Allocate players to teams depending on ranking.

[rubenwardy]

• Sort online player by rank.
• Some sort of random swapping/player trading?

[AKryukov92]

I think player allocation to team is coded in core ctf_pvp_engine in function https://github.com/rubenwardy/ctf_pvp_engine/blob/e2a59cef6eba80464af5414d89c4e1c6fbfd597c/ctf/teams.lua#L264

[rubenwardy]

For new matches, the place to modify is where it calls autoalloc either in ctf_map or ctf_match, I forgot. The list of players should be sorted based on ranking, then slightly randomised some how

[AKryukov92]

The list of players should be sorted based on ranking, then slightly randomised some how

I don't think this is that easy, because players are able to join and to leave team in the middle of the fight. For such players it is better to allocate them to team with minimal total score of its members. In case of huge difference between scores of different players, we can use logarithm of score.

[ClobberXD]

I don't think this is that easy, because players are able to join and to leave team in the middle of the fight.

I don't think that matters - I propose to save the names of the allocated players to a 'list' at the start of a new match, which is preserved for the whole duration of the match, so if they try to intentionally switch teams in the middle of a match, they'll be automatically assigned to the same team they left (as their name is still present in the list).

If any new players join, they'll be allocated to the team with a lower cumulative score, and their names added to the aforementioned 'list'.

[AKryukov92]

If any new players join, they'll be allocated to the team with a lower cumulative score, and their names added to the aforementioned 'list'.

It can possibly lead to abuse:

• Pro player A joins to game first time in the match and gets allocated to Red because this team is weaker.
• Pro player A logs off. Red team has lower cumulative score again
• Pro player B, friend of A, joins to game first time and gets allocated to Red team again.
• Pro player A logs in and gets returned to red team because he was saved in this team list

[ClobberXD]

@rubenwardy Re-open please! :)

[rubenwardy]

This has been implemented

[ClobberXD]

But we've already discussed that it doesn't work; unless you've had another go at modifying the code...