Adds a minimum player count

Content.Server/GameTicking/GameTicker.Lobby.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using Robust.Shared.Player;
 using Robust.Shared.Players;
 using System.Text;
+using Content.Shared.CCVar;
 
 namespace Content.Server.GameTicking
 {
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ public sealed partial class GameTicker
         private TimeSpan _pauseTime;
 
         [ViewVariables]
-        public new bool Paused { get; set; }
+        public new bool Paused { get; set; } = true;
 
         [ViewVariables]
         private bool _roundStartCountdownHasNotStartedYetDueToNoPlayers;
@@ -164,8 +165,35 @@ public void ToggleReady(IPlayerSession player, bool ready)
             var status = ready ? PlayerGameStatus.ReadyToPlay : PlayerGameStatus.NotReadyToPlay;
             _playerGameStatuses[player.UserId] = ready ? PlayerGameStatus.ReadyToPlay : PlayerGameStatus.NotReadyToPlay;
             RaiseNetworkEvent(GetStatusMsg(player), player.ConnectedClient);
+            CheckMinPlayers();
             // update server info to reflect new ready count
             UpdateInfoText();
         }
+
+        private void CheckMinPlayers()
+        {
+            if (RunLevel != GameRunLevel.PreRoundLobby)
+                return;
+
+            var minPlayers = _configurationManager.GetCVar(CCVars.MinimumPlayers);
+            if (minPlayers == 0)
+            {
+                // Disabled, return.
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var readyCount = Readied();
+            var needPlayers = minPlayers - readyCount;
+            PauseStart(needPlayers > 0);
+
+            _chatManager.DispatchServerAnnouncement(Paused
+                ? Loc.GetString("game-insufficient-players-to-start")
+                : Loc.GetString("game-sufficient-players-to-start"));
+        }
+
+        private int Readied()
+        {
+            return _playerGameStatuses.Values.Count(x => x == PlayerGameStatus.ReadyToPlay);
+        }
     }
 }

Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs

@@ -1766,6 +1766,16 @@ public static readonly CVarDef<float>
         public static readonly CVarDef<bool> GenerateFTLPointsRoundstart =
             CVarDef.Create("ftlpoints.generate_roundstart", false, CVar.ARCHIVE);
 
+        /*
+         * Min players
+         */
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The minimum amount of players in order to unpause the lobby.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static readonly CVarDef<int> MinimumPlayers =
+            CVarDef.Create("minplayers.minimum_players", 0, CVar.ARCHIVE);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Automatically record full rounds as replays.
         /// </summary>

Resources/ConfigPresets/Ekrixi/ekrixi.toml

@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ soft_max_players        = 50
 map                     = "Nesasio"
 map_pool                = "FTLMapPool"
 
+[minplayers]
+minimum_players         = 3
+
 [hub]
 advertise               = false
-tags                    = "region:luna,lang:en,lang"
+tags                    = "region:luna,lang:en"
 #hub_urls               = "https://ekrixi.is-going-to.cyou/hub/"
 
 [infolinks]

Resources/Locale/en-US/_ftl/gameticker.ftl

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+game-insufficient-players-to-start = There are not enough players to start a game, stopping countdown.
+game-sufficient-players-to-start = There are enough players to start a game, starting countdown.