Question: How to force weapons select at beginning of new map

Hi all total newb but I try. I've been lurking here on and off for a while. I don't think I've posted...

Anyway, what I'd like to do is to bring up the weapons screen in MOHAA at the beginning of a new map, like Spearhead does.

I know how to force the weapons choice, and it works,but I'm not sure how to trigger it at a map change.

Quote:

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for(local.i = 1; local.i <= $player.size; local.i++)
{
local.player = $player[local.i]

if(local.i == 1 && local.player.dmteam == spectator)
{
// do nothing
// because this might be a fake player
// on a 'virgin' dedicated server
// stufftexting will eventually crash the server
}
else
{

local.player stufftext ("pushmenu_weaponselect")
}

}

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Do I need to add this to the script for each and every map, or hopefully I can just add it once with the other scripts I run.

Any help is appreciated.

You have to save the mapname to a cvar and when the server change the map, you have to check what map he is running and if his different you execute the code.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by DoubleKill

You have to save the mapname to a cvar and when the server change the map, you have to check what map he is running and if his different you execute the code.

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That's not a bad idea, thanks.

So would I do it after level waittill spawn, or level waittill roundstart, or what?

The code you have is not enough for what you need.

This is the steps you need:

- Detect the player when he join the map first time because not every player join at the same time as the others.
- Record the player when he join the map so the code dont trigger again when the server do the next round.

To detect the player have spawn the first time you can use the spawn event but to record the player you have 3 ways, you can store him in a file, store all names in a cvar or set a new cvar with the player name.

Seems storing in a file is more simple.

I only want to do this for players who are already on a team, every time a new map starts. So when a new map comes up, they get a chance to pick the weapon they like for that map, and start playing with it right away.

People who are in spec or join later in the round, nothing should happen.

So what I think I need to do is figure out how to know when a new map has just started, so I can trigger this just as people spawn in.

Edit: Think I got it...

Quote:

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main:
thread chooseweap
end

chooseweap:
level.mapname = getcvar (mapname)
level.lastmapname = getcvar (lastmapname)
if (level.mapname != level.lastmapname)
{
for(local.i = 1; local.i <= $player.size; local.i++)
{
local.player = $player[local.i]

if(local.i == 1 && local.player.dmteam == spectator)
{
// do nothing
// because this might be a fake player
// on a 'virgin' dedicated server
// stufftexting will eventually crash the server
}
else
{

local.player stufftext ("pushmenu_weaponselect")
}

}

}
wait 30
setcvar lastmapname level.mapname
thread chooseweap // loop back

end

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Hey HOD. I'm pretty sure you could use the intermission event for this.

Here's the link to the event: https://x-null.net/wiki/index.php?ti...m#Intermission

The setup:

Pick a .scr that's executed on every map load. Normally dmprecache.scr is a safe bet, but sometimes custom maps don't exec this. This example will use dmprecache.scr though.

Open dmprecache.scr in your servermods.pk3 and add the following line:

level waittil spawn

exec global/intermission.scr

Create a new .scr called intermission.scr and place it in the Global folder of your servermods.pk3. Add the following to the new .scr:

main: 

local.result = registerev intermission global/intermission.scr::intermission

end



intermission local.type:



if(local.type == 0)

{

exec global\yourweaponscript.scr

}



end

That should execute your script every time the intermission screen pops up. You could also play around with the events to do it on spawn or join

Hey Splatter,

Thanks, that's pretty close. What that does is bring it up when the old map is ending. Is there any way to bring it up after the new map starts loading?

EDIT or what I've got now would be perfect, if I only knew how to tell the player what map is about to load.