Bug 5453 - Rcon tell patch
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: ioquake3
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Misc
Version: GIT MASTER
Hardware: PC Windows Vista
: P3 enhancement
Assignee: Zachary J. Slater
QA Contact: ioquake3 bugzilla mailing list
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Reported: 2012-03-23 16:54 EDT by Gros Bedo
Modified: 2012-04-05 18:44:19 EDT
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rcon /tell patch (1.43 KB, application/octet-stream)
2012-03-23 16:54 EDT, Gros Bedo

Description Gros Bedo 2012-03-23 16:54:37 EDT
Created attachment 3101 [details]
rcon /tell patch

Here is a patch to implement rcon /tell (was ported from Smokin' Guns).

This is particularly useful for third-party administration tools such as Big Brother Bot (to name one) to talk to a specific player instead of spamming the entire server. I would say that it's even necessary to allow a normal usage of these tools.

Rcon /say is already implemented, so I think that rcon /tell was just missed by ID Softwares at the time.

The patch attached here is a port from Smokin' Guns to OpenArena, but it is so straightforward that I think it's unnecessary to make a new diff against ioquake3.
Comment 1 Zack Middleton 2012-04-05 18:44:19 EDT
Added in r2236.