Posts by Joux

And The Winner Is - Laurens

New draw starting soon.

Nothing is happening to JXMOD or its stats .. yet .. Don't worry

Thought i would give a small history lesson into our community for those who would like to know when and how it started, linking to our latest ZPS News.

We have always been known as the community with upgrades, all the way back to 2007! It all started with Sammy’s 2007 upgrade script, which I played 24/7 (sleep was not an option) along with the game Zombie Master (Which upgrades & points linked between the two games). This lasted almost a good couple of years until the servers went down for just over half a year.

In the fall of 2008 however, it was relaunched with a new script, zps-upgrades (which i actually still have along with its stats) this lasted for about 2 years, and within this time, RPGMOD was also created by Sammy and Portalcake. zps-upgrades also had a point reset mid-way (it became very unbalanced fast) and I had no knowledge of scripting at that point to play around with it too much. With ZPS updating a fair amount back then and Sammy giving myself control of the servers, things started to break due to the ZPS Updates and incompatible upgrades.

My first script was to fix the HP of zombies, as spawning in the ground with 0 HP was starting to become a huge problem. Unfortunately this did partly break the HP upgrade ( as i did not have the sourcecode to fix correctly ), alongside the pushback. In the end, as most of the upgrades where either broken or temperamental, I decided it was time to learn sorucemod and make my own working upgrade system (Hello Fungrades!) with a small rtd plugin (and teletubbies skins for VIPs, of course!). It was a huge learning curve by which I learned a lot and for those who played since release knows a lot was added over the 3 years Fungrades ran for. Within this time, I also remade the RPGMOD, Sammys original needed an exp reset ( lack of players and balancing problems ) and I thought, let’s do a brand new one, adding a few more events and round achievements and to link the current PP system into both mods.

There have been many scripts made since then, old ones being Kings Mod (Which is similar to what we have now built properly) where you defend the king, if he dies, you all die. Humans respawn just like zombies. It was a fun mod, but not viable for the public. All the way to the wonderful Kill The Boon, where you.. kill boons ?.

However, it is now time for another public release of a brand new mod, which is completely different to anything I have previously crafted. But do not worry; JXMOD is not going anywhere… yet.

The idea was to create something brand new that was far more balanced and fun than any upgrade system can be for both new players and long term players. Upgrade systems are fun, but long term systems without a reset can be hard for new players to keep up and enjoy, and long term players generally do not want resets. This specifically has always been a hard issue to resolve, but I believe this mod will resolve the majority of balancing issues we currently suffer from. The mod is in a state of how all games are now released, in “Alpha”, with the DLC on its way ( hue) … and would like to schedule a test run this or next weekend.

But without any further introduction, I am announcing our latest creation Class-Mod. For the last couple of months, both Xerox and myself have been working on the mod which now includes 10 Human Classes and 7 Zombie classes, all scripted in and briefly tested working (alpha ftw). Each class has its own special ability and upgrades for their class, an example for one is the doctor, we have redesigned the medic from fungrades/jxmod which now places a medpack on the floor that automatically regenerates health to nearby players. We also have a class for those who like to blow ‘stuff’ up for the human team called the DemoMan, who specifically can regenerate Grenades and IED’s. A few examples from the zombie team includes Brute, who has the most health from any other class, and who also has an 'ability' to create a temporary barrier that reduces damage taken for a few seconds. And Dread; the class that can slow humans down in a radius. And don’t worry; we have also included a stealth class which I think a lot of people will have fun with too.

For clarification and better understand of what this mod does, each class will have its own stats, upgrades and abilities, which means, you can no longer have 5000 HP with 1000 damage and move at the speed of sound, from a single class. We have also introduced a new command / bind to use with most of the classes which is where this mod makes them different to any other mod i have done before, which will add so much more variety & style along with tactical of game-play to all game-modes and maps with each different class. The mod is being designed to try and force team-play, mixing human classes for the best survival, or to bring a quick and painful death upon the living.

I will either schedule a test this weekend if enough people can make it, or the following. The test will be done to find any bugs that may occur with the script and the classes directly, we have kept the vip system and skins currently separate to identity bugs easier in this current script.

EU1 - 32 man unranked - 5.9.151.29:7777
EU2 - 6 man ranked - 5.9.151.29:7787

Sorry, you need the new IP for that 5.9.151.29:7777
it is currently running the extended max player slots.
I can get a normal server running on 7877 if needed.

It is currently not running at the moment since the dedicated server move, I should be able to start it next week at some point however.

In terms of upgrades, as xerox has already stated we are ALWAYS open to suggestions about what is too overpowered and potentially ruining the game for other players.

