Code Modification Project - Kill All Players?

[smoothice]

Hey everyone...

I recently setup a server which respawns a player after 4 seconds. (I have my reasons for this... don't ask )

Anyway, sometimes I want to restart the round because I changed size_factor. In order to do this, I have to completely quit the armagetronad-dedicated instance and restart it or kick everybody.

Is there a command to kill all players? Or can anyone give me some input on where and how I could modify the Armagetron source to allow to do this? Thanks.

[Tank Program]

I believe there's a command to kill a particular player. That should be attached to identifying the player's internal game id so that it can be killed. You could copy this, and instead loop through all players and kill each one.

[smoothice]

Ah, ok. Is there a way I can create another server command... let's say: killall? to engage the kill loop.

And where would I do that? What source file?

[Tank Program]

I'm not sure exactly where it is anymore. A quick fgrep reveals

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./ePlayer.cpp:7254:    if ( se_NeedsServer( "KILL", s, false ) )

so that might be a place to start.

[DDMJ]

make a file (named pwn.cfg) that contains the following:

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/admin KILL 1
/admin KILL 2
/admin KILL 3
[...]
/admin KILL 16

where the last entry contains the same # that max_clients is set to.

Then, just type /admin include pwn.cfg and everyone will die!

bwahaha!

[Infa(mous)]

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kill 1
kill 2
[...]
kill 16
CENTER_MESSAGE Admin Sneezes.

This is far more entertaining.

[Lucifer]

There's an idea, Durka.

You can put the /admin line in an instant chat, even, so you can do it with the touch of a button (presumably a button far away from frequently used buttons).

[smoothice]

Hi again... I just decided to modify the dedicated server src to create a command called killall. It works fine. If anyone wants the code for it, I can send it (To save someone else the hassle).

Although I'm somewhat disappointed that I could've just done what Durka suggested. Oh well. Although, shouldn't this be something built-in already? It seems like a rather basic thing to have.

[Lucifer]

Indeed, please post a patch.

[DDMJ]

you can do it with the touch of a button (presumably a button far away from frequently used buttons).

naw, put it right next to the turn keys

[Tank Program]

naw, put it right next to the turn keys

Then it really could be caused by a sneeze!

[Jonathan]

How about ACTIVATE_FAST_FINISH?

[Pink Tomatoes]

make a file (named pwn.cfg) that contains the following:

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/admin KILL 1
/admin KILL 2
/admin KILL 3
[...]
/admin KILL 16

where the last entry contains the same # that max_clients is set to.

Smoothice, please post , function is still useful as I thought the above was made obsolete in newer versions, as it proved confusing. How does the admin know that "KICK 2" kicks the spammer on slot 2, or the very nice person called simply '2'.

[smoothice]

Ok guys, here's the patch for the 0.2.8 branch that creates a command to kill all players. (KILLALL)

I'd like to note that this code was made by maclover201 on my computer using screen sharing. It is currently implemented on all of my servers (smooth's network), and his (iD Tech). This is the first patch file I have ever created so if there are any problems with it, please tell me.

[numinit]

Thanks for posting, Smoothice.

How it works... I just combined some of the player list code with the p->object->kill() function. It goes backwards through all the player objects on the server, and if it finds a living player kills it. I originally wrote it with something that shows which admin triggered it, but it got kind of glitchy because it would sometimes say that an AI or a non-admin triggered it.