Torque Admin System

#1 hmmm, heh, i used to run a NoESCape server for q2/3 and had like 10 regulars and gave them all addmin status , and you know it was the funest place to play on the net, cuz the trouble makers were gotten rid of fast,,,,then they came up with the banwidth capping crap and ruined running a server for me.

but ya ithink some of those features are a must for online play,,or else ya will always have them snot noesd brats that will try to ruin the game for every one

#2 i would love to see this as a ressource. this would be great.

#3 I would be interested In taking a look at this, I have a basic admin system, but is always interesting and helpful to see how someone else did it.

#4 I will also be interested to see this in the ressources.
Good work.

#5 I am sure you know my interest from the merid of rookie posts i have been making. I would love to look at it as a reference/learning tool. I am sure other "rookies" that come along that have absolutly no exp with the engine/scripting language (such as myself) would be ever so greatful for such a resource!

-Ron

#6 Absolutely!

#7 It would make an excellent resource. It will save a lot of people a lot of time, that's what this community is all about.

#8 It would be an awsome addition to add to the resources.

#9 Judging by the immensive support you are providing ..
I would say it would look very good in the resources :)
as I would add it to Our project here ..
and possibly maybe GG would concur if it is of quality

#10 The biggest problem is not the difficulty to code (I ahve coded several other admin mods before) but simply the lack of ability to test it with players.

Because of this it may take alittle while before it is availble as a resource cause I would not feel right about putting somethign up until it had been fully tested.

But it will be coming :)

#11 ok guys,

The admin menu system currently works like this.

%this.addAdminMenuItem("Main", 1, 1, "Change Mission", "$Server::Tournament && %client.testAdmin(TournamentForceMissionChange)", "AdminMenu.ListMenuData(%client, MissionType);");
	%this.addAdminMenuItem("Main", 1, 2, "Change Mission", "!$Server::Tournament && %client.testAdmin(FFAForceMissionChange)", "AdminMenu.ListMenuData(%client, MissionType);");
	%this.addAdminMenuItem("Main", 1, 3, "Vote to Change Mission", "$Server::Tournament && %client.testAdmin(TournamentVoteMissionChange)", "AdminMenu.ListMenuData(%client, MissionType);");
	%this.addAdminMenuItem("Main", 1, 4, "Vote to Change Mission", "!$Server::Tournament && %client.testAdmin(FFAVoteMissionChange)", "AdminMenu.ListMenuData(%client, MissionType);");

Basically, you have the menu name, the item number, the item option number, the text, the prerequisites and the command.

In the above example if "!$Server::Tournament && %client.testAdmin(FFAForceMissionChange)" is true then item option 1 is displayed. If it is not true then it tests the prerequisites of item option 2.

You can VERY easily alter this menu to add or remove options and not a thing has to be altered client side! :)


I have run into a few problems though. Not with the admin mod, it is working fine, but with how I am going to do it as a resource.

The problem arises from the fact that an admin mod has to have little sections in many parts of code. For example, you want your players to be able to mute other players, so it integrates into the messaging system. Sinbin locks "bad" players in observer mode and prevents them from changing out of it for x time, so it has to integrate into your observer mode code.

Another example is something as simple as changing a players team. I know what my games team change functions are called but what are yours?



So now I need to ask the obvious question. How would you guys like to see it as a resource?

1) A raw but working server side admin menu with client integration (you can click on client name to do things to that client) that you guys could build all your own admin stuff with

OR

2) A full admin system that will be a real headache to integrate into your game. It will work well, but it will not be easy to build it in due to its complexity.


For an idea as to what I am including in this mod, you should have a look at the bwadmin 5 site manual for Tribes 1 (which I wrote) http://mods.tribalwar.com/wizard/bwadmin/

#12 Very cool stuff. I can't wait to mess around with it!