The Snarkpit Server

Got a few people together on IRC for a quick playtest, along with me
and Myrk earlier on in the evening. I'll sort out the IP distribution
(and password) tomorrow, as i'm off to bed shortly :smile:

I'll also be uploading a few of the best custom maps by our own
Snarkpit users for playing, and will link them as relevant. Orph was
playing too, but he ran to change PC's and never returned! :O

Ping times seemed fairly smooth, quick list off the top of my head:

Myrk: UK - 20-40

Gwil: UK - 30-40

ZombieLoffe: Sweden - 40-70

Parakeet: East Coast USA - 100 - 130

Orpheus: Arkansas, USA - 150-180

Nickelplate: 2 Yoghurt pots + some string - 700-900 :biggrin:

Edit: Lep, can you please add this image to the site somewhere? It's
part of the T&C apparently. Perhaps a wee page about the server?
I'll rattle off the IP to you when I wake up.

i returned, but server was empty :razz:

anywho's, glad to see we now have an abode to call home.

poor nickel though

I hope my ping won't be that bad!

I am on the west Coast USA in Washington....would my ping be like 250? I hope not...

Edit:

Hey Tracer-

you are just across the state...I should setup my own server for us Americanos

double edit:

I just looked to see if it were true...and it is...but there are no players....and no way for me to get in w/ out a password.....

/me patiently awaits....

I didn't join but from the server browser it said I was getting 100ms and I'm in Pennsylvania. That's more than playable. :smile:

I havent played DM in a very long time... I've been on TG servers playing objective CS:S

Terms and conditions?! What? Do they want my first-born as well?! :razz: Let me know the IP and I'll put up a wee box on the front page somewhere with the details, and a page here about it.

I know it sounds simple, but it comes up sometimes. I ran one of the biggest HLDM clans for 3 years, believe me. "I can't seem to locate the server PLEASE HELP!"

To find a certain server is simple people. Load HL2DM in Half-Life. Click on the favorites tab and enter the IP address. After that if you did it correctly, the server stats will show up in the window. Click on it and join if there are any empty slots. At that point, if there is a password it will ask for confirmation.

Easy as that.

If we could get some server script to pump out details on the server
(current map, # of players, time left, etc...) onto some part of the
snarkpit webpage it would be excellent :wink:

Hey Orph, if you know the IP could you post it here, I wouldn't mind taking a gander.

is there a thread anywhere on how to setup a server?

AKA how to imply sv_download url...the motd.txt.....how to implement a banner.gif for content server pic....and that sort of stuff?

edit:

I ran my own listen server for HL1 for a few months...but with hl2 I would like to take it a step further...thats all

195.20.108.12:27025

but its passworded =/

Plus I thought this was for all the snarkpit maps, you should take the valve maps either out of the rotation.

I ping the server at 115, so its not bad but I dont know if I will be able to suck hard enough with a ping like that.

whats the password?

Im pinging it at around 20 - 40, password?

Its only just up people, I imagine it will take Gwil a bit of time to
get a custom map rotation going, get a map pack put together, and
officially "open" the server. I'm sure the password will be given out
plenty soon enough :smile:

The password is currently up in the IRC room, but if Gwil gives the OK I'll put it on the front page/control panel.

All i have to say is "DrGlass killed Gwil with stunstick"

thats really fun! I cant wait to play the custom maps. Even with
a ping of 100-150 I was able to play just fine. Super job gwil

More updates -

The reason the password stands at the moment is it's part of the
T&C to keep it on, and I'm unsure about the "legality" of handing
it out en mass (eg via this website). We have some "organised" games
going from IRC like Leperous says, and have had some fun blasts so far.

I'm looking into upgrading the server so it is unpassworded, but also
so we can have a password system for organised matches/gaming
sessions/playtests.

the server only gunna have HL2 maps or it gunna have CS:S maps too?

HL2 only im afraid. Multiple mod support was more or less double the
price, so I chose HL2DM as that's primarily what this site is focused
on :smile:

Not trying to burst andyone's bubble, but last time we did something like this (for HL1) didn't you guys not hook your server up with .res files? :razz:

I think I'll join a game sometime :smile: Nice job Gwil/Lep.

/claps

great job Gwil/Lep!

Dr Glass was owning me with the gravity gun :o

Are you/ can you/ have you set up an sv_download_url so that downloads
can go faster so less time is spent downloading and more time playing?

I pinged around 100 but I didnt even really notice the ping that much the gameplay was rather smooth.

Well the idea is people will just come and grab the custom map packs
off the page when they are available :smile: As it stands it's only island17
that's a custom map on there, at the moment.

Great! Can you please PM me the password so I wouldn't have to download
MIRc only to keep it on my HDD for 5 minutes till I get the password?

Great! Can you please PM me the password so I wouldn't have to download
MIRc only to keep it on my HDD for 5 minutes till I get the password?

Me too. :biggrin: Honestly though I don't want to download MIRc just to get the pword. Besides I've never played online DM so I'd be easy kills, so it would be good to get me the password :smile:

Right now its open (password free).

