Hi,

I just released a WC:S beta version for interested server admins.
Please _don't_ ask for this if you don't own a server or know how to setup Eventscripts and ESTools.

You can find some information here:
Development status
New item format
New race format
Config part
and also important:
Some ingame screenshots

Requirements: ES 1.2+, EST 0.4x
If you server crashes often, try another EST version !!! Its known that on some systems EST will crash randomly... --> All EST versions
Mani Admin Plugin and cl_restrict_server_commands 0 are optional !
Listen servers are NOT supported by ES-Tools !! So start always a dedicated.

Info: With Mani v1.2 beta R+, EST will report a warning like:
WARNING: FUNCTION 0x690e0360 ALREADY HOOKED WITH DIFFERENT CLASS, NOT HOOKING!
I guess you can just ignore this, and I posted in the EST forum, maybe this warning will be fixed soon.

** To unlock the Predator race, remove all // at the bottom in es_WCSraces_db.txt **

known bugs:
- cleanup doesn't work so far. Try Vito's cleanup program instead

v0.70
- general: divided the script in 12 "subscripts", its a lot better for maintenance and you can reload single parts, like es_reload wcs/WCSraces if you updated the race file
- due subscripts, the required ES version is 1.3.000+ !
- general: colored messages
- optional WCSredirect script, redirects when server is full
WCSlanguage
- the language file is now much bigger, offering real multi-language support ! (for races/shop items) and new UTF-8 support (good for special chars like äüöß or even Chinese letters)
- new command: wcs_getlanguage <var> <identifier>
WCSshop
- recoded ! now with one main menu where you can choose categories (max 7) and in each max 9 items.
- new items: Boots of heavy armor, off-the-shelf boots, lightning flash, necklace of immunity, mole protectant, helm of excellence, helm of clear view, ahnk of reincarnation, amulet of the cat
- shopinfo leads now directly to the shop-category page, by pressing "7. buy"
- new "maxamount" setting to avoid multiple buying
WCStop10
- small bugfix, new command for admins: wcs_cleartop10
WCSusers
- new layout, filesize is about 6x SMALLER
- optional MySQL support
- resetskills: you can set a reset penalty (like 10%) in the config file
- showplayerinfo: completely recoded, with skills-spy and shows modified values like invis, gravity, speed, health, its stable now !
WCSfunctions
- givexp: bots supported, and negative amount (XP penalty)
- removed player_bomb and player_defuse for shop/race events, since nobody used it
- support for flash effects ! stronger/weaker flash
- saycommand savexp to save XP manually
- get/set player to write to .txt DB
- convert function to reduce .txt DB size !
- saycommand feedback, usage: feedback hello server admin
- saycommand wcsmenu (or wcs) for overview and selection of other menus
WCSraces
- new settings: maximum_level and teamlimit
- <admins> works now to allow only admins access to this race
- most races has been BALANCED
- recoded to enable real multi-language support
- new: Succubus Hunter (remember from v2.0.5, with skulls!)
WCSadmin
- new admin file, with flags support ! eg. just give admin rights to giveXP, not reset or reload mod
- menu: give 200/1000XP, give 2 levels, take 1 level, give $5000, reset current race, reset whole player
- settings: give all 500XP, clear top10, toggle friendlyfire, disable mod, reload mod
WCSsql
- new subscript, manages a remote MySQL database !
- new setting: wcs_cfg_enablesql (requires SourceUtils plugin!)
- you can disable the .txt file, when you enable SQL support


v0.68
** If you have v0.65, you only need to copy the changed es_wcs.txt ! **
- fixed: cannot find var wcs_damage (thx Vito)
- fixed: wcs_cfg_noshopmenu had no effect (thx squar)
- new config setting: wcs_cfg_friendlyexplosion (good against the Mole and Suicide Bomber effect!)
- change: Mole'd players cannot use suicide bomber (or similar) skills (thx Stylez)
- added: multiple ultimate cooldown timer (idea: squar)
- fixed: Players could plant warden on round end and damage players at spawn, the Wards still stay, but they don't attack in a new round (thx BrettLefty)
- fixed a rare ERROR: cannot find the <id> key on changerace menu
- added more debug info (only if wcs_debug=1, to find ES/EST warnings), will be removed in v1.0

v0.65a
- fixed: after being predator you cannot pickup any weapon (thx Vito, sorry guys)

v0.65
- added saving every X rounds (thx soundn3ko)
- fixed wards could be planted after "CT/T wins" (thx Keksi)
- fixing teleport mole (thx Vito)
- weaker playerflash with Orc Chain Lightning
- fixed rank 5 showed twice in top10
- fixed suicide bomber killing teammates or not counting as a kill credit (thx Mikael)
- fixed weapon pickup, even its restricted, use es_keysetvalue WCSuserdata event_var(userid) "restricted" "<weapon_name> OR <all>"
- support for ma_teleport, set wcs_noskywalking=0, this is a good option in CS:S, and very recommended with DOD:S ! (need Mani v1.2 installed)
- optimized some code for steamid/ip TODO uniqueid
- fixed a wrong status message of Crypt Lord
- added "shopalias" like "racealias"
- added wcs_giveitem, checks for dead players and stacks grenades
- fixed wrong info output in shopinfo
- added shopitem: Flamming Gloves of Warmth (thanks to Kal-El !)
- forcing est_AntiBufferOverun 1 (very good setting to avoid lag/crash)
- added shopitem: Mole
- fixed Fan of Knives skill (Warden)

