[Powerlord]

Success! I have it (sort of) working!

In the attached example, you can vote for you favorite... fruit (although it says map) by having an admin type /vote_start or !vote_start.

I'll likely start writing a Mapchooser variant (maybe a Mapchooser Extended variant) based on this tomorrow, but with better sanity checking for if you should be allowed to vote in the current pool or not.

There's still one catch, though: If another TF2 builtin vote starts while this one is active, I have no idea what happens.

Edit: Still, it couldn't hurt for someone to find out how to make the CVoteController call the vote itself.

[Mecha the Slag]

Good work! I'll try messing around with this stuff

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by Mecha the Slag Good work! I'll try messing around with this stuff

I was thinking about writing an .inc file, but I was trying to write it similar to the way the Menu API works... but it looks like to create your own Handle, you need to be an extension.

[Mecha the Slag]

I managed to create a group map voter from what you provided above. It's super nifty.

Now we just need to figure out how to change the "Server wants to change map" thingy.

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by Mecha the Slag I managed to create a group map voter from what you provided above. It's super nifty. Now we just need to figure out how to change the "Server wants to change map" thingy.

I don't know what happens if you pass the vote a string that doesn't start with # as the first String to VoteStart usermessage.

[Mecha the Slag]

Originally Posted by Powerlord I don't know what happens if you pass the vote a string that doesn't start with # as the first String to VoteStart usermessage.

Those with the # refer to a line in the translation files. If you attempt to start a vote using a line that isn't in the translation files, it'll appear blank.

"TF_vote_changelevel"			"Change current level to %s1?"
"TF_vote_nextlevel"			"Set the next level to %s1?"
"TF_vote_passed_changelevel"		"Changing level to %s1..."
"TF_vote_passed_nextlevel"		"Next level set to %s1..."
"TF_vote_passed_nextlevel_extend"	"Extending the current level"
"TF_vote_nextlevel_choices"		"Vote for the next map!"

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by Mecha the Slag Those with the # refer to a line in the translation files. If you attempt to start a vote using a line that isn't in the translation files, it'll appear blank. "TF_vote_changelevel" "Change current level to %s1?" "TF_vote_nextlevel" "Set the next level to %s1?" "TF_vote_passed_changelevel" "Changing level to %s1..." "TF_vote_passed_nextlevel" "Next level set to %s1..." "TF_vote_passed_nextlevel_extend" "Extending the current level" "TF_vote_nextlevel_choices" "Vote for the next map!"

I know they refer to translation lines. I was wondering if you sent one in the wrong format (i.e. without the #) if it'd use the string itself as the message.

It's a moot point for that particular message, as Valve didn't include it in the translation file.

[Powerlord]

I was learning how to write extensions Saturday and started trying to write an extension to make TFVotes (as I've started calling them) work like the existing Menu/Vote API does yesterday (Sunday).

The idea behind this extension is to present a unified front to the TF2 Voting system, regardless of how the plugin actually implements it. Implementation can change in later versions as long as the interface remains the same.

However, my plans got derailed when, 20 minutes after I started writing this extension (at 5:10pm EDT), my area suffered a massive power outage.

That was 17 hours ago; power is still out at my residence; I'm writing this from a public wifi spot on the other side of town (thank god AlliedMods supports HTTPS). As of 8:00am EDT, the expected time for power restoration is Thursday June 1 (yes, Thursday) at 11:30pm (aka 30 minutes until Friday morning).

I'm downloading the files I need to work on this at work tomorrow if I have some free time (SourceMod source, MetaMod: Source source, MM:S HL2 reverse engineered plugin code for Orange Box...); my laptop has a short enough battery life to be completely unsuitable for this task.

P.S. My office is closed today due to it being a national holiday in the U.S.

[Powerlord]

I've been working on this again (power was restored late Tuesday night), but I think I might be better off just implementing a plugin .inc file. Making a vote extension for this will only cover part of the problem, as the vote handler expects the programmer to handle the success and fail parts of the vote.

However, the success and fail parts of the vote is fully half the logic of the plugin I previously posted.

Edit: Or should I just make this its own plugin?

[Afronanny]

I'd make it as a plugin that provides natives to other plugins.