Feature request: redirect to clone on full

[~z~]

Is it possible to redirect players to another server (a clone or a waiting server) when your server becomes full? If not, would this be interesting enough for the devs to pick it up?

[DDMJ]

There's a MOVE_TO command. Just make a script that reads the number of players and executes the MOVE_TO command when a new client enters.

[~z~]

How would I go about scripting something like this? Does AA have some of platform for writing plugins or do I have to edit the source? I actually was more hoping to do this for popular servers so that I wouldn't have to wait for WWctf to empty , as opposed to using the feature myself.

[AI-team]

sty+ct is what you should be looking for =)

[Luke-Jr]

This is a fairly simple feature to implement. As of now, it's available on servers I host (on request). I will also push it to trunk next time I do something there. For a one-time $15, I will publish my 0.2.8 branch with it or (at your option) send it only to you.

For $25 (total), I'll even assign the copyright on the code to implement this feature to you. The only practical value to this is if someone wants to license it outside the GPL terms (for example, to make an X-Box or iPhone port), they will need to include you in their negotiations (or strip out the feature...). Might also be worth bragging rights depending on the community.

[~z~]

sty+ct is what you should be looking for =)

I haven't found such a feature on sty+ct.

This is a fairly simple feature to implement. As of now, it's available on servers I host (on request). I will also push it to trunk next time I do something there. For a one-time $15, I will publish my 0.2.8 branch with it or (at your option) send it only to you.

For $25 (total), I'll even assign the copyright on the code to implement this feature to you. The only practical value to this is if someone wants to license it outside the GPL terms (for example, to make an X-Box or iPhone port), they will need to include you in their negotiations (or strip out the feature...). Might also be worth bragging rights depending on the community.

I'm good thanks. If you won't charge me, could you please bump this thread next time you commit to trunk?

[AI-team]

sty+ct is what you should be looking for =)

I haven't found such a feature on sty+ct.

There's is none. You have to code it yourself

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<?php

$max_clients = 32; // EDIT THIS LINE
$server_move_to = "IP ADDRESS"; // EDIT THIS LINE
$port_move_to = "SERVER PORT"; // EDIT THIS LINE

$num_players = 0; // the rest should be kept as it is 

while (1) {
      $line = rtrim(fgets(STDIN, 1024));


      if (preg_match("/^PLAYER_ENTERED/", $line)) {
            $keywords = preg_split("/ /", $line);
            $player_id = trim($keywords[1]);
            $player_ip = $keywords[2];
            $player_name = "";

            if ($num_players == $max_clients) {
                  echo "MOVE_TO $player_id $server_move_to:$port_move_to\n";
                  break 2;
            }

            $num_players +=1;
      }

      if (preg_match("/^PLAYER_LEFT/", $line)) {
            $num_players -=1;
      }
}
?>

I assume you know how to start a server with a parser.
If not: http://crazy-tronners.com/wiki/index.ph ... g_a_Server

[kyle]

actually that won't necessarily work, and $max_clients would have to be 1 less than full. Unless you update the $num_players on PLAYER_ENTERED before the check.

This should be PLAYER_LEFT

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          if (preg_match("/^PLAYER_ENTERED/", $line)) {
                $num_players -=1;
          }  

[AI-team]

Ops , copy-paste fail

EDIT: I also noticed the break fail (missing 2 )

[Luke-Jr]

Committed to trunk in bzr-etrunk-rev 996 (I didn't have anything else to push, but it's been long enough to know nobody cares to sponsor this development...)