CHANGELOG

INSTALLING

SmartCTF is a client- and serverside mod. This means it has to be installed on the server. It should also be added to the ServerPackages so clients will download it automatically to be able to see stats and the likes.

The steps for Server Administrators are as follows:

• Remove all earlier versions of SmartCTF to avoid conflicts!

• Extract the .ini, .int, and .u files in the UT\System directory.

• You can extract the readme file to UT\Help if you want.

• Now open UnrealTournament.ini (in your UT\System folder) and look for [Engine.GameEngine].

• Add the following to the list of 'ServerPackages=':
  ServerPackages=SmartCTF_4C

• Also, if you don't want to select the SmartCTF mutator each time but have it be added to CTF games by default, you have to add another line to the end of the list of 'ServerActors=':
  ServerActors=SmartCTF_4C.SmartCTFServerActor

• There's a reason this has to be added at the end. The mutator will take the current scoreboard to show by default, but meanwhile replace it with the SmartCTF scoreboard. If say the ScoreBoard utility MODOSUtilV25 gets loaded after SmartCTF, the MODOS scoreboard won't get detected, or the SmartCTF scoreboard won't show. Note that UTPure also changes the scoreboard in Tournament games, for the clickboard. So place it after UTPure too.

• Also, SmartCTF Server Info won't work if you insert the package in the list before UTPure!

• For the same reasons, if you don't use the ServerActor but add the mutator manually, try sticking it at the end of the mutator list.

• An usual mistake is to edit the UT .ini file while the server is still running. You won't be able to make changes to the file that way.

• Ready to go!

OPTIONS IN THE .INI FILE

Just open up the SmartCTF_4C.ini in the UT\System folder. If you can't find it, run a game with SmartCTF one time to generate it with the default options.

Explanation

Public servers

Now, understandably we want different settings for a public server and a clanserver. The default options are somewhere inbetween.

Here is a sample configuration suited for a public funserver. SmartCTF messages are fully enabled and so are most 'funstuff' features:

[SmartCTF_4C.SmartCTF]
bEnabled=True
CapBonus=8
AssistBonus=7
FlagKillBonus=0
CoverBonus=2
SealBonus=2
GrabBonus=0
BaseReturnBonus=0.500000
MidReturnBonus=2.000000
EnemyBaseReturnBonus=4.000000
CloseSaveReturnBonus=8.000000
SpawnKillPenalty=1
MinimalCapBonus=5
bFixFlagBug=True
bEnhancedMultiKill=True
EnhancedMultiKillBroadcast=5
bShowFCLocation=True
bSmartCTFServerInfo=True
bNewCapAssistScoring=True
bSpawnkillDetection=True
SpawnKillTimeArena=1.000000
SpawnKillTimeNW=3.500000
bAfterGodLikeMsg=True
bStatsDrawFaces=True
bDrawLogo=True
CoverMsgType=3
CoverSpreeMsgType=3
SealMsgType=3
SavedMsgType=3
bShowLongRangeMsg=True
bShowSpawnKillerGlobalMsg=True
bShowAssistConsoleMsg=True
bShowSealRewardConsoleMsg=True
bShowCoverRewardConsoleMsg=True
bPlayCaptureSound=False
bPlayAssistSound=True
bPlaySavedSound=True
bPlayLeadSound=True
bPlay30SecSound=True
bEnableOvertimeControl=False
bOverTime=True
bRememberOvertimeSetting=False

Clanservers

We don't want too much distraction here, so no big screen messages like "X covered the flagcarrier" and "X is sealing off the base". Furthermore 'funstuff' like Enhanced Multikill is disabled. Some console messages remain, but you can tune this down even further if you want.

