Sammy

Information about the RC-XD: Everyone getting a car was not a bug but a temporary addition to see what happens if there is a large amount of cars at the same time over the course of an entire round. See if anything goes haywire. It was only intended to be there for a couple rounds while I was there and then removed. I did that and did a fast server restart when finished. All looked ok so I went to bed. I figure a full stop-start was needed to completely clear things out. All should be good now. Sorry bout that.

I mean is... when you respawn frozen, where are you respawning in relation to where you were shot. If you were shot on a ledge do you respawn there? On the ground below it? Or somewhere in the air in between the two?

Ok so you are respawning in the air? That sounds like you are respawning maybe while the body is still falling, which is where it gets its respawn position from. Can be fixed and will likely require a check of some kind to make sure the body is no longer moving before getting its location.

Trick or treating has changed quite a bit not so much in terms of costumes or anything like that. But of parents taking their kids in the car to different neighborhoods to get more and better goodies. That and the teenagers wanting treats also. Parties are better. Of course if everybody got rocks they might stop doing it.

While I was specing someone dropped a mininuke and I suspect its range settings are far too big in the server options. I saw players die that were not even close to the explosion fx. IIRC the defaults were raised by due to complaints... as often happens... about it being too weak but maybe it was adjusted too much the other way. Feel free to ask players, both the attackers and victims, their opinion on this. Just for clarification, mininuke, B2 and the helis all have the same weights for choosing the awards.

The way it works is that you respawn normally but your controls are frozen so you cannot move. The difference is that the origin given to the spawn function is obtained from wherever the body is not a spawn point. Something to keep track of: are you respawning as frozen before the body has finished falling? I am wondering if the watcher for body location is being stopped early and the last known origin is in the air where the body was at that time. This may or may not be where you were shot. As for the ladder also something to keep track of: Is the body really close to the base of the ladder? I dont know how maps do ladder triggers but does it work by distance to the ladder mount point and it is done automatically? Not like wall mantling?

Are people respawning as frozen where the ragdoll body lands, if the player was shot in the air, or are they respawning in the air where they were shot and then fall again?

When did you last see the bubble thing? It shouldnt even be possible now unless for some strange reason you actually respawned as frozen in the air. Maybe you are thinking of the older mod last week that was on for a couple days. That one had a problem with player bodies and ragdolls.

Ok you shouldnt be getting those from the 8-kill one. I remember at one time I experimented with an advanced uav of sorts for it. Bigger map, faster refresh, cannot be shot down, etc. edit: I dont see those as options. strange.

The bubble thing should have been taken care of but I will check it out.

I will look into seeing if a script fix will take care of it. I am hoping a simple 'on the ground' check will do it like is done for objectives.

Thats the luck of the draw. With the 8-kill package you might get an RC. The attack package shouldnt have a cuav. Only lethal streaks. But if this is not the case let me know.

Its a bug that hasnt been fixed because I tend to forget things.

You could have gone with a dog going as hello kitty.

I wonder if the original texts used for the Bible had an 'oops' in it but the church took it out like so many of the other things it did. Who truly believes that the male leader of a large number of totally devout followers wouldnt be getting in on with all the female members throwing themselves at his feet? There are some things in the Bible that ask too much to be believable. Seriously, what 20-something male is going to listen to daddy when 1000's of women are ready to bang him but he says no? Commandments from God on stone tablets carried down a mountain by an old man? Yup. The son of God getting some? Not a chance!

Cant trust anybody these days. Hopefully NFO isnt another one of those secret 3 letter government acronyms.

The problem is, too many players want to be Ahnold with their rifle that has unlimited ammo and always hits what it shoots at. From the hip as always. And of course fighting enemies that cant hit water if they fell out of a fucking boat. Yup, that is an old movie quote but still a good one and relevant.

Many use mp3s. But considering the huge amount of space on drives I tend to rip stuff with flac. So yea if the music itself is really good... not the hiphop stuff of today nor Miley.. a sound card can make a difference. As they say, garbage in garbage out. If however most of your music is from streaming or things like itunes purchases the onboard sound is fine. Oh and it also certainly depends on how good your headphones or speakers are.

Yup its coming along. There is already an earlier version of it on the other server. Called OW2 1.45i mod. Currently set to 12 players but I can increase that. Soon as I get more of the hint message stuff moved it should be ready for next round of beta testing. See the other thread about that.

Thats why they added noobie guns to MW2 and later. So 8 year olds could have a chance. Why 8yo can play a game rated M is another story.

Could you be more specific how that works? Are you talking about regular spawn protection or the protection after leaving the car? I am pretty sure the radiation part, once its applied to whoever is in range, is done. Like a flashbang. But its been awhile since I looked at it and maybe its supposed to act like gas. A request for everyone: The 'hint' message at the bottom that says 'you will respawn next round'. What other kinds of messages show up there and when + which gametypes? Also the timer underneath it? I have been moving for the mod update notification msgs like press F to retrieve explosive from the top but in the lower part of the screen but there is very little room for stuff. I may need to move things around. The printline for player kills and server notifications on the left can get pretty long and conflict with other elements.

There is a great deal of internet traffic these days especially with all the streaming services that just keep getting bigger. Maybe the heavier use is starting to show flaws or malfunctioning equipment that werent noticed before. Or there are shenanigans.

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California is probably #1 in the amount of love people have for their cars even with sitting in constant traffic every day. Gotta send your kids to school 1/4 a mile away? Get the mega SUV. Carpool? Thats only for the little people. I know its just as bad in many other states but the fact CA has such a huge population its worse. Train projects fail because people would rather spend 2 hrs in traffic getting to work than 1 hr sitting back in a train reading the paper. Result? Terrible air pollution but its not nearly as bad as it used to be. Gotta love it when you see people whine like little kids about smog checks for their cars.

As for 'nobody checks'... I hate to burst your bubble but I make mod comparisons and run the mods all the time. Find out where the differences are. If something looks suspicious work it out and see what it is doing different. Currently there are three mods in the developer workspace. "Programmers Notepad" if anyone knows what that is. The acr one, noacr, and the next 1.45. In actual fact I spend far far far far far more time on this mod than I should be but I do it because I want it to work and be fun. There is lag this and lag that. But does it happen when everybody is running around? When one team is mostly frozen? When a lot of people are defrosting at the same time? Maybe defrosting two at the same time? During certain streaks? Certain maps? Who knows maybe there is no lag at all in TDM or other objective games. But of course nobody will play TDM to find out. 'The old one is better'. Yea? All I see is "oh wheee acr!". That kind of thing tells me some of the problem isnt lag but that the people that dont aim their weapon and have to deal with recoil suck. "Realism" games generally dont succeed because of this. This is a common issue. In the gaming world crybabies all over the place so what do developers do? Reduce or remove recoil in the next game. Money and making sales is what is important not game balance. They say it is, but its about the money. Ok done with the rant and on to other things.