Poll
Question:
Should We Add a Lobby To Stalker?
Option 1: Yes, For sure !
votes: 53
Option 2: It Wouldn't work
votes: 4
Option 3: No !
votes: 3
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Me and Raidenator have been discussing a Lobby idea, where players spawn in a nice little room, abit of music, S.T.A.L.K.E.R like themed, and you have a choice of wandering through portals to certain area's of the map, to keep the map more widespread.
Pro's
Choose where you want to go in the zone.
Con's
Could cause Metagaming to some extent
Just a Idea, nothing final.
I love the idea so Freedomers can just walk over to the freedom base spawn (When we get our own base I hope D:) And Duty can just walk into the spawn of there own base. And so on and hopefully you can implant a Lua script where they can't shoot inside the lobby. And to toss one more suggestion in can we have ammo boxs in the lobby.... (Ammo doesn't cost much but it is irritating to go buy ammo and get killed when only using 10 rounds)
Good idea fair play silver, but with the portals there could be some abuse there, like freedom or duty spawning in eachothers bases and then starting some dm wars and stuff, but if you can find a way to stop factions entering their enemies portals (when their flagged) then i cant see anymore problems (you've probably thought of this already tho.)
Quote from: Ganendor on 03-07-2009
Good idea fair play silver, but with the portals there could be some abuse there, like freedom or duty spawning in eachothers bases and then starting some dm wars and stuff, but if you can find a way to stop factions entering their enemies portals (when their flagged) then i cant see anymore problems (you've probably thought of this already tho.)
Indeed :P
So its decided as a YES
EDIT
Wait will we have multiple for one spawn position ? cos i got a feeling people will get stuck often.
I like this idea, id just make it sectors... but have names... Also, a tad off topic, I think the entrance to the bar should be more obvious
I like it.
A lobby in a way sounds kind of nice. Like has a basic information page on a wall and stuff for new players and list of basic commands so they kind of get the picture.
Sounds good, and to touch on ganendor's comment, how about you cannot enter specific portals, such as another faction's base, without a scripted permission from the faction's officer(s)
We could use this as an idea or Revamp it a bit for as going from server to server :P Probably some minigames in the Lobby aswell.
+SUPPORT FROM FLUFFERS!
Not that extent, but a lobby would be nice.
Idea: Menu in which you select where you want to sawn rarther then a walk-about room. Eg, spawn in lobby, select where you want to spawn with witch char. Possible a 'prefence', 'always spawn here' or a 'random' tick box system?
Yeah lobby is actually a great idea.
Really good idea. :)
Anyone notice how the poll says 4 voters, but has 15 votes?
ye
How about the lobby is a bar?
It's a very good idea, I like it.
I agree with Dom that it could be a bar somewhere, and maybe you could only have a few choices where you want to go, if you have portals.
The main problem I foresee is that factions spawn in each others bases. To fix this I suggest you get teleported to the tunnels which divide the sectors.
Another idea is the list of commands that was suggested before. Maybe a wall of commands and rules?
We are considering a lobby server now.
What do you mean by lobby server?
Like it shows all the possible servers you can join.
What if, instead of a lobby like this (not ragging on the idea) you spawned based on your flag.
For example, if you choose a character with the Duty flag, you will spawn in the duty base. The same goes for all the different factions that have a set in stone base of operations.
Quote from: Plunger on 28-07-2009
Like it shows all the possible servers you can join.
Indeed, Gmod Tower has a Lobby, so does Sass, and we have enough servers and content for a Lobby, so, why not? :P
I'm liking this idea less the more you guys talk about it.
What's the point of wasting resources on a lobby server when the actual server rarely fills up?
Not to mention the lobby would have to be massive to make up for the fact we have a server devoted to it.
When I pitched the lobby idea, I was talking about the one from rp_amsterville, or gm_atomic.
He was talking about a lobby within the map... Not another server. A lobby that had quick ports to all the major locations within the map.
Quote from: Silver Knight on 28-07-2009
We are considering a lobby server now.
Quote from: Kahn on 08-08-2009
He was talking about a lobby within the map... Not another server. A lobby that had quick ports to all the major locations within the map.
No, the original idea was a lobby within the map.
He's talking about a separate server, such as the GMod tower lobby.
A big ass Support for you
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For the Lobby within' the Map Idea.
Quote from: Raidenator on 08-08-2009
Quote from: Silver Knight on 28-07-2009
We are considering a lobby server now.
Quote from: Kahn on 08-08-2009
He was talking about a lobby within the map... Not another server. A lobby that had quick ports to all the major locations within the map.
No, the original idea was a lobby within the map.
He's talking about a separate server, such as the GMod tower lobby.
Yes, a lobby which shows off HGN, and all of our servers, not just stalker, and it has themed entrances to each server, so, if your walking towards the stalker entrance, you see a zone like themed area. It's all just one big idea, but we could pull it off easily, and could get more activity for all our servers.
Just change one of the dead servers like BattleFields and turn it into the Server thingy?
How do you suppose we go about making the lobby load up another source game and connect you to that server?
We only have 2 GMod servers.
Well for Gmod it's kinda easy... just Make a map with areas + make a lua script with command (In hammer all) with command
On trigger
Targer Entite Player
Run: connect "Ip here"
Sorry fast reply so it might be messy...
Yeah a nice little lobby with more little basic things. Or just have the help menu pop up or you could
just add more onto the help menu.
I Like the Ideah...Thats What We Should add...Would Make Rp Funner/easier.
I would say multiple spawn spots with random spawn spots, so let's say a spawn goes at ex spawn, one spawn at current spawn, and one spawn in sector 3 or further in sector two at Agropom?
+Support
Now I dont have to get shot when I spawn as a Freedom :3
+Support a lobby would be nice
This is from fucking July, stop bumping.
If there was more servers, this would be brilliant.
The people have spoken, do it.
I think that each flag should be able to only go intoa certain portal. Like Freedom go through the Freedom Portal but not through another factions. DUTY through DUTY. Loner through loner and so on. (Dunno if Loner is a 'faction'.)
My version of a Lobby would be the outside of the zone where new players can learn and then rp their way into the zone avoiding military by taking tunnels and such or rail way systems into the zone! It would separate minges and teach them how to rp at the same time...
+support
Quote from: Cobra on 22-09-2009
My version of a Lobby would be the outside of the zone where new players can learn and then rp their way into the zone avoiding military by taking tunnels and such or rail way systems into the zone! It would separate minges and teach them how to rp at the same time...
.Yes. Please. Support
*Places his support -cookie in the jar*
3 day Bump
Is this gonna happen or am i being a dick by asking?
id like it so we can get to the bases quicker