v0.60
- public release
- some race balancing
- new races: Shadow Hunter, Warden, Crypt Lord, Predator (optional)
- fixed some small bugs
- updated language file, now including Swedish (thx Mikael)
- new code for an ability (like Serpent Wards)

v0.50
- fixed DOD:S, the gametype was not detected well (it's an ES error)
- new setting: wcs_cfg_dods_noshopmenu - you can disable the shopmenu and gain XP instead of "credits"
- powered up Devotion Aura
- fixed the shopmenu bug, that items didn't stay until death
- wcs_givelevel <id> <amount> <reason> included
- wcs_reload - reloads the race and shop

v0.49
- included a lot if performance optimizations (following a great guide in Mattie's forum)
- wcs_cleanup is now working !
a 1.7MB userfile cleanup needs about 40 seconds !! So use this with caution (at night, when nobody is playing...)
- separate language and config files - better for updating
- top10 alpha ! A ranking for your total (and current) race level
- races include now a "author" field
- fixed ultimates (like teleport) to be executed during the freezetime
- BOTs get no more XP ! (prevents big XP bonus for new players)
- added some missing est_csay messages
- 16000 credits limit (DOD:S)
- autocleanup at 6000 players (see config file)
- fixed a bug, where unauthorized people could start admin menu
- fixed the bug, that speed/levitation skill doesn't work (thx to Kramgo)
- fixed wrong message "You have max level reached", even if thats false (thx to Kramgo)
- recoded teleport skill, and new option wcs_noskywalking *hehe*
- new: ingame feedback formula !
- language "de" included
- added wcs_cfg_disabletextonlvl : high level players don't need help texts

v0.4 - initial beta version

You can always test WCS on my server, always the latest version: (but maybe a bit laggy, old hardware...)
84.16.235.32:27016 - Biergarten - FleXible-network.com | WCS alpha | Warcraft:Source WC3 !

BETA FAQ:
How do I install it ?
-> Extract the _full.zip file into the server directory, read the email !
If you have ES+EST installed, just copy the script folder.

Are levels/xp compatible to v2.0.x ?
-> No, every race has a _separate_ level now, so its incompatible

Whats the ultimate ? How to use it ?
-> "bind <key> ultimate" in console, or on the server say "bindmouse3" for automatic binding. Ultimates are always the last skill and there's a "cooldown" timer (see racefile)

My ultimate is not working !
-> some ultimates, like Entangle Roots or Suicide Bomber, work only if there are some enemies close to you. You can increase the range (also for teleporting) by leveling up.

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I got bored of reading it, but there were some pretty cool idea's in there, and osme which i think are bad idea's.

curse of fear sounds funny, would have to be carefully made so the effect isn't too extreme though. And so it looks cool

There are some skills there which are just repeated or slightly changed - but you cannt get away from that tbh - its very, very hard (if not almost impossible) to come up with a complete race with an entire set of new, never before seen skill set.

There are some very good ideas in there which have got me thinking....In fact - I'm off to get a notepad.....

Well, adding races is fairly simple, you get some unique skill idea's and put them in. And its easy to make them so their bug free, and balance isn't much of a problem either.

But helping with the actual coding is more of a challenge.

For example: I can easily write krypt there about 4-5 races, filled with unique bug free skills, and given a few hours easily balance them aswell. Probably not even a few hours.

However i cannot help him with the internal coding, because i simply haven't read through the whole thing to understand it. I would have to spend about half an hour to understand just how it all works. Maybe if you listed those bugs which you say are bound to exist, then they would be easier to point out fixes to, such as the bug of playerinfo (Names too long/miscellaneous characters crash server. Simple, do a check on name length, if its too long, cut it down, if it contains say the character ~ (Assume its an invalid character), then remove it. Or another way, only keep the characters that are a-z, 0-9, and whatever other ones you want)

Mind you this isn't a "plugin" . It's "just" an addon to eventscripts. This means you have way more boundaries than an actual plugin.  For the race part: you're right. I don't think the real version should have more than lets say 12 races ( still pretty much ).

For the add races part: I never heard anyone complain about archmage proudmoore, except for surf mods or so . What i'm saying is that you could request for adding your race to the standard version of the mod, as long as it's as expanding the mod as the other races ( Try to play with 4 shadow hunters in one team )

EVERY TIME you start up css, it checks if cl_restrict_server_commands is 1, if 0, change it to 1. Therefore, if you want you, and your clanmembers to always have clrsc to 0, go to your PERSONAL steam folder \steamapps\yourname\cstrike\cfg and open autoexec.cfg: Now, fill in: cl_restrict_server_commands 0

From now on, every time you start up css, you will have clrsc set to 0 ( you can do this with every command, such as cl_cmdrate, and other shit. )

mhhh.. yeah.. i knew about this
But our guests cant vote.. so they cant vote a map they want to play..
And seriously.. would u like to change this command in ur config before playin, or do u want to run the game and play?

and another thing... is it only on our server or did u get this problem from other servers?

I think there is a bug on the latest mani admin plugin :S