Thread: GU user prioritisation

Last night the GU CSS server was full, and at least half of them weren't GU'ers - was great to see the server full but trouble is a number of GU'ers were trying to get in but couldn't because the server was full.

Can we get something set up so that GU members have a higher priority getting into the server?

Dunno if it can boot a non-GU'er to let a GU member in (sounds kinda harsh) but at least something that gives them priority when waiting.

I know it doesnt happen very often but it still would come in handy.

OD used to have a system where we would put a line in our configs that would recognise us as GU users, that was a long time ago tho and steam has changed a lot

internode do it to internode clients.. from memory..

Originally Posted by MetalAttack

internode do it to internode clients.. from memory..

Which is so easy for them, as they know the IP ranges for their clients. Absolutely impossible for me.

It's something that I will consider re-coding if the GU servers are regularly full and gu people have issues getting in. At the moment that is just not the case.

What I am thinking of doing is removing unused game servers and bumping the capacity of the more used ones.

OD

that sounds good.. and yeah i know its easier for node.. i dont care either way gu servers FTW

static ip address ftw

mani admin i think has some sort of prioity slots or something.... but i cant rember how it works

can't work by STEAMID?

i might have a looksee around to see if there is anything...

edit: reserved slots for GU donators over GU members i think would be the go. make it a bit fairer for those who have given money to the new server

maybe this will work?

Reserve Slots

Included is a basic reserve slot manager. To enable the reserve slot manager set cvar mani_reserve_slots 1
The reserve slot manager requires that you allocated a certain amount of player slots so that players who are in the reserveslot.txt file and/or adminlist.txt file can join without waiting for the server to be not full.
The amount of reserve slots that you wish is defined in the cvar mani_reserve_slots_number_of_slots
If you wish players setup in the adminlist.txt file to be include as reserve slotplayers set the cvar mani_reserve_slots_include_admin 1
If you wish a player to be immune from being kicked when a reserve slot player joins but you don?t want to give them reserve slot join privileges then add them to the imunnitylist.txt with the ?n? flag.
There are two types of reserve slot strategy available: -

Allow Reserve Slots to fill

This is set by defining cvar mani_reserve_slots_allow_slot_fill 1
In this mode only the reserve slots can be used by players defined in the adminlist.txt file and reserveslot.txt file.
In this mode it will not kick existing players from the server to make way for a reserve slot player.

Keep Reserve Slots free

This is set by defining cvar mani_reserve_slots_allow_slot_fill 0
In this mode the reserve slots are used solely as a buffer for people joining.
Once a player has connected the reserve slot manager will determine if the player is on the reserveslot.txt list and kick an existing player if the server is full making the reserve slots free again.

Kick method

There are two ways in which the system will determine who should be kicked:

Ping
In this mode the player with the highest ping will be disconnected (spectators are chosen first before active players)
For this method set your cvar mani_reserve_slots_kick_method 0

Time Connected
In this mode the player with the shortest connection time will be disconnected (spectators are chosen first before active players)
For this method set your cvar mani_reserve_slots_kick_method 1

Redirection to another server
If a player is not allowed onto the server you can setup a cvar to redirect the player to another of your servers.
Set cvar mani_reserve_slots_redirect to your chosen server (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:port)

http://www.mani-admin-plugin.com/man...tion/index.php

I know how to do it - the issue is integrating it into the forums.

For now, the GU CSS server has been bumped to 20 players.