Welcome Message plugin

WelcomePlugin v1.3

-- Changes in v1.3 -- build by Gerald Jacobson
- Add a WecomePlugin.ini file to put in the data profile directory
- Allows you to set mass for given driver as soon as they join the server

Here an example to set the mass penality to 52kg for Gerald Jacobson
Code: 
[Gerald Jacobson]
mass=52
 
Gerald Jacobson said:
- Allows you to set mass for given driver as soon as they join the server
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One modification I'd like to see on this: if a driver doesn't need extra weight (in our league, it's only the top 5), can the execution of the /setmass command be skipped?

Other than this, it works like a charm!
 
Mee said:
One modification I'd like to see on this: if a driver doesn't need extra weight (in our league, it's only the top 5), can the execution of the /setmass command be skipped?

Other than this, it works like a charm!
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How do you see the ini file ? as i think this weight penaly is apply to the top 5 of the previous race and not the current rank in the session. So it is like you edit the ini by setting the 5 names and there penalities.

So please tell me how you think it should be.
 
The ini would have:

Code: 
[Driver 1]
mass=50

[Driver 2]
mass=40
...
[Driver 5]
mass=10
/stop

This mass is indeed from the previous race/standing in the championship, not from a current or previous session.
So when someone joins the server in practice the following days/weeks, the plugin checks if the name is in the WelcomePlugin.ini. If it is, it applies the given mass. If it isn't, it just does nothing.

Looking at your code, it think it's just a case of adding an if-statement:
Code: 
int mass = GetPrivateProfileInt(strDriver.c_str(), "mass", 0, iniConfigFilename.c_str());
[COLOR="#FF0000"]if(mass != 0)
{[/COLOR]
     std::ostringstream oss;
     oss << "/setmass " << mass << " " << strDriver.c_str();
     m_MessageQueue.push_back(oss.str());
[COLOR="#FF0000"]}[/COLOR]

:)
 
Thank you for this plugin- the setmass thing is as valuable as the Welcome text itself.

I'm very confused by the commands for mass though.

If I do not want to set extra mass for someone, do I simply do nothing?

If I want to add mass to a particular driver, is it still like this?
[Driver 1]
mass=50
 
I was just testing this on my server and v1.4 does not work to set the mass penalty. Before each line there is a /w command and I think that is negating the command to apply weight. I can still manually apply weight.View attachment 14090

This is what comes up once the plugin loads.

Many of our drivers have the [VSCR] tag on their name- could that cause a problem?
 
I just tried to have the lines to set the mass penalty only and it didn't help. (no welcome message and only 1 person getting the mass for a total of 2 lines)
 
You're doing it wrong mate.

The
[Richard Goodwin]
Mass = 32

Goes in to the INI file included in the download. This is then placed inside the server player data folder.

I don't know the correct name for it.....the one where the multiplayer json file is.

Edit: I dunno if the prefix is causing the issue. Just assuming you're doing it in the wrong file.
 
:o OK, I was putting the lines in the WelcomeText.txt instead of the WelcomePlugin.ini

But it still doesn't work. I added the weight penalty for myself and entered my server and nothing happens. Is there a limit to the number of people who can get a penalty? Could the [VSCR] tag mess up the command? Will the text come up in the chat box saying that the weight penalty has been applied? It does when I manually add weight to a car.
 
Yes, the text shows up.

Having those square brackets [ ] between the other brackets may well be the problem.
 
Hello,
WelcomePlugin v1.5

-- Changes in v1.5 -- build by Gerald Jacobson
- If the driver name contains bracket "[" or/and "]" (for those using tag prefix), in the ini section name, change those brackets by a star "*"
Ex: if the driver is named: [GR] Gerald Jacobson
The ini section must be:
[*GR* Gerald Jacobson]
 
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