Thread: RCON Menu - Linkcvar for Server Variables

Hello guys. I was looking to update the Weapons Control section of my admin mod. Currently there are 8 different "styles" to play. For example, cbweapons 1 will allow stock weapon choices, cbweapons 2 will give a sniper/rifle no matter what weapon you pick, cbweapons 3 will give you only a rifle.... the list goes on until you have the option to play with each of the weapons exclusively. I'd like to update this to something like "cb_rifles" with 1 or 0, "cb_shotty" with 1 or 0, so that I can allow admins to more dynamically assign weapon choices per map. I can take care of that no issue. But I don't want my admins to have to type "cb_rifles 1" "cb_shotty 0" "cb_sniper 0" "cb_pistol 0" every time... you get the idea. I was thinking of adding something like this to my RCON menu with commands linked for each weapon in a checkbox:

resource CheckBox
{
title "Pistols"
name "Default"
rect 455 235 100 20
fgcolor 0.70 0.90 0.00 1.00
bgcolor 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.80
borderstyle "3D_BORDER"
linkcvar "rcon pistols"
}

But the last line: linkcvar "rcon pistols", doesn't do anything. Linkcvar is only for user variables, like ui_minicon or forced models. Is there any way of using something like linkcvar so it shows a "live status" (checked for on, unchecked for off) of which variables are set to 1 and which are set to 0? I like the visual aspect of doing it this way.

As always, I appreciate any help in advance.

Thanks,

yea, linkcvar is for clientside only.
you need to send feedback to the admins via 'stufftext' every time a command change to make it work

also, it should be linkcvar "pistols", without the "rcon"

Edit: that would be for the visual feedback only
you will still need to send the command to the server from a button or something else

Thanks double, sending the command isn't a problem, I know how to do that. It's the visual part I can't figure out.

Zappa, thanks for the reply but I don't think I understand. What stufftext would I send to enable the checkbox to update for all admins in their menu?

Here's what I'm trying:

servercommandhandler.scr

servercommand local.player local.command local.args:

switch(local.command)
{
  case "cb_rifle":
				if(local.player isadmin)
                {
                //local.text = (local.command + " " + local.args)
				local.text = ("toggle " + local.command)
				local.cb_riflestatus = getcvar(cb_rifle)
				local.admin_name = netname local.player
				setcvar "currentAdmin" local.admin_name
				wait 1
				stuffsrv local.text
				wait 1
							for(local.i = 1; local.i <= $player.size; local.i++)
								{
									local.player = $player[local.i]
									if(local.i == 1 && local.player.dmteam == spectator)
										{
											// do nothing
											// because this might be a fake player
											// on a 'virgin' dedicated server
											// stufftexting will eventually crash the server
										}
								else
									{
										local.player stufftext ("setu cb_rifle" + " " + local.cb_riflestatus)
									}
								}
				}
  			break
}

rcontool.urc

resource
CheckBox
{
title "cb_rifle"
name "Default"
rect 455 235 100 20
fgcolor 0.70 0.90 0.00 1.00
bgcolor 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.80
borderstyle "3D_BORDER"
linkcvar "cb_rifle"
stuffcommand "scmd cb_rifle"
}

It all seems to work except the display on the menu resets to unchecked every time I close the menu. Any thoughts?

Good to know. I would have never guessed that.

I think another issue was I was getting the cvar before I was actually changing it, so I reordered a few things in the servercommandhandler:

servercommand local.player local.command local.args:

switch(local.command)
{
  case "cb_rifle":
				if(local.player isadmin)
                {
				local.text = ("toggle " + local.command)
				local.admin_name = netname local.player
				setcvar "currentAdmin" local.admin_name
				wait 1
				stuffsrv local.text
				wait 1
				local.cb_riflestatus = getcvar(cb_rifle)
					for(local.i = 1; local.i <= $player.size; local.i++)
						{
							local.player = $player[local.i]
							if(local.player != NULL)
								{
									local.player stufftext ("setu cb_rifle" + " " + local.cb_riflestatus)
								}
						}
				}
  			break
}

And that seems to keep the checkbox showing an accurate variable. scmd cb_rifle toggles the setting on/off just like it should and that updates the local variable through the stufftext. Now I just need to use the connect event to push the stufftext to all the new people joining the server (or new admins authing in to use rcon).

Thanks for your help. I'll post this up when it's done for anyone interested.

Good to know.

I was wondering if there's a way to make this more fluid, so I didn't have to make a case for each weapon selection. Something like this:

case "cb_rifle":
				if(local.player isadmin)
              {
				local.text = ("toggle " + local.command)
				local.admin_name = netname local.player
				setcvar "currentAdmin" local.admin_name
				wait 1
				stuffsrv local.text
				wait 1
				("local." + local.command + "status") = ("getcvar(" + local.command + ")")
					for(local.i = 1; local.i <= $player.size; local.i++)
						{
							local.player = $player[local.i]
							if(local.player != NULL)
								{
									local.player stufftext ("set " + local.command + " " + ("local." + local.command + "status")
								}
						}
				}

But no luck with that. Is something like this possible? Or will I need to make a new case for each weapon I want to toggle?