[PC Game] Official TF2/L4D2 Thread!
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Why that's an interesting question, you sexy Mexican you, I can't for the life of me imagine why no one has answered it, considering your charm and good looks, I'm afraid I don't know the answer but I'm sure someone will come along and give it soon. You deserve free shit, too, I think. Maybe even blowjobs.
The only thing that comes from a crate that you can't craft/find dropped are the 1% Unusual hats or "Event" items. It's why they made TF2 free. They're making so so much more off the keys. I have a friend who buys 20-40 keys every pay period. He keeps all the unusual hats he gets and only trades off anything that his favorite classes can't wear.
figmentPez
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Nah, there are recipes for each of the weapons. If you've got the right weapons you can make what you don't have, though generally trading is easier if you've got generous friends.
That's not entirely true... You can also get Strange Parts. They let you add something to your weapons that keeps track of things like how many headshots you've gotten with it or how many Heavy's you've killed. You can't currently get those from drops.
Calleja, generally speaking, if you open a crate, you usually have a 20% chance for a weapon, a 9% chance for one of the hats, and a 1% chance for an unusual hat (which can be ANY hat with ANY special effect, not just the ones listed on the crate). You can also get Strange Parts and Paint.
You can also get paint from random drops. I got a pink one, and painted my Heavy's Hound Dog. Yes, my Heavy has pink hair. When you've got a one-hundred-fifty kilogram gun that fires two hundred dollar custom tooled cartridges at ten thousand rounds per minute, you can go around with pink hair and not feel any less masculine.
Bots had pathing issues. They worked well on some maps, but on the other maps, they just stood around in spawn like idiots.
Dave
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Let me see what I can do.
Dave
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Definitive answer from Clanforge:
So...we have to add bots ourselves each time and they can't be saved. So we have a couple of choices.
- Go without bots.
- Find a different host. I have not paid for the year yet so this is a viable alternative.
- Give everyone (from the boards) the ability to do the commands and add bots.
not at all
GasBandit
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I can't speak for everyone, but without bots, whenever I see the server at 0 players I'll just move on to another server, probably for the remainder of the evening. If enough others feel that way, we can count on the server being a ghost town except when a concerted effort is made to schedule people to play together.
How much is all this? If it's 250 bucks a month they're ripping us off if there's no bot support.
How much is all this? If it's 250 bucks a month they're ripping us off if there's no bot support.
Dave
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Two things:
- It's $225 a year because it's also a L4D2 server.
- This is why I'm making a schedule. I'll be putting up Events soon. So far we have Melee Mondays, Bumble's Wednesday Mania and Accomplishment Thursdays. Still don't have an answer as to when to hold events on weekends so the people overseas can participate.
I've hosted servers before and is a simple fact is that people will only join the server if there's something to do with their time. If it's just one player waiting or a 1 on 1... it's boring. If there's a minimum of placeholder bots that will provide at the very least a 4 on 4 then when people join, it'll give them a reason to join. If they do not provide bot support, well it's time to look at other hosts who do.
Also, I still don't see the logical reason why the server has L4D2 functionality.
Also, I still don't see the logical reason why the server has L4D2 functionality.
It's true... if there are bots I will jump in and mess around regardless of whether there are no active players. Right now... I log in, check the player count... see it's zero and then find somewhere else to play.
We're probably going to have to find a different server host if we want bots, but they may charge more for it. However, having bots running WILL make it more active, if only because people will see numbers.
Honestly, we just need to schedule more events I think. When we know people will be there, people will be there.
Honestly, we just need to schedule more events I think. When we know people will be there, people will be there.
We were planning to do L4D2 nights as well, since the new (free) DLC is coming out soon, but switching over the server may prove to be too much of a hassle. It's something Dave will have to think about in the future.
Oh... then carry on!
I'm on the server
Now I'm not. Found some fun scout jumps and shortcuts on gorge though
Dave, can I run saturday night saxton hale?
It looks like it's a server mod. Is it possible for you to install mods?
There's a cvar in the .cfg that allows the mod to be turned on and off, so presumably, just turn it on for saturday evenings and keep it off the rest of the time.
There's a cvar in the .cfg that allows the mod to be turned on and off, so presumably, just turn it on for saturday evenings and keep it off the rest of the time.
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