Insane Build/evolve/upgrade Times

Darc_MystDarc_Myst Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7347Members
in NS General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">Is something wrong here?</div> In my ongoing quest to convert more people to Natural Selection, I spent a while in a 3 player game in order to teach one new player the basics of the game. I was on aliens the other two on marines.

Very soon I noticed that I was building structures as gorge at an insane rate. Everything built in about 2 seconds. Evolving to anything, even onos, took less than two seconds. Building a HIVE took 2 seconds. I asked the marines if they were having the same experience, and they confirmed they were. Very fast build, upgrade etc.

Is this because we were playing such a small game? Does the build time now scale with the number of players? Was this feature added at some point, cos if so it completely passed me by. I'm going to venture a guess and say it's something that WASN'T added, in which case why did this happen? Is it an option I can configure somewhere?

Any help appreciated.

Darric
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  • SquinageSquinage Join Date: 2003-12-02 Member: 23869Members
    edited April 2004
    sv_cheats 1 was why.

    When cheats are on EVERYthing is quick.

    [edit] plus you can cheat <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> [/edit]
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  • AposApos Join Date: 2003-06-14 Member: 17369Members, Constellation
    But I think that build/evolve times do go faster in smaller games. I think.
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  • JavJav Join Date: 2004-04-14 Member: 27921Members
    Yeah it will have just been server side, like the 1 sec force field some servers put around you.
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  • AlcapwnAlcapwn &quot;War is the science of destruction&quot; - John Abbot Join Date: 2003-06-21 Member: 17590Members
    If it was a listen server, the host prob had sv_Cheats set to 1.
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  • Salvation_r2Salvation_r2 Join Date: 2003-11-26 Member: 23606Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-h20+Apr 17 2004, 12:23 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (h20 @ Apr 17 2004, 12:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If it was a listen server, the host prob had sv_Cheats set to 1. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    or deicated
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Combat mode shortens gestation times as well, but there's no building in co so that's irrelevant.
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  • Darc_MystDarc_Myst Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7347Members
    Haha, yes, enable cheats was checked. I'm sure I didn't do that though.

    Oh well, thank you very much everyone!

    Darric
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  • remiremi remedy [blu.knight] Join Date: 2003-11-18 Member: 23112Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester
    i believe cheats are on by default so that you can run around the map and get upgrades and explore maps without needing to wait for a second person, which may not even be able to join due to firewall or something.
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