mymap random

[console]

Howdy,

Added a "mymap random" command...

If you don't like what you get, you can try it again... or just pick some map you prefer if you didn't like the random ones.

Hopefully it doesn't cause too much spam with people doing "random" over and over... we'll see...

Lemme know how it goes

Thx,

[[BTF]DeathStalker]

Cool, we'll see

[Jay Dolan]

Note to self, never create "random.bsp"   

[{TNP}Dukie]

Hopefully it doesn't cause too much spam with people doing "random" over and over... we'll see...

   Surely you jest

Just a suggestion:  "mymap random" if you choose it should be unchangeable until that map is played and eveyone should have to suffer through it.

It's a gamble and should not be used lightly

Otherwise the spam is a sure thing!

[The Dreaming Dragon]

Does the randomness discount maps that have been played recently? Like,will q2dm1 come up from the random selection even though it was just played previously?

[[BTF]n0ctuary]

what if you could mymap a given map and have the server choose a random config? You would type "mymap q2dm1 random" and it would have infinite ammo and no health, or some such thing.  I think that would help spice up the rotation on vanilla a little.

[console]

Note to self, never create "random.bsp"

Indeed.  I mulled over using some other syntax that wouldn't conflict with a possible map named "random", but it seemed like one of those cases where the perfect was the enemy of the good.

I guess if we ever encounter a map called random.bsp, I'll have to rename the file. 

Does the randomness discount maps that have been played recently?

Yes, it only selects from the set of maps that are currently available.

what if you could mymap a given map and have the server choose a random config? You would type "mymap q2dm1 random" and it would have infinite ammo and no health, or some such thing.  I think that would help spice up the rotation on vanilla a little.

Someone on IRC requested that, too.  Sounds fun, I'll add it if I have time.


Regards,

[Jay Dolan]

A new command would avoid any possible level naming collisions, e.g. "myrmap" or simply "rmap" (I used "rmap" in the QMass mod).  Of course, it'd be yet another command you'd have to document, and yet another command which users would have to be made aware of and learn to use.  Unless you find a good level named random.bsp, I don't forsee your approach to be problematic.   

[X'tyfe]

now this is cool will get alot of use from me