the best would be to have some res slots. if a reservated person join the server, the player count remain the same, and an other player can join.
This can make the server full, and do not waste slots if reservated person join in normal slot and not reservated. 2009/6/2 Sam Horn <[email protected]> > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
