Real Goal's and reason for use codlib ?

[dacajoca]

Hi
Can you, please explain, for me and other user's what is real goals and benefit's for use libcod?
I try to find something which I can't find i other "regular" script's, and I can't find any different's. Any different is: for libcod we need mysql, for normal scripts we don't.
For libcod we need mysql server and client, multilib etc., for normal script's we don't need that.
In server's with codlib, latency(ping) on same server is higher for 10-20ms. So, tell me reason: Why we use libcod ??

[IzNoGoD]

See the other thread in which you asked the exact same question.

As to ping: libcod does not increase ping.

[dacajoca]

Realy ???
Try to use clear installation of CoD2 on minimal distribution on Debian, after that try libcod with multilib and mysql, you can see difference's abouth ping.
I don't have any issues and other problem's with libcod, but my answer is: what is goals to use libcod?? Why we use libcod ???
I'm moder's and scripter's for cod2 abowe 2008, I try to find differences between classic scripts and libcod, and I don't find that.
I only find issue with CPU lopad and memory use. Libcod much more use CPU load and memory. What is difference?? Why to use libcod ???
Tell me any reason, and I will use libcod on my servers.

[guiismiti]

		for(i = 0; i < libcod.functions.size; i++)
{
    if(isUseful(libcod.function[i]))
    {
        useLibcod = true;
        break;
    }
} 
	

[Mitch]

Tell me any reason, and I will use libcod on my servers.

Download bug aka q3dirtrav is fixed.
DDOS protection for rcon, getstatus, getinfo.
Fake name protection (in cod thanks to userinfo event in callback)

[Lonsofore]

Tell me any reason, and I will use libcod on my servers.

What's a problem, don't use it.

[kung foo man]

I'm moder's and scripter's for cod2 abowe 2008, I try to find differences between classic scripts and libcod, and I don't find that.

Man, that's nearly 10 years of accumulated scripting knowledge. Can you show us any reference to your epic work? If you dare, could you quickly implement something like this?



Shouldn't be too hard, right? Prove your skillz, walk your talk. I hope you won't miss setVelocity. What you gonna do? Apply MOD_DAMAGE multiple times?

ATM you are making a show, which basically begs for help duo to lack of understanding. Muh, libcod shit, gimme libcod test server, prove it to me! Well, just install VMWare or buy some cheap VPS to test. My first VPS years ago didn't even cost 3€ per month and I had to lower com_hunkmegs to get CoD2 to work duo too lack of RAM. Wasn't perfect, but good enough :^)

[dacajoca]

Realy ??
Do you try this on same server ??
Any script don't have goal's about latency (ping), performance and other.
I have to use few server's from same provider. Or If you wan't, we use same server, and we will try. You install libcod, and some script's, after that I will install (on same server), cod2 and that's script's without libcod, an w ewill see difference's. OK ?

[IzNoGoD]

Realy ??
Do you try this on same server ??
Any script don't have goal's about latency (ping), performance and other.
I have to use few server's from same provider. Or If you wan't, we use same server, and we will try. You install libcod, and some script's, after that I will install (on same server), cod2 and that's script's without libcod, an w ewill see difference's. OK ?

No, but i get 13ms ping when pinging through cmd, and 17 ping when on server. That 4ms is cod2 overhead.

[IzNoGoD]

Lets go through a list of all current functions in libcod then:

Mysql-related stuff: Useful if you want to access a database from inside your .gsc script

Exec stuff: Useful if you want external scripts to work from inside your .gsc script

MANYMAPS: Useful to reduce client download size

kick2: Improved kick function

Memory stuff: somewhat useful for developing stuff

Printf: Print stuff to server console

getarraykeys: Properly loop through a key-indexed array

getascii: get ascii value of a character

toupper: similar to tolower

gettype: get a variable type

float: get float value of a string (and avoid the getcvarfloat hack)

sendgameservercommand: most universally useful command, too many uses to list here

configstring functions: useful in combination with sendgameservercommand

sqrt: square root

weapon functions: useful for tuning weapon stuff dynamically

getstance: avoid performance penalty from using bullettrace-based getstance functions

velocity functions: control player's speed

buttonpressed functions: see name of function

getip/getping: useful for banning ips etc

getspectatorclient: actually working .spectatorclient thing (.spectatorclient is write-only)

clientcommand: hijack ALL commands a player does

renameclient: see name

userinfo functions: transfer data from client to server easily

g_speed and g_gravity functions: set those cvars per-client

getfps: get actual client fps

ismantling/isonladder: see name

Bot functions: make your own botzom mod

I left out some functions, but you can see them in the source code.