Request for JB [official server gameplay idea]

[unrealshredder]

I was wondering if, so that Duel players could get a temporary 'fix', if it was possible to add some kind of 'pseudo' gametype to the offical server gametype drop-down list. I don't even know if it's possible, but just simply call it what it is: melee-only DM. Change the DM game rules and make that 'gametype' available to players who have been missing Duel. Thanks.

[Tim]

I was wondering if, so that Duel players could get a temporary 'fix', if it was possible to add some kind of 'pseudo' gametype to the offical server gametype drop-down list. I don't even know if it's possible, but just simply call it what it is: melee-only DM. Change the DM game rules and make that 'gametype' available to players who have been missing Duel. Thanks.

Double that. No, wait... Make that ×4234325435435435435374354324 (for all teh proxies) + 65536 (king proxy's vote)

[jb]

I was wondering if, so that Duel players could get a temporary 'fix', if it was possible to add some kind of 'pseudo' gametype to the offical server gametype drop-down list. I don't even know if it's possible, but just simply call it what it is: melee-only DM. Change the DM game rules and make that 'gametype' available to players who have been missing Duel. Thanks.

So just to understand, your looking for a fix to play melee on-line? Just wanted to make sure I understand what your asking so I can see what I can do..

[unrealshredder]

Yes, melee-only Chaos DM is good enough for me and a few others that I know of. I mean as long as we can at least play that, hopefully on the official server as a *temporary* additional, sort of 'gametype' if you will, then perhaps all the Duel fans won't miss Duel, as much, until the next PR. Ever since Duel has stopped working, friends of mine have simply hosted [non dedicated of course] Chaos DM servers, with 'melee only match' checked in the game rules. We have been able to play melee online, just on our little servers tho, and I had been wondering if there was anyway you could modify the *server* gameplay so that we could play melee-only matches of DM. I'm not asking for a patch for Chaos by any means just because one gametype isn't working. So I probably shouldn't have said 'fix', if I was just asking if there was any way you could modify only the official server.

[jb]

Dorian,

I tried but it did not work out. I figured out a way to add that opition easily via the web admin. It should have been a 10 sec deal. However because of how I wrote the code, the older PR3.6 code is not looking at the opitons that are passed to the gametype but whats saved in the INI file (however when you select those opitions in the GUI in the UT2004 game they are saved in the ini). Now for most things this is fine, but if you wanted to add this flexibilty, then the game should allow for this but does not. I am sorry as this was an oversite on my part. I will try to ensure that the next version will read the options passed to it (as well as the ini). This way you can create a voting option that run ChaosDM in melee only for example...Thanks and soo sorry about that

[jb]

FYI,

I just ran a test on the current code that will be in the next release. And I have ensure it will work correctly and listen to any extra command line parameters passed to it so in the future it will work. Sorry for that oversite...