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Just as a warning: there are idiots comming on, like right now there is
this singing (putting it mildly) little kid on there that everyone
wants to get off. Whos going to be the tyrant while gwil is gone?

Sweet, I'm getting on .

EDITI was just on, I'm in Ontario, Kanata and I was at about 150. Better than other servers. Shame I got rocked. It was my first time though so I'm proud of myself. :biggrin:

Well, that was fun. I know im resurrecting an older thread, but since
everyone used the [Snarkpit] tag, how about turning this clan into
something serious; maybe even adding a clan subsite (pit) ?

Just been there and player for about... what was it? an hour or so?

Anyway, it's crowded but fun.

And well, I'm just using this [Snarkpit] tag now since everyone else
did it too... how about a mapper group tag instead of a clan? :razz:

Gwil started the tag, and I though it looked cool, so I just added it,
theres no real reason to put a tag on your name, just something that
says your from the snarkpit.

I agree, it's crowded, but still pretty good. We just need to get some custom maps up there. Gogogogo!

Just played there, and it was a lot of fun. Too bad HL2DM had to crash on me...

I remember that in HL1 someone came up with a perl script that
harvested the log info, translated it into stats, and sent it to a HTTP
server. If you can't find a admin mod with stats, I think that
this would be almost as easy.

The rotation is now:

dm_torque (Custom)

dm_lockdown

dm_island17 (Custom)

dm_overwatch

dm_morbid (Custom)

dm_steamlab

To be added:

dm_pinnacles

Other suggestions are welcome!

Pinging in at 200 from California. Server is great, but add some time at the end of the round to check scores and say gg and such.

I would suggest Hydro, but it might just kill the server.

Hurry up Morbid and frickin' download already, the excitement is killing me, I can't wait to see how bad my ping is :biggrin: .

Nice. I will frag you all!

ill drop by as soon as i get back on windows, i dual boot with linux.

any chance you can add my map? here

Nice rotation so far, and with Hydro and Rebar it would be a little
better still :smile: With 16 people some of the more open maps are a bit
laggy (overwatch and island17 were the worst offenders) but still
playable. Congratulations must go to Yak for making such a good job of
Torque as well, it was great fun with around 8 people, and should be a
good TDM map in addition to a good DM map. I would kill for server
info/stats on the webpage, particularly if you could somehow link steam
ID up with user profiles to provide a nice integrated stats system :wink:

We're going to look into server stats here and some other gubbins.

However all kudos for this server must go to Gwil, not me!

200 ping in california....eek :sad:

Dm_swamplight should be finished this weekend. All beta versions have gotten good response from players (you'll find it rotating on some server, most times). The map is a good size for almost any group, also. Would love to see it in rotation.

What about dm_tribute?

http://www.snarkpit.com/maps.php?map=1628

It looks awesome.

MY lag is so horrible because i am on a satellite connection. no one need worry unless they have suffered the same fate as I. It was fun to just be on the server with all youse guys. :rolleyes: Waitll i get on the T1 at my work, then, I'll frag you ALL.

PS. i REALLy am UBER at FPS.

350ish ping for me. It's not a good ping, but it is tolerable.

Rabid's dm_petrol perhaps? This has inspired me to begin working on Exodus again, and hopefully it could get on the cycle. :o

My only concern about this server is that there might end up being too much maps. I say we get rid of the official maps and have only custom maps. Even then, good maps will continue to come out, and it will reach the point where there are too many maps. We need some kind of vote thing for the best maps to stay in.

I would also like to know whether this server will be used to playtest peoples maps. Chuck the map onto the server for a while so the mapper can get some feedback on gameplay. Will it be used like this?

I would also like to know whether this server will be used to
playtest peoples maps. Chuck the map onto the server for a while so the
mapper can get some feedback on gameplay. Will it be used like this?

That'd be pretty nice, much better than releasing a (totally) public beta.

I can't see that working too well. Who will moderate it? If the server is full of people, do we just boot em, so john-doe can look at his map? Who has rcon?

Seems to me, the easiest thing would be to keep the rotation solid, fairly small, and consistent. Maybe rotate the good custom maps in and out, on weekly cycles, but keep the maplist short. Or, pick a group of maps that we have deemed acceptable, have a fairly large rotation, and create a map-pack of those maps, downloadable here. Then, every couple of months, swap some custom maps with new content and create current maplist download.

Maybe we need Juim to give advice - he's had some good experience running servers.

I can't see that working too well. Who will moderate it? If the server is full of people, do we just boot em, so john-doe can look at his map? Who has rcon?

Well, quite simply, the people can stay on the server... They'll need to download the map, but thats it. Gwil, atm, has rcon (I think) - so he could temporarily chuck the map on for... 45 minutes to an hour or so. It would of course be an inconvenience, but I'm sure people could put up with it.

Of course, the map would have to be in beta stage. No half finished, not textured maps. Just beta maps in which the author needs feedback on gameplay.

Rabid's dm_petrol perhaps?

Eek, not unless you want to cause the server to blow up in a bout of lag :razz:

It's not that bad. :razz: