shown when the time left is below this amount.]
sm_5cpfs_stalemate_sound - Which sound should be played when the points are reassigned? [Default = "vo/announcer_overtime.mp3"]
Changelog
Code:
[2017-11-21] (1.0)
* Initial release
Known Issues
If the defensive team is capping a point while the timer runs out the HUD will show that the point capture has no progress and that you are not capping the point. This is purely a visual bug, the progress is saved and you can still cap but the HUD will not update until you actually cap the point.
On the following maps:
cp_badlands
cp_prolands_b2c
cp_process_final
cp_gullywash_final1
cp_metalworks
cp_sunshine
cp_granary_pro_rc8
cp_reckoner_rc2
the OnCapTeam1 and OnCapTeam2 do not return the values that
the official documentation say that they should.
Instead they return the opposite. I have tested the above maps and the plugin is working on them. If you experience weird behavior in regards to the wrong control points being unassigned, try
to enable sm_5cpfs_debug_switch_teams.
Notes/questions for people who read the source code
Does AlliedMods/SourceMod have any coding standards? Plugins I looked at seemed to use systems hungarian, although I am not a fan I kept it since I couldn't find anything that laid out a specific coding style.
When should you precache sounds and how much of a performance drain is it to unnecessarily precache sounds?
Is there a way to get the current owner of a CP on demand? Neither the team_control_point nor trigger_capture_area seem to have any outputs for this.
What is the SOP for creating ConVars? The way I'm currently doing it with a global var that constantly has the value seems to work fine, although it might get stupid if you need a lot of ConVars.
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