They autoaim for your head.

If you want to play hard AI and not get killed so quickly, I would suggest that you make a Direct Connection server with you as the host and only player, and start out with 3-4 AI at a time.  Thats a decent number that you can practice your dodging skills against. 

I think it also helps to play like Shampoo--hide a lot in a cp and keep some bots there to help you.

Buckler

Ah, Quik is good.  But hes not the best ive seen

The best North American PC players don't play SWBF anymore.  Heck, even most of the bad and mediocre PC players don't play SWBF anymore.

Hardly anyone plays SWBF anymore 

The question I would like to know the answer to is why do the Euro players still play this game?  Can't they get new games?    Or, do they just like the game as much as I do? 

Led

Hi MJR,

Thanks for the good info!

I have been a bit bugged that I have not heard about the /noframelock command before now.
It is much easier on the eyes, although my player movement doesn't seem as "crisp" to me when I have 30 fps.

It seems to have been well known in the ESL communities.  (I suspect Skullz knows about  it too, but I haven't seen him lately to ask about it    My personal thought is that we should tell everyone.

keen mike:  I have a 50 TPS server set up so you can get 50 FPS minimum.  Go ahead and try it. If you want to make you own server 30 TPS/30 FPS minimum, you can set that option in the hosting settings when you set up a game with your disk.  *If  you have a decent video card* you can get 100-200 FPS when you use the /noframelock command.  Let me know if I can assist you to enable the command.

Buckler

Hey cull,

I disagree.  In my opinion, what we need are more people that are capable of downloading and installing maps in their addon folder.  The world of SWBF does really open up to those can DL a file.  And, yes, most of those maps can be played on-line.

The hex-edit hacks that allow no-download-required play are interesting, but can never give the type of options and new worlds to explore that a download can.

Buckler aka Led

Quote from: keenmike on November 25, 2009, 01:51:04 AM
i dont know, at least if i have an advantage i am a person not to flaunt it. the probles with my video card have been happening long before i learned about the no framlock.

Read in a more cynical way, your post could mean `If I have an unfair advantage, I don't want anyone else to know about it'.


But first, is it really an advantage if the tick rate remains the same?  That is the question that I am soliciting opinions.

Second, if it is an advantage, I feel that everyone should be aware of it!  And, if it is not, it certainly makes the game visual experience much more smooth--perhaps meaning the game will  continue to have interest to someone.

Also, from the perspective of someone that runs a server, why should I waste my bandwidth providing a 60 TPS server (that gives everyone a mininum of 60 FPS) when I can provide a 20 TPS server and let everyone be aware that they can get 100-200 FPS anyway?


Buck

Well, almost all maps I have seen are on-line compatible. 

Its just that you have to download and install them 

Buckler

Fair enough. 

The command is /noframelock

It gets inserted into the command line of the program, as described for the /nointro command
neat the bottom of this page:

http://www.tweakguides.com/SWB_7.html


I get 150-200 fps on my video card with it.

Buck

Quote from: ag on November 24, 2009, 02:24:41 PM
Hmm.. may we know the command?

Well, I want to know what you think, first   

Hi MPCers,

If you have ever hosted a SWBF game, you are aware that you can set the TPS (ticks per second) of the server.  For a DC based game hosted with the game cd/dvd you can set 15, 20, or 30 TPS.

1.2 version PC dedicated server software allows the admind to set other TPS values with the server command /tps 30 for 30 TPS, for example.

The TPS setting sets the mininum frames per second (FPS) for users on the server.

My question is:  are TPS the same as FPS ?

The question arises because I have recently become aware that it is possible for players to un-cap their client side framerates, to what ever their video card can handle using an undocumented client command.

My impression is that TPS are used to define server syncing with the client.  FPS is used for the visual smoothness for the player.

The motivation for asking the question is to determine if players are gaining an advantage using an uncapped framerate.

What do you think?

Buckler

Ah, that makes sense.

Thanks Jedi!

Buckler

Hi MPCers,

Something I have never been able to figure out in SWBF is what are the conditions
under which the ammo bots explode?

Sometimes, it is just when I spawn, sometimes it is when ever I need ammo and go near one 

Can a modder or players tell me what triggers the exploding gonk?

Buckler

Ya, I have grown intolerant of inappropriate language.  I have kids that can read now.

Sorry rex and MPC'rs, no more DC's.  Sorry it was so short lived.

The only admin ability I have is to shut down the server, an option that I had to take.

Buckler

The DC is up. 76.18.114.96

Standards  and

maz1, mon1, dea1, uta1


Cheers,
Buck

EDIT: This server is no longer running.

Hi MPCgamers,

A series of events has led me to be able to provide a (nearly) continous 24/7 direct connection server.

Some of you may know that I have been hosting PC servers for some time now, taking them down for the occasional DC event.


JediKiller provided me with information on Nuclear Fallout (NFO) game servers, and I am renting them for my PC clan, {PLA}.  Right now, it's for a three month duration, but I hope to extend it.  The cost is not terrible ($37/month) for a virtual dedicated server, which beats the heck out of renting a fully dedicated machine.


In any event, this frees up my home server to host DC's.  (No one has been able to figure out how to get a DC to run remotely).  So, I can host mod maps and standards, with probably about 24 slots without many lag issues.  The server can be left up except for map changes and the rare event that I need another server for {PLA} to use.

As a bonus (to me) I discovered that you can host a DC *and* a PC internet server.  Start the DC, then ALT-TAB out of it, then start the PC dedicated server.  The DC will take the first port, and the PC server will take the second port.  (PC dedicated servers are designed to be able to run two at a time.)  I tried this out for me and it worked.  Hopefully it will work for everyone else too.  This will allow me to leave a private PC server up for training while I run a DC.

I will start running a DC this Saturday 11/7/09.  My IP is 76.18.114.96.  Please reply with what maps you want to play.

Pi-man--if you have that tool working that provides the player list for DC's, let's see if we can get that integrated into the MPCgamers site somehow.  One problem I see with a 24/7 DC is that it's only going to be fun if we can gather a crowd, and nothing gathers a crowd better than knowing that a few players are on a server.

I can make a post with maps on it like I did for the former MXG site.  However, I am not going to provide mod map links like I did before--it simply takes too much time.  So, if someone wants to provide map links, or make sure the files are uploaded to MPCgamers, I would appreciate it.

Cheers,
Buckler