Suggestion Event Box For Future Maps / This one if possible.

[Komchan]

Suggestion: Add a Dark & Light event box for Future Maps / This one if possible.
Why it would be worth adding: Makes it extremely hard to have events set outside of the 'map' as it requires boarding off specific regions, etc. Runs the risk of randomly being interrupted by folks uninvolved, suspension of disbelief, etc.
Necessary content: Unsure how hard it'll be, would it be feasible to copy paste from other maps with a Dark and Light Event box?

 

['77 East]

if possible.

It's a bit of a stretch:

Any edit to a map requires a .vmf (most maps do not have these released, for obvious reasons) or for it to be decompiled.

Decompiling a map often breaks everything. displacements must be reset/recreated, textures must be re-applied, I/O functions must be fixed, func_ entities recreated/fixed, the list goes on.

It's a huge, huge thing to do versus just propping a square box somewhere.

 

[Ond]

just use an event server.......?

 

[Komchan]

just use an event server.......?

I don't think we have an event server, I'm pretty sure that costs money, and using an event server for a workshift seems a little bit extreme

 

[Ond]

I don't think we have an event server, I'm pretty sure that costs money, and using an event server for a workshift seems a little bit extreme

it costs nothing to open a server for events on the box

who cares if it "seems extreme" if its cool as fuck

 

[Komchan]

it costs nothing to open a server for events on the box

who cares if it "seems extreme" if its cool as fuck

I mean if I'm able to do it I'd be up for it lol, but the issue is getting the right map for people, downloading stuff, making sure everyone loads in, etc. Then you need staff members to properly oversee the entire thing etc / if a staff member needs to go, you're kinda fucked on a separate server. Or if there's downtime, they can't just switch over and help other people that might be doing a /help.

 

[Ond]

I mean if I'm able to do it I'd be up for it lol, but the issue is getting the right map for people, downloading stuff, making sure everyone loads in, etc. Then you need staff members to properly oversee the entire thing etc / if a staff member needs to go, you're kinda fucked on a separate server. Or if there's downtime, they can't just switch over and help other people that might be doing a /help.

you literally just need like

1 map thats a factory or whatever you want to use - and then use default server content

you don't need any more than 1 staff member who's competent

 

[Komchan]

you literally just need like

1 map thats a factory or whatever you want to use - and then use default server content

you don't need any more than 1 staff member who's competent

ah that makes sense

 

[Trains]

I mean if I'm able to do it I'd be up for it lol, but the issue is getting the right map for people, downloading stuff, making sure everyone loads in, etc. Then you need staff members to properly oversee the entire thing etc / if a staff member needs to go, you're kinda fucked on a separate server. Or if there's downtime, they can't just switch over and help other people that might be doing a /help.

it ain’t that hard

also id kill for an event server i got nothing in me rn lol

 

[Alexander The Great]

it ain’t that hard

also id kill for an event server i got nothing in me rn lol

events done in a server with people, that may or may not be aware of the event taking place > pre organized event population on an event server

its fun sometimes, for big scale events
but even the little events matter tbh
imagine all the event possibilities with event boxes being a thing, and doing that on a populated server without pre selection of event thing

also cool.
but event server for big scale eventos is also cool :)

 

[Trains]

events done in a server with people, that may or may not be aware of the event taking place > pre organized event population on an event server

its fun sometimes, for big scale events
but even the little events matter tbh
imagine all the event possibilities with event boxes being a thing, and doing that on a populated server without pre selection of event thing

also cool.
but event server for big scale eventos is also cool :)

(you right but it’s also fun having absolute freedom)

 

[Ond]

events done in a server with people, that may or may not be aware of the event taking place > pre organized event population on an event server

its fun sometimes, for big scale events
but even the little events matter tbh
imagine all the event possibilities with event boxes being a thing, and doing that on a populated server without pre selection of event thing

also cool.
but event server for big scale eventos is also cool :)

goofy argh event admin box with prop built enviroment vs painstakingly created maps with character added by decoration and world building

 

[Trains]

sacrificing hours of your time to painstakingly create a prop build on a map already near the limit, only for the server to crash and you having to redo half of it

vs

log on, put some worldbuilding props that won’t take more than half an hour, get ur people on, go.

 

[Komchan]

sacrificing hours of your time to painstakingly create a prop build on a map already near the limit, only for the server to crash and you having to redo half of it

vs

log on, put some worldbuilding props that won’t take more than half an hour, get ur people on, go.

hey if you get an event server going??? yusss???

 

[Alexander The Great]

goofy argh event admin box with prop built enviroment vs painstakingly created maps with character added by decoration and world building

both are good

but what im saying is, when the MAIN server has people that can kinda be ''recruited'' into this event (the box event), by IC roleplay
and you perhaps can yield a more populated event if its in the server itself,
that's superior to me
compared to a pre organized ooc, that is a separate server event from the general playerbase.

 

[Ond]

both are good

but what im saying is, when the MAIN server has people that can kinda be ''recruited'' into this event (the box event), by IC roleplay
and you perhaps can yield a more populated event if its in the server itself,
that's superior to me
compared to a pre organized ooc, that is a separate server event from the general playerbase.

we used to do ic recruited events all the time, where we just told people to connect to the event server in LOOC after lengthy rp and setting it up IC

 

['77 East]

we used to do ic recruited events all the time, where we just told people to connect to the event server in LOOC after lengthy rp and setting it up IC

it was pretty cool to wander into a situation and get told "hey we're doing X join the event server"

one of those led to time shenanigans & @Powley telling the g-man to fuck off right to his face

 

[deathwolf]

we used to do ic recruited events all the time, where we just told people to connect to the event server in LOOC after lengthy rp and setting it up IC

I got told no event servers a month back no idea if that's changed

 

[Numbers]

i refuse to set up an event server scheduling process, would rather just reserve it for really good shit that impacts main server meaningfully but cant be portrayed on main

 

[deathwolf]

i refuse to set up an event server scheduling process, would rather just reserve it for really good shit that impacts main server meaningfully but cant be portrayed on main

why not just have it first come first serve, with a maximum of like 2 uses a week so it won't take much time from your day at all