BW Renegades server is forked. :(

[old.Nicodemus]

The BW Renegades server refuses to allow me to throw grenades when I'm in Cyborg armour, or use speed boosters in Mercenary armour. I'm not the only person that this has affected and I'm pretty sure those aren't the only bugs. I suppose it could be caused by a custom script somewhere on the server (maybe from the shooters maps?). Oh, and I've tested all my controls on other servers, so it isn't down to my control configuration being b0rked.

Crunchy/Xtro, HELP!


P.S. Sorry I keep using this forum to complain.

 

[old.Crunchy]

Do you know if it is a bug in the mod or the server setup?

 

[old.Nicodemus]

I don't think it's caused by the mod, it seems to be the server. I've tried hosting a renegades server on my own PC, it works perfectly. I also tried out the NGI Renegades classic server, and again, it works perfectly.

For some reason whenever I buy a Mercenary armour the speed booster (activated by pressing the 'deploy beacon' button) doesn't work, though it gives me the message 'Speed Booster activated' in the chat box. Also, I can throw grenades just fine in the Mercenary armour, but when I switch to Cyborg armour I can't.

I'm not sure how you have the servers set up, but if every server has its own installation of Tribes I'd suggest you remove any extra script files (perhaps there were some installed along with some shooters maps?) from the Renegades' installation.

 

[old.Soda]

Yes, there is something wrong with your Renegades Classic server ...

I don't know if it's you that have changed something in the mod to disable Cyborg's grens or the Mercenary's beacon, but it wasn't a good idea ...

Look now ... This server is always empty !!! And imo, it's cause of that ...

 

[old.Nicodemus]

Well, I'm stumped. The only thing I can think of is to try removing all the Renegades Classic files, download the latest version, and reinstall it.

[Edited by Nicodemus on 02-01-01 at 10:40]

 

[old.Soda]

Errrr ....

Well i've juste played on the BW Ren Classic server and now there is no problems ...

You can use de Mercenary's Beacon et the Cyborg's Grens ...

Hehehe ...

 

[old.Nicodemus]

I just checked the Renegades server, and it's not working again.

 

[old.Nicodemus]

Well, I dunno what you guys did, but it's working properly again.

 

[old.Nicodemus]

Guess what. It's not working again.

Maybe it's a problem with a custom map? The map I was just playing on was Scarybay (like Scarabrae but with the flag moved into the main chamber). D'you know if there are any maps in the server rotation that use custom scripts? If so, then it could be caused by one map running a custom script, which may explain why the error only shows up after a certain amount of time (the map doesn't run straight away so the custom script isn't called).

EDIT: I forgot to say. Earlier in the day I was playing on the server (about 12pm I think) and it was working fine. Obviously something has happened to the server since I played at 12pm, which leads me to think it's a map script screwing things up. If there's a log of the maps played today maybe it'll give some indication of what went wrong.

[Edited by Nicodemus on 10-01-01 at 02:27]

 

[old.Nicodemus]

Is this thing on?

More news on the BW Renegades server: It doesn't like Shooters_OnTheRocks. For some reason the terrain (.ted) file doesn't load. No terrain = no gravity.

 

[old.Crunchy]

Ah does sound like some maps might be screwing it up. Which maps would you like to see in the rotation?

 

[old.Nicodemus]

Actually, the maps that are already on there are pretty good, it's just that I, and I'm pretty sure most Renegades players, would like some of them taken out. IMO the best maps for Renegades are ones where the flag and generator isn't too exposed. Raindance is a pretty good map for Renegades the only flaw being that there's only 1 Inventory.

You could try adding a few of Ravenbro's maps, 'cause the ones I've tried were pretty damned good. I'll see if I can come up with a list of good ones for you. And please remove some of the Scarabrae maps. It was starting to become quite irritating playing about 5 different variations of Scarabrae in a row. BTW, I see that Scarab - based on Scarabrae but with three teams - is still on the server, please remove it or fix it because it's very unfair as one team has no drop points (if you tell me where to D/L it I could fix it for you ).

Oh, and I think the bug in the server has something to do with the mine and grenade data, since the speed booster is effectively a mine (trust me, I know a bit about server-side scripting, and I've hacked open the Rengades Classic script volume loads of times to see how certain things were done).

FYI: The full list of problems I've noticed so far is:
Mercenary armour speed boosters don't work.
Cyborg grenades can't be thrown and I think the Cyborg's emergency shields (activated by the beacon button) don't work.
Engineer's EMP grenades can't be thrown.
I'm pretty sure that if I tested all the grenade types I'd find that all the non-standard ones don't work.