Simple Team Balancer
Description:
Balances the teams based upon player count.
Features:- Admins with RESERVATION flag are immune by default
- Admin flag can be set in simpleteambalancer.cfg
- A player will not be switched more than once in 5 (default) minutes
- Balance buddy systems tries to keep players together
- Ability to restrict the buddy system to stb_adminflag
- Ability to lock buddy selection
- Ability to prioritize players; always prefers dead players
- Ability to control built-in cvars
- Ability to force the player to accept the balanced team
- Ability to log balancer activity
- Bypassed when in TF2 Arena Mode
Commands:- buddy <userid> - Adds a balance buddy
- lockbuddy - Locks your balance buddy selection so only you can change it
Console Variables:- stb_enabled - Enable or Disable Simple Team Balancer
- stb_balancedelay - Delay in seconds to start an autobalance
- stb_logactivity - Enable or Disable the displaying of events in the log
- stb_logactivity2 - Enable or Disable the displaying of detailed events in the log (This will spam log)
- stb_unbalancelimit - Amount of players teams are allowed to be unbalanced by
- stb_deadonly - Enable or Disable the switching of only dead players
- stb_priorityenabled - Enable or Disable the prioritization of living players
- stb_uberlevel - Min level medic must have to have priority over other players. Setting to 0 will rarely switch a living medic
- stb_switchbackforced - Amount of time in seconds to not switch a player twice and force the team if enabled
- stb_livingplayercheckdelay - Delay in seconds to start checking living players once teams become unbalanced
- stb_livingplayerswitchdelay - Delay in seconds to switch living players once selected
- stb_roundstartdelay - Delay in seconds to start balancing teams after the start of a round
- stb_adminflag - Admin flag to use for immunity. Must be in char format
- stb_buddyenabled - Enable or Disable the buddy system
- stb_buddyrestriction - Enable or Disable Admin Only buddy lists
- stb_convarcontrol - Enable or Disable the control of builtin console variables
- stb_mp_autoteambalance
- stb_mp_teams_unbalance_limit
A simpleteambalancer.cfg file will be made when first ran. It will be located in /cfgs/sourcemod
Installation:Place the simple-teambalancer.smx in the /sourcemod/plugins dir.
Place the simple-plugins.smx in the /sourcemod/plugins dir.
Place the simpleteambalancer.phrases.txt in the /sourcemod/translations dir.
Changelog:
Quote:
2.0.96
Added checks for invalid cvars
Added resetting of globals on mapstart
Added logactivity2 message for IsUnBalanced function
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: How does it determine if the teams are unbalanced?
A: Purely by player count. Example: 10vs13
Q: Does it take the players score into account?
A: No.
Q: Does it take the players K/D ratio into account?
A: No.
Q: How does it pick a player to switch?
A: The plugin goes through three layers of prioritization:
Find a dead player in the following order:
- If he is an admin, skip him
- If he has been switched before, skip him
- If he has a buddy and is on the same team, skip him
- If he has a buddy and is not on the same team, switch him
- If has buildings built, skip him (TF2 Only) (stb_priorityenabled 1)
- If he is just a regular dead player, switch him
Find a living player in the following order:
- If he is an admin, skip him.
- If he has been switched before, skip him
- If he has a uber, skip him (TF2 Only) (stb_priorityenabled 1)
- If he has buildings built, skip him (TF2 Only) (stb_priorityenabled 1)
- If he has a buddy and is on the same team, skip him (stb_buddyenabled 1)
- If he has a buddy and is not on the same team, switch him (stb_buddyenabled 1)
- If he is just a regular live player, switch him
If the plugin still cannot find a player to switch, it will get a random non admin player, and switch him after the delay.
If someone dies and fits the requirements after a live player has been selected the plugin will then switch that player. With the delays involved is more than likely that a dead player with be switched before a living one. Of course, you can always increase the two delays involved to increase the odds of a dead player being switched. It is also very rare for it to have to result to finding a random living player. You can also now just have it search for dead players with the dead only cvar.
Q: Does this replace the built-in autobalancer?
A: Yes.
Q: Do I have to disable the built-in autobalancer?
A: By default this plugin takes control of the console variables that control the built-in autobalancer and team balance limits. I have never been a fan of forcing changes to servers with plugins without the ability to turn it off. Therefore stb_convarcontol can turn this off.
But I highly suggest you leave it on.
Q: Does disabling this plugin turn on the built-in autobalancer?
A: No. If you have stb_convarcontol on, it will release the console variables so you can then set them.
Q: Can someone joining the game and picking a team make the teams unbalanced?
A: Only if you don't let it control the built-in console variables and have a different mp_teams_unbalance_limit.
Q: Can admins join any team making the teams unbalanced?
A: No. Admins are immune to switches, but not the built-in team joining controls.
Q: What is a balance buddy?
A: A balance buddy is a person that you pair up with. It will try to keep you and your buddy on the same team.
Q: Can I have more than 1 balance buddy?
A: No.
Q: Can anyone make me their balance buddy?
A: Depends on stb_buddyrestriction. By default only admins can select a buddy. If open to the public, than anyone can.
Q: If someone else selects me as a balance buddy does that override my selection?
A: Yes. You can now lock it so that only you can change your balance buddy with the command lockbuddy.
Q: Does my balance buddy remain during a map change?
A: No. You have to reselect your buddy on a map change.
Q: Are players forced to the team?
A: Yes. The player has to accept his team for five(default) mins.
Future Updates:
Looking for additional translations! If you have or can translate the phrases, please do and post with the new translations. I will add them to the file and certainly credit you.
French - by Slipenbois
German - by gH0sTy
Hungarian - by KhyrOO
Notes:
This plugin requires
Simple SourceMod Plugins Core to work. It has
NOT been included in the .zip file.
There was a
problem with the tf2.inc file that comes with sourcemod. I had to change that file in order to get it to work with other games. I included that file with my changes as well. Plugin is compiled in
1.2.3.
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