All About Eventscripts

Eventscripts is a VERY cool plugin for a counterstrike server. It allows you to customize how the game works in a whole lot of ways based on in-game-triggered events such as the start of a round, the death of a hostage, or even every footstep taken! With the event, you get information about what happened to who during the event and can program new behaviours for the server.

The Eventscripts on our Server

Grenades	shove + extra damage "big_blast" version we're using wanted: push should be in the correct direction
Wounds	decreased speed, increased gravity when wounded current version additional ideas: blood trail when health is really low?
Wager	outcome wagering current version also tried and discarded ex_bet
The Knife	knife kills give money, health current version
Headshot	counts successive headshots for a player Current version (link forthcoming) Is this even working anymore? Simple one to update.
Teams	simple sound and message when player joins/leaves a team Current version This could definately be improved on (I wrote it when I knew nothing, and it is the oldest, simplest way to implement as eventscript.) This notice could be an option in a good team balance script (see below under "Wanted".)
Ginger	says 'Hello Ginger' and 'Sutup Ginger' based on SteamID. Stupid little demo. see it here just a demo/test, not for long-term use

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Wanted

Voting	a better system of voting for maps: could be an eventscript? we use the voting in mani admin mod Wanted: old system used to track less-played maps and put them in the top of the list with a couple of player-nominations. Also would always wait for round-end before switch.
Balance	Team balance works great! But it seems amost abandoned. Could be an eventscript? should avoid switching live players unless necessary not too much activity, but enough to keep people from feeling frusterated
Chime	We used to have the server announce the time every 15 min or so. Useful to remind me to go to bed when its getting late! I'd love to have that back - eventscriptable? Certainly. Here's a starting point: http://forums.mattie.info/cs/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4854
Others?	You'll have other ideas! Bounce them off other players, write a script, let's test it out! Try to keep the effects subtle and quiet so they don't affect gameplay. Check the info in the next section.

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Learning about and using Eventscripts

I recommend you install a separate dedicated server to test your scripts. I think I buggered our server once while testing and it was a pain to reinstall - keep backups. Only happened one time and I'm not sure it was the eventscript I was testing. You are warned.

Dedicated server installations are available for windows and linux. Check out those Steam forum links.

Download	Download eventscripts Installs as a counterstrike plugin (easy). Active development, check frequently for updates, especially if steam breaks things with updates!
Forums	Eventscript discussion forms This is a big, busy place and looks daunting. Take some time and browse. Don't miss the "Script Categories" links down the left-hand side. Very useful for help with scripts. Lots of examples to work from.
Docs	Online Reference Documentation Examples, tutorials, getting started Triggered Events Hit groups
Tools	ES Tools is a set of "advanced commands" to make scripting easier. Very useful! ES_Tools documentation: look down the page for some of the cool functions you can add: (change weapon behaviour/availability, team membership, colour/speed/gravity/clothing, punishments, money, ...) ES_Tools download The ES_Tools discussion forum