Sometimes, you can be playing at CTWF and you find the same map appears for 2 or 3 matches in a row, and some you never seem to see at all.

What if we were to have say exactly 6 maps per round (that's 72 maps).
Over 6 matches each map for each round gets played once.

So, if you happen to join the server at the start of match 1 of 6, and play for 6 matches, you will play every map once and no map twice.
The order they play in is, of course, random.

Not sure how to modify the script, some kind of routine that runs once every 6 matches to feed each map into a multidimentional array (whatever that is), then the script would read from that round by round. I would need help from the more experienced programmers on this.

Anyway, what do you think of the idea?
We would need lots of maps and idea's from you lot if we are to pull it off.

good idea
but i think that the maps should remain structured

but to do this fox 6 matches you could keep an array of maps played
i would assign an array of however many maps there are with a value 0
one the map is played set it to 1 then if the array of that map number is 1 create a new random number

once all maps for the round have been played reset those to 0

thats what i would do there may be a better way though.

Yes, they will still be assigned to a round. Just this way ensures more balancing of maps.

do you understand my idea its a bit wiredly stated
i would much rather have coded it
like

at start initialization


now when a map is picked lets assume the first 6 maps are for the first round


I forgot about the check to see if all maps in that round have been played so here that is this would be first match


EDIT: LAST CODE UPDATED

That could work.
Or, since the maps are based in mysql, as a map is played mark it as such so it wont get played again.
Until there are 72 marks, then they all get wiped and it starts again.
that would be a very simple mod to the script we already have.

Good: No duplicate maps. We can experience several cool maps.

Bad: Cramming for 72 maps. Meaning, putting in even the bad ones.

Why don't you just do 5 per round. 60 maps. Make it easier.

Make it easier?
Why would I want to make it easier?
I remember making 12 maps in 3 days for CTWF. Most of them are still there.
This wouldn't happen in a rush anyways.

[quote="Durka"]Bad: Cramming for 72 maps. Meaning, putting in even the bad ones.[/quote]where are the bad maps??


Ed: why have a set amount of maps per round since chico has a bunch of maps and others have very few. resetting a round at a time would still be better i think than just resetting 72 maps at once

I wouldn't fix the number of maps per round.
Just mark every map that's played, then if for one round all maps have been played mark all maps in that round as “not played” and randomly select a new map.

That would be really easy to implement, and you could be sure that in (highest number of maps in a round)*2 - 1 matches you'd have played every map at least once.

Something like that.

Having a set number of maps per round makes it way too difficult for you to test new maps, Ed. I agree with wrtlprnft. Just set each map as played in the database and query only maps that are unplayed and pick one randomly. If no maps are unplayed, then clear the played setting on all and try again... If no maps are unplayed the second try, that means you have no maps for that round.

I like how ed has it setup to go by categories, however sometimes my favorite maps are stuck in a category with a lot of entries and it rarely comes up. Also with a random number generator you can get the same map 2 times in a row.

Kyle's idea is very good, I wrote something similar into my script.
I tag each map into an array for selection and make sure a certain number of rounds have passed before a map will show up again. and at no time does the array ever get cleared. it's setup on a "first in" "first out" basis and when a map exits the array its once again placed into the pool of available maps. you need to keep a large enough pool or the selection will no longer be random and you might as well use an incrementing number.

This should be fixed already. Though it is still possible that the same map gets played two times in a row (without us interfering), but this should be very unlikely, the probability is something around (numer of maps in that round)^(-2) for every round played.