Time based Fortress?

[sinewav]

Maybe it's our American cousins who are lagging more? Possibly the server was having a bad day when you wrote this?

Yes, this is probably true. Today it didn't seem as bad - in fact it was quite good comparatively. But sometimes it's barely playable for Americans. I'm guessing it's not the server, but probably all the things that generally cause lag.

Thanks for looking into all those suggestions ed. It's really coming along nicely. I'm very happy enough people are familiar with Onslaught that getting people to go there isn't a problem. It's absolutely perfect at the end for a big Fort game, when all but 4-5 people leave...and even better for 1v1 practice than a regular Fort server.

[Mkay1]

you being from Florida.

@hayes 15 year old stalker

where did you get gay from red hot poker up the ass? I'm pretty sure no gay guy has ever done that. Ever. And yes it would probably kill you, in a horrifyingly painful way.

@hayes You would know...

[ed]

@owned I've been racking my brains. I remember you gave me your death suggestion on the grid, I liked it and meant to add it but I've forgotten it and the logs are now gone
Pm me here and I will add it.
And if anyone else wants to see their wild and wonderful deaths added, send me a pm, if I like it I will add it
Contrary to MKay's reasoning, they don't have to make perfect sense.

[Pezz]

I don't suffer from lag as such but it kills my FPS after a while. I'm using a bog standard dell latitude though so isn't that suprising. It was down to around 10fps at one point the other day.

Other than that though I like the game type a lot. Nice one!

[compguygene]

Thank you ed, for posting the script. With Kyle hosting a US server, I won't put one up, but the script has potential for other uses. I am thinking, after the current server I am working on, to make a CTF Onslaught. I see your point about the potential to simplify the script. However, I also see potential uses to set the players as objects. What I am working on now, is a racing server.

[ed]

I'm on Attack!

Out of a desire to see if it would actually work, Fortress Onslaught Moviepack is born. It does
Whilst playing, I heard some people stating they weren't always sure if they were supposed to be attacking or defending, this moviepack goes some way to rectifying that.
It's heavily based on my Fortress Moviepack. Look at <-that post for installation instructions.
The Inkscape svg is included in the zip if you're inclined to tinker.

[theroze]

Good work, looks very nice!

[Flex]

Whilst playing, I heard some people stating they weren't always sure if they were supposed to be attacking or defending, this moviepack goes some way to rectifying that.

Why not just rename team names to Defenders/Attackers? Isn't that possible with your script or any specific reason why not?

Also I think it's a bit weird that sweepers respawn next to the attackers.. what about;



Apart from that, everything seems perfect.. Very fun to play.

[Hoax]

Is there room to respawn behind the zone? If the zone was moved forward, the map would have to be bigger imo. Would be interesting to see what it's like not being so close to the edge though; It gets pretty crowded trying to attack if it's full but I guess that's half the challenge. Also following enemies to the zone after respawn can be fun hehe

Orange text regarding time left is not very visually pleasing

Yeah, colours are not really my forte. You wanna see the contents of my wardrobe
Someone post me a new colour, I can easily exchange it.

Was more on about all the ##### but don't really notice anymore

[Word]

thank you, i'm making a moviepack hybrid based on your fortress moviepack, Luzifer's version and sine.wav's CTF moviepack. I'll post it on this forum when I've finished it

[ed]

Why not just rename team names to Defenders/Attackers?

That may be possible, but I don't think it will solve the issue.
From my own experience, I've been playing fortress for years and have a launch style that I automatically use, nowadays without really thinking about. Fortress Onslaught has exactly the same launch positions for you and your team, but you have to reprogram your brain to act differently depending on your teams' role.
A lot of people (myself included sometimes) still think they're playing fortress.

Also I think it's a bit weird that sweepers respawn next to the attackers.. what about;

Like Hoax here, I like the fact they spawn close together, there are some fun battles on the journey back to the zone.
But I do like your map idea. I have put this up on Onslaught to try it out. The zone can now be attacked from all four sides. I think it will open up many new strategies.

Now you've gone and messed up my moviepack If the map sticks, I will update it.

[Flex]

Ah.. I completely forgot about the extra side opening up.. I guess if there is too much of a difference, the old way is still good. But the fact that it does get crowded a lot, makes it useful.

I remember thinking about the zone in the middle a while back, for the same reasons (sweepers spawning different to the attackers), but the extra 4th side opening up put me off from posting.. but now that it's done, I can't really imagine a lot of difference with four sides. If the 4th side does make it weird, the extra space can be brought from the left/right sides for sweepers to spawn. A sort of cross shaped map, (if you do decide to move the sweepers spawn spot).

I thought about the reasons and benefits of being spawned together, but I think I prefer being away from the attacks at the start, rather than one side full of dead tails, having to force my way around. Then again, the respawns could be the 'attack coming back to help the defence after sweepers dying.' scenario.

[sinewav]

I can't really imagine a lot of difference with four sides.

True. When I had Flag Fortress up, zones could be attacked on 4 sides. There was no significant difference.