[SmartCTF_4C.SmartCTF]
bEnabled=True
CapBonus=8
AssistBonus=7
FlagKillBonus=0
CoverBonus=2
SealBonus=2
GrabBonus=0
BaseReturnBonus=0.500000
MidReturnBonus=2.000000
EnemyBaseReturnBonus=4.000000
CloseSaveReturnBonus=8.000000
SpawnKillPenalty=0
MinimalCapBonus=5
bFixFlagBug=True
bEnhancedMultiKill=False
EnhancedMultiKillBroadcast=3
bShowFCLocation=True
bSmartCTFServerInfo=True
bNewCapAssistScoring=False
bSpawnkillDetection=False
SpawnKillTimeArena=1.000000
SpawnKillTimeNW=3.500000
bAfterGodLikeMsg=False
bStatsDrawFaces=True
bDrawLogo=True
CoverMsgType=0
CoverSpreeMsgType=0
SealMsgType=0
SavedMsgType=3
bShowLongRangeMsg=False
bShowSpawnKillerGlobalMsg=False
bShowAssistConsoleMsg=True
bShowSealRewardConsoleMsg=True
bShowCoverRewardConsoleMsg=True
bPlayCaptureSound=False
bPlayAssistSound=True
bPlaySavedSound=True
bPlayLeadSound=True
bPlay30SecSound=True
bEnableOvertimeControl=False
bOverTime=True
bRememberOvertimeSetting=False

Default UT scoring

If you want the default UT scoring, and not the SmartCTF enhanced point system, just set all bonuses to 0 and bNewCapAssistScoring to False.

CapBonus=0
AssistBonus=0
FlagKillBonus=0
CoverBonus=0
SealBonus=0
GrabBonus=0
BaseReturnBonus=0.000000
MidReturnBonus=0.000000
EnemyBaseReturnBonus=0.000000
CloseSaveReturnBonus=0.000000
SpawnKillPenalty=0
MinimalCapBonus=0
bNewCapAssistScoring=False

Changing settings as admin

Any client logged in as admin can easily change these settings by typing commands like this in the console:
admin set SmartCTF CapBonus 5
admin set SmartCTF bShowFCLocation False

Use a command like admin get SmartCTF bFixFlagBug to request the current value.

Note that some properties might require a restart of the game to take effect!

POINTSYSTEM AND RULES

Default points

SmartCTF changes the points you receive. They can now be changed by the server admin, if you want to check a certain server's settings just type 'mutate smartctf rules' in the console. Here is the default setting.

Action	UT Score	SmartCTF Bonus	Total
Capture**	7	8	15
Assist**	-	7	7
Flagkills	5	0	5
Covers	1*	2	3
Seals	1*	2	3
Grabs	0	0	0
Flagreturns in own base	-	0.5	0.5
Flagreturns in mid	-	2	2
Flagreturns in enemy base	-	4	4
Flagreturns really close	-	8	8
Spawnkill	1*	-1	0

* The 1 score you get from UT is because of the normal kill you did.
** There is a new scoring system for caps and assists. See below.

Rules

COMMANDS AND KEYBINDS

The following commands can be typed by clients in the console:

• mutate smartctf
  General info.

• mutate smartctf stats
  Toggle between the default scoreboard and the SmartCTF scoreboard. Basically this sets what you will see under F1. In the top right corner of the screen you can see for a moment which is selected. When the game starts, you always begin with the default. When it ends, you will always toggle to the SmartCTF scoreboard.

• mutate ctfinfo
  Gives an overview of all SmartCTF related settings on that server (Like UTPure's "CheatInfo" command).

• mutate smartctf rules
  Shows all bonuses settings for the server.

• mutate smartctf forceend
  An admin can force the game to end, even if it is a tie. SmartCTF ScoreBoard will also show up.

• mutate smartctf clearstats
  Admins can also choose to clear the SmartCTF stats.

• mutate overtime <on|off>
  Only matters when bEnableOvertimeControl is True. By simply typing "mutate overtime" you can check if Sudden Death Overtime is currently enabled (by default it is). "mutate overtime off" (admins only) will make sure that if the map ends in a tie when the timelimit is reached, the game ends anyway. Don't use for decider maps! See the FAQ for detailed information.

A good tip is to bind the toggle command to F3. This key only gets used for Assault so for CTF its free. Bind F3 as follows in your User.ini:
F3=ShowObjectives | mutate smartctf showstats

Now it will display the objectives during an Assault game and toggle the SmartCTF statboard during a CTF game (also compatible with older versions of SmartCTF).

Note: you can now also bind the command using the UT settings window, under Controls.

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