I've been thinking your most accurate form of skill balancing will be using the actual skill value from hlstatsx. I also agree with John Barrett, only balance people at the beginning of the game; say like 30 seconds into setup time or something... but people are still going to recognize this and just sit in spectator until that balance occurs, and then join any team they want or wait it out until they can join the team they want.
- Oh Noes MAX POWER Gaming Community -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Edwards Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 8:09 AM To: hlds Subject: [hlds] TF2 SkillBalance I'm not sure that this is the best place to announce plugins, but for those written with the Valve API there doesn't seem to be anywhere else. http://steamreview.org/external/tf2/tf2_skillbalance.zip This plugin will grab the Steam TF2 stats of connecting players and rank them according to time played and accumulated points. It then keeps each team's overall ranking score within a configurable limit by forcing assignment to teams and also by rebalancing between rounds. It replaces the game's own mid-round autobalance system. I'm looking for a few brave souls who are willing to be guinea pigs: the code is stable, but the accuracy of the ranking equation hasn't been put to the test in large games yet. Is anyone up for it? (Linux is supported as well as Windows, but I don't want to cross-post to the other list.) _______________________________________________ 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
