Netvars should also be Server Vars (non ranked)

(Rahabib) #1

Ok, SD has a lot of tweaks hidden behind the scenes, probably a lot dealing with weapon values, tweaking etc. We know they can adjust abilities at least. Want to adjust the spawn timers on certain maps? Want to adjust the damage of the Carb-9? Why wait for SD to patch it when its just a notepad edit a way!

So here is my proposal. If SD wants this game to last, they should allow servers the same ability to tweak as the Netvars. Netvars will remain the defaults, but servers should override if set.

In order to prevent every server being drastically different, make servers that customize these values not be ranked. This would mainly be for competition and the odd “fun” servers. I personally, would not care if I dont rank up my character, but I know some people will, and there are some people who care that someone else might use this as a farm (personally I think grinding is dumb anyway - but its a console world now, and apparently we have to live by their rules).

This would buy me a lot of time in waiting for an SDK and probably might make me log back in to play again.

What do you think.

(chasm) #2

More cvars are always welcome.

They are absolutely essential for both pubbing and competition longevity. Pubbers don’t want to play the same game over and over again, and competitive players want their game tweaked to perfection.

(kamikazee) #3

The problem with this proposal is that you don’t know what server you are getting into when you are browsing the server list.

With mods, you can at least see that a particular one is running a pro mod, a fun mod or a knife fight mod. We’re still waiting on the SDK for that though…

(Rahabib) #4

[QUOTE=kamikazee;335477]The problem with this proposal is that you don’t know what server you are getting into when you are browsing the server list.

With mods, you can at least see that a particular one is running a pro mod, a fun mod or a knife fight mod. We’re still waiting on the SDK for that though…[/QUOTE]

true. there needs to be a means to filter if the server is ranked or custom at the very least. The server names hopefully will advertise the rest “ESL rules,” “Accurate weapons mode,” etc. Its not perfect, and a right click to view server details would be better so you can view mods, players, custom vars, map rotation, etc.

But already you have that issues as some servers can tweak the server rules anyway for ESL rules etc. Its up to the server admins to properly advertise their servers until we get a better server browser.

And mods are fine too, but I wouldn’t hold your breath for an SDK anytime soon.

(Floris) #5

You shouldn’t be touching them anyway…