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Re: SnarkPit Server
Posted by DrGlass on Sun May 22nd at 10:21am 2005


Normal gravity across all HL1 games was 800, did this change?




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Posted by Andrei on Sun May 22nd at 12:11pm 2005


So it seems.




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Posted by Natus on Sun May 22nd at 12:43pm 2005


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Jeez, natus forgot to switch that off before leaving (I left before he did so I couldn't have switched it off myself)!


i didn't forget it, i changed it back to the so called "normal gravity" and then everyone was like "omgwtf the gravity is too high omfg omg" so i decided to keep it low gravity.






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Posted by Andrei on Sun May 22nd at 3:39pm 2005


It weird how HL1 had the default gravity 800 and now the default grav is 600.




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Posted by Orpheus on Mon May 23rd at 2:06am 2005


Question: I just noticed that there is a "Friends" option in the server loading thing on Steam.

You know "Online" "favorites" "Lan" etc.etc.

How do I add my fellow snarkpitters to the list so I can locate them online?





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Posted by DrGlass on Mon May 23rd at 2:44am 2005


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Question: I just noticed that there is a "Friends" option in the server loading thing on Steam.

You know "Online" "favorites" "Lan" etc.etc.

How do I add my fellow snarkpitters to the list so I can locate them online?



Friends hasn't worked for months now...




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Posted by Orpheus on Mon May 23rd at 2:47am 2005


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Friends hasn't worked for months now...

Ahh, shucks.

I was actually excited for a while there. I cannot play well, but I would gladly increase someone else's kill totals for a while. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">





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Posted by Gwil on Tue May 24th at 12:13am 2005


Hooligans! Fiddling with the very essence of Newtons work is like trying to create black holes in a lake under Switzerland.

I think Mani Admin Plugin already has a low grav/normal grav button built in, for you admins. Just click around the menus and you should find it!





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Posted by ReNo on Tue May 24th at 12:16am 2005


Thats what they did :P It sets "normal gravity" as 800, whereas the default in HL2 is 600.






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Posted by Orpheus on Tue May 31st at 11:14pm 2005


For the next 30 minutes or so, I will be in the snarkpit server if anyone wants to rack up some kill totals.



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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jun 1st at 12:20am 2005


Besides the fact, that I was just thoroughly trounced, I have to say in my own defense.. My son is playing on line across from me. He is playing Guild wars and every few seconds my whole HL2 game would stutter and fritz just for a second or two. Thankfully it didn't happen enough to say it caused me to play so poorly.. I can still take full credit for my ineptitudes. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/heee.gif">

ATM plays really well. Thanx for a good frag ol'man.





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Posted by Gwil on Wed Jun 1st at 3:15am 2005


How many admins do we have now? And how is playtesting for user maps going?

Just wondering as I see it mentioned every now and again on the forums that people would like to playtest their map, and that was one of the primary reasons I got the server.

Maybe some sort of advertisement telling people to ask in IRC is the way to go?

Just a thought.. keep looking after it!





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Posted by DrGlass on Wed Jun 1st at 3:48am 2005


had a good test of the mosaic_beta, I <3 server




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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Jun 1st at 4:19am 2005


Thanks for the kind words Orph... it was fun playing with you! Speaking of HL2DM I'm looking forward to playing it on the new rig that *should* be arriving tomorrow via fedex. My fingers are crossed. I wonder if a better computer will help my playing...

@gwil, ReNo helped me hold a little playtest of an alpha map I was working on a few months back. Very very useful. I too love the server.





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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jun 1st at 8:46am 2005


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How many admins do we have now? And how is playtesting for user maps going?

Plenty of admin.. not enough of them capable of uploading maps for play testing IMO..

I have not even seen the list when I go to change maps for alternate maps. I mean.. Even if I wanted to load a map already uploaded, I cannot seem to find any. All I can find are the server rotational maps.

/me wonders why.. :/

Anywho's.. We need to be able to upload.. Preferably without causing some sort of a mishap if its to complicated..

[edit] BTW, is there a way to monitor the activity of the server? I am thinking it is idle way to often, prolly due to our lack of changing maps in the cycle.

Yes, we have some of the best, I have seen almost all of them played elsewhere to prove that but the current cycle has gotten so old, even I dread going there... From the states its just not worth the higher pings to do so.

We need some sort of a system of voting. One thats agreeable to everyone to liven the server situation.

Either:
1) we stick to only snarkpit maps- we will have to include nearly completed maps prolly because there are just not enough finish large maps.
2) include excellent maps from without the Pit.

#1 is preferable, surely we have some choices within our own cadre. :/





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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sat Jun 4th at 11:18pm 2005


Now that I have a new rig set up, I'd like to be considered for the SP clan.

My steam account: STEAM_0:1:1074309 32:19 129 0 active

Thanks.





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Posted by gimpinthesink on Sun Jun 5th at 2:15am 2005


Yeh I'd like to join now I have just about finished this course and have some spare time.

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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Jun 5th at 2:22pm 2005


I am unsure which category to place this in since it encompasses all/most of them so I will stick it here and we can hash it out.

I have noticed that the server is more active on weekends. I propose we have a week rotation and a weekend rotation..

Week rotation can consist of maps from Snarkpit that will hold less than say.. 8 people.. Smaller maps.

Weekend maps can be the behemoths we now have on the server that will hold the current maximum.

Perhaps in this way, we can get more uptime on the server and stop the idle time.

It would require a server admin capable of uploading to monitor the days so the server could be switched back/forth between the two cycles.

there are some fantastic 2 on 2 and 4 on 4 maps here..

this is a serious suggestion, please take it into consideration.





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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Jun 6th at 8:02am 2005


I realize that Master Gwil has ultimate sayso but can't anyone comment on any of these subjects anymore, or has the enthusiasm dwindled so?

I do check in on the server whenever I am home, and I notice some appalling things..

1) Damned few Snarkpit members are online.. ever.

2) Even fewer use the [Snarkpit] tag.

3) The server is totally empty most every time I check.

Course now, #1 could be because many people may use a different name while fragging, same as if they are in IRC.

Now, we cannot force anyone to do anything, but we should be able to encourage them. Besides, discussion is what we do best, even when we disagree it is usually informative in some fashion.

Put your noggins into it guys. What can we do to liven up the server we all so wanted not so long ago. Surely we did not get it to.... Be as it currently is. :/





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Re: SnarkPit Server
Posted by DrGlass on Mon Jun 6th at 10:13am 2005


I alsways see people on mid day, due to the time diffrence I dont tend to see poeple later at night when I'm ready to frag





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