Random Map cycle

Yes, how do I make a completely random map cycle while setting up my own server in Steam? This is for a listen server, btw. Yes, I could put random maps in my mapcycle.txt file, but, I have hundereds of maps...is there a special character or mapname I could put in the file to randomize every level change? Is this a server command? Is it possible?

not really in the right forum, but........

make a list of all your maps, but put them in a random order. copy the list to your mapcycle.txt :smile:

if you've got hundreds of maps, no-one should notice that they come in the same order all the time. if they do, they should take up proffesional card playing.

or adminmod, amxmod or the like have plugins that pick random maps to vote on.

www.amxmod.org

Sounds like a good application for some computer programming. Maybe I'll punch up a quick randomizer that generates a new maplist.txt for the day from the old one. In fact, if you have them set to cycle on some regular time period, it could work out exactly how many maps long to make the list. Then you run it every day at 12 AM (automate it with something) and boom, random maps daily.

Damn, that would be cool. I'll have to try it.

I thought like, write 7 mapcycles, and make them change every day, by using batchfiles

The Tuesday Batchfile would look like this:

@echo off

echo It is now TUESDAY

echo Changing Mapcycle from MONDAY to TUESDAY

rename mapcycle.txt monday.txt

rename tuesday.txt mapcycle.txt

echo Mapcycle switch succesful !

end

And then the Wednesday batchfile would look like this:

@echo off

echo It is now WEDNESDAY

echo Changing Mapcycle from TUESDAY to WEDNESDAY

rename mapcycle.txt tuesday.txt

rename wednesday.txt mapcycle.txt

echo Mapcycle switch succesful !

end

Then make a schedule to run the corresponding batch file at 0:00 every day, and it's set.

It's very primitive, but this way, you don't have to code in AMXmod :smile:

I found a vbs script that takes all of my bsps in my maps folder, puts them in my mapcycle.txt, and randomizess the list...it randomizes the maps every time I run the program....it is like 2 kbn's :smile:

Edit your post to be an answer, add a link to the program you found, then mark your answer as correct.

I'd like to know that program too ... is the source included ?

Its a VBS script... which is VB code in a text file, sorta like a batch file.

Oh what fun I had with VBS scripts "back in the day"...

oops, didn't read it .. thought it was an executable ... wel paste the link anyway !

I was working up a C program but I guess you found something.

You guys know about 'mapcyclefile' cvar on server? Right? Default value for it is "mapcycle.txt"... I wonder what happens if you change it to "mapcycle_monday.txt" ;D

I think its time an admin marked this as answered, even if he hasn't posted the link to that script.

hint hint eh ReNo :wink:

I'm happy to accept AMX Mod as the answer, it runs on hundreds of
servers i've played on and seems to do the job with a wide assortment
of bells and whistles as an extra option :smile:

Not at all Gwil, I'll wait til HL2 is out before I present my case for a staff position :razz: