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Add optional circular Tank assignment to prevent back-to-back Tanks #1004

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Add circular tank assignment feature and related configuration options
altair-sossai Aug 22, 2026
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Merge branch 'master' into circular-tank-assignment
SirPlease Nov 12, 2026
0228100
Drop small refactor and matchmode cvars, bump to 0.0.31
SirPlease Nov 12, 2026
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30 changes: 28 additions & 2 deletions addons/sourcemod/scripting/l4d_tank_control_eq.sp
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Expand Up @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ ArrayList h_tankQueue;
ConVar
hTankPrint,
hTankWindow,
hTankDebug;
hTankDebug,
hCircularTankAssignment;

GlobalForward
hForwardOnTryOfferingTankBot,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public Plugin myinfo =
name = "L4D2 Tank Control",
author = "arti, (Contributions by: Sheo, Sir, Altair-Sossai)",
description = "Distributes the role of the tank evenly throughout the team, allows for overrides. (Includes forwards)",
version = "0.0.30",
version = "0.0.31",
url = "https://github.com/SirPlease/L4D2-Competitive-Rework"
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ public void OnPluginStart()
hTankPrint = CreateConVar("tankcontrol_print_all", "0", "Who gets to see who will become the tank? (0 = Infected, 1 = Everyone)");
hTankWindow = CreateConVar("tankcontrol_force_window", "0.0", "Give player that was initially going to be Tank (or was Tank and dced) back the Tank this long after Tank was given to somebody else (0 = Off)");
hTankDebug = CreateConVar("tankcontrol_debug", "0", "Whether or not to debug to console");
hCircularTankAssignment = CreateConVar("tankcontrol_circular_tank_assignment", "0", "Assign the Tank in a circular rotation so players keep the same order across cycles and never become Tank twice in a row (0 = Off, 1 = On)");
}


Expand Down Expand Up @@ -526,6 +528,12 @@ void chooseTank(any data)
nextTankIndex = PeekNextTankIndexInTheQueue();
}

if (nextTankIndex == -1 && hCircularTankAssignment.BoolValue)
{
RequeuePlayersWhoHadTank();
nextTankIndex = PeekNextTankIndexInTheQueue();
}

if (nextTankIndex == -1)
{
RemoveAllInfectedFrom(h_tankQueue);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -672,6 +680,24 @@ int PeekNextTankIndexInTheQueue()
return -1;
}

void RequeuePlayersWhoHadTank()
{
char steamId[64];

for (int i = 0; i < h_whosHadTank.Length; i++)
{
h_whosHadTank.GetString(i, steamId, sizeof(steamId));

int client = getInfectedPlayerBySteamId(steamId);
if (client == -1 || h_tankQueue.FindString(steamId) != -1)
continue;

h_tankQueue.PushString(steamId);
h_whosHadTank.Erase(i);
i--;
}
}

void EnqueueNewInfectedPlayers()
{
char steamId[64];
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