The other alternative is to hide the slots so that they don't get displayed in the server browser. The servers I frequent have 26 slots but 2 of them are reserved and the server browser only displays 24. Nobody gets kicked, everyone stays happy.
- Sam 2009/6/2 msleeper <[email protected]> > The immunity thing is for if you have members in your database that > don't have a reserved slot, but do have an immunity level. This grants > them somewhat of a reserved "slot", but rather they are less likely to > be kicked to free a slot. I personally don't have my system setup like > that, either you have a reserved slot or you don't. If you do it that > way then it's very simple to use. I've been using cbaseserver for a > while and Jamster's plugin since he wrote it and I've never had a > problem. As pred said, cbasewin indeed. > > To everyone who bitches and whines about being kicked because of a > reserved slot, you need to get real. If you're a random dude in a random > server then yeah, odds are you are less important than a guy who has > played there for 2 years and is a member of THEIR community. I'm > actually pretty surprised people are so offended by this concept. > > > On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 14:04 -0500, CLAN RCR wrote: > > I have a couple questions about the jamster version of the cbaseserver. I > > have it installed (to the best of my knowledge) but there is one thing > that > > trips me up.. Primarily because I haven't done it before. > > > > Adding users: To add users to the system add them as usual with the res > flag > > to your admin config or with high enough immunity if you use ONLY that > part > > of the plugin. > > > > wat? > > > > Can someone post the path to the admin config and an example? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -Matt > > > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Flubber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The easiest way without a crash is the jamster version of the > cbaseserver, > > > wich allow to have slot reserve without wasting any. > > > > > > Jamster : http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=93053 > > > Original : http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=72322 > > > > > > 2009/5/30 CLAN RCR <[email protected]> > > > > > > > meh. > > > > > > > > Thanks for the help guys. > > > > > > > > -Matt > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 7:30 PM, 1nsane <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Use the 33rd slot and hide it then. No need to kick people for no > > > reason. > > > > > > > > > > 17vs16 shouldn't happen anyway. And so no one should try joining a > > > server > > > > > that says 33/32. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Cc2iscooL <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Bingo. Thus is why we have -no- reserve slots on our servers. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Cc2iscooL > > > > > > Head Admin/Owner > > > > > > http://www.cc2iscool.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Donnie Newlove < > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Personally, I would never come back to a server again if I were > > > > kicked > > > > > > > and it does not matter if there was an admin that kicked me or > a > > > > > > > plugin just because an admin was trying to enter the server. To > the > > > > > > > player it makes no difference and is IMO very comparable to > running > > > > > > > fake clients. Imagine the following scenarios; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. The player joins a server with 23/24 players. When he waited > for > > > 1 > > > > > > > minute the server is empty. The player had a bad experience but > can > > > > > > > find another sever. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. The player joins a server with 23/24 players. He joins a > team > > > and > > > > > > > cap points, push carts, stab backs and have a good experience. > Then > > > > > > > after 15 minutes the screen suddenly blanks out and he sees a > > > message > > > > > > > saying "You were kicked because you are really not important to > > > us". > > > > > > > The player now remembers this as a very bad experience and is > > > > probably > > > > > > > more likly to just exit the game. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/30/09, CLAN RCR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Well.. Maybe it would help you guys if I told you what I was > > > > looking > > > > > > for. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't want to hide slots. I would like all 32 slots > accessible > > > to > > > > > > both > > > > > > > > pubs and members. It might be nice to have members on an > > > exception > > > > > list > > > > > > > so > > > > > > > > they don't get kicked. But if someone gets kicked I would > like > > > for > > > > it > > > > > > to > > > > > > > say > > > > > > > > that they were kicked due to a reserved slot and not just > some > > > > > regular > > > > > > > > 'you've been kicked' message. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've tried a reserved slot implementation in the past, and > they > > > all > > > > > > > seemed > > > > > > > > to be too complicated for me to understand config-wise. It > > > wouldn't > > > > > be > > > > > > > > difficult I guess if there was some example I could follow > and > > > edit > > > > > for > > > > > > > my > > > > > > > > needs. So, good documentation is a requirement. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, if there is a way to do what I want to do using the > > > simple > > > > > > > built-in > > > > > > > > SourceMod stuff, that would be fine. If I wanted to say.. > Have > > > > slots > > > > > > > expire > > > > > > > > every 30 days on some type of billing cycle, what > implementation > > > > > would > > > > > > > you > > > > > > > > guys suggest? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the help. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Jeff Sugar < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Depends what you're going for. Personally, I absolutely > refuse > > > to > > > > > have > > > > > > > any > > > > > > > >> regular or pubby kicked just because a clan member happens > to > > > want > > > > > in. > > > > > > > Not > > > > > > > >> what I think builds a good community. So, I use the > h-reserved > > > > slots > > > > > > > >> plugin > > > > > > > >> ( > http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=61913&page=1 ) > > > on > > > > > the > > > > > > > SM > > > > > > > >> forums along with sv_visiblemaxplayers so that we have a few > > > > hidden > > > > > > > slots > > > > > > > >> that only admins/members/special regulars can connect to. > This > > > > > solves > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > >> issue, and the slots re-open for joining as soon as anyone > > > happens > > > > > to > > > > > > > >> leave. > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> -atreus > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:44 AM, CLAN RCR < > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > It's that time again.. For me to go out and research and > see > > > if > > > > > > there > > > > > > > >> > has > > > > > > > >> > been an easier way of managing/running a reserved slot > program > > > > > > posted > > > > > > > >> > anywhere. > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > What say you, fellow admins? What are you using, and are > there > > > > > > > >> > implementation instructions? > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > -Matt > > > > > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > >> > 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
