[IDEA] Little changes of the maplist

DaV edit 06/01/18 - Now live on Vanilla Fun and Vanilla Too Much Fun. betanominate is no longer needed. Use nominate as before

Just idea to discuss, I did similar thing on the server i used to play some years ago and it went well. Maybe it will go well here too.
I hope somebody accepts my challenge and will take part in this little discussion ;)

Problem:
Lot of people nominate maps from first 2 pages, some people nominate maps from further pages

We have lot of maps on the #1 server but we play often "the most played maps" like:
-badwater
-upward
-pl_pier
- insert the name of the map here
They are good to make server full and keeps it alive, i don't neglect it.
We were able to play recently i.e pl_goldrock more often than some time ago but I think there is still too little rotation such maps.
Unfortunately, the list of the maps is messy and if i want to choose something what is played rarely then i must look through some pages to check (or find) the map which can suit to the server and actually situation. If i finally find the map then i cant nominate it because 5 other maps were nominated earlier.

Proposition:
Make the list of the maps more friendly/orderly
When user types nominate then there could be list of sub-menus.
1. "The most played"
We could have here badwater, upward, barnblitz, pl_pier etc
2. "other payload maps"
3. "cp maps"
4. "koth maps"
5. other
All of the maps would be sorted alphabetical (to find maps easier).

Benefits:
1. There is no one big list of maps with many pages
2. User can find a map faster due to basic type of map (the most played, payload, cp, koth, etc)
3. There is greater chance ppl start to nominate other maps than the most played which are currently on first pages (it needs patience to find the map user thinks about)
Especially regular players who prefer "custom" maps and don't remember their names

I actually quite like this idea Surprised

The nominate menu could definitely benefit from a bit more structure to better group maps of a similar type together. It could also do with a bit of a clear out as there's definitely maps on there that are not played much, if ever. Would reduce the sheer number of maps and free up a bit of space on the server too.

Unfortunately, I don't think the 'nominate' plugin out of the box can do this. Internally, maps that can be nominated are stored in a simple text file that the plugin reads in and displays.

However, we do have the source file for the plugin and I think it should be possible to update this to add a menu system as you've described. I'll have a look into this over the coming days and see what I can come up with! :P

Edit: How did you implement this on a previous server? Was it an available plugin we can download and use, or was it custom? I don't mind having a go at implementing it, but if there's something ready-made we can use, great.

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Is it also possible to remove 2fort and similar maps that only get nominated by trolls? It's not fair to other players, who then can't make genuine nominations, because trashy maps are occupying some of the limited (5) nomination slots. I've seen this happen often lately, especially with certain individuals on the server.

OK, I've now got a version of this up and running and ready for testing on #1.

It can be accessed by typing 'betanominate' in chat rather than 'nominate'. It should work alongside the existing/old nominate menu, so either menu can be used to nominate maps (or directly in chat if you know the map name, as before)

I haven't yet added a 'popular maps' option yet but all maps available through the nominate list should be in one of the following sections:

1. Payload
2. Capture Point
3. King Of The Hill
4. Miscellaneous
5. Valve Vanilla

Feel free to give it a test and let me know of any issues Surprised

The updated nominate menu plugin is now live on the Vanilla Fun and Vanilla Too Much Fun servers.
Therefore betanominate is now no longer required and !nominate can be used as before.

I'll be adding it for the crit-vote server too, but as it has a different nominate list, I need to make up a few new files. Will try and do this tomorrow.

Is it possible to show the names of players next to the maps they nominated during mapvote?

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