Last man standing

[rotacioskapa]

Im not sure if this is the right place for this, but here i go:

Server goes online 30min before the race starts. 
People may join, create and set up their traits/characters for that time. But can not actually get in-game yet.
After 30 min passes noone else can join the server, and the game begins.
Leaving the game means you are out.

Is that even possible to mod like that?

 

[DresdenBBQ]

I don't think so but after 30 mins and you get enough people you can restart the server and white list everyone on it and tell them to rejoin.

[Deuce]

I guess this is a bit of a necro, but you could probably kinda accomplish this by botting an admin on the server.  I don't have any experience running a zomboid server myself so I might get the specifics wrong a bit (if it is even really possible this way).

 

You could have a bot admin connected and 'listening' on an open server during the 'sign up' period.  Players would connect to the server and create their characters and the admin bot would automatically add them to the whitelist.  After the sign up period is over the bot would change the settings to only allow whitelisted players.  If the bot detected a disconnect or a death it would automatically ban the player in question.  You would then just need to clear the banlist after the game ends.