Sammy

How is camping behind the enemy spawn point holding down a position?

Uh, no. There are campers and there are campers. Perhaps you dont care when some loser does nothing but hide prone in the grass underneath a walkway shooting everybody. But I do. Keep in mind there are quite a few here that consider stealing care packages without permission a kickable offense. A bit two-faced if you ask me. You can camp like a teenage girl scout around the fire roasting marshmellows but you cant take someone else's care package.

There were some discussions and I was told that the consensus was to turn it off. So I did. I recommended however to keep the bonus part in a reduced form. If you do seriously camp and are shot then a bonus will be given to the attacker. 10 or 20 points. Campers dont have to give two shits about it since they will be unaffected and can epoxy their feet to the ground if they want.

Yes. Which is why a solution like that is problematic for cod players. How do you separate bunnies from the others. Even so is it reasonable to say your aim would be off by the act of either jumping off the ground or jumping out of window? The random idea isnt meant to be tactical realism, just to handle situations where players want to be Neo in a military shooter. A similar thing was made up for dolphin divers or quick prone. Messed up your aim just a bit. I remember the quick scoper thing in BO I think is was and the whiners. To them it is reasonable to immediately bring up a heavy rifle up to your eye with no change in where it is aiming. Good thing they didnt add gravity otherwise there would be complaints about bullets that actually dropped as they flew. COD4 is an arcade game but it doesnt have to be Mortal Kombat.

Some mods do that by messing up your aim a bit in a random direction if you jump. So while in the air you would have to recenter your target again. Of course bunnies hate that because they think the act of jumping shouldnt affect where you are looking.

Yea "Fuck Sake" sounds like an interesting drink. Considering Japan is so rigid its no wonder harsh language is an outlet.

iSitSoLong?

I'm lucky to get an RC. So dont look at me for opinions on how 20 kills is too high.

The defroster thing is being taken care of.

Bunny hopping is annoying but those players are not hiding. Neither are drop shooters. If anything those that do can be some of the most vulnerable in the game. When in the air or going prone they cannot dodge. You also know exactly where they are going to land and all you have to do is wait for them. Tubes are not a big problem either, nor perk 1 explosives in general, because you only get two of them. Always satisfying to pick off someone that hops right in your direction in the hope of shooting you. They are sitting ducks, so to speak.

For bunnies... I hate bunnies also. Not going to do the usual method of disabling weapons however. That would leave a player defenseless. Maybe do something else. Remember that on this server the normal jump slowdown is disabled so its much harder to shoot them.

Server should already have had numbers doubled for the timer, how quick it adds up if you dont move, and the number of points required for termination. With these numbers if you get 30 points or more on you then you are a good camper. Marked? Then you are a true master. Changes to come when I get the next script online. Defrosting of any length, even just 1 second, will reset the checks but will not remove or reduce the bounty itself. I could do a timer thing but I figure just making the effort will be good enough. No termination icons in overtime. The last player left will not have a termination icon. If he had one it will be removed. Not sure yet how to handle 'restore' if the team gets back up to strength. A player will not receive any messages to move until he is marked. Out of sight out of mind. So if you dont see the bag they cant see you. But points can still be collected on you.

Sentries are also quite powerful. Especially now since you keep unplaced sentries through death. Knifing sentries is also part of the game. Cars can be annoying but compared to grenade spam it is nothing. Especially blind grenade spam. Funny how I hear so much about the cars but nobody suggests I should cut grenade damage and range in half.

Yes, this is likely why it was made so fast. Not to chase people around but to defrost more players. I remember when I added that ability. It was controversial. It often turned the tide of a battle almost won and some didnt like it when that happened. And now? Nobody has any problems with it.

Like I said I am adding ftag specific exemptions for certain situations. Yes if you are the last player you most of the time have no choice but to camp. I know this. I am not stupid. If you are that bad of a camper during the rest of the game then I have no sympathy but anti-camp will not apply in that kind situation anyways. Said many many times when the next compile is uploaded the bubble will change. In fact I think I will stop saying it.

The purpose of sniping is concealment and scoping to pick off your enemies off at a distance. Hiding in a container or in a window with an assault rifle is ambushing. I must remind people that just seeing the bag on the 2D hud doesnt by itself mean you are targeted. It means whoever shoots you gets a bonus. You will have to be pretty bad to actually get targeted. Not get caught once. Not twice. Not three times. But many times. And once collected it restarts from zero. I am at this very moment adding code that will stop bounty increases and cancel any targeting on overtime. Things are quite generous to moderate campers, will be more so, and it is not asking a lot.

The problem with the cars is not the kills required. But because its settings are above the defaults to make it more powerful that it should be for a hard core game. It was fine before imho but then the complaints were that it wasnt powerful enough and not fast enough. So now the damage is higher and the speed is lightening fast. Made them more attractive to set in the loadout. Same with the mininuke. Its current settings are higher than the defaults due to complaints. Like I said the RC most of the time only gets one kill. Not very good really since it requires you to waste one of the three loadout options. And with all the counter measures players can choose from its not a guaranteed kill either. Most defaults are generally set with a soft core game in mind but options to customize values. Meaning for example the RC would be against a player with 100 health. Keep in mind this is a server where some people get upset when they cannot kill an enemy with a single shot to the foot.

It is intended. It remains until it is collected.

Snipers are exempt. You will only be targeted if you are a really bad camper. And I mean really bad such that you refuse to move "at all". edit: I invite any non-sniper to admit to everyone here that he refuses to move less than the length of two doors in a 60 second period. Sniper means you are holding a sniper rifle not an assault rifle.

Do you camp continuously? No? Then this is a non issue for you. Funny you mention the ACE mod and the threads I have read recently complaining about spawn campers and such.

An exception is being added for desfrosting and yes it will reset. You dont have to do a full defrost. You just have to make the attempt and do it a little bit. Also for using streaks like picking out airstrike locations. So far testing locally works well.

Considering you will only have to move a distance of 150-200 units in a 60 second window this isnt much to ask. That is less than double the height of a door. Less than the blast radius of a frag. If an assault or specops player refuses to move that far then I have zero sympathy. Especially if this happens many times over the course of a single life. Otherwise only a matter of bonus points, like Avenger. There will be exceptions. Defrosting will cancel any checks. Bounties will not go up during overtime. If other exceptions present themselves I will go through them. The sever should already be up to 60 seconds. Some servers use settings that pretty much require you to constantly run and gun. If you dont it will disable your weapon. I dont like either of those things.

No those things do not affect what cp awards you get.

Annoying to whom? People that dont camp? Or campers? Anyways targeting is based on points not time. It currently requires a bounty of 50, which is deliberately low right now. Otherwise its just points to the other guy when he gets you. Next map the move time will be raised from 30 seconds (also set low for testing) to 60. All you have to do is move 150 units during that 30 seconds. Surely you can do that. Like I said, part of testing is to find out what works and what is missing. For one, because there seems to be some confusion, I am going to change the moneybag icon on the 2D hud so it only shows if you are actually targeted. Otherwise printline nofitications will tell you that the price has gone up. So if you dont see the bag you know they cant see you. Going to be uploading some additions late this evening, once I am sure they work, that will account for defrosting and being in an RC. Besides, if you want to snipe from a tower get a sniper rifle.

Why? Because I hate campers. Various settings are on low right now for testing to make sure there are no errors. The targeted thing will be raised but its supposed to give you away if you camp like a bitch. And the only people that seem to hate it are those that get caught camping.