DT's First Entry

[z0rt]

Well, now that the new system is up and running, I figured it was about time for me to make my first entry. I mean, I'm already behind Sh4x and Elmo, and I'm the one who suggested this new system in the first place. A bit ironic, eh?

Anyway, I've been making a lot of progress in the development field, although not as much as I would've wanted. Unfortunately, I've had many hard-disk / hard-drive woes . First I lost my Seagate 750GB external hard drive, and in the same month I lost my 100GB external hard drive as well. Both hard drives had hardware crashes (not to be confused with software crashes). Those in the business know just how much it hurts when there is a hardware malfunction. Luckily I have a friend with a special machine (which is very expensive mind you), and we were able to recover part of my stuff. I suppose we were lucky to recover as much as we had.

So you're all probably wondering what I've been doing exactly. Sadly, I can't tell you everything because we need to keep things under wraps. However, those of you who have played with me in-game may have seen me saying something like "OMGz0r, not another bug!" (e.g. the tr-a bug / exploit). You probably don't understand what that means, and I sure as hell wont tell you either. Generally, I'd say I've been working on optimizations and debugging. I don't know if my work will be included in the 2.1 release.

I've played the beta version of 2.1 a bit. I have my opinions, others have theirs. We may not all meet eye-to-eye on some things, but we're all entitled to our own opinions... so it's important for me to respect others, despite the contrast in our views. Just about everyone knows about the modification of the scout. Those of you who know me know that I am a staunch opponent of the change. Others feel the same way I do, like TerrorFarkt.

I feel the most important thing is that we hear from you, the gamers. If you see me in game, feel free to ask me questions or give me input. The same goes here on the forums. Please feel free to PM me. I promise I wont bite.

Good Game peoples...

Respectfully,
-- .dt.

[myersjr]

Originally Posted by z0rt

Well, now that the new system is up and running, I figured it was about time for me to make my first entry. I mean, I'm already behind Sh4x and Elmo, and I'm the one who suggested this new system in the first place. A bit ironic, eh?

Anyway, I've been making a lot of progress in the development field, although not as much as I would've wanted. Unfortunately, I've had many hard-disk / hard-drive woes . First I lost my Seagate 750GB external hard drive, and in the same month I lost my 100GB external hard drive as well. Both hard drives had hardware crashes (not to be confused with software crashes). Those in the business know just how much it hurts when there is a hardware malfunction. Luckily I have a friend with a special machine (which is very expensive mind you), and we were able to recover part of my stuff. I suppose we were lucky to recover as much as we had.

So you're all probably wondering what I've been doing exactly. Sadly, I can't tell you everything because we need to keep things under wraps. However, those of you who have played with me in-game may have seen me saying something like "OMGz0r, not another bug!" (e.g. the tr-a bug / exploit). You probably don't understand what that means, and I sure as hell wont tell you either. Generally, I'd say I've been working on optimizations and debugging. I don't know if my work will be included in the 2.1 release.

I've played the beta version of 2.1 a bit. I have my opinions, others have theirs. We may not all meet eye-to-eye on some things, but we're all entitled to our own opinions... so it's important for me to respect others, despite the contrast in our views. Just about everyone knows about the modification of the scout. Those of you who know me know that I am a staunch opponent of the change. Others feel the same way I do, like TerrorFarkt.

I feel the most important thing is that we hear from you, the gamers. If you see me in game, feel free to ask me questions or give me input. The same goes here on the forums. Please feel free to PM me. I promise I wont bite.

Good Game peoples...

Respectfully,
-- .dt.

Changes to the scout?? Waht changes prey tell?? I havent heard about any changes..rats..guess ill just have to see eh??

[reaper18]

Originally Posted by myersjr

Changes to the scout?? Waht changes prey tell?? I havent heard about any changes..rats..guess ill just have to see eh??

hardcap.
Which is, imo, an unecessary attempt to slow down the scout, which in turn is slowing the pace of the game.
IMO leave the scout alone and focus on defense a littlle more. Scout runs nice and smooth, we just need some buffs for the sniper and the heavy

[Circuitous]

The hard cap affects everyone, not just the scout, and with the current values it's not even that bad.

So... I don't know what change he means. Jump pad? I've never seen him talk about it on the forums.

[Credge]

Hard cap? As in nobody can go above, say, 2000 in game units of speed? Or are we talking about a hard cap in regards to BHopping where everyone has a hard cap of 600 but lighter classes get up to that cap at a much higher rate than the heavier classes?

[squeek.]

It's also ironic that you bypassed the dev journals and just made a thread yourself.

And, for the hard cap discussion see Mushy's post that started it all: http://www.fortress-forever.com/foru...ad.php?t=15677

Basically, it slows you down to a % of your speed when you land above a higher % of your speed. Let's say, you are a scout. Base speed: 400. You conc. In 2.0, you land and have about ~1000 speed on the first jump. In the beta, you land and have about ~700 speed.

See Mushy's post for some reasons why. I enjoy playing offense in the beta 100x more than in 2.0. It is actually legitimately challenging, rather than just concing towards the flag and praying that the demo misses his det and that the SG is down.