I don't know if it would actually get reloaded. You can always just put "mapcyclefile yourfile.txt" in your server.cfg so worst case scenario it gets reloaded every map change.
On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 17:19 -0400, Karl Weckstrom wrote: > Any risks to just letting good ole crontab handle it with a filecopy rather > than resorting to a plugin? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cc2iscooL > Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 4:35 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 map rotations > > There's a cron job plugin for sm that will do this. Works great. > > On 7/2/09, Matthew Gottlieb <[email protected]> wrote: > > BM has it so you can set configs that run during set times. > > You can use that to change the mapcycle. I think the command is: > > mapcycle mycycle.txt > > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Karl Weckstrom<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is it possible to vary a server's map rotation by time-of-day? I've tried > >> a few sourcemod plugins for this purpose, but they're all buggy and not > >> ready for prime-time... Besides what I want to do is so simple i'm not > >> sure it even warrants a plugin... > >> > >> For instance, I would like more customs run between 7pm-1am when our > >> servers are most full, but avoid them at all other times. I like customs, > >> but they tend to wipe a server from 32 to 10 players easily when they pop > >> up during off-hours. During prime time, there's often a queue of people > >> waiting to get on, so you could pop on ctf_amishrakefight and it would > >> still fill up... > >> > >> Is it possible to simply copy a mapcycle.txt with a cron job at those > >> times? Is anyone doing that now? Will it crash anything if you copy a > >> mapcycle.txt when a server is already running? > >> > >> While I plan on testing it anyway if I don't hear back, I want to know if > >> there's any gotchas before wasting my time :) > >> > >> Thanks in advance > >> -Karl > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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
