Stronghold Anti-Spawn Protection

// alternative to checking alpha

local plInfo = {}

// Check if player is dead or alive
local function CheckLifeState( pl )
	// Init varaibles if they didn't exist before
	if( !plInfo[pl] ) then
		plInfo[pl] = {};

		// Varaibles
		plInfo[pl].IsAlive 				= false;
		plInfo[pl].DiedThisFrame 		= false;
		plInfo[pl].SpawnedThisFrame 	= false;
		plInfo[pl].IsSpawnProtected		= false;

		plInfo[pl].LF = {}
		plInfo[pl].LF.IsAlive			= false;
	end

	// Restor these back to normal as they only are true for ONE frame
	plInfo[pl].DiedThisFrame 	= false;
	plInfo[pl].SpawnedThisFrame = false;

	// Normal check
	plInfo[pl].IsAlive = c.Player['Alive']( pl );

	// Player is DEAD and was ALIVE last frame.
	if( ( plInfo[pl].IsAlive == false ) && ( plInfo[pl].LF.IsAlive == true ) ) then
		plInfo[pl].DiedThisFrame = true;
	end

	// Player is ALIVE and was DEAD last frame.
	if( ( plInfo[pl].IsAlive == true ) && ( plInfo[pl].LF.IsAlive == false ) ) then
		plInfo[pl].SpawnedThisFrame = true;
	end

	// Check if the player has spawn protection
	if( plInfo[pl].SpawnedThisFrame && ( ( GAMEMODE.Name ):lower() ):find( "stronghold" ) ) then
		local bShouldProtect, spawners = true, ents.FindByClass( "sent_spawnpoint" ) || nil;
		if( spawners ) then
			for m, n in pairs( spawners ) do
				local entDist = n:GetPos():Distance( pl:GetPos() );
				if( entDist < 45 ) then
					bShouldProtect = false;
				end
			end
		end
		if( bShouldProtect ) then
			plInfo[pl].IsSpawnProtected = true;
			timer.Simple( 4, function()
				plInfo[pl].IsSpawnProtected = false;
			end )
		end
	end

	// Save data for this frame
	plInfo[pl].LF.IsAlive = c.Player['Alive']( pl );
end