Kappa’s email to me:
Yo,
I need these maps on the TF2 server.
ctf_turbine_v3
ctf_mach4
cp_warpath
cp_dustbowl
cp_gravelpit
ctf_2fort
cp_labor
cp_well
cp_castle3
I don’t want any of the current custom maps(Not sure what version of Mach we have) or Granary. Hydro can stay in the vote list.
The MOTD file needs to be edited so that it doesn’t say our server is a Valve Test Server… Also the above list, once all the maps are uploaded, should be listed in the MOTD as well. I don’t know what I have access to and what I don’t have access to.
The messages that flash across the screen in the top left corner cut off with a … and then are also read across the bottom in admin font. I don’t see the point of this, either we display the full sentence up top or show the sentence in admin text on the bottom. Pretty sure its the advertisement messages.
The above shouldn’t be hard to fix and needs to happen fast. I’d do it but I’m pretty sure I’m not allowed to make changes. After spending 2 hours playing on our server by myself and seeing the crappy custom maps we have on there it isn’t a surprise that nobody wanted to play on our server. In its current state our TF2 server is crap.
HLStats needs to be put on or something similar. If we do get stats put on, we should set it to 300 kills before a player gets full points. Naturally stats on TF2 are pointless but this will give new players a goal to achieve and keep them playing on the server longer.
The beetles mod seems to be pretty awesome. Using it on my own dedicated TF2 server and thus far (from my limited experience in these matters) I have been able to do everything I wanted.
-Respawn times 8-12 seconds
-Sudden Death Melee only and forces everyone into the same randomly selected class.
-Map Times are 20 minutes, 15 min extend, extend 2 times.
-Rotation based on voting, can’t vote the map last played.
-WCU logo in spawn rooms.
I really think the above additions to the server will really help populate it. Also something catchy in the server name (when players search for servers) once we do make the changes such as HLStats or 10sec Respawns.
Just some ideas.