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+
+-- WolfAdmin module for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory servers.
+-- Copyright (C) 2015-2017 Timo 'Timothy' Smit
+
+-- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+-- at your option any later version.
+
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+-- GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+-- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+local auth = wolfa_requireModule("auth.auth")
+
+local commands = wolfa_requireModule("commands.commands")
+
+local game = wolfa_requireModule("game.game")
+
+function commandNews(clientId, command, map)
+    map = map and map or game.getMap()
+
+    local fileDescriptor, fileLength = et.trap_FS_FOpenFile("sound/vo/"..map.."/news_"..map..".wav", et.FS_READ)
+
+    if fileLength == -1 then
+        et.trap_SendConsoleCommand(et.EXEC_APPEND, "csay "..clientId.." \"^dnews: ^9file news_"..map.." does not exist.\";")
+
+        return 0
+    end
+
+    et.trap_FS_FCloseFile(fileDescriptor)
+
+    et.trap_SendConsoleCommand(et.EXEC_APPEND, "playsound \"sound/vo/"..map.."/news_"..map..".wav\";")
+
+    return true
+end
+commands.addadmin("news", commandNews, auth.PERM_NEWS, "play the map's news reel or another map's news reel if specified", "^9(^hmapname^9)")