COD4 server configs - Your thoughts?

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mrapoc

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I and some others are seriously considering PB on both servers as frankly, the hacking is still out of order and people should be able to afford a l3gal copy by now.

The friendly fire issue - imo it should not affect the teammate getting fired upon, only the muppet throwing grenades like theres no tomorrow.

Possibly more maps into the rotation? Obviously not shipment on the big server but yeh...ideas?

If we did have PB on both servers we wouldnt need the voting enabled (I see a lot of vote spamming on kicking random people which annoys me and others)

Finally is the big server...too big? It sure is popular though - always full so I think its doing ok (just the sheer amount of nades!!)
 
name='mrapoc' said:
I and some others are seriously considering PB on both servers as frankly, the hacking is still out of order and people should be able to afford a l3gal copy by now.

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If we did have PB on both servers we wouldnt need the voting enabled (I see a lot of vote spamming on kicking random people which annoys me and others)

Finally is the big server...too big? It sure is popular though - always full so I think its doing ok (just the sheer amount of nades!!)
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Yes enable PB on both. And Im pretty sure you can play with cracked game even if PB is on.. Just dont use the key you find in the nfo file, generate a new one. At least I think thats how it worked before. I have bought the game so I dont know how it is now.

And about voting, yeah a lot of people get kicked because some noob thinks they are cheating. However, with PB on, I dont think well be seeing as much cheat accusations, and leaving voting on shouldnt be a problem.

And the big server is too big. Limit it to 32 and if you want to host for more players, set up a #3 server with 24 or something :>
 
Ill ask Jim about doing PB later on cuz the amount still cheating is silly..

The voting can be left on

Perhaps we need a discussion thread (or this 1) about the size of the big server
 
Well, not to repeat myself too much from the ".85 experiment" thread, i think that:

32-36 players is the max for most cod4 maps to be fun (consoles have a limit of ~30 players afaik), so perhaps make both of the servers ~36 players each?

Friendly Fire is ok, but I don't like it online, people still nade spam, and I dislike being slain due to some idiot running into your airstrikes. Perhaps put FF on "Shared" and ask players to kindly remove marty while playing on the server?

Definately put PB on both servers, if people can afford a pc to play cod4, they can afford the games they play on it.

Map rotations, perhaps have one server (if made equal sizes) running middle-east maps, and the other running russian maps? Or perhaps one running city maps, the other running more open maps?

i.e: Server 1- Backlot, Crash, Crossfire, District, Strike (city maps, perhaps add in some HQ and Sabotage to mix it up a bit)

Server 2 could run Bloc, Overgrown, Ambush etc?

The big server IMO is too big.
 
At the moment Ive took all FF off till we sort this, (stops noobs whining).

My thoughts are the 52 man server is to big (.85) and should be bought down to around 36 players with a few slots spare.

Put punk-buster on both servers the game costs less than £20 these days so if they cant afford it how can they afford the hardware to play it.:)

on the (.86) smaller server keep all ff off and keep it ranked.

On the (.85) larger server increase the number of kills for a air-strike to something like 10 and a heli to 20 is still to easy to do an air-strike then get a heli in seconds.

Ban martyrdom altogether, nade launchers and only one nade like a few other servers have, Ive played on them and its a lot more fun than spawn-blown to bits.

Apart from that all seems fine.:worship:
 
Getting rid of the nades and launchers, extending the kills for airstirkes and helis makes the server unranked yes but tbh having one server thats ranked and one that isnt would be pretty fair as Ive played on unranked servers where the kills for helis have been extended and nades turned off and its a hellva lot better to play on tbh and you dont egt the level 2 noobs who throw nades everywhere its mainly full of level 50 people who want a fair clean game.
 
How about

Both servers PB (agreed?)

Ping limit of 150 (? whats the threshold for good gameplay?)

1 server @ 34 (with 4 reserved)

2 server @ 28 (with 4 reserved)

Server 1 will be ranked (all default settings)

Server 2 will be limited (no martyr, higher airstrike & heli (what values you reckon??) no triple nade etc.) which should remove the need for FF

The ranked server will have a mix of all popular match maps (no shipment etc. except for votes)

The smaller server will have a slightly larger mix of maps but no unpopular or small maps (apart from votes)

plz help with a list of recommended maps
 
I think that mrapoc is almost there with a good server setup.

BUT he said!

I think that ff should be turned on should Server 2 become unranked/modded, run it as either s&d or tdm with one or two lives each. That means that you play shorter team and tactic based rounds.

I would also think that we should wear our clan tags more, and maybe challenge a few clans on server two? There are loads of realism based servers and clans out there. (7th aircav, 102nd airbourne etc)

UAV should be 5 kills and perhaps last for 45 seconds? Air 10 kills and Heli should be 15 kills. Thats the ideal values, so people arnt stacking up airstrikes.

Also, maybe allow 3x Special Nades? I think that Grenades are a weapon that is used in two ways, blind spamming or properly. 3x Stuns are very useful on tactical servers, stun thru window and have the rest of your team rush in.
 
Yeah, tdm can get a bit repetative, but I think if you give people Search and Destroy Style respawns on team deathmatch (can be done somehow) it definately "spices" up the game, as old tactics no longer work, and you have to be conservative. Although it does mean a 15 kill streak is out of the question. Helicopters for the loose anyways.
 
All of you seem to assume you cant play with a cracked game on a PB enabled server. Im pretty sure thats wrong. I played with cracked on PB servers a lot before I bought the game. And I asked on a server yesterday if its possible to play with cracked game on a server with PB. The replies were all "yes".

about s&d, map rotations and other major changes.. please dont change. Add a 3rd server with S&D if you want.

So my suggestions:

Server #1:

Limit to 28 or 32 players. TDM, ranked, pretty much as usual. PB Enabled.

Server #2:

Limit to 24 or 28 players. TDM, Unranked. PB Enabled. Remove 3x frag, 3x special, GL, Martyrdom. Change Airstrike to 10 kills and helicopter to 15 or 20 kills.

(btw does the old stats disappear if you change to unranked or will they just not get updated anymore? or is this site not affected by ranked/unranked? http://www.gametracker.com/server_info/212.69.36.86:28960/ )

Server #3:

S&D. Unranked. PB Enabled. Use the CB pam mod settings (remove most snipers, remove all perks except bandolier and stopping power), remove heli and air.

EDIT: So.. You turned off voting on #2, and left everything else as it is? :) we had to play through VACANT yesterday without being able to vote for next map!
 
Seems I have missed some serious changes / propositions whilst being away , will be back on wednesday to join in.
 
Still no changes made to #2

get to it already! :>

EDIT: gah. Now we have a cheater on #2 who changes name every second so we cant kick him. ENABLE PUNKBUSTER NOW
 
hey mate

ill get Jim to get PB on as soon as he comes on msn *look out jim!*

we can then consider other options later on (such as maps etc.) - feel free to carry on suggesting changes in the mean time (that goes to all)
 
name='mrapoc' said:
hey mate

ill get Jim to get PB on as soon as he comes on msn *look out jim!*

we can then consider other options later on (such as maps etc.) - feel free to carry on suggesting changes in the mean time (that goes to all)
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Theres a cheater on the server again, and STILL NO PUNKBUSTER. its been like a week since you said it would be on. And we cant kick the cheater because he has a script calling random votes and changing name. super fun.
 
We lost a lot of players on #2 since PB was enabled :\

And its not because they cant afford the game. You can still play with a generated key.

We have lots of fun tho :) 8-10 people can be very fun :)
 
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