Better Commander Chair Control Needed!

Jeepha · November 2002

<div class="IPBDescription">A way to 'lock' the comm for admins.</div> What is really needed here is a way for admins to 'lock' the Commander console so only certain players can use it. We run a public server and are in the process of training our clan Captains on the chair, but players keep 'booting' them out. We need to be able to prevent players from entering the console, or prevent admins from being voted out.

We had one player that would rush the console, quickly buy a bunch of nonsense to deplete resources, get ejected, come back with another WON id and do it again...was very annoying.

SpiritMaster · November 2002

Perhaps tying it to the mp_serverops cvar would be a good way?

bitnine · November 2002

Can't you just change the percentage of votes needed to 100% once the right person gets in the chair? Since they porbably won't vote for themselves to be booted (or rather they can't without getting out), it shouldn't be possible for a vote to succeed.

Jeepha · November 2002

Well, that only takes care of the ejection problem, we still need a way to 'reserve' the comm console for specific players.

SnappleS · November 2002

I don't like how in NS whoever gets to the commander chair first becomes commander. There needs to be a better way of deciding who commands. Yes, you can boot them out, but that takes time and in that time they may have wasted resources.

Morose · November 2002

There is only so much you can do on a public server guys. You need to weigh the benefits against any possible negative side effects of investing too much energy in this area. I think we'd all agree it would be pretty bad if you were all standing around trying to decide on a commander when the first skulks showed up. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'>

Jeepha · November 2002

I'm not saying make a permananent change to a public server..the way it is now is fine..but we also need a way to reserve the console when needed for admin use only. This feature would allow us to reserve the chair when needed, but normally it would operate as it does now.

Jeepha · November 2002

If we could temporarily use some sort of admin command that would allow only certain pre-defined players access to the commander console it would be better. This ability also should prevent ejection for these reserved commanders.

NS is a clan sport..not really an open public game...it would be beneficial to be able to pre-determine server commanders on a server...

Spetz · November 2002

I have also seen lamers who just run to CC, enter it, and sit there and do nothing. What we need is a kind of time related kicking. Say that if the commander doesn't build a spawn portal after 10 seconds he gets kicked. Of course, you would have some sort of on screen warning so as newbies know what is happening. The same sort of system could apply to an Armoury and Turret Factories in the base. This would stop the marines losing if they get a bad commander right at the start.

Thansal · November 2002

look, to solve your problem you have 2 choices:

1) private server (not such a bad Idea I will get back to this)

2) make your own admin mod plugin, right now there are more important things then alowing a server set up with only predefined ppl being able to enter the CC

as for a private server:

Pick up games, either advertise the serveron on other servers or advertise it here

if you advertise all you have to do is give each person the rules of the server (only these ppl can cmnd) and create a list of emails, thus allowing you to ban some one and then tell every one ELSE what the new PW is

ther eproblem solved, it shouldn't be that hard (btw I am willing to play on such a server so if you wana do it PM me)

Better Commander Chair Control Needed!

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