AMX Mod X 1.8.0 Changes

AMX Mod X 1.8 is a large release with many changes, both to the development API and user-mode features.

Per-Map Features

You can now have per-map prefix-based configuration files for plugins and .cfg scripts.

• configs/maps/prefix_<prefix>.cfg (for example)
  • configs/maps/prefix_de.cfg will run on any de_* map.
• configs/maps/plugins-<prefix>.ini (for example)
  • configs/maps/plugins-de.ini will load all contained plugins on any de_* map.

Command Flag Changing

You can now change the access flags required by commands without recompiling or editing scripts. AMX Mod X caches all command flags in configs/cmdaccess.ini, where they can be easily edited.

Ham Sandwich

Ham Sandwich is a very powerful module by sawce which can hook and call virtual CBaseEntity functions on a variety of mods. For more information, see the [[1]] file.

Dynamic Global Arrays

Also by sawce, dynamic global arrays are now available in AMX Mod X. You can read the full specs in [[2]].

Additionally, the hardcoded limits of a few plugins have been lifted:

• Admins are now dynamic and not limited to MAX_ADMINS.
• Mapchooser no longer has a predefined map limit.
• Maps menu no longer has a predefined map limit.
• imessage no longer has a predefined message limit.

Changelog

Overall Changes

• Added a new module, Ham Sandwich, for hooking virtual CBaseEntity functions in mods.
• Command flags are now initially dumped to disk and can be edited via configs/cmdaccess.ini.
• Added am48738: Romanian translation from X-5173.
• Added am50741 and am43830: per-map plugins files can now be prefixed based.
• Added amb17: New menu rendering is now more consistent; non-consistent controls are deprecated.
• Added amb32: The server console commands "amxx cvars" and "amxx cmds" can now filter by plugin.
• Added amb122: Log file names now include a four-digit year.
• Fixed amb18: New menus are now properly destroyed if overridden.
• Fixed amb46: is_user_bot had some false positives.
• Fixed amb69: Fixed Metamod trying to reload AMX Mod X against a poorly configured clock.
• Fixed amb207: New menus now display "0" instead of "10."
• Fixed amb208: New menus did not reset callback results after each call.
• Fixed amb200: Dynamic/fake natives were not re-entrant.
• Fixed amb244: Run-time errors blocked forwards.
• Fixed amb305: Core crashed on mods that removed the standard mp_timelimit cvar.
• Fixed many various internal new menu rendering and item selection bugs.

Scripting Changes

• All include files are now #pragma semicolon safe.
• New menu functions are now in a separate, newly documented include file (newmenus.inc).
• Added natives for dynamic global arrays.
• Added a new, magic any tag from SourceMod.
• Added a charsmax macro for safe sizeof(string)-1 usage.
• Added set_pcvar_string().
• Added LookupLangKey().
• Added SQL_QuoteString().
• Added [g|s]et_pdata_cbase[_safe]() to the Ham Sandwich module.
• Added geoip_code[2|3]_ex(), which address a serious issue in the now deprecated geoip_code[2|3]().
• Added lookup_sequence(), set_controller(), set_pev_string(), and pev_serial() to Fakemeta.
• Added ns_get_user_team.
• Added a menu property to change the numbering color.
• Added amb27: SQL_Rewind().
• Added amb37: cs_[g|s]et_user_submodel().
• Added amb38: cs_[g|s]et_user_lastactivity().
• Added amb39: cs_[g|s]et_hostage_lastuse() and cs_[g|s]et_hostage_nextuser().
• Added amb63: floatmin(), floatmax(), and floatclamp().
• Added amb76: Formatting functions can now use %x or %X for hexadecimal numbers.
• Added amb92: create_tr2() and free_tr2().
• Added amb205: cs_[g|s]et_c4_explode_time().
• Added amb216: SQL_MakeStdTuple() now has a timeout parameter.
• Added amb237: Fakemeta can now call "ServerPrint."
• Added amb242: cs_[g|s]et_user_hostagekills().
• Added amb245: precache_sound now returns a precache index.
• Added amb261: has_flag() and has_all_flags().
• Added amb291: cs_[g|s]et_c4_defusing().
• Added amb673: regex_compile() and regex_match_c for pre-compiling expressions.
• Added am46213: player_menu_info() now returns a page number.
• Added am51064: Some parameters to get_plugin are now optional.
• Added am50610: Some parameters to get_user_weapon are now optional.
• Added am48841: tfc_is_user_feigning().
• Added am45664: tfc_is_team_ally().
• Fixed am49337: get_pcvar_float() malfunctioned on high numbers.
• Fixed amb78: get_concmdsnum could return an incorrect result.
• Fixed amb85: Tag mismatches on ShowSyncHudMsg().
• Fixed amb90: set_native_filter() did not work in rare cases.
• Fixed amb107: socket_open() didn't return an error by reference.
• Fixed amb110: socket_change() could return 1 on certain failures.
• Fixed amb116: DispatchKeyValue() did not work on worldspawn (entity 0).
• Fixed amb230: radius_damage() didn't kill players on all mods.
• Fixed amb257: get_user_origin() mode 4 had false positives.
• Fixed amb343: TFC_ClearModel() did not function as documented.
• Fixed amb421: get_user_weapons() could omit a weapon on Day of Defeat.
• Fixed amb437: dod_set_user_kills() and dod_set_user_score() could mess up the scoreboard.
• Fixed amb519: geoip_code[2|3]() buffer overflowed on error.
• Fixed amb736: find_entity() was defined twice.
• Fixed a memory leak in SortCustom1D().
• Fixed a crash bug in fwrite_blocks().

