New Server Update Thread (August 2010)

[SmurfSniper]

its california......... the govna look like this

[snackpack]

is there a estimate on when the expansion will come out towards the rp server? not trying to rush/pressure anyone but its just i cant wait till it happens

[Natalya]

Okay right now I'm at work, but I set the map to compile. Hopefully it will be done when I get home tonight. Even if it is it will still take me an hour or so to configure the server for the new map, but maybe that'll get done tonight and we'll have an new version of the map.

Things to expect:
- Black building got replaced. New building isn't done yet, but shouldn't be as ugly.
- Bank of the West has two new houses near it along with a Hotel. You can't go in the hotel at this time.
- Traffic lights added to a third intersection.
- Traffic light models upgraded to be séxy.
- LOL Night Club changed to TechNoir. Inside completely re-furnished and renovated.
- Fixed the glitch in the road at the end of tunnel by Renegade house.
- Added awning over driveway at house across from Renegades.
- Interrogation Rooms added to City Hall Police basement.
- New Elevator in Judicial Wing of City Hall. This is good for escorting prisoners to court.
- Hopefully the dark area will have light now.
- Fixed ocean texture error.
- Added plants to the windows on the Pool building.
- Changed lighting in some areas.
- Maybe windows in Maaco are fixed. Maybe.
- Fixed some of the hills having weird shadows.

[anthonyds5]

Well done Nat! So will the glitched area (water tanks) be fixed or will they still be darkened?

[Natalya]

Preliminary testing indicates that they will no longer be glitched (I rand a compile with that section of the map only and it came out fine) but as I couldn't pinpoint the exact cause of the problem they might still end up dark when the whole map is compiled.

[anthonyds5]

Well let's see the results if it's fixed in your work. Probably it messed up compiling.

[Natalya]

Okay so rp_california_beta_05 is up and running and the server has been configured for it. Unfortunately the dark area is still dark, but it's a little lighter now? Not sure why... I'll probably re-do it entirely for _beta_06 when I get around to it.

I've also made progress with car ownership stuff. The new menu will have #5 as "Give Away Car" and if you choose that it will pop up a menu with all the players in game who you can give the car to. (Their name will appear only if they have room for more cars.) At the end of the list will be a Delete Car option that lets you just trash it. I think I got the Delete Car part working, but I haven't set up how it will give the car to someone else yet.

I'm also looking at coming up with a fuel plugin. The plugin already recognizes if you're at a gas pump at the BP from _beta_04, so taking it one step further and making you be able to put gas into your car shouldn't be too hard. It would just save some information for your car as to how much gas it has in it and while you're driving it would display how many gallons of gas you have. When it gets to 0 you run out and the car turns off, so you'd need it towed or whatever.

Stuff I would need to do for this to work:
A -- Figure out a mechanism for gas to be burned by the car
B -- Put some draconian limits on sm_car_stow
C -- Find a way to put cars onto the flatbed so they can be towed

It would work by you just drive up to the pump, and it automatically displays a menu to pump gas, just like the ATM. You'd select an amount of gas to pump (or all of it) and the car would get turned off for a few seconds while it pumps. Once finished the car would be able to be turned on again. This way it takes some time to fill up, instead of it being instant.

Do you guys have thoughts on this? Also, we might be able to get the speedometer back if the car has a fuel gauge.

[anthonyds5]

It sounds fantastic and once again a lot of work. Making it more realistic makes it more interesting and stuff. Looking forward to it.

[onehit]

question... if the forefit is disabled then how am i supposed to get rid of one of my cars so i can buy the virgo? it says i have 10 cars already and cant buy more and wont let me get rid of one

[snackpack]

hmm im not sure exactly how its done, but on the sandbox build server they have a jetpack fuel addon. for every second you let it run, it goes down more.

But if we have a fuel addon to cars we need to make it so bp can sell fuel.

[Natalya]

You can choose delete car if you don't want to give it to someone else.

Umm, as for BP, like I mentioned the game already knows if you're at a gas pump at BP, so it would just give you a prompt to buy fuel every time you pull up to it.

[snackpack]

wow this just made my day

[anthonyds5]

Spawning a car inside RP = Server Crash.
Using admin say it shows as (All) kYs| sTorM sTriKer (Dark Green text)
All admin commands are shown such as :

(Admin) has buried (player)
(Player) has been disarmed
(Admin) has given (player) (weapon) <<< example

[DoT]

Spawning a car inside RP = Server Crash.
Using admin say it shows as (All) kYs| sTorM sTriKer (Dark Green text)
All admin commands are shown such as :

(Admin) has buried (player)
(Player) has been disarmed
(Admin) has given (player) (weapon) <<< example

SourceMod was fucked up when CS:S updated. So I'm guessing that when it autoupdated the Advanced commands cvars got messed up.

(Should be using Super anyway ;p)

[Natalya]

Super was never updated and so some Super commands crash server. Additionally, it's not the Advanced Commands plugin, it's a different file that handles those displays.