Hostname changing script

[Matt W]

I've seen alot of servers around with these so I decided to quickly write one up and release it.

Btw , its untested . I might test it later.

[lua]

/* Made by Matt W, I think I saw the original idea on the beloved SDB Servers :< */

// Configuration

local TPS_NAMETIME = 5 // The time (In seconds) that the name changes
local TPS_PREFIX = "Hostname Prefix"

// The names itself
local TPS_NAMES = {"Yeah I'm hard too", "Luv you garry <3","Add more. Remove the old ones.","Fuck you seth."}

local function ChangeName()
local name = table.Random(TPS_NAMES)
RunConsoleCommand("hostname", TPS_PREFIX.." | "..name)
timer.Simple(TPS_NAMETIME, ChangeName)
end

ChangeName()

[/lua]

Oh yeah : Place in a file in autorun. Or in a gamemode if you like.

[DrJenkins]

Why?

I'm going to edit this so it changed every second. To some other racist slur.

[Drakehawke]

[lua]timer.Create( "whatever", TPS_NAMETIME, 0, ChangeName )[/lua]

[Matt W]

[QUOTE=DrJenkins;35538384]
I'm going to edit this so it changed every second. To some other racist slur.[/QUOTE]

Glad to see its being put to good use :v:

[QUOTE=DrJenkins;35538384]
Why?
[/QUOTE]

I honestly have no idea. I'm just bored until my dedi stops being ddosed by buthurts.

[DrJenkins]

Damn, PM me.

[.\\Shadow}]

[lua]local name = TPS_NAMES[math.random(1,table.Count(TPS_NAMES))][/lua] Why not table.Random?

... And why is everything (aside from that) global?

[Matt W]

[QUOTE=.\\Shadow};35540934][lua]local name = TPS_NAMES[math.random(1,table.Count(TPS_NAMES))][/lua] Why not table.Random?

... And why is everything (aside from that) global?[/QUOTE]

Didn't realise table.Random existed. Have changed to your reccomendations.

[DrJenkins]

[LUA]
/* Made by Matt W, I think I saw the original idea on the beloved SDB Servers :< */

// Configuration

local TPS_NAMETIME = 0.1 // The time (In seconds) that the name changes
local TPS_PREFIX = "Hostname Prefix"

// The names itself
local TPS_NAMES = {"NO JEWS", "MEXICANS ARE NOT WELCOME","BLACK PEOPLE ARE FAT","Fuck you Lincoln."}

local function ChangeName()
local name = table.Random(TPS_NAMES)
RunConsoleCommand("hostname", TPS_PREFIX.." | "..name)
timer.Simple(TPS_NAMETIME, ChangeName)
end

ChangeName()
[/LUA]

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[lorde banana]

and by the way, I stole the whole host name changing idea from CapsAdmin/Python on their Lua God server, and used it on SDB (and now PGS)

[editline]13th April 2012[/editline]

so if you want to credit anyone, credit them

[Mechanical Mind]

[QUOTE=Matt W;35545093]Didn't realise table.Random existed. Have changed to your reccomendations.[/QUOTE]

You shouldn't use table.Random on integer index tables as it is significantly slower and as it is integer index table[math.random(1,#table)] works fine.

[Amokov]

Why do you bother to define ChangeName? Just have the code you need ran run, don't define it as a local function then run it.

[nick_9_8]

Is it possible to have a suffix rather than a prefix?

[Matt W]

[QUOTE=nick_9_8;35579271]Is it possible to have a suffix rather than a prefix?[/QUOTE]

Sure , just swap it around

[lua]

/* Made by Matt W, I think I saw the original idea on the beloved SDB Servers :< */

// Configuration

local TPS_NAMETIME = 5 // The time (In seconds) that the name changes
local TPS_PREFIX = "Hostname Prefix"

// The names itself
local TPS_NAMES = {"Yeah I'm hard too", "Luv you garry <3","Add more. Remove the old ones.","Fuck you seth."}

local function ChangeName()
local name = table.Random(TPS_NAMES)
RunConsoleCommand("hostname", name.." | "..TPS_PREFIX) // This is the line I swapped around :)
timer.Simple(TPS_NAMETIME, ChangeName)
end

ChangeName()

[/lua]

[nick_9_8]

Love you <3