Making players not suicide when changing class?

[moosh]

I would like to have a trigger area where players would not die when changing class. I'd like them to just spawn as the class they've chosen since it's kind of gay dying in spawn just because you want to change your class.

[Iggy]

You could just turn off "Immediate Class Change" in your settings...

[moosh]

Originally Posted by Iggy

You could just turn off "Immediate Class Change" in your settings...

But then I'd have to die to change my class.
What I want to do is not have a death penalty for changing class in your spawnroom.

[Bridget]

It can't be done manually with Lua (there's no switchclass() callback) until the development team hardcodes no suicides and instant class switching in spawns. However, ApplyToPlayer() can change people's team and class without a respawn or a suicide. You can make some brushes that change people to specific classes when they touch them. Unfortunately, that means taking up a lot of room in or around your spawn. I tested some of the following code (which probably sucks dick) and it works out if the class you're trying to switch to is enabled for your team with SetClassLimit().

baseClassChanger = trigger_ff_script:new({switchClass='class_name_here'})

scoutClassChanger = baseClassChanger:new({switchClass='Scout'})
sniperClassChanger = baseClassChanger:new({switchClass='Sniper'})
soldierClassChanger = baseClassChanger:new({switchClass='Soldier'})
demomanClassChanger = baseClassChanger:new({switchClass='Demoman'})
medicClassChanger = baseClassChanger:new({switchClass='Medic'})
hwguyClassChanger = baseClassChanger:new({switchClass='HWGuy'})
pyroClassChanger = baseClassChanger:new({switchClass='Pyro'})
spyClassChanger = baseClassChanger:new({switchClass='Spy'})
engineerClassChanger = baseClassChanger:new({switchClass='Engineer'})
civilianClassChanger = baseClassChanger:new({switchClass='Civilian'})


function baseClassChanger:ontouch(touch_entity)
	if IsPlayer(touch_entity) then
		local player = CastToPlayer(touch_entity)
		if self.switchClass == 'Scout' then
			ApplyToPlayer(player,{AT.kChangeClassScout})
		elseif self.switchClass == 'Sniper' then
			ApplyToPlayer(player,{AT.kChangeClassSniper})
		elseif self.switchClass == 'Soldier' then
			ApplyToPlayer(player,{AT.kChangeClassSoldier})
		elseif self.switchClass == 'Demoman' then
			ApplyToPlayer(player,{AT.kChangeClassDemoman})
		elseif self.switchClass == 'Medic' then
			ApplyToPlayer(player,{AT.kChangeClassMedic})
		elseif self.switchClass == 'HWGuy' then
			ApplyToPlayer(player,{AT.kChangeClassHWGuy})
		elseif self.switchClass == 'Pyro' then
			ApplyToPlayer(player,{AT.kChangeClassPyro})
		elseif self.switchClass == 'Spy' then
			ApplyToPlayer(player,{AT.kChangeClassSpy})
		elseif self.switchClass == 'Engineer' then
			ApplyToPlayer(player,{AT.kChangeClassEngineer})
		elseif self.switchClass == 'Civilian' then
			ApplyToPlayer(player,{AT.kChangeClassCivilian})
		else
			ApplyToPlayer(player,{AT.kChangeClassRandom})
		end
	end
end

[moosh]

Originally Posted by Bridget

It can't be done manually with Lua (there's no switchclass() callback) until the development team hardcodes no suicides and instant class switching in spawns. However, ApplyToPlayer() can change people's team and class without a respawn or a suicide. You can make some brushes that change people to specific classes when they touch them. Unfortunately, that means taking up a lot of room in or around your spawn. I wrote up some code for this, but it doesn't seem to work, and I am too lazy to figure out why.

Oh well. Thanks for trying though.

[Bridget]

Since edits don't update the thread, look above for (bad) workaround.