[carbon]

Description

This plugin will automatically start SourceTV recording after both teams are ready in the tournament mode and the game is automatically restarted. The recording will be stopped when win conditions are met (timelimit or roundlimit).

The plugin has no configuration options so it should be extremely easy to use. :)

Changelog

0.4
* Recording will now be stopped when mp_windifference is reached

0.3
* Fixed demo filenames being cut short

0.2
* Recording is now stopped when all players leave the server (thanks jasonfrog!)

0.1
* Initial release

Known issues

• In cp_gravelpit and similar maps, mp_maxrounds should be set to 4 to end the game when 2 pairs have been played (or to 2 if you want 2 separate demos when playing with ABBA rules)
• The plugin assumes that SourceTV is connected to the server. There is NO check for this!
• tv_autorecord 1 or manual interference with tv_record/tv_stoprecord will mess things up

Other stuff

As this is my first plugin, i would highly appreciate any comments you might have on the implementation. Also, if you have any suggestions for new features, lets hear them!

If you need more advanced functionality, please consider this fork of the plugin.

[Twisted_]

I made a plugin to do the same thing however yours is much more effective, I made some changes for personal preferences that I had. Mainly to start a new server log file at the same time and close it at the end for stat parsing purposes, aswell as printing the demo name to the chat.

Don't know if you want to add them in future versions or options to enable logging as not everyone would use it, but i'm sure alot of people will find this plugin really useful.

Actually this might not be possible but you might have a better idea, would it be possible to have the filename of the demo it recorded printed at the end? mainly I want to have the direct link to the file printed to the chat.

[carbon]

Originally Posted by Twisted_ Actually this might not be possible but you might have a better idea, would it be possible to have the filename of the demo it recorded printed at the end? mainly I want to have the direct link to the file printed to the chat.

Yes I tried that, but I didn't see any advantage in printing the filename. As the demos are named YYYYMMDD-HHMM-map.dem (almost like with stv autorecord), the correct one should be easy to find. I also tried putting those changeable team names into the demo filename, but that turned out to be useless feature as almost no-one changed the default name (RED/BLU) to their real clan name.

What I have planned for the next version, is the ability to move completed demos into some other directory for easy processing. For example, I dont have apache running on my game server so I want to download all the completed demos to some other server and make them available.

[jasonfrog]

This should sort the issue of "When players leave the server while the match is on, recording is not stopped immediately."

public OnMapStart()
{
    CreateTimer(30.0, CheckPlayers, 0, TIMER_REPEAT|TIMER_FLAG_NO_MAPCHANGE);
}


public Action:CheckPlayers(Handle:timer, any:useless) {
    if (recording)
    {
        for(new i=1;i<=MaxClients;i++) {
            if(IsClientConnected(i) && !IsFakeClient(i)) {
                return;
            }
        }
        StopRecording();
    }
}

It will stop recording within 30 seconds of the last person leaving.

[carbon]

Originally Posted by jasonfrog This should sort the issue of "When players leave the server while the match is on, recording is not stopped immediately."

Patch applied and switched to version 0.2. Thanks!

[Vader_666]

Is there a way to have the demo record with name like this ? :

Team_Blu_Name-Team_Red_Name-timestamp-map.dem

It will be very usefull

[carbon]

Originally Posted by Vader_666 Is there a way to have the demo record with name like this ? : Team_Blu_Name-Team_Red_Name-timestamp-map.dem It will be very usefull

Yeah I experimented with that, but it turned out to be useless since almost no-one changed the default team name (or if they changed, it was to something like ":-D"). It's still possible to implement it by modifying TeamStateEvent function to track the name changes. The event structure holds the newname field.

[Molo]

Very nice idea to do this plugin, many thanks for that!

It's still possible to implement it by modifying TeamStateEvent function to track the name changes. The event structure holds the newname field.

Can't you write piece of code to do this thing? I don't know how, but i need it, ty again

[CloudHO]

Been having a read, great plugin, but the idea Twisted had of recording a new log file and ending it at the same time as the demo, would be VERY useful, would it be possible to implement?

Also, if I manually run mp_tournament_restart, will it stop the demo?

[Molo]

Yes, it will be stopped