[SnoW]

Instant Hostage Rescue v1.2

Description beginning
Imagine you are playing cs_italy, killed the last terrorist defending the base and waiting for your victory. No! There's one more terrorist camping somewhere! Now you have to rescue the hostages and spend two boring minutes walking again across the hole map...

Description
Hostages aren't anymore needed to be taken to the rescue zone. As CT when you aim a hostage and press e the hostage gets automatically rescued. This way terrorists have to really defend their base and hostages instead of start rushing to CT base or go camping elsewhere.

Installing
- Fakemeta and Hamsandwich modules are required.

Plugin was tested on Counter Strike, Condition Zero, dedicated server and listen server.

[ot_207]

Nice idea. This will sure make the gameplay more dynamic.

[xPaw]

What about storing save zone id in global variable and fake touch it from hostie ?

And you can remove is_entity_player( id ), since youre checking is_user_alive in next check

The save zone can be also func_hostage_rescue

[joaquimandrade]

I think it will be better like this

PHP Code:

/* 
* AMX Mod X v1.8.1 plugin
*    Instant Hostage Rescue
*
* (c) Copyright 2009 by SnoW
*
* This file is provided as is (no warranties)
*
*/

#include <amxmodx>
#include <hamsandwich>
#include <fakemeta>

#define PLUGIN "Instant Hostage Rescue"
#define VERSION "1.0"
#define AUTHOR "SnoW"

#define is_entity_player(%1) (0<%1<=gMaxPlayers)

new gMaxPlayers;
new gHostageClassName[ ] = "hostage_entity";
new gHostageClassName2[ ] = "monster_scientist";
new gRescueAreaClassName[ ] = "info_hostage_rescue";

new Float:gAreaOrigin[3]

public plugin_init( )
{
    register_plugin( PLUGIN, VERSION, AUTHOR );
    
    new area = engfunc( EngFunc_FindEntityByString, -1, "classname", gRescueAreaClassName )
    
    if(area)
    {
        pev( area, pev_origin, gAreaOrigin );
    
        RegisterHam( Ham_Use, gHostageClassName, "hamUseHostageEntity" );
        RegisterHam( Ham_Use, gHostageClassName2, "hamUseHostageEntity" );
        gMaxPlayers = get_maxplayers( );
    }
}

public hamUseHostageEntity( hostage, id )
{
    if( is_entity_player( id ) && is_user_alive( id ) && get_user_team( id ) == 2 /* CT */ )
    {
        set_pev( hostage, pev_origin, gAreaOrigin );
        
        return HAM_HANDLED;
    }
    return HAM_IGNORED;
} 


or

PHP Code:

/* 
* AMX Mod X v1.8.1 plugin
*    Instant Hostage Rescue
*
* (c) Copyright 2009 by SnoW
*
* This file is provided as is (no warranties)
*
*/

#include <amxmodx>
#include <hamsandwich>
#include <fakemeta>

#define PLUGIN "Instant Hostage Rescue"
#define VERSION "1.0"
#define AUTHOR "SnoW"

#define is_entity_player(%1) (0<%1<=gMaxPlayers)

new gMaxPlayers;
new gHostageClassName[ ] = "hostage_entity";
new gHostageClassName2[ ] = "monster_scientist";
new gRescueAreaClassName[ ] = "info_hostage_rescue";

new Area

public plugin_init( )
{
    register_plugin( PLUGIN, VERSION, AUTHOR );
    
    Area = engfunc( EngFunc_FindEntityByString, -1, "classname", gRescueAreaClassName )
    
    if(Area)
    {
        RegisterHam( Ham_Use, gHostageClassName, "hamUseHostageEntity" );
        RegisterHam( Ham_Use, gHostageClassName2, "hamUseHostageEntity" );
        gMaxPlayers = get_maxplayers( );
    }
}

public hamUseHostageEntity( hostage, id )
{
    if( is_entity_player( id ) && is_user_alive( id ) && get_user_team( id ) == 2 /* CT */ )
    {
        dllfunc(DLLFunc_Touch, Area , hostage)
        return HAM_HANDLED;
    }
    return HAM_IGNORED;
} 


[SnoW]

Originally Posted by ot_207 Nice idea. This will sure make the gameplay more dynamic.

Thank you Otty.

Originally Posted by xPaw What about storing save zone id in global variable and fake touch it from hostie ?

I didn't store the origin or entity so this is compatible with other plugins. So they are able to move the rescue zone or what ever. Maybe I should think if that is still needed.
I'vent searched how the hostage rescuing is actually handled, but the thing I noticed at least was that fake touch doesn't work at all.

Originally Posted by xPaw And you can remove is_entity_player( id ), since youre checking is_user_alive in next check

It's more optimized to check it like that without straight module call. Somehow now that I think, is there a possibility that some other entity uses hostage than player entity?

Originally Posted by xPaw The save zone can be also func_hostage_rescue

What I read was that the info ent must be for rescuing zone, but func_hostage_rescue is only recommended and not actually needed. I don't know anything about mapping, but if there's more corrections for this they are more than welcomed.

Originally Posted by joaquimandrade I think it will be better like this

I believe I explained already to xPaw why the plugins is as it is.

Thanks backup guys!

[xPaw]

Also, some maps dont have rescue zones, so hostages are rescuing in player spawns... there should be better way than setting origin to rescue zone lol

[crazyeffect]

<3 it

[SnoW]

Originally Posted by xPaw Also, some maps dont have rescue zones, so hostages are rescuing in player spawns... there should be better way than setting origin to rescue zone lol

Plugins can't support all custom maps. I think it's the mapper's fault and I shouldn't do his job if he can't build a map correctly. Thought after setting the origin, I could check if the hostage entity exist still, if it does set it origins to player spawn ones.
I think it's an awesome method.

Originally Posted by crazyeffect <3 it

Thanks, Crazeff.

[crazyeffect]

crazeff

[Alucard^]

Nice idea... i don't like cs_ maps but well... is a good plugin for ppl that usually play on that maps...

Also, you give me nice ideas for making a new plugin.