Syn's Avalanche Nade Exploit Fix v1.7rnrnThis plugin prevents players from jamming nades in various places on dod_avalanche that generate an abnormal damage radius.rnrn===========================rnv1.7 Changesrn===========================rn- Spawn block is no longer an entity. There was no point in it being one any longer.rnrn===========================rnv1.6 Changesrn===========================rn- Method used to block exploits is completely changed. Even though the last version was greatlyrn improved speed wise, I wasn't satisfied and now there is only one entity used for the Allied spawnrn block. The new nade blocking is done by detecting if nades are in the location of the exploit arearn and deflected in the opposite direction if they are. All in all, it is much faster and able torn provide a higher quality of blocking.rnrn===========================rnv1.5 Changesrn===========================rn- Changed couch model to stock model. It would cause a server to crash without the original. Thanks Diamond-Optic for letting me know.rnrn===========================rnv1.4 Changesrn===========================rn- Dramatically reduced CPU usage by using fewer small blocking entities in favor of larger ones covering more area.rnrn===========================rnv1.3 Changesrn===========================rn- Fixed ramp up to Axis arch. Thanks Tank. XDrnrn===========================rnv1.2 Changesrn===========================rn- Adjusted the following bouncy/sticky/nade leak spots: Stairs up to the red room, doorway leading to lower Axis apartments, stairs going up to blue room, the W crack ramp and surrounding area, path to Allied 2nd from Allied apartments, stairs all the way up to top of spiral, broken ledge from stairs to door at top of spiral, the broken ledge on the 2nd floor behind door to spiral and the crack that wipes out axis spawn. Thanks Tank and Diamond-Optic for poiting out problem spots.rnrn- Left in some functionality for tweaking/creating block spots. See notes for more information.rnrn===========================rnv1.1 Changesrn===========================rn- Tweaked some blocking entities because you could still sneak nades past them. Thanks Diamond-Optic for letting me know. XDrnrn- Added 11 new exploit locations. Thanks again Diamond-Optic for the demo that showed some I didn't know about.rnrn- Added optional blocking so Axis cannot enter Allied spawn from the penquin room via the invisible ledge.rnrn- As much as I like seeing random bunnies throughout the map, the blocking entity models are now invisible so as to not teach players where these spots are and abuse them on servers not running the plugin. Yet again, thanks Diamond-Optic for that line of code I previously didn't know about for making models truly invisible.rnrn===========================rnFeaturesrn===========================rn- Prevents all players from abusing nade exploits on dod_avalanche.rnrn- Optional Axis blocking into Allied spawn from the penguin room.rnrn- Blocks a total of 30 nade exploit locations.rnrn===========================rnNotesrn===========================rn- Did I miss an exploit? Let me know and I will gladly add it!rnrn===========================rnCVARSrn===========================rnava_nade_fix | 0 = off | 1 = onrn- Enables or disables the nade block protection. Requires restart to take effect. Default on. rnrnava_spawn_block | 0 = off | 1 = onrn- Blocks Axis entry into Allied spawn by using invisible ledge in the penguin room. Default on.rnrn===========================rnInstallationrn===========================rn- Compile the .sma file | An online compiler can be found here:rn http:www.amxmodx.org/webcompiler.cgirn- Copy the compiled .amxx file into your addonsamxmodxplugins folderrn- Add the name of the compiled .amxx to the bottom of your addonsamxmodxconfigsplugins.inirn- Change the map or restart your server to start using the plugin!

I have 19 exploits blocked so far. I did think about setting the render amount to zero but I used that in a custom booster plugin I made for BAM and you can still see a ghostly figure on zero. I also tried to do this without setting a model but got nothing but crashes as soon as the model appeared in your FOV. I'm definitely open to any exploit locations I may have missed. As for the rockets, I believe this would work with something flat like a carpet model, even a custom large flat model since they will hit the model instead of the roof. I might have to test that out. :D

Feel free to add it/ use it how you want. XD I'm just about finished adding those new spots and a few more I found along with adjustments to previously plugged ones.

