force spectate by steam id?

[GambiT]

lol, this is a serious question...

is it possible via LUA or some other means to have certain steam ids forced into spectate and spectate only?

[GambiT]

nobody knows?

yes,no,maybe???

i have a very good reason for this but dont care to start a flame war...

[Dr.Satan]

I think if you had a dev on your side it would be possible, but I'm going to doubt that currently there is a bit of code to get the steam ID of a person.

Possible sometime, yes.

Possible now, I doubt it.

[cownaetion]

I don't know anything about administering a server but when you ban someone doesn't it use their Steam ID as the unique identifier? If that's the case then could someone make a simple mod to map those Steam ID's on to a spectator list instead of a ban list? I'm sure your right by saying it's not possible now but I'm sure a simple mod could, no? This is all theory as I've never ran a server except when testing maps, which doesn't count...

[Dr.Satan]

yeah I'm sure someone could pull it off with SM or something.

Ask the guys at Allied Moderators if they can do it.

[Tsukasa]

Originally Posted by GambiT

lol, this is a serious question...

is it possible via LUA or some other means to have certain steam ids forced into spectate and spectate only?

Gambit, title your shit better. possible or not? doesnt cut it.

[GambiT]

ask nicely and i'll consider it...


EDIT: to put it as simply as i can put it(remembering that i am lua ignorant it is also the best i can put it)

"if player is "steam id" then force spectate"


thats what i want

[Skanky Butterpuss]

if you figure this out, code my steamID to get quad damage and inculnerability and no conc effect and infinite nades plz

[squeek.]

local steamid = player:GetSteamID()
ConsoleToAll( "SteamID: "..steamid )

See what it comes out with and go from there.

[cownaetion]

Originally Posted by squeek

local steamid = player:GetSteamID() ConsoleToAll( "SteamID: "..steamid )


See what it comes out with and go from there.

I'm just copying/pasting here so I'm sure this isn't correct but maybe something like this:

function trigger_ff_script:spawn() 
	
     if IsPlayer( trigger_entity ) then
          local player = CastToPlayer( trigger_entity )
          
          //making up these lines
          for ( var i=0; i < listOfSteamIds.length; i++) {
               if (player.steamid == listOfSteamIds[i]) {
                    //no clue if these are right, just copy/paste/replaced with false
                    redspawn = { validspawn = false }
                    bluespawn = { validspawn = false }
                    greenspawn = { validspawn = false }
                    yellowspawn = { validspawn = false }
               end
          end
end

Will not automatically have them join Spectator but considering they can't or won't be able to spawn, nothing else really. I don't know if that's the method call to disable spawning, I just quickly browsed the LUA files and saw spawn

[GambiT]

so can i get a definite "code" on it?

with lets say 12345 and 6789 as the steam id's and i'll figure it out from there..

[GambiT]

can somebody please give me a code i can test?


i have a very good reason for needing this...

[GeoKill----->]

To not allow them to play your map? and just spec it?

[GambiT]

i didnt want to turn this into a flame fest, but yes that is the reason.

this is for the beta maps mainly, i cant see doing this for finals, thats something you cant undo once done ya know.

why does it matter what my reason is? if you know how to get it to work then tell me how, i shouldnt have to explain my reasoning behind something in order to get the LUA team ppl to help me.

[cownaetion]

I'll try to see if that piece of code will work later tonight Gambit and post the results. I can't guarantee anything so don't put all your hopes on me please

[GeoKill----->]

Well if you do this with Lua, it could be easily be edit out.

[fishBurger]

Yeah any server admin could adjust the lua to remove said restrictions, or restrict other players for their own purposes.

[GambiT]

and??


what if i only run the map on my server? and dont let ppl download the LUA?? then they can ONLY play it on my server.

i can be a real dick about this, but im not, i havent gone into detail as to why i want this, mainly because its none of your damn business to be completely honest. if you know how to do it please tell me.




i was not being mean in this post

[Jester]

if player:GetSteamID() == 1234 then
     switchteam( player, player:GetTeamId(), Team.kSpectator )
end

I saw the switchteam function in the quad LUA, but I don't know if this is how it can be used, worth a shot. Also, I would put this in the player_spawn function so it switches them each time they try to choose a team.

EDIT: I don't think the steamid checks will work I just tried this in a LAN:

if steamid == STEAM_ID_LAN then
	player:AddAmmo( Ammo.kGren1, 4 )
end

And no grenades were added(starting with 0 as a spy).
And steamid is being declared using squeek's code above.

[GambiT]

sweet, now i just need Zips steam id





haha