Borked Teleports in Deathmatch

[r00k]

Ok so I went to dm.clanhdz.com:26001 and couple old timers having a dm game on E2M6. I was spec and they started talking aobut the teleport in the bottom room u cant get out of that room.
When you try to walk thru the teleport it just plays the water sound, BUT if u rj to the top center edge it triggers a teleport back to itself so u spawn nearby, same room.

So this will fix that.

But the player just needs to know to rj on top of the teleporter,,,

In triggers.qc
find

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void() teleport_touch =

just above that add

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entity(string cname) SelectSpawnPoint;

Add..

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      //-----[Hacks for broken teleporters in deathmatch 1 mode]---------<<<<
      if ((world.model == "maps/e2m6.bsp") && (other.origin_z < -827))
         t = SelectSpawnPoint("info_player_deathmatch");
      
      if ((world.model == "maps/e1m7.bsp") && (other.origin_z < -827))
         t = SelectSpawnPoint("info_player_deathmatch");
      //--------------------------end


above this line...same function.

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      setorigin (other, t.origin);
      other.angles = t.mangle;


...

in client.qc define

as

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/*
============
SelectSpawnPoint

Returns the entity to spawn at
============
*/
entity(string cname) SelectSpawnPoint =
{
   local entity spot, e;
   local float f, n;

   spot = lastspawn;
   
   // counter bumped in void() info_player_deathmatch =
   n = dm_spawns;

   if (n < 1)//at least do once
      n = 1;
                  
   while (n)
   {      
      spot = find(spot, classname, cname);
   
      f = 0;      
      n = n - 1;      
      
      if (spot != world)
      {
         if (spot != self.trigger_field)
         {
            e = findradius (spot.origin, 32);         
            while (e)
            {
               if ((e.classname == "player") && (e != self))
               {
                  e = world;
                  f = 1;
               }
               else
               {
                  e = e.chain;
               }
            }
         }
         else
         {
            f = 1;
         }
         
         if (f == 0)
         {
            lastspawn = spot;
            return (spot);
         }
      }      
   }   
   return (lastspawn);
};


Now u jump to a random dm spawnpoint

[Seven]

Hello r00k,

I bet you wrote this code on a small paper beside your keyboard, while playing
Very good hack, r00k.

Using your own words from another thread, which I will never forget:
"These kind of things keeps us old guys in shape"

Thank you
Seven

[r00k]

Thanks Seven,
Though it's not robust at all. I chucked this into CAx, knowing that deathmatch 1 will always be set, though if one uese this in a mod that handles coop it might break the exits without testing for maxplayers > 1 or deathmatch or teamplay ...
a better fix might to create dynamic spawnflags for the exits themselves.