tarafudge Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 I want to make it so that when a person connects, and the server is full, then if that player has a name that is listed in pp.cfg or something it will boot a player with the lowest stats, or a spectator if one is available, that isn't on this list. I want to make it seemless to the "Preferred Player" that a player was kicked for his slot. This way I can guarantee members a slot in my server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 There is already a "preferred slot" type of feature in basejka (actually in all Q3 engine based games), it's called Privateclient (you put it in your cfg file). Basically they get a special password, and if the server is full, there is still this slow reserved for them. Nobody gets kicked, you just boost the total players by one (or whatever, you can set as many private client slots as you like). It doesn't reserve your name, that's the only thing it can't do. If you pick the same name as somebody else, then you have two people with the same name. Only the admin can tell the difference (by comparing IP's in the console). You can also limit the number of spectators I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarafudge Posted September 22, 2005 Author Share Posted September 22, 2005 Yea but what happens if I run out of slots, you can only have os many players in a server... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Well of course there's limits, not only in the game engine, but also to your hardware. You simply reserve as many slots as you expect people to come that you want to ensure a spot. What you're saying is that it should kick one of the "non VIPs" to make room for a VIP (kinda sucks for that person doesn't it?). Well what happens when you have one more VIP and no more VIP slots left? Which VIP should it kick? See, there's always going to be "problems." If you want to make it an exclusive server, you can put a password on the whole thing and only give it out to certain people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarafudge Posted September 24, 2005 Author Share Posted September 24, 2005 Yes Essentially. I want to kick the person with the lowest stats or a spectator. I just want to guarantee members a place. OR if possible an idleing client. If theres no Non-VIP slots left then there are no Non-VIP slots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorace Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 Sounds like you could potentially just have a low maxclient setting and then jack up the private slots to have a similar effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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