I'm almost done with the new version and it will have exactly 30 exploits covered XD As it stands, there are only 4 left to cover but I've been doing some testing on other cracks/spots to see if they are exploitable as well. On top of all that, I'm going to put a block in so Axis can't get into the Allied apartments via that invisible ledge from the penguin room.

Yeah, it would be set by a cvar.

Thanks for the info Diamond. XD I'll make the necessary tweaks.

Haha, sorry for the delay, I'm working on this now. Apart from a horrible ISP and being busy with other things, I haven't touched it since. If anyone else knows of more sticky or buggy spots, please post. I'd like to hammer them all out in this next release.

Ahh, yeah Diamond was playing around with the exact same idea of "second ceilings" to prevent the rocket blast through the floor syndrome. I'll see what I can come up with.

New version up. I hope I got everything this time. XD

Another update. Ramp to axis arch is now usable without having to step in that messy rabbit poo. XD

It's all disabled. You shouldn't see any models or the box outlines over the blocking entities. I think it's the fact that it adds a large number of extra entities that is causing the drain on the CPU. I will look into reducing the number of entities but the problem I was having is the bounding box will block players at any point and with nades it's only a small region about half of the bb size. Ideally, one or two blocking entities would be perfect for each spot but not sure if it will work very well.

Another update! I didn't like the idea of leaving a resource eating beast out there so I got started on coming up with a way to reduce the amount of entities or use a different method. I messed around with some ideas and finally figured out an interesting thing when it comes to collisions. After testing with large bounding boxes and checking entity touch, I found out that collisions will happen differently dependent on move type. For players, they collide with the bounding box. For something like a grenade which has a different move type, it doesn't collide with the bounding box but a separate box that fits around the model and will only be as big as your bounding box if smaller than the model or the model size it's self if the bounding box is bigger. I wish I had figured this out before. :D Anyway, on my home server, CPU usage dropped from and average 90% to about 0-2%.

Uh oh lol. I would bet that it is because I used what I thought was a stock couch model and a server would crash if the model doesn't exist. I'm going to open my GCF and double check. If this is the case, I'll switch to a similar model that is stock as I'd rather not have players download a model.

That's exactly what it was. XD New version is up.

New version is available. I noticed that on my private home server the last update made cpu go to nothing but upon recently checking on my pub server, it still had a 20% base average with just me in the server. This is not cool so I have changed the whole way it blocks nades. I dropped all blocking entities in favor of just detecting if a nade was in range of an exploit area and if so, they are deflected in the opposite direction. There is only one blocking entity left and it is for blocking Axis getting into Allied spawn from the Penguin room. This change dropped my pub server cpu usage down to 0-2% where it should be. XD

Minor update to the spawn block. It's now uses the faster method as the nade exploits but instead of deflecting a nade, it deflects Axis players.

Ahh, I might have accidentally removed them or didn't have them deflect in the right direction. Let me know of any others and I'll be putting the fixes in the new universal map exploit fix plugin which should hopefully done soon.

I should be able to work on this in the next few days, possibly tonight. Between work and learning assembly I haven't had allot of free time. XD

Interesting, I didn't know about that roof one. I'll be sure to add it in. I did find the problem with the last ava plug though and why it's so jacked up. One of my array's size wasn't fully declared and it shifted values to locations they shouldn't have been at. Probably because I missed some previous location entries. Regardless, I think it's time to retire AMXX-Studio for not catching my fail and use the new PawnStudio. As for an update to the new nade exploit plugin, it's almost there. Just working some minor things out and adding in the final functionality right now. It's completely universal for any map and saves easy to read definition files by map name. It also has an easy to use real time editor so you can create or customize your own nade and player blocks. The ava and purple nade fix plugins will be tossed down the porcelain throne in favor of this new one.nnOh Tank, I removed entity based blocks because of the horrible CPU eatery with a previous version so it no longer blocked players but it's block location data arrays are jacked up so better just to wait for this new hotness. XD

This plugin has now evolved into a universal nade exploit plugin which you can find here --> https://www.dodplugins.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1519