[Heist] Test mode

[Brandjuh]

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Name: Heist Version: -

Feature Description

Test mode: Option to start a heist with a X amount of persons to test the outcome of the heist and test the lines you have made.

I like to add lines to the heist and adjust some things regular. The only problem I have is that I can not test it. That why I would like see a option that you can set a amount of players and let the heist plays just like its normal.

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[skeith]

What if the test is not the whole heist but just the outcome line test?

So, outcome add/remove/edit feature and testing it

[Brandjuh]

Good question but I want test the lines and the outcome of the game.

For the lines a command that print the lines would be fine.

For testing the location I prefer a more for "realistic" test, since that's the only way how you can feel/see how much people are dropping out and what the outcome is. Now I need to make a location test it with some test accounts to take a look of the outcome is what I want to have.

[skeith]

What would you wanted to achieve by testing the whole game? Isn't your main purpose was to see the newly added lines as outcome?

[Brandjuh]

To get the feeling how the games progress. I have a few heist themes that I use for several servers and the only way to test the "feeling" of it is by actually test it. Some locations are not worth to test with 2 users if they are made for 20.

I am not able to get always that 20 persons. Still I want test it with that amount of players.

[Redjumpman]

When I rewrite heist, I will probably look at having a command run a test mode, letting you set parameters with the command like crew size. An example implementation could be:

[p] heist test 15 and it will run through a game of heist using randomly generated users from your server. This will also be helpful for me as well, so it is something I definitely want to do.

The problem at the moment is that I do not want to add anything to cogs that work with Red V2, so feature will only come with the Red V3 implementation. Secondly, I have a lot of ideas and suggestions when it comes to rewriting heist as a whole. So I need to make sure the test encompasses those feature as well. Finally, Heist will be the last plugin I port over to V3. Mainly because it is such a massive code base, and I only see it growing with the rewrite.

So TL;DR yes I will do it. I also want it this feature. V3 only release. It will be quite sometime before I begin work on it.