[AndraX2000]

Originally Posted by redvsblue could you add something in order to PLAYERS write "intro" in chat and loading sound it's played.

It could be done... but I probably won't. The way it is now, it randomly picks a song for each player. In other words, each player could be hearing a different song. I would either have to change it so each player hears the same song, or that it keeps track of which song each player heard.

Besides, there are already plugins that let players listen to mp3s while they play. Search for "jukebox" to find a few.

[IKIP]

Nice Job!

I spent a few hours trying to get the other plugin (the one with the loadingsongs.ini) to work and trying all the modifications done in an attempt to fix it as well. Bottom line.....Never worked. In fact, it would freeze the server at times. So I saw a link to yours and voila, first attempt it worked like a charm!

Two thumbs UP!

[bootervijay]

I have modified with the capacity of 20 songs

[AndraX2000]

Originally Posted by bootervijay I have modified with the capacity of 20 songs

A word of caution for those who want a higher song capacity: The plugin precaches all of the songs in the directory up to Maxsounds. This means that when a new player connects to the server, they will be forced to download all of the precached songs (in bootervijay's case, 20 songs). Many players may not have the patience for that. If your sever does not depend on new players, and your regulars are OK with it then that's fine.

Why does it precache all of the songs? Sometimes the Steam client won't play the song the first time it downloads. If you only precache one song per round, then there will be many rounds where the music doesn't play. By precaching them all at once, this guarantees only one round where it might not play.

A further caution for everyone: Any plugin that uses precache_* has the potential to crash your server when certain maps are loaded. There is a limit to the number of objects that a map can have. If the map is very close to this limit, and then you try to precache more objects, it may go over the limit, crashing the server. Increasing the number of songs you precache increases this risk, so be wary doing this if you have a lot of custom maps.

[Saturn SL1-WNY]

I am using this 'framework' as a base for something else I am working on, similar to what I was doing before (and subsequently losing all of my files), AndraX, I just wanted to let you know.

I will keep you posted, because it could be a big boost for this plugin, thanks for putting this together as it is, it is exactly what I was looking for.

All I have done at the moment anyways is clean up the code since it appeared all over the place in pawn studio (junk), renamed some variables to a coding standard, and moved the MP3 storage directory to a constant at the top, should anyone wish to store their MP3s in an anternate location.

As for the fellow who is precaching 20 mp3s, good luck.

What I was considering attempting to do, via database probably since that is how I am operating, is rotating "chunks" of MP3s, if you want more than some definable number, so that different MP3s will precache on different maps.

Keeping this number low would discourage folks from disconnecting due to downloading 50 wav files they don't need, custom models, decals, and other frivolous junk that tends to accumulate.

Not all MP3s would play if you don't have them, obviously, so this initially looks like a poor choice.

The next item on the list (or maybe the other way around since block precache isn't a top priority), for me anyways, is selectable on join MP3. I already have setup a plugin to track players who join by ID, their last play time, and allow them to "register" (does nothing much useful yet), allowing them to use other features in the server. I would simply extend the database to allow a preference in loading music to be selected, for those who desired it, and the plugin would simply tell the client to play whatever MP3 file that happened to be when they joined.

I was figuring, since I am going to use local DB, the latency would be low enough to pull the filename on join and send it out, and if you didn't have a preference, or weren't registered, then you would simply get the general mp3 that always precaches, that everyone hears anyways.

What do you think?

[AndraX2000]

Originally Posted by Saturn SL1-WNY ... renamed some variables to a coding standard, and moved the MP3 storage directory to a constant at the top, should anyone wish to store their MP3s in an alternate location.

Both good ideas.

Originally Posted by Saturn SL1-WNY What I was considering attempting to do, ... is rotating "chunks" of MP3s ... so that different MP3s will precache on different maps. Not all MP3s would play if you don't have them, obviously, so this initially looks like a poor choice.

You could choose to only select a MP3 out of the current chunk, to guarantee that the player will have the file. Also keep in mind that Steam frequently does not play the file when it is first downloaded, so each new chunk will be a round where the player does not hear the music.

Originally Posted by Saturn SL1-WNY The next item on the list ... is selectable on join MP3.

That seems cool.

When you're done coding, post here to let me and other know. I don't think it will be a replacement for this plugin, but it will be a useful addition to the spectrum of loading music plugins. Mine offers simplicity, EFrigid's offers complex server-level control through .ini, and yours will offer player-level control though DB.

[Cerobug]

Ok I downloaded this and put it in my server. I put the song into the loading folder inside of sound/misc in my condition zero folder. The plugin will download and precache the song but when you connect to the server it only plays the old cz loading songs. I have tested the mp3 using the console and it played just fine it just will not play for anyone when they connect after downloading the song. Any idea on how to fix this?

[AndraX2000]

Unfortunately, I don't play CZ so I am not able to test the plugin for that game. I have only vetted it on CS 1.6, although others have said it works with other games. My guess is that perhaps CZ doesn't allow the server to force a client to issue the "mp3 play" command.

If any of my colleagues who play CZ could help Cerobug, it would be appreciated.

[AngelWing]

nice

[mullekurden]

i added this plugin to my server because i have a lot of models to load and then if there is music on while loading they will definitely not go to another server instead of loading mine...

i tried to delete all models i had loaded from my steamaccount and connect to the server...

first i had to load my loadingsound and then all the models but after i loaded the loadingsound it didn't start? if i want the loadingsound to be played i must reconnect and load all models and then the loadingsound will work.


please can you make that after loading the sound that it reconnects or that the sound starts emediatly after downloading.