Sending player model only in modelindex field (stop use userinfo for this)

[WPMGPRoSToTeMa]

I have found some cool feature - player model can be send only via modelindex, you can stop use userinfo for this.
What are benefits of this?

• You can change player model without resending his userinfo, that means you can change models of all players at one time without overflows and other problems.
• You can use any folder, not only models/player/X/X.mdl, also you can use sprites

Where we can implement this? We can implement this not only in ReHLDS, but in ReGameDLL and AMXModX.
What we need to implement this in ReHLDS? We need 3 things:

• Setting modelindex for players according to their model field in userinfo
• Removing model field from userinfo when transmitting it to clients
• Saving and checking old sended userinfo to avoid sending the same userinfo twice or more (when gamedll changing player model via model field, userinfo is totally unchanged, because we removing the model field)

[spark512]

hmm, i've tried changing the player's modelindex before with AMXModX on AddToFullPack, but i wasn't able to get it working. I got it to change other entities into different models(grenades for example), but i wasn't able to change players into different models. Not sure why, is there something forcing the player models based on the model userinfo?

[WPMGPRoSToTeMa]

@spark512 you need to remove model field from userinfo.

[LevShisterov]

Just be aware, in HL (and probably some other games), in mp_teamplay 0 mode players are not forced to specific models and can set them to "bla-bla-bla" and "whatever". And in mp_teamplay 1 mode player models are not precached.

[WPMGPRoSToTeMa]

@LevShisterov yep, therefore there will be a cvar for that.

[afwn90cj93201nixr2e1re]

You can also prevent the use of such software as: ExtraMirror(https://github.com/shelru/ExtraMirror/blob/master/MiniBase/client.cpp#L214), Ct-Shield, Cardinal, who use the форумулы to calculate SteamId players received in svc_extrainfo
To do this, you should add to quark, not only a model, but also sid*

[theAsmodai]

who use the форумулы to calculate
👍

[afwn90cj93201nixr2e1re]

Изначально забыл правильно написание formules, пару раз буквы местами перепутал и забил. Написал по 'русски', и даже так перепутал. Хех.