Pacnet2013's Randomizer DM - v4 is up!, new weps + spawn in middle of round

[{Pacnet2013}]

v4 is up right now. Tons of more weapons are added plus you can spawn in the middle of the round

Suggest improvements and submit maps (default bricks, modTerrain and legacy doors)
What is a Randomizer DM?
How random is it?
What is the map cycler?
What are the server stats?
Credits
Maps / Builds


What is a Randomizer DM?
A randomizer DM is a deathmatch in which you get random weapons and have to try and earn the most points you can in a round to be the winner of that round. In this server, you get two random weapons. There is a predetermined list of weapons to be randomized in a global variable array setup. A getRandom(); is performed to get an id, and it returns a element from the global variable array setup. Then a nameToId is performed and the player is given that item. It does this twice.

How random is it?
It is not extremely random because first and foremost, I limited the items allowed in the randomizer. Other than that, it uses torque's pseudo random number generator algorithm. It's not cryptographically random generator, but it works.


What is the map cycler?
The MapCycler in this Randomizer DM gamemode is just a rip of SpeedKart's map cycler. The maps  (or builds if you prefer) are actually, just zips that are called SpeedKart_mapname... such as SpeedKart_Shipyard. It goes through a cycle of eight rounds, four minutes per round, and after 8 rounds each time it changes to the next map


What are the server stats?
Thanks to Kalphiter for the server status image.



Pacnet2013 for the game mode and hosting the server.

Credits
Hosted by HamHost Dedicated Blockland Servers.

Afkpuz for the Pyramid map.
D3ATH, Blocktim, Nickel (edits by Pacnet2013) for the Shipyard map.
Diggy for the Afghanistan DM map.
VerticalHorizon for the Festung der Schwarzung map.
Nickel and Armageddon for the idea.
Hammereditor for the Urban TDM and platform wars map.


Maps / Builds

You can submit maps to me which can only use default bricks, legacy doors, and mod terrain bricks. I don't like using many default builds either.


Shipyard, by D3ATH, Blocktim, Nickel, and edited by Pacnet2013


Urban TDM, by Hammereditor and Pacnet2013


Platform Hyperwars, by Hammereditor and Pacnet2013

Pyramid, by Afkpuz


Festung der Schwarzung, by VerticalHorizon


Afghanistan DM, by Diggy

Yay. <3

I went onto Pacnet2013's server to see how good the hosting is, I had 200 latency (pretty average for me) with around 10-15 players all spamming projectiles. Very nice.

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[{Pacnet2013}]

Changelog

v1 to v2 (8/17/2013)

-Water Height 0.01
-Disable Brick Damage
-Delay instant respawn
-Remove Rocket Launcher completely
-Reduce ammo for missile launcher
-Reduce ammo for mortar to 5
-FUEL JET playertypes (Fuel-Jet Player is the name to put into PlayerDatablockName)
-Don't lose points when you die
-Change Time's up to show the player who won
-rename to v2
-Add new maps

v2 to v3 (latest)

-Boltgun damage is now 15
-Platform Wars map fixed.
-You now get 5 items
-Dinner blaster firing rate increased
-Water removed (except for Shipyard)
-Rounds are won with 15 points now
-Autocannon damage reduced

[BlockoBlocko]

Ah, looks very nice.

[Reindeer]

That urban TDM map looks maptastic. In other words, I like it a lot. I think that you used perfect maps for this DM, they're all fitting for a type of server like this.

[Conan]

some of the maps are huge and honestly favors people who have better computers than others. randomizer dm's don't need that large maps.

[boodals 2]

I laughed about my quote. I expected HammerEditor to use it, not you XD
Oh well, its a quote and I did say it..

Having just two random weapons isn't really enough. You are too likely to get bad weapons, where as in Nickel's there was a lot more chance to get a decent gun.

[{Pacnet2013}]

How many weapons do you suggest? Vote in the poll. The option which is most voted is the one I will use in the next version of Randomizer DM.


Fixed the lasguns, you can now join

[hammereditor²]

Hey, there are 15 players on right now :)!

[Rub]

Shame the host is abusive :(

[The Resonte!]

-snip-
Shame the host is abusive :(

put it in drama

[{Pacnet2013}]

Planned changes for the next version, it will be applied when there are close to no players on the server :

-Reduce damage of boltguns to 20 or 15
-Reduce damage of autocannons
-Reduce ammo of mortars / missile launchers
-Fix platform wars map (no spawns)
-Take suggestion on forums for item amount

Shiro has been AFK for 5+ hours

[Monkeyboy]

a dump of a server. builds are badly edited and you cant spawn in the middle of a round- you have to wait until someone gets 20 points, and when everyone just dies instantly due to flood, it takes a long time.

[.::Taboo::.]

broken spawning, just a bunch of default builds, and mysterious lava-water
pacnet quality server as usual

[{Pacnet2013}]

broken spawning, just a bunch of default builds, and mysterious lava-water
pacnet quality server as usual

In the next update, the water will be gone and the build with broken spawning will be fixed.

I can't build well. Make maps and give them to me and once there are more I will replace the default builds. There are already three non-default builds but I wish I had more.

builds are badly edited and you cant spawn in the middle of a round- you have to wait until someone gets 20 points.

Explain why the build I edited is badly edited. Only one of them is "edited". I tried my best to utilize default bricks in the builds.

I'll make it 15 points because I honestly don't know what people want, someone just suggested it.

[{Pacnet2013}]

Okay, I made some MORE suggested improvements and fixes.

v3

-Boltgun damage is now 15
-Platform Wars map fixed.
-You now get 5 items
-Dinner blaster firing rate increased
-Water removed (except for Shipyard)
-Rounds are won with 15 points now
-Autocannon damage reduced