Left 4 Dead has a new VGUI voting system, it's controlled by a bunch of events. You can use either a string from the resource file, or L4D_TargetID_Player which will let you create any vote you want.
How voting works
- Server sends a vote_started event
- Servers sends a vote_changed event
- Clients use the "Vote" command to register their votes ("Yes" or "No"), after which the server sends a vote_cast_yes or vote_cast_no event, followed by a vote_changed event with updated numbers.
- Server ends the vote by sending vote_ended event, followed by a vote_passed or vote_failed event.
Server Entity
The server should update this as appropriate. Unfortunately, the valid values for m_iActiveIssueIndex is unknown.
| Name:
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vote_controller (CVoteController)
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| Structure:
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| int
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m_activeIssueIndex
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Number of the active issue
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| int
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m_onlyTeamToVote
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Corresponds to VoteStart's team argument.
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| int
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m_votesYes
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Current Yes votes
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| int
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m_votesNo
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Current No votes
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| int
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m_potentialVotes
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Number of players eligible to vote
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Console Commands
Vote
Note: This command is only valid when a vote is ongoing.
| Name:
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Vote
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| Structure:
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| string
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option
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"Yes" or "No"
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Events
Note: team is -1 when sent to all players)
vote_ended
| Name:
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vote_ended
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| Structure:
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vote_started
| Name:
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vote_started
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| Structure:
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| string
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issue
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| string
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param1
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| byte
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team
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| long
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initiator
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entity id of the player who initiated the vote
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vote_changed
| Name:
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vote_changed
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| Structure:
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| byte
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yesVotes
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| byte
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noVotes
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| byte
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potentialVotes
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vote_passed
| Name:
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vote_passed
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| Structure:
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| string
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details
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| string
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param1
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| byte
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team
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vote_failed
| Name:
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vote_failed
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| Structure:
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vote_cast_yes
| Name:
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vote_cast_yes
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| Structure:
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| byte
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team
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| long
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entityid
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entity id of the voter
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vote_cast_no
| Name:
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vote_cast_no
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| Structure:
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| byte
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team
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| long
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entityid
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entity id of the voter
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Example voting plugin
This is a basic plugin that starts a vote, "Is gaben fat?". It does not ensure the same client does not vote multiple times, nor does it actually kick the user.
#include <sourcemod>
int g_iYesVotes;
int g_iNoVotes;
#define MAX_VOTES 4
public void OnPluginStart()
{
RegConsoleCmd("testvote", Callvote_Handler);
RegConsoleCmd("Vote", vote);
}
public Action Callvote_Handler(int client, int args)
{
Event event = CreateEvent("vote_started");
event.SetString("issue", "#L4D_TargetID_Player");
event.SetString("param1", "Is gaben fat?");
event.SetInt("team", 0);
event.SetInt("initiator", 0);
event.Fire();
g_iYesVotes = 0;
g_iNoVotes = 0;
UpdateVotes();
return Plugin_Handled;
}
public void UpdateVotes()
{
Event event = CreateEvent("vote_changed");
event.SetInt("yesVotes", g_iYesVotes);
event.SetInt("noVotes", g_iNoVotes);
event.SetInt("potentialVotes", MAX_VOTES);
event.Fire();
if (g_iYesVotes + g_iNoVotes == MAX_VOTES)
{
PrintToServer("voting complete!");
event = CreateEvent("vote_ended");
event.Fire();
if (g_iYesVotes > g_iNoVotes)
{
event = CreateEvent("vote_passed");
event.SetString("details", "#L4D_TargetID_Player");
event.SetString("param1", "Gaben is fat");
event.SetInt("team", 0);
event.Fire();
}
else
{
event = CreateEvent("vote_failed");
event.SetInt("team", 0);
event.Fire();
}
}
}
public Action vote(int client, int args)
{
char arg[8];
GetCmdArg(1, arg, sizeof arg);
PrintToServer("Got vote %s from %i", arg, client);
if (strcmp(arg, "Yes", true) == 0)
{
g_iYesVotes++;
}
else if (strcmp(arg, "No", true) == 0)
{
g_iNoVotes++;
}
UpdateVotes();
return Plugin_Continue;
}
See the following images for examples what this looks like:
http://devicenull.org/temp/l4d_question.jpg
http://devicenull.org/temp/l4d_result.jpg
See Also
