Please, run something other than summit...
vizioNz
InversionNS2.com Join Date: 2003-12-21 Member: 24595Members, Constellation, NS2 Playtester
InversionNS2.com Join Date: 2003-12-21 Member: 24595Members, Constellation, NS2 Playtester
To all the active server admins out there like ana. chicago servers and the european servers, can we please play a map other than freaking summit? The same map over and over is getting a bit boring. Mainly speaking of ana.'s servers. You have 3 servers that play summit... Really?
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Thats understable, but come on... At least cycle through them every 2-4 round ends.
There is no option for this. Think the only way is for an admin to be present and restart the server with a new map.
1) There is no way to change maps without restarting the server
2) Summit is really the only playable map at the moment. Tram is the only other completed, official map, but it has huge performance and graphical errors for some players.
1) There is no way to change maps without restarting the server
2) Summit is really the only playable map at the moment. Tram is the only other completed, official map, but it has huge performance and graphical errors for some players.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
what he said.
And Rockdown?
<a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/wiki/index.php/Ns2_sample" target="_blank">There is one</a> and it doesn't do much better in terms of sheer performance gain compared to summit, besides it's not all that optimized with gameplay/flow in mind
download it here : <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?showtopic=113658" target="_blank">http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/in...howtopic=113658</a>
Well then it would seem that there is still an opportunity for someone to make a dev-textured map to alleviate the public demand, and also potentially to refine the map for the future. A good idea for all mappers out there.
I agree, it gets very old that's why I have stopped playing at the moment.
However unfortunately it's because other maps are not finished/optimized yet, such as ns_tram you get like half the FPS you do on summit.
Since summit is out I played tram only one time on a 7vs7 server .. and that amount of players is just to high.
Nope, the problem is, the map is the biggest one, the ns community loved ns1 and the maps and gameplay.
NS2 maps are mostly smaller, also the teamsize is smaller mostly.
But summit change it big, its a very nice big map, people like that.
I do but not often, there other maps with players, but yeah since summit was released, its #1 ^^
In my mind, the other maps feels like combat from ns1 if you compare the size of the maps .
NS2 could be slightly different. The aliens could still start in 3 places, and the marines would always start in the "opposite" map position. (This would have to be defined in the map).
This would considerably mix up the gameplay while not having to change maps.
I think the random spawning will be great, however, the maps are extremely small to support a feature such as this. The random hive drops in NS1 worked due to the shear size of the maps. If the alien hive dropped in heli or surface access on summit, it can almost promise a marine win with a marine rush/egg camp.
I have not tried triad22 and I am excited to try it out on the fr server tonight. I have played tram and thought it was accepted in terms of fps. I am just getting insanely sick of summit, I would rather help the mapping community build a better map rotation than play the same map, over and over...
Since summit is out I played tram only one time on a 7vs7 server .. and that amount of players is just to high.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Since I bought the game I didn't even know other maps existed till I started playing with Spark lol.
Thats a clear reminder that we need more contribution from the community from both sides of the map development scene. It also wouldnt hurt if UW release a great map that properly runs their hand build game lol.
It makes me,wonder, what maps to the DEVs test their code on? Summit? Hmmm
It isn't just performance. Tram is also flat-out broken. It crashes clients when they join, or gives them unplayable graphical glitches. Doesn't matter how many players there are, tram is a no-go.
Rockdown isn't played anymore because it's crazy unbalanced in the alien's favor.
At this point, without proper map cycling, MOTDs, map downloading, or other things, custom maps are a really hard sell.
Thus, we all keep playing summit. And we are all tired of it, just like you. But it's the only game in town.
Ehm, you guys also might wannah ignore the Onos model in there >_>
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We have a winner!
I'd run a different community map everyday if auto-download worked.
I'd run a different community map everyday if auto-download worked.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Fix auto-downloading devs, has to be a simple fix!
No, it's not. Autodownloading never was in NS2, it would be a whole new feature, not a fix.
On Topic: Maybe you forgot that summit already was played before it was officially included in NS2. If there is a good community map out there, some servers need to start running it and if people see it is played, they'll try to join, then get the "file not found". Then they'll come to the forum and beg for help with their "error" and people who know have to tell a million times how manually downloading and installing maps work :P. Was the same with ns2_summit_b1.