Understandable, but it might be worth looking at Mani to see how it's done.
Matt "stutters" Albiniak Gamerscoalition [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gamerscoalition.com On Oct 28, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Karl Weckstrom wrote: > I'm trying to AVOID using more plugins if at all possible. Sourcemod > alone is problematic enough. > > Besides, I don't see how using Mani would make it any better if you > can't read variables from within the control that renders the MOTD - > unless you're using mani to facilitate a page rewrite (something > else I would rather do myself via vbscript or php and not with > plugin bloat). > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ] On Behalf Of stutters > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:22 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2: Web Control used during MOTD > > Apparently my "use mani + hlstatsx" recommendation fell on deaf ears. > > *shrug* > > Matt "stutters" Albiniak > Gamerscoalition > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.gamerscoalition.com > > On Oct 28, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Karl Weckstrom wrote: > >> I understand what you're saying - what you're not providing is a >> mechanism... >> >> Said steam ID exists somewhere as a variable - but how do you read >> that variable? Via what mechanism? >> >> Honestly, if the answer is creating a new plugin for Sourcemod, we >> can stop right here :) I don't feel up to coding anything in >> sourcemod. >> >> However, if there's a way to access those variables from the web >> control, I could easily write something in vbscript that could parse >> the data from the hlstatsx pages. >> >> So, is there a way? It could be a simple "No", and I would be ok >> with that. >> >> My knee-jerk reaction is that it isn't possible because those >> variables aren't made available to the embedded browser used for the >> MOTD - but maybe someone knows something I don't. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ] On Behalf Of bl4nk >> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:05 PM >> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2: Web Control used during MOTD >> >> On client auth, have their steamid and ip shoved into a sql table. >> Then >> have the motd redirect to another page with user browsing's ip in the >> url (blah.com/motd?ip=255.255.255.255). Then it's just a simple case >> of >> grabbing the row from the sql table using their IP to get their >> steamid >> and then their stats/whatever you want. >> >> Karl Weckstrom wrote: >>> Have a snippet of code as an example? Which connect event? Where >>> can the web control grab it? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> ] On Behalf Of P. Bhandal >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:05 AM >>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >>> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2: Web Control used during MOTD >>> >>> You grab their SteamID from the connect event, and then you force >>> another >>> window open in the place of the MOTD. On the client's end, it just >>> looks >>> like another MOTD, but it's actually customized based on their >>> SteamID. >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Karl Weckstrom >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> It may - but it's a whole chicken/egg scenario. If you've >>>> connected and are >>>> staring at the MOTD, where do you pull the user's Steam ID from? >>>> There would >>>> have to be some way to get it programmatically via js/vbs or what >>>> not... >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Olly >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:58 AM >>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2: Web Control used during MOTD >>>> >>>> Doesnt hlstatsx (or maybe psychostats) already do this? >>>> 2008/10/28 P. Bhandal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> >>>> >>>>> You could use the player connect event to grab their SteamID, >>>>> then use >>>>> their >>>>> SteamID as an argument to grab their stats. >>>>> >>>>> It would probably require that you force a browser window open on >>>>> them as >>>>> soon as they get in game to override the default motd. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Karl Weckstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Here's an interesting question. >>>>>> >>>>>> Over at www.TrashedGamers.com, we have a custom MOTD. That in >>>>>> and of >>>>>> itself isn't interesting, but I was thinking - is there a way to >>>>>> "read" >>>>>> >>>>> the >>>>> >>>>>> current steam ID of the person who's connected and reading the >>>>>> MOTD? >>>>>> >>>>>> I could write up some dynamic html and/or vbscript that could >>>>>> look up >>>>>> >>>>> their >>>>> >>>>>> current ranking in hlstatsx and have the MOTD say something like >>>>>> "You >>>>>> >>>> are >>>> >>>>>> currently ranked XXX of XXXX players"... I'm already putting the >>>>>> top 10 >>>>>> there, but adding the player's current ranking sure would be a >>>>>> nice >>>>>> >>>>> touch. >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks in advance! >>>>>> -karl >>>>>> >>>>>> www.TrashedGamers.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>>> archives, >>>>>> please visit: >>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>> archives, >>>>> please visit: >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>> archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>> archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>> archives, please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>> archives, please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
