SourceBans

I thought this wasn't possible in the Source Engine, but I guess if Mani can do it too. We'll have to talk to BAILOPAN to see if he can implement this into SourceMod.

That's pretty slick.

Does the chat box auto open? Either way, I'm guessing it sends a message to the client saying send the reason in all chat and then waits for their next message.

Opening the chat box could be trivial. The key people press to open the chat box is probably bound to a console command. If we can find that command, we can probably run it with ClientCommand(). Since admins can bind people's keys with cexec, I think we should be able to run the command.

Sending a message and then waiting for the next message the admin sends and using that as the reason is pretty trivial.

Here's the code:

// Global array
new Handle:ownReasonPacks[MAXPLAYERS] = {INVALID_HANDLE, ...};

// Hook the say console command in OnPluginStart
RegConsoleCmd("say", ClientChat, "Sends a chat message.");

// We have entered the reason menu handler ********************

// client is the admin
// target is the person to ban
// length is the length of the ban

// If the admin is using the own reason option
if (param2 == "ownreason")
{
   // Pack up ban data (client to ban, time to ban for)
   new Handle:pack = CreateDataPack();   
   WritePackCell(pack, target);
   WritePackCell(pack, length);
   ResetPack(pack);

   // Store the datapack
   ownReasonPacks[client] = pack;

   PrintToChat(client, "Please type the reason in all chat and press enter.");

   // If there is some command to open the chat box, this would be the time to exec it
}

// We have left the reason menu handler ********************

public Action:ClientChat(client, args)
{
   // Is this user preparing to ban someone
   if (ownReasonPacks[client] != INVALID_HANDLE)
   {
       // Get the reason
       decl String:reason[256];
       GetCmdArgString(reason, sizeof(reason));

       // Yes they are, get the ban details
       new target = ReadPackCell(ownReasonsPacks[client]);
       new length = ReadPackCell(ownReasonPacks[client]);

       // I would hope this sets the handle == INVALID_HANDLE, 
       // if not, add a line to do that after the next line
       CloseHandle(ownReasonPacks[client]);

       // Ban the user (just an example)
       SBBanClient(client, target, length, message);

       // Block the reason from being sent out over text chat
       return Plugin_Handled;
   }

   return Plugin_Continue;
}

Nope. Y is bound to "say", U is bound to "say_team". Both are commands that you can't run on the client as Valve blocked them.

You can run both commands on the client. I have done it myself.

So .. is it possible to try integrate it with SB ? Thx. for answer.

i think this is easily implemented.. Even I would be able to do this;)

Then feel free, it's been assigned to you :p

added in r180

need the polish translation of the new phrase;)