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[McZealot]

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Battle Royale is a 10-minute Survival Deathmatch. Players parachute out of the sky over an abandoned tropical island. They will be forced to scavenge for completely randomized weapons, ammunitions, and traps that have been left across the island. A lethal force-field slowly closes in over the arena, slowing forcing towards the middle of the island where those who survive will battle the last players left standing.

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[SuperSuit12]

Sounds like The Culling
(which sounds like the hunger games)

but I mean neither of these are really that creative, throw people in an arena with weapons watch them fight

[McZealot]

I mean I wasn't really looking to be creative and unique since it's based on a film but thanks anyway. Literally every DM is BL is people in an arena with weapons.

[Farad]

Sounds like The Culling
(which sounds like the hunger games)

but I mean neither of these are really that creative, throw people in an arena with weapons watch them fight

Having to search for ammo for your guns makes it interesting. There's also a few neat features like parachuting from the sky at the start of every round and a large sphere that extends around the entire map at the start and shrinks as time passes. If you are outside of the sphere, you lose health and die.

[startacker]

Items disapearing sucks

[Swat 3]

Playing some nice battle royale on Arma III.

[Mr Queeba]

really cool server
i approve

[Graffiti Cat]

this NEEDS more player inventory slots.


because forget inventory management. thats some gay stuff.

[general guneric]

this NEEDS more player inventory slots.


because forget inventory management. thats some gay stuff.

yes, very agreeable
you can even pick up some shells and others take inventory

[DestroyerOfBlocks]

alright so my problems

-the fog takes forever to come in and often the last few minutes of the game is three or four guys just wandering around
-instant kill raycast weaponry on a huge map and rounds that take forever
-only having 5 inventory slots and ammo taking slots means players are forced to pray they get a gun they have ammo for
-guns not coming with ammo means you have to pray you get ammo for your gun
-if you don't have a gun and ammo there is no weak but reliable alternative like a melee weapon

[McZealot]

-the fog takes forever to come in and often the last few minutes of the game is three or four guys just wandering around

The fog only takes 10 minutes to close in on itself (everyone dies if it does) but after about 6 minutes it's just 2-3 guys. I have a manual "rapid-close" option I can turn on to speed up the orb but if I'm not on IDK what to do about it. If the orb was faster the same thing would still happen--it's not to do with time, it's just a math thing. I'm gonna try to make rapid-close automatic when just 3-4 players remain. Thanks for the advice.

-instant kill raycast weaponry on a huge map and rounds that take forever

Thanks for the tip, I felt the same way. I reduced Sniper and .357 headshots from 100 damage to 99. This means if you are at full health you can withstand a single headshot from one of those. Body shots are 50. IMO raycasting weapons are what separates it from a normal DM. You get hit INSTANTLY and take heavy damage, so it's more about cover and caution than dodging bullets.

-only having 5 inventory slots and ammo taking slots means players are forced to pray they get a gun they have ammo for

Yea, I originally had 7 inventory slots, but it starts to bug out with Slayer when you get above 5. Conan promised to fix it but hasn't yet, so blame him. Hopefully it'll be done before next time I host.

-guns not coming with ammo means you have to pray you get ammo for your gun

Yea, I agree. I don't want guns to spawn with ammo because that would be incredibly overpowered, but I never expected so many people to be on that map. It's only half the map and it had a full-sized server so there was only half as much ammo to go around. Scavenging is the point, but that was too hard. When players are more spread out on the full map that won't be a problem.

-if you don't have a gun and ammo there is no weak but reliable alternative like a melee weapon

Melee weapons are useless after a few minutes, so they definetely won't spawn in the map. I thought about having a right-click to punch option, but honestly, I think that wouldn't be much fun. Some of the meatiest desperation both in the film and in this server is when someone runs out of ammo and is rendered defenseless mid-fight due to poor management, or both fighters run out and look at eachother deer-eyed before running to find more.

Thanks so much for all the tips! Hopefully I'll have fixed each of them before next time I host.

[Conan]

right click to deal 5 damage a punch + a tiny knockback is probably better than nothing

i'll fix the 7 slot playertype today

[Graffiti Cat]

also what time do you host? can you post like a schedule

[McZealot]

Server's up now! Improved map and some new stuff.