Sammy

The netbios thing has been around for a long while. Just surprised they never fixed it.

Already plenty of ways to defrost. Even just bumped up the range of the sentry a bit. The easier I do make it to defrost, or more ways to do it, the more it becomes tdm. I really dont want to start adding too much at this point. Beta 10 will be primarily compiling all the existing bug fixes. Also fixing some missing images and stuff like that. If I am to continue with ftag, in some other game, then it would be from the ground up and as far away from standard tdm as possible. No bullet weapons but a few freeze guns. Yes a GL-like weapon (or something like that blob-shooter from UT) that lobs freeze canisters... but means you get no freeze gun. So you dont freeze with a couple bullets. You need to keep a freeze ray on his torso for a second. But 1/2 frozen players can only 1/2 as fast stuff like that. Almost like the opposite of defrosting. Anyways, long story short is that I dont want to start thinking up much more new shit to add. Done enough.

Throw an emp tactical nade close enough to a friendly and it will defrost him. Takes practice to get a good throw if you are moving around a lot. The bolts in the sky are the uav defroster killstreak.

This will make you feel better. I once spent an hour trying to figure out why something wasnt working. Turns out I didnt plug it in.

Hmmm, I will check the settings. edit: Looks like I entered in the mapname wrong. Fixed. Needs server restart.

Playtime on the server is saved. Total number of minutes/seconds. Time in the game, not spectating.

That is incorrect. It kicks the non-XI person with the least amount of playtime on the server and thats it. Score is not a factor. In other words, non-XI regulars have priority over other non-clan. As for EMP, yea its tougher on dark maps.

These are to be added as 3 of 5 maps. All are larger maps. mp_78workshop, mp_fr_sw2, mp_bpu_shack, mp_rd3n

I will see if it works. edit: no, wont load. exceeded memory error.

Checked, and no. Maybe there was a problem with it that I couldnt fix. I dont know.

Ok thank you. I do have a bunch if script updates that take care of issues that I havent uploaded yet.

Tried the defroster on Vukovar back in spawn on a rock behind the wall. So pretty well protected and in the location could see quite a bit of the play area. Got 10 players before it was destroyed.... tho two or three times it was myself close by. I wasnt shooting anybody just monitoring so an open target. Now just have to make sure it isnt too good. Such as how it works on a big open map where it could see everything. Is the new distance too long. Still has to be fair. Oh, and whoever got me with the predator and car... you should have thought of the team and took out the defroster that was closeby. Because after you got me I was defrosted in about 5 seconds. Pretty useful to have these things around your spawn area in protected spots. Especially if your enemies ignore them to get a kill. Next test, place the defroster and a sentrygun nearby to keep an eye on it. See if anyone can get it.

When hit by emp (yours or theirs) remote defrosting should be off so long as the timer is running. However you can still defrost by standing in the bubble.

Oh.... my... god!

Which worked? Rolling over and playing dead?

I bumped up the max range. So if anyone gets one to try, let me know how it goes.

Pretty sure but due to its size and speed its very hard to get a hit. However SAMs will go after it, if the launcher can see it.

Go into BIOS. I assume there is a page monitoring temps. Go there and see if the CPU temp spikes.

In terms of health, it has a lot more than the RC.

Its easy to shoot down because its a low-number kill streak. Actual health is the same as the UAV iirc.

Off topic but I dont play the OW2 server much anymore. Too many lag binders. Shooting and blowing up zombies is much more enjoyable. They dont cheat.

Boosting would still be a problem, passive or not, and something would have to be done to prevent it. The turret does have a minimum range. Mostly for practical purposes about trying to zero in on a player that close. It also has to be able to see the frozen player. Actually the same checks the regular sentry gun uses. The uav also and being in the air gives a better view certainly but it is easy to shoot down. Most dont bother and actually have be told to do it but that is another problem. I dont recall how long the turret lasts on the map nor the max range but that can certainly be increased to make it more useful for a higher streak if its not doing anything.

Ugh, two simultaneous ways of handling streaks. That will give me nightmares. An interesting idea tho. An option for getting streaks by defrosting... only via proximity or your gunsights... but kills do not count. You get them by saving people instead of killing people. However it is sometimes significantly easier to defrost a large number of players than to shoot them. Certainly in big games. There would be more defroster campers. Just hide out until you can defrost 14 and get a tacnuke. Snipers would probably like the idea as well. Those would have to be looked at. Have to watch out for boosters tho. Two players in a building in or close to spawn. 4t4scrap comes to mind. Player one makes it easy to shoot him through a window. The other hides and defrosts him. Player one goes back and repeats. The enemy thinks its doing great. When in fact all they are doing it making it easy for player two to get that tac nuke. Next round, they trade places. If there is one thing I have learned, on this server people will use any possible advantage or bug they can find. Yes that sometimes includes clan members. And of course they keep their mouths shut so I dont fix it. A conspiracy of silence. Sammy - Hey boom. iBoomBoom - yea? Sammy - I am one short of a tac nuke, could you stand up and let yourself be shot so I can defrost you and get it? iBoomBoom - Sure just thank me after you nuke em all. Yes, that kind of thing would happen sooner or later.

That is correct. It was a bug. But I didnt want to just get rid of the idea of some kind of air-support defrosting since it was a good one. So made up the defroster instead. As for bonuses, you mean like the ones for avenger? Any suggestions? I could probably add some more in beta 10.