vote when server crash

hey all , i just came from the server and this happend ...

first map : siege_007_v21 ok cool i went commander and won
2nd play on same map marines lost after a while ...

then server crashed so it wus siege_007 ...
almost the same map (boring ^^ ), so i played it again for 25 min

then the server crash again ... bah ! again siege_007
i just left because i already played for 1 hour the same map .

now i wus thinking, cant you make some plugin if server crash, a vote shows up cause im tired of playing siege_007 like 15 times a day .

*Keep Up The good work ! *

Originally Posted by sharx

hey all , i just came from the server and this happend ...

first map : siege_007_v21 ok cool i went commander and won
2nd play on same map marines lost after a while ...

then server crashed so it wus siege_007 ...
almost the same map (boring ^^ ), so i played it again for 25 min

then the server crash again ... bah ! again siege_007
i just left because i already played for 1 hour the same map .

now i wus thinking, cant you make some plugin if server crash, a vote shows up cause im tired of playing siege_007 like 15 times a day .

*Keep Up The good work ! *

some of us like siege_007, :P. but it did get a bit ridiculous there... Is it possible? or maybe just change the maplist so that siege_007 isnt the first map.

Originally Posted by elmicker

...just change the maplist so that siege_007 isnt the first map.

This will not solve the problem... Unless Dr.Moron sets co_blackmesa as first map

But isn't it possible to make map vote after server crash or select a random map from the cycle?

[Dr. Moron]

nothing is inpossible... so far so good but not the 1st map in mapcylce will loaded during server start / restart after crash. the start map is set in the server startfile or command line.

a random map after serverstart will be possible if unsichtbar write us two perl scripts. 1st script should be executed by a cronjob every minute to check if the server is online or not. the 2nd script executed by the 1st one if server down will start the server with a random map form a list.

thats the only way i know.

Originally Posted by Dr. Moron

a random map after serverstart will be possible if unsichtbar write us two perl scripts. 1st script should be executed by a cronjob every minute to check if the server is online or not. the 2nd script executed by the 1st one if server down will start the server with a random map form a list.

Usually server is down for less than a minute and this will not work. If those scripts can be writeen in bash instead of perl (i know it can be) I can do it. I need a code that You use to auto restart the server if it crashes. Probably it is like:

while true
do
  ./server start command with parameters
done

If it is like that, we can very easily make the starting map name a random parameter using the mapcycle file.

[Dr. Moron]

yes sure bash will be good too. i know that unsichtbar can code in perl so it was my exampe :mrgreen:

i use the original shell bash from valve included in the linux dedicated.

Can You please include it here on the forums so i can make my modifications and include it here for You? :]
Also I need a path and a format of the mapcycle file (i guess one line = one map name with extension (.bsp) ).

well if co_blackmesa is first map in cycle its fine for me to ^^

[Dr. Moron]

no random maps, no random restarts. mail the mod author and maybe he bing us a stable code next version.