Sending player to spec

$oldier Of Ra · Post by **$oldier Of Ra** » Sat May 09, 2009 12:52 pm

Okay, I quickly found out it's the spawnflags that's causing the shooting trouble. Definately an error in the engine itself. But how to fix it without letting that trigger lose the ability to detect kills....

sdlall · Post by **sdlall** » Sun May 10, 2009 12:37 am

Wow I am surprised so close and held back by one glitch Sigh. If you happen to figure it out plz let me know. Maybe another kill counter? As long as it is close to 60. 58-62 is fine

$oldier Of Ra · Post by **$oldier Of Ra** » Sun May 10, 2009 9:08 am

I don't think there's a way for me to fix it without ruining the detection... I guess you'll have to decide whether you'll use it or not.

sdlall · Post by **sdlall** » Sun May 10, 2009 10:28 am

How hard would this be to do outside the game say like from a computer monitoring the server? I know on my serverwatch has kill counter (pfft which isnt working atm for some odd reason. Is there way maybe to make something simple that will do this? Also, just a question. Is there maybe another kill counter out there that might work?

$oldier Of Ra · Post by **$oldier Of Ra** » Sun May 10, 2009 1:07 pm

You have to wonder, if it were so simple to do this, then would I spend time making this method? You can do this with external programs however, for it to work all the time, it and your pc must be running 24/7.

I based mine on all other scripted kill counters, so they are build on the same troublesome trigger. Most of them have even extra problems (my script doesn't show for some reason).

sdlall · Post by **sdlall** » Sun May 10, 2009 2:49 pm

Alright Bro. Guess we can consider this failed attempt but atleast not epic one. It works just not the way we wanted it to. No worries sure I will have something else come to mind soon.

$oldier Of Ra · Post by **$oldier Of Ra** » Sun May 10, 2009 5:18 pm

Let's be glad it's only doors and entities but I think I'm going to keep using it.

sdlall · Post by **sdlall** » Mon May 11, 2009 10:09 am

Hmm, tested it with the new script that you wrote and seemed to run fine. At least in Southern France. Could not shoot through in doors or walls. No glitch in spectator view either. Only thing I noticed is that it is a little slow on a map restart but on reload of the map worked almost perfect. Weird. Going to keep fooling with it.

$oldier Of Ra · Post by **$oldier Of Ra** » Mon May 11, 2009 2:58 pm

Huh, new script?

sdlall · Post by **sdlall** » Mon May 11, 2009 3:09 pm

sorry meant new spec_kick thread

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spec_kick: 

        while(1) 
        { 
               for (local.i = 1; local.i <= $player.size; local.i++) 
               { 
                       if ($player[local.i].killcount != NIL && $player[local.i].dmteam != "spectator" && $player[local.i].killcount >= 60) 
                       { 
            $player[local.i] thread killset 
                                wait 0.1 
                       } 
             if ($player[local.i].dmteam == "spectator" && self.detect) 
                       { 
                            self.detect delete 
                       } 
               } 
  
               waitframe 
          } 

end 

killset: 

       self iprint "You have reached the 60 kill max for this map!" 1 
       self spectator 
       Wait 5 
       self iprint "You will be allowed to rejoin next map!" 1 
       wait 0.3 
end

Not alot problems going to keep testing but last night it was working without soft walls only thing I did other then that was change the setsize to this. Sorry been reading the thread on TMT.

( -10 -10 0 ) ( 10 10 72 ) Been letting go over sometimes by 1 or 2 but thats okay.

$oldier Of Ra · Post by **$oldier Of Ra** » Mon May 11, 2009 4:05 pm

It's because of the setsize. The player's own gun is out of the triggerbox thus it doesn't trigger/get affected by it. However, if you turn sv_showbboxes to 4, you'll see that this new setsize will make the method far less accurate since your head, arms and feet are sticking out of it hence when the player is killed there it won't be detected.

Post by **Rookie One.pl** » Mon May 11, 2009 9:42 pm

For the record, the player's bounding box is exactly ( -15 -15 0 ) ( 15 15 94 ). When crouching, the Z maxs value is 54 instead of 94.

sdlall · Post by **sdlall** » Tue May 12, 2009 12:47 am

Which only leave the quesiton where does the bullet originate from. Does it start from the chamber or the end of the muzzle. LOL just kidding but if you know answer. Alright will use my showbboxes and see if I can't figure out happy medium.

Post by **Rookie One.pl** » Tue May 12, 2009 7:26 am

Well, the muzzle point is definitely on the player's view axis. The question is how far from the point of view it is. I'm guessing it's inside the player's bbox, though.

$oldier Of Ra · Post by **$oldier Of Ra** » Tue May 12, 2009 3:35 pm

The bullets come from the eye bone. They are calculated (with sighttrace) from there. Since you've set the max Z value to 72, the head sticks out of the trigger, therefore the bullets aren't affected.