The Maps;
The current system in place currently prevents the same map from being played within 30-35 other maps ( well, it should, I'll double check after this post ) . Even on a map crash, this will save all map positions unlike the standard inbuilt RTV system. This was a problem years back and was the reason i made my own RTV system to try and get maps spread out and played. This could easily be raised, however, specific maps like redqueen and the like will keep the server filled more than having them in rotation of the current 30 differential maps.

Camping;
Specifically in Fungrades and EU#2 JX MOD this is more of an issue, due to speed and ammo regen, camping is so much more easier, it is a problem and am open to suggestions. Years back, around 2010 time when sammy had his zpsupgrade script, he put a limit on ammo regen specifically so it would only last a certain amount of time, this could be a push in the right direction in terms of camping on survival maps. On objective maps, the same could be applied, or we could slow the ammo regen to spread it out over the round.

Upgrades;
HP and Damage are the two upgrades we recently tried to change and balance out, but like i have always stated when people complain about how op they are, the answer will pretty much always remain the same, it is an upgrade server it is what it is. There are many scenarios to consider in the game in terms of the amount of points you have and your skill. A highly upgraded player who is very skillful is the main problem in an upgrade server, more than anything else. With high damage / speed and aim, they can 'abuse' the system and get the most points out of the game, so my first thought process into the game is to make and assist new players and less skilled players have a chance. This is almost already done due to the cost of each upgrade, getting to level 10 from 0 out of 30 is a lot faster than getting from level 10 to 15, which means new players can get real beefy stats without putting a huge amount of time into the game anyway. and to be honest, i believe this to be very balanced and fair for new players. Specifically in JXMOD and i believe i did some for the upgrades in RPGMOD, early upgrades and stats are boosted for the early upgrades as well. But again, it always comes back to, this is an upgrade server.
Although i have just briefly mentioned it, i also have to think about what to do with new players and i need a better word really for the 'unskilled' ones, and within an upgrade script i have come to the conclusion, it is almost impossible. Apart from giving early boosted stats, there is nothing much more i can do to to balance it out. again suggestions i would happily take on this.

Point Earning;
I would love to reward people doing objectives and i will have a good think about what i can change to make camping less rewarding and almost pointless. There is no easy way that i know to track who is doing the objectives, as each map is different, some have player clips, some have buttons, some keys, all with different entity names, and unless i have a specific script for each map to try and track the objectives, it will be a hard one to master. But regardless, i am sure me and xerox can come up with some workaround for you.

if i have missed something you pointed out and specifically want an answer for, let me know.

Hi all, As we are days away from beginning this years ZPS Xmas Game Giveaway, i need some suggestions on what games you would like to see in the Game Pool.

Currently i have added the following games ;

Battlefront
Fallout 4
Gauntlet,
Goat Simulator
CSGO
Borderlands
Terraria
Yet Another Zombie Defense
State of Decay
Rocket League
ARK Survival Evolved
Shadow of Mordor
Xmas PrizePool ( Multiple VIP Packages )

Therefor any games you would like to see, or even add! please let me know on here or steam

I will provide full details on the xmas event in the next few days once the game pool is complete.

fixed ;>

Almost certain it needs hl2 deathmatch, but you can try and launch the game and see.

If anyone wants to join in today that does not currently own hl2 deathmatch, msg me on steam , i have a few spare copies

Yeah weekend will be a better time, hopefully a few peeps will join

A slight request than explaining this game in this section, but i had put a fair amount of hours into this game in the past, and i found out ( after the client broke and servers broke years ago ) a fix was released earlier this year

Maybe some people on here have played it in the past, but i would strongly suggest giving it ago. It requires HL2: Deathmatch and SDK 2006 and the following mod!

http://178.32.57.113/SFFixed_0.3b.exe

It was and i believe to be a real fun mod, and as a quick explanation of the game; It is a mix between garrysmod and any hl2 fps game. For the first 8~ minutes, you build and secure your flag, making sure you can get out and in ( or even having your own design to capture the flag ). Then for the next 10 minutes you fight with various different classes to choose from.

For those willing to give it a try, when you install the mod it may ask for the location to install ( Steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\sourceforts ) also make sure you use the Complete install option.

Will be playing this evening at some point if anyone is up to tag along, a server is up and running ;>

Full Install Instructions ( as sourcemods can be a pain )

> Install / Update HL2 Deathmatch
> Install ( the Tool ) SDK 2006
> Run HL2 Deathmatch at least once ( quit from the menu )
> Install http://178.32.57.113/SFFixed_0.3b.exe using Complete install option and the path to your sourcemod folder ( Steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\sourceforts ) with sourceforts added to the path.

if you have issues just msg me ;>

Will schedule a few games this saturday from 4:00pm (GMT+0)

2 EU teams in semifinals \o/

Really hope origin can beat SKT, Fnatic v Origin will be awesome to watch ( again ) . Assuming fnatic can take out KOO ofc.

never old me ;<