Sammy

Been a long time since I played a real sniper server. Long games. Lots of patience. Stealthy movement. No streaks. Not something that would generate a lot of traffic tho if that was a goal.

To be really fun you should also increase the base player speed by %50. A rusher on steroids with a noobtube. Also makes it a bit harder to hit the target unless he is standing there.

Ah ok. Yes I think I remember that one from awhile ago. Both that and the cuav had a bug where the dvars controlling the on/off werent being reset on round changes. An oversight on my part since I assumed the game did that. But it didnt.

Then some event must happen where after that it disappears but doesnt come back. When does it disappear?

Some mods have used hudenable as a quick way to shut things off but the setting persists and is not reset if you leave the game while it is off. So its one of those settings to remember and keep handy. The 2D one is handy for making demos.

Both a [server] message and admin punishments should be enough. But disavowing friendlies from taking each others packages just adds limitations to their team whereas every enemy player can take it and enemy hackers can boobytrap it. The benefits outweigh having to deal with lame players. You will be able to add custom punishment messages to the server that pop up when you blow them up so they will know why.

Those two settings should work fine but your screenshot shows a 4:3 ratio and stretched to fill the screen. This is a known problem and it was that the 640x480 pixel ratios wouldnt work. If however your client is ignoring those settings I dont know. Is your config file locked?

Looks like its not just a 4:3 screen ratio but maybe its stretched out. Video mode in graphic settings should be 1440x900 or similar like 1680x1050. But also check your aspect ratio and make sure its set to auto.

Iirc Rugger tried that on both servers and people wanted the older one back even with the bugs. But yes, that version is done.

Most streak weapons have counter measures of some kind. A couple dont. The RC has been discussed to death already. As for care packages, the team logo on the sides is all you need to know whether or not it is friendly and such mistakes should not happen. Bad admins is an old issue and not a reason for removing tools from all of them. IW did that, Trey is doing it with BO2, and look where we are in the series. Back when BO came out I had to laugh at all the console/mw2 matchmaking crybabies who now had to behave themselves or they would be kicked. Often they admit that yes they broke a rule but their defense is that it shouldnt be a rule in the first place. Or that there shouldnt be any rules at all. Boo hoo.

Could you post a screenshot?

It depends on how you play the game. If everyone did nothing but run around and spam 3x nades with sonic boom it wouldnt be very fun either. But in this case any discussion should be easy. Did the player who took it even try to ask first? If he did but nobody said boo about it then ok. But if he didnt, or the owner said no and the guy took it anyways, then that is a rules infraction and should be handled appropriately. My own pov is to not worry about designing around douchbags. That is left to the admins, as it should be, and they should be given the tools to deal with such people.

whats your screen resolution? 640x480 (4:3) ratios wont work but 1440x900 (16:9) should format it correctly. In your graphic options.

Do you have a 4:3 screen ratio? Change it to widescreen. The problem was that there was too much stuff to work on 4:3 screens, which among other things is a reason why the newer mod went back to the original style with buttons.

A single flash isnt a problem. But I always play with some good ambient lighting also. More often than not its repetitive flashes that does it. Back in the day CRT monitors were horrible and caused problems. Also for example the 24 fps rotating light saber thing that Grievous does makes me uncomfortable... for those that know that character.

Actually, like others I am an epileptic. Been along time since I had a seizure and I am careful around TV's and video games. Also set things up to deal with eye strain etc and dont play 6 hours straight. But these days movie theaters are out of the question. We are supposed to avoid all the whizbang 3D movies also even at home. The lightening was pretty intense and people like myself probably would have to take a little extra care. When I get some time I will look forward to playing it.

Add to above: If an admin thinks a player is being really annoying he can always do this and let the fun begin.

Taking something that is fun out of the game is not a solution. It penalizes everybody because of a few dumb asses. Bad manners can ruin any game. As for only you or enemies that defeats part of the purpose. It should allow friends to take the package if for some reason you cannot. Think of it this way. Your team is down 1-15 and your standing next an unclaimed friendly RC-XD package where the owner is frozen. If you could get it to unfreeze many of your teammates that alone would make friendlies taking packages worth it.

A techie explanation follows... No it doesnt bounce in this case. Game limitation. It is possible to convert something like that to a physics model which is done for exploding cars and barrels that shoot up etc. But once done it is impossible to get its actual location. So the trigger radiuses needed for knowing that you are actually standing next to it couldnt be put there. Tried various ways around that including making a manually controlled bounding box but it was too expensive in terms of computational power and not %100 reliable to actually find the ground or obstructions. MW2/3/BO did it by introducing a 'workaround' for lack of a better word. They didnt change how physics objects work in the game engine. Instead it seems the maps themselves have a built-in invisible box that is the same kind of thing used to surround cars which cannot be created at runtime. Only cloned. The care package model and trigger radius follows it. A brush model for the mappers out there. Anyways, are you suggesting friendlies shouldnt magically see or be affected by the smoke while the enemy is? But I agree this is a teamwork problem nothing more. Over the years some servers I have played the teams talk to and work together constantly. Quite a different experience than those that dont.

Plenty of dumb people play cod games.

Working on reenabling the acp control panel for the next update. Admins that have been given access in the server configs will be able to apply various punishments. A few problems to work out tho if for example the player is suicided when in the minigunner or predator etc. That kind of ability should be limited however to confirmed cases of bad behavior and not just someone complaining about another player.

You cant code good behavior and good admins are a must to deal with lame-ass players. One of the reasons BO2 is probably going to fail badly.

Aww whats wrong with a litlte thunder.

You sound like Dos Equis and the most interesting man in the world. "I dont always use sniper rifles, but when I do I prefer the wa2000" But in any case there is no 'better'. Only which one best suits your playing style. One caviat is that the low power on the M21 (even without SP) isnt so much of a problem in HC servers.

Changed the tacnuke in addition to all the other stuff coming up. First it will not be a loadout option and available to everybody as a 4th streak at 20 kills. I agree since its pretty hard to get its unfair to require it in the loadout. 20 is still too low imho but it will depend on what the general feedback is from the various servers using the mod.