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(mod brew) voting disabled creates problem

by phoenixsux on 11/10/2007 10:08, 18 messages, last message: 11/15/2007 20:17, 1356 views, last view: 04/11/2024 01:50

i don't know if it works diffrently when using localhost and network/inernet connect but here's the situation:
(btw - i've never tried the commands online, just multiple clients and the decdicated server one one machine with
>\connect localhost
...)

it appeared that any client that used the SetMaster command would take the admin setting from the current master regardless of password (eg:
>\setmaster 1 anInvalidPassword
would still set them as an admin and steal the master token from the current master - thus why i've begun tweeking these commands)

so i tweeked the command to make it
>\setmaster 'pass'
so that the password is checked everytime with the master password.

(i'll later add in other commands - such as
\>private
\>public
or ect... to control the
\>setmaster 0,1,2,3 setting)

i then provided a command to enable/disable voting. master command:
>\allowvoting 1
or
>\allowvoting 0

i then made a sperate command:
>\open 'mapname'
this allows the client player to open a map for single player or editing purposes. (the command
>\map 'mapname'
is now only used for online map voting. otherwise they can't open a map for singleplayer purposes because they don't have any setmaster admin athourity - they aren't connected to a server to get it.)

now here's the problem i'm having:
by default voting is disabled. (an admin has to login on a client machine and toggle it on) When the server first starts up, it can't load it's default map because voting is disabled and the server doesn't have admin authority to over-rule the disabled voting. (otherwise everything is perfect) I figured it's not working because bassicly the server is doing a 100% vote for the default map before other players connect thus no longer works because voting is disabled.

so how can i give the dedicated server the setmaster token so that it can run scripts/startup-defaults as though it's an admin logged in?

i'll admit i'm kinda muttling my way through C but i'm doing alright. some of the semantics i don't understand -

such as why i can't do
bool allowvoting = true;

and can only do
bool allowvoting;

(something about the static/dynamic quality of the varable)

(the above would solve the problem although i'd rather have it's default set to false)

if there's some documentation i missed on how to disable voting with exsisting settings or such then feel free to rub my nose in it because i'm a firm beleiver in RTFM.

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by yvfc_cebtenzzre on 11/10/2007 10:34

if you're working with C++, how about you get a book on C++.

Most people who don't understand a programming language and ask for help without actually providing a testcase (a small example which they have written which demonstrates the problem they are having) can never be trusted to accurately describe their problem.

1. get a book.
2. paste a code example.

eg:

$ cat > test.cpp
int main(void)
{
bool foo = true;
return 0;
}

$ g++ test.cpp -o test && echo it worked
it worked
$

See... now I already knew that I can declare foo and initialize it at the same time, contrary to what you claim - why should we have to _guess_ what you mean.

I hope this demonstrates my point.