add "random map" choice to vote

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What would you like to see changed?
Allow servers to have "Random Map" or "I Feel Lucky" as one of the map choices. 
It would pick a random map, not from the choices shown, but from the larger 
pool of available maps.

Why do you want this change made?
It would help add a bit of variety and excitement.

What version of the plugin are you using?
1.1.290

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jones.p....@gmail.com on 24 Dec 2010 at 11:42

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I see three possible options of where to pick the random map from: current vote 
choices, all nominatable maps (gal_nom_mapfile), and all vote fill maps 
(gal_vote_mapfile). I can make it a setting, but I would still need to default 
it to the "best" option. Hmm...

Original comment by jones.p....@gmail.com on 7 Jan 2011 at 10:58

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I like the thought of this option, but not enough to let it have its own spot 
in the already limited option list, so I would probably not enable this option 
on my servers.

However. One thing thing that always bothered me is how surprisingly many 
players seem to just hit "1." every time a vote is displayed, I guess they just 
want to get done with the vote and continue playing/avoid dieing. So how to 
deal with that?
I would like to be able to configure Galileos first displayed option with a 
separate cvar, an option like: "The first vote option is always:"
a) Blank vote aka "Whatever" aka Let the others decide
b) Random map from current vote/cycle/pool
c) The map this player nominated/the first nominated map

So if this tracker item could fit into that first slot as an option I welcome 
it, otherwise not, since I regard the "first slot option"-issue as way more 
important.

Original comment by ccond...@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2011 at 9:18

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One of the things I plan on having done for the next release is randomizing the 
displayed choices. That should somewhat alleviate the problem of players always 
pressing "1" (though on my servers, I haven't experienced that problem). 
http://code.google.com/p/amxx-plugin-galileo/issues/detail?id=8

Back to THIS issue...

re: already limited option list
You know you can have up to 8 choices, right? gal_vote_mapchoices

Of the three options I gave for this feature in comment 1, I think the only 
viable one is from the "current vote choices". Otherwise, it's extremely 
unlikely a random map would ever win.

I could allow this option to be placed as the first option in the vote. I'll 
have to think about that.

Original comment by jones.p....@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2011 at 4:37

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Oh, I thought the "random" option would be more like a wildcard. The wildcard 
would be set per vote, so every player who choose to vote for the wildcard 
actually do vote for the same map, just that they don't know which until vote 
end. If feasible, lower the rtv-wait time if the wildcard wins, people may 
regret their choice.

I cannot recall right now if there is a way to fill x vote options from cycle, 
and then fill the remaining options up to gal_vote_mapchoices with random 
choices from the nominatable pool, but that is probably the configuration I 
would be willing to try out. That would make the choices a bit less 
static/repetetive over time, but also renders the literal "random" option a bit 
useless IMO.

Sorry for ranting on about offtopic, but give me the "blank/whatever" option as 
line 1 and I'll be a happy camper and will not miss a "random" option. :)

Original comment by ccond...@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2011 at 7:04

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Oh! That's a great idea, ccondrup! I never thought of it like that, but it's 
brilliant! Wildcard it will be. I probably won't touch RTV wait time if the 
wildcard wins. I could conceivably force a runoff vote whenever the wildcard 
wins, even if the vote doesn't otherwise meet the criteria for a runoff.

I agree that the "random" option is useless. It'd be more of a fun and 
adventurous feature.

Currently, Gal will throw the nominated maps into the vote, and then will fill 
remaining slots with the maps specified via the gal_vote_mapfile CVAR. In 
theory, you could use the "groups" feature but documentation for it is sparse 
(docs on this site [check the wiki] are for the unreleased version and are 
incomplete) and I've heard reports of it not working in 1.1.290. But yes, in 
theory, you could use the "groups" feature to do as you suggested.

Original comment by jones.p....@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2011 at 7:27