Plugin Changes

• There is no longer a hardcoded limit to the number of admins.
• There is no longer a hardcoded limit to the map list.
• There is no longer a hardcoded limit to the number of "imessages."
• Added amb34: There are now plugin command/cvar menus.
• Added am45044: amx_banmenu now prints the ban time length.
• Added am43757: amx_addadmin now writes a comment with the player's name.
• Added am29353: amx_plugins now prints paginated output.
• Added am50742: admin.sma now supports prefix based per-map configs.
• Added amb28: statscfg.sma can now use translations.
• Added amb30: csstats_rankbots prevents bots from showing on /top15.
• Added amb31: plmenu.sma ban and slap options are now configurable.
• Added amb42: Added new values for amx_show_activity.
• Added amb51: amx_vote can now take more than two options.
• Added amb64: amx_voteban autodetects whether it should IP ban.
• Added amb307: amx_addban now caches the last ten connections.
• Added amb311: mapcycle file now ignores .bsp extensions.
• Added amb340: amx_ban/amx_banip now display a reason in the activity.
• Added amb427: Additional weapons to dod_[g|s]et_user_ammo().
• Added amb743: plmenu for cstrike has an option to move to spectator.
• Fixed amb29: pausecfg.sma did not translate two phrases.
• Fixed amb91: miscstats.sma truncated some language translations.
• Fixed amb94: amx_psay sometimes sent truncated messages.
• Fixed amb109: mapsmenu.sma now checks mapcyclefile before reverting to mapcycle.txt.
• Fixed amb118: amx_help would not list ADMIN_ADMIN commands.
• Fixed amb130: Various menus did not take ADMIN_ALL or ADMIN_ADMIN into account.
• Fixed amb183: plmenu.sma did not work on Natural Selection.
• Fixed amb196: amx_modules did not handle invalid modules properly.
• Fixed amb222: cl_rebuy could exploit CS weapon restrictions. This also makes CZ bots obey restrictions.
• Fixed amb228: amxmod_compat could cause set_user_hitzones() to break.
• Fixed amb350: traceline_set_float from the AMX Mod Compat layer was broken.
• Fixed amb467: conmotd.txt is now removed.
• Fixed amb633: Immune admins can now target themselves.
• Fixed amb790: admin.sma parsed beginning spaces incorrectly in users.ini.
• Fixed a potential exploit in adminslots.sma.
• SQL cvars are now protected.

Module Changes

• Fixed amb108: IP-based stats no longer include a port when saving.
• Fixed amb503: CSX did not set a META_RESULT when paused.