Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:46 pm
You might remember I posted during the beta that ati cards
were not getting more than 30fps. Well it appears nothing has changed as I am still getting 30fps on an x800 xt. So my question is can the ati users expect a patch for this?
I also have some suggestions for autohost if you have the time to work on it.
First with regards to the 4 players must be checked to start the game. I think it would be better to have a message be printed for each player that isnt checked to check in or be booted in 15 seconds. This of course wouldnt start being printed until at least 4 players have entered. This way the game wont start when people are not checked in.
Second is it possible at all to create a voting system within the interface so the players can choose the plugin, gametype, and time/plan time. For instance you could have 5 buttons somewhere on the interface. The host will select 1-5 plugins, 1-5 gametypes, and 1-5 choices for time and plan time. So when the host creates the autohost, he selects if it will be a voting server, or a server that just cycles through maps like we have now. If voting server is selected, 5 plugins are selected and various gametypes and times for each plugin are selected for choice. Then when at least 4 players have entered, a series of messages will be printed. No players can talk in the server during this period to keep the screen from getting cluttered. For example:
Autohost: Please vote for a plugin to enable.
Autohost: 1 - No plugin (regular myth)
Autohost: 2 - WW2 Recon
Autohost: 3 - WW2 Combat
Autohost: 4 - Blue vs Grey
Autohost: 5 - GFGG
Autohost: You have 10 seconds to make a choice.
Autohost: WW2 Combat was voted as the plugin.
Autohost: Please vote for a gametype.
Autohost: 1 - Body Count
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I thought of a few other things that should be voted on as well. Number of teams(0-8) 0 for ffa, map enabled, etc...
were not getting more than 30fps. Well it appears nothing has changed as I am still getting 30fps on an x800 xt. So my question is can the ati users expect a patch for this?
I also have some suggestions for autohost if you have the time to work on it.
First with regards to the 4 players must be checked to start the game. I think it would be better to have a message be printed for each player that isnt checked to check in or be booted in 15 seconds. This of course wouldnt start being printed until at least 4 players have entered. This way the game wont start when people are not checked in.
Second is it possible at all to create a voting system within the interface so the players can choose the plugin, gametype, and time/plan time. For instance you could have 5 buttons somewhere on the interface. The host will select 1-5 plugins, 1-5 gametypes, and 1-5 choices for time and plan time. So when the host creates the autohost, he selects if it will be a voting server, or a server that just cycles through maps like we have now. If voting server is selected, 5 plugins are selected and various gametypes and times for each plugin are selected for choice. Then when at least 4 players have entered, a series of messages will be printed. No players can talk in the server during this period to keep the screen from getting cluttered. For example:
Autohost: Please vote for a plugin to enable.
Autohost: 1 - No plugin (regular myth)
Autohost: 2 - WW2 Recon
Autohost: 3 - WW2 Combat
Autohost: 4 - Blue vs Grey
Autohost: 5 - GFGG
Autohost: You have 10 seconds to make a choice.
Autohost: WW2 Combat was voted as the plugin.
Autohost: Please vote for a gametype.
Autohost: 1 - Body Count
.....
.....
I thought of a few other things that should be voted on as well. Number of teams(0-8) 0 for ffa, map enabled, etc...
