Meeting_Gman Posted October 19, 2008 Posted October 19, 2008 Maybe it would be better to remove the schedule. You can post the schedule here, that way the people who visit OCR and it's forum frequently will know, but others that don't will use the server at any time, keeping it well-populated. If they see a certain time period that states when the server will be active, they will avoid it, thinking that it's only open at a certain time.
Zephyr Posted October 19, 2008 Posted October 19, 2008 Speaking of the server... I wanna play! Someone get in there right now!
WindStrike Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 Come on, I haven't received the blue screen of death in over 5 years and I randomly get it in TF2?! Completely random... Anyhow, I learned a valuable trick from 101 uses for a dispenser - place it in front of a turret. Once the dispenser is up, they don't see the turret behind it. And even if it ain't up, it still takes fire while the turret blasts them over the rim of the dispenser being built. It took the enemy team a long time before they finally took the thing down, and most of the time, it was a level 1 sentry. Know that although I've been away for a little too long, I'm still ridiculously evil. I may be on later in the week, and if not, I'll definitely be more active in two weeks when Marching Band is over (except for parades).
Sensai Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 WindStrike...did you happen to get it while playing an Engineer on Dustbowl, after having built your sentry and hitting it with your wrench? 'Cause, I got a blue screen the other day (first one on Vista, actually) from doing that.
Xerol Oplan Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 I'm pretty sure that doesn't belong there.
WindStrike Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 Sensai said: WindStrike...did you happen to get it while playing an Engineer on Dustbowl, after having built your sentry and hitting it with your wrench?'Cause, I got a blue screen the other day (first one on Vista, actually) from doing that. Nope. Completely random computer error as it turned out - twas playing turbine and fighting off two scouts and a soldier as an engi using my shotgun and the turret/dispenser combo, and then it suddenly blue screened for half a second before restarting the computer.
SirChadlyOC Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 Xerol Oplan said: I'm pretty sure that doesn't belong there. You're right. Gman killing someone with a sentry gun? That doesn't belong at all. You really are having problems with your video card.
Meeting_Gman Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 SirChadlyOC said: You're right. Gman killing someone with a sentry gun? That doesn't belong at all. You really are having problems with your video card. Haha, Imagine a Sentry Gun resting on the shoulders of an Ubered Medic. A mobile, invulnerable automated turret. Are you certain that is a graphics card error Xerol? I have a graphical glitch where the missile cart turns colors like a disco ball. Just assumed these to be glitches in the game. Might want to check out this thread: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=708995&highlight=resupply
Xerol Oplan Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 I never said it was a graphics card error? Like the last few times I'm pretty sure it's the game cache being corrupted and it loading one file where it should load another.
Zephyr Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 Argh! We need people in this server! Anyways, I'd be interested in trying this map sometime too (I still haven't gotten a match on my updated map yet either, I'd like to see how it plays) cp_avante_b2 http://forums.tf2maps.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=719 Apparently it's a remake of a map from the original TFC, so it must be good. I took a look at it and it looks like a lot of fun, reminds me of dustbowl.
Meeting_Gman Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Xerol Oplan said: I never said it was a graphics card error? Like the last few times I'm pretty sure it's the game cache being corrupted and it loading one file where it should load another. You didn't need to say it, I read your mind. It must have been your mind that was wrong, not me.
Vivi22 Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Zephyr~ said: Argh! We need people in this server! Anyways, I'd be interested in trying this map sometime too (I still haven't gotten a match on my updated map yet either, I'd like to see how it plays)cp_avante_b2 http://forums.tf2maps.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=719 Apparently it's a remake of a map from the original TFC, so it must be good. I took a look at it and it looks like a lot of fun, reminds me of dustbowl. I'd be up for playing a remake of Avante anytime. It was easily in my top 3 favourite maps back in the days of TFC.
Powerlord Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Hmm, I wouldn't rule out custom maps. I'm going to disagree with what I said earlier about custom maps; we had 20 people on by the end of pl_cave_b6 last night.
EdgeCrusher Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Cave is hit and miss. I really love the hell out of it, cause its just a PL map that I really enjoy. But its really effected by the people playing it, just like any other map. Most of the time the server will clear out if you have a low user count at the first section of the map, and people get frustrated and leave.
Dhsu Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Yeah, the problem is the first section is hard to cap, so you can end up playing it for the entire maptime without ever seeing the 2nd and 3rd maps which are a lot more interesting.
Meeting_Gman Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 My issue with cave is it kills my framerate. I normally get around 5-10 fps on all other maps in battle but Cave, I can just forget about playing competitively. Also, Crowbar_Man asked a question in-game yesterday, but didn't receive an answer (I don't think). He was wondering why there were no OC remixes in the in-game !radio thing.
Dhsu Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Actually the "Rainwave.cc" channel is where the remixes are. Also 10fps?? You need yourself a new vidya card, miss!
Vivi22 Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Meeting_Gman said: My issue with cave is it kills my framerate. I normally get around 5-10 fps on all other maps in battle but Cave, I can just forget about playing competitively. Reminds me of playing on my old laptop. I was exceedingly happy when I finished building my desktop which can chew through TF2 like it was nothing. Oddly enough, despite a crappy framerate on that computer, I was a decent sniper way back with the pre-release beta, and was even a respectable CS:Source player with similar graphical performance. How I ever managed to headshot anything in retrospect is beyond me.
Powerlord Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 I've been tempted to spruce up the MOTD lately, using some techniques from specialattack.net: How-To: Create a TF2 chalkboard style MOTD with HTML and possibly some additional ideas from How-To: Put live server stats on your chalkboard MOTD. I found out that TF2 stores its fonts on your system and you can copy them to your Windows fonts directory... and can thus use them in images for the MOTD.
Meeting_Gman Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Dhsu said: Actually the "Rainwave.cc" channel is where the remixes are.Also 10fps?? You need yourself a new vidya card, miss! Thank you, I will let him know that the next time he comes online. I recently installed a new graphics card, Sapphire Radeon HD 3650, this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102726 My computer is 7 years old though, so I am saving up to build a new one. Vivi22 said: Reminds me of playing on my old laptop. I was exceedingly happy when I finished building my desktop which can chew through TF2 like it was nothing. Oddly enough, despite a crappy framerate on that computer, I was a decent sniper way back with the pre-release beta, and was even a respectable CS:Source player with similar graphical performance. How I ever managed to headshot anything in retrospect is beyond me. It must be because you are skilled and managed to adapt to your computers limitations.
Dhsu Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Meeting_Gman said: Thank you, I will let him know that the next time he comes online.I recently installed a new graphics card, Sapphire Radeon HD 3650, this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102726 My computer is 7 years old though, so I am saving up to build a new one. Odd...the 3650 should handle TF2 just fine at reasonable settings. Although if your computer is 7 years old, I wouldn't be surprised if the bottleneck is elsewhere.
Powerlord Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Dhsu said: Odd...the 3650 should handle TF2 just fine at reasonable settings. Although if your computer is 7 years old, I wouldn't be surprised if the bottleneck is elsewhere. RAM was the first thing that came to mind... that's where my old computer's main problem lied for a lot of games.
Meeting_Gman Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Here are the specs of my computer. I just assume it's CPU that is the bottleneck CPU: Pentium 4 2ghz RAM: 1 gig Graphics: Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 It's been a good computer all these years.
Dhsu Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Weird, considering Source's ridiculously low requirements, I'd think for sure you'd be getting more than 10fps out of that setup. Is that seriously the number you're getting from your fps counter? What resolution/settings are you running the game at?
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