Fri Jun 13, 2003 6:37 am
Dock Camping Solutions?
Ok, would require some mods, but here goes;
1) Traffic congestion warning of destination point. Scans a radius of say 2K around the destination dock and warns of excessive ship buildups. Camping would still occur, but you would at least get a running start.
2) "Good Guy" patrols (navy/