Random vote is broken

[BigDXLT]

A random vote won tonight and both teams... had 0 structures, no comm chair, no hive... nothing.

sv_reset didn't work either. sv_rrall then join, still no comm or hive.

I think the random vote should be higher percentage too.

[BigDXLT]

So, if random vote happens before game start, it seems to work okay. Keep an eye on this I guess.

[Faust]

Lots of things broke tonight with the patch. Florp is going to patch some files tomorrow.

[Florp Incarnate]

Sorry, working on this.

Web admin is also broken, so I had NFO reimage the server, and it did not help. Now I need to re-upload the admin mod files.

NFO thread http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewto ... 52&p=42734
UWE thread http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/ind ... pic=126190

[The Nighthawk]

Alright, the random plugin has to go. Let the admins run the random teams if needed, but the plugin destroyed an epic game tonight. At least a half hour of push-pull tug of war game with marines pressing ahead, and the aliens tearing down bases behind them. And then someone typed 'random'. That was the last vote needed from 30 minutes earlier when 5 other people typed random to complete the vote and reset the game... just brutal!

EDIT - Heh, I can see Big D in the forum now too, and he's going to post something just like this!! hehehe

[BigDXLT]

A) Still broken as described.
B) No "expiry" timer, means it's extra broken.

Just had a really good game going (tech point swappin'!) where a bunch of us who did the "random" vote at the beginning of the map, an hour later lost our game to the last person to finally type random. It was a good 30-40 minutes since the game started too. Plus, when it did it, all hives and marine tech disappeared again.

This plugin should just be removed until the developer fixes it. I think at least 17 other people will agree.

Edit: Nighthawk, I sure did! LOL

[Florp Incarnate]

I removed random from the config. Server [img]might[/img] have to be rebooted for that to take affect, not sure, and game is full so I don't want to interrupt right now.

[BigDXLT]

Thanks!

[Mohawk]

random is nice, but is there a way it can only be triggered within 2 minutes of the start of the game?

[Faust]

Well it's removed for now. An admin should still be able to force it if need be. Hopefully in the future that limit will be coded into the random plugin, or at least give server admin's the ability to set that limit.

[Mohawk]

Faust, can it be triggered by an admin like you thought? If so can you let the other fogies know it's possible? We had a game the other day where one side was always weighted.. was awful for several games in a row..

[Florp Incarnate]

Admin command is sv_randomall

[Faust]

Yes Mohawk, an admin can force everyone to random. I had to do it the other day when outcomes were being quickly decided for consecutive games.

[Canuck148]

Admin command is sv_randomall

I used that after I joined a team and it just added the ready room people and not the ones already in-game, which didn't solve the stacking issue.

[Florp Incarnate]

Admin command is sv_randomall

I used that after I joined a team and it just added the ready room people and not the ones already in-game, which didn't solve the stacking issue.

Yes, it only affects the ready room. You have to run it before everyone joins a team. That hasn't been a problem for me in the past.

There is a way around that however. From the DAK readme:

sv_rrall: Forces all players to go to the Ready Room

So first do sv_rrall, and then sv_randomall.