Like with states, allows reuse and prevents missing elements and uses the Lua engine to do the lookup instead of the Lua parser. Slightly faster, but may not be directly obvious in use.
This gamemode is a simple proxy to allow the servers to be listed as "Prop Hunt" (using 'gamemode prop_hunt') while in reality playing "Prop Hunt Extended". This is primarily intended for servers where the barebone Prop Hunt configuration is active.
The original game mode had a Scoreboard and now Prop Hunt Extended also has one. As usual, it has separation by team (Spectator, Hider, Seeker) and has the game mode logo in the top left. This score board is kept very simple and is non-interactive.
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This allows checking if the player is actually alive according to the current player class. Some classes are alive to the game, but not to the actual game mode, for example Spectators are alive, but not really.
Garry's Mod registers lua files in the order they appear, and will immediately run cl_init.lua once it is registered. This occasionally caused includes to error.
This feature allows Hiders to easily tell which prop they will turn into if they press Use. As always, it can be fully configured and even turned off. By default it is enabled and set to Approximate mode.
In Approximate mode, the client is responsible for guessing the best match to the Use key, but does not have any actual influence on what they will really turn into. This will in most cases be enough, as the internal Use test relies on the forward vector, which is checked by this mode. For those requiring more accuracy, there is the Accurate mode.
In Accurate mode, the server is responsible for exactly knowing the best match to the Use key and sending this to the user. This has a server performance impact that scales with the player base and the rate at which these updates are performed can be configured. This mode is affected by lag and packet loss, so only really useful for high performance LAN servers or testing.
The meta object is extended by some commonly used functionality that Garry's Mod does not expose directly. Some of these are Server only and will produce wrong results on the Client, also due to Garry's Mod not exposing things properly.
Support for the reflect setting (mp_friendlyfire 2) now properly works and will no longer spew lua errors into the console, while also logging who damaged who with how much damage. This info is critical to server owners that want to know what exactly went down in a match with this option enabled.
Even though git internally knows the difference between upper and lower case, all of it's commands rely on the file system to do so as well. This results in incorrect behavior when renaming A to a for example, as the source and destination is identical on the file system according to git. Windows does support such renames, but git seems to shit itself.
Name plates are an easy way to identify other players without looking at them or relying on the Target id to appear (which should no longer happen). Several new cvars have been added to make this possible:
- ph_nameplates_show: Show or hide name plates.
- ph_nameplates_scale: World scale, a value of 1 makes 1 pixel equal 1 unit.
- ph_nameplates_height: Height above the player.
- ph_nameplates_tint_hue
- ph_nameplates_tint_saturation
- ph_nameplates_tint_value
- ph_nameplates_tint_health: Tint nameplate using the remaining health, 100% health = green, 0% health = red.
- ph_nameplates_tint_team: Tint nameplates using the players team.
Before the 13th June 2016, the gamemode was indeed largely based on the version Kow@lski released to the Workshop (which was based on the original version AMT released). On 13th June 2016, I took it upon myself to completely rewrite the existing game mode to future proof it for years to come and make it incredibly easy to change.
This means that after the 13th June 2016, the sole author was and still is Michael Fabian 'Xaymar' Dirks.
The code was previously uploaded to GitLab on my own server, but that will soon no longer be available. Before this happens, here is the code and all updates that were done over there (matching the current released version).
# 27.12.2016 19:17
- Fixed ph_debug_log not showing player taunts.
- Fixed ph_taunt_hiders and ph_taunt_seekers showing left over code debugging messages.
- Fixed ph_teams_weighted the Seeker team, causing players winning Seekers to stay on the Seeker team.
- Added client and server camera ConVars (ph_camera_).
- Fixed camera collisions not using smooth transitions.
- Fixed player model incorrectly hiding too early.
# 18.12.2016 00:55
- Fixed ConVars not being taken from 'Start New Game' menu.
- Added descriptions for each Console Variable.
- Fixed Lua Error appearing when pressing Q as Spectator or Seeker.
- Fixed automatic Taunt Pack loading being overridden by ConVars.
- Fixed Blind Time being stuck at 0 seconds.
# 20.08.2016 18:24
- Fixed: Team Swapping now actually works instead of breaking when there is less than 4 players.
- Changed: Slightly reduced Prop Hitbox size to fix players getting stuck on each other.
# 20.07.2016 21:27
- Fixed a bug which would create both a clientside and a serverside ragdoll on listen servers.
- Added support for MapVote.
- Fixed PostMatch not checking for Round Limit and Map Limit properly.
# 20.06.2016 20:52
- Added taunting ability (ShowSpare1) and convars to define custom packs.
- Added ph_teams_weighted that will assign players using a weighted Score.
- Added convar to unlock Hider rotation to 3-Dimensional mode. (ph_hider_allow_full_rotation)
- Added debug command to print game statistics. (ph_debug_stats)
- Fixed Prop Rotation randomly being delayed by sending additional information.
- Fixed ph_teams_randomize that would assign all players to Seekers.
- Fixed a bug with ph_round_timelimit that made it ignore the blind time or double it.
- Changed Team convars to use the ph_teams_ prefix instead.
- Updated Game UI to look a little bit more modern.
# 19.06.2016 16:58
- Implemented a Gamemode hook to respect the current mp_friendlyfire setting. (0 = Off, 1 = On, 2 = Self-Damage)
- Implemented network messages for synchronized Kill Notifications.
- Implemented ConVars for Taunts for Seekers & Hiders. (ph_taunts_seekers,ph_taunts_hiders)
- Fixed a bug in which Seekers would be able to sprint while sprinting was disabled (and the other way around).
- Implemented Team randomization for 'Original' Gametype. (ph_round_randomizeteams)
Michael Fabian 'Xaymar' Dirks