Sandbox servers?


(kopyright) #1

Are there any servers offering a more sandbox playstyle for people to try out new mercs or learn the ropes of faster movement? I wanted to try out a medic but my teammate wouldn’t stop bitching about my obviously lacking playstyle.

Or is it just a matter of train, rinse, repeat and getting a thicker skin?


(Thai-San) #2

If you play the tutorial and open the developer console type in “switchmap obj_[map name]” (or something similar to that) you will load that map and play alone on it. Downside: You can only play Fragger, Sawbonez and Proxy on those maps. But it’s good to learn the maps/jumps/movement/positioning.

I hope that helped :slight_smile:


(MarsRover) #3

You can do it from the main menu, and you can try ANY merc, any map and any weapon. Even the unreleased ones.


(kopyright) #4

Nice, that’s pretty handy. Thanks folks!


(Samniss_Arandeen) #5

No, but there should be.


(jubilantBeam) #6

does this still work? i tried it a few days ago and always respawned inside the tutorial map.


(Faraleth) #7

@jubilantBeam Yep, still works! Make sure you typed the name of the map correctly - and make sure it’s the map’s file name, and not the common name for the map (ie. Bridge, CanaryWharf, Map_6, Trainyard, Victoria, Whitechapel)!


(HunterAssassin5) #8

i watched a video recently saying if you type “switchmap OBJ_Underground”, it would bug out, kill you, leave a clone of you in your place of death and then respawn you.


correction it said so in the video’s desc

(Konsubo) #9

I still feel like this thread needs to pursue the idea for future plans. I mean, EVERYONE wants to test out mercs before playing them right? Rotation. But that’s for using them against others and in limited supply and also depends on whenever A player joins, DB tries to keep the mercs split between the three roles (Assault, Support, & Medic) but I still feel as if you don;t want to play against anyone, there should be a sandbox option with a user interface to easily change mercs around and test out different weapons with different abilities ( A little bit of mix and match for some fun.)


(Gatlinghawk) #10

@Konsubo I agree, players can make minigame maps, put them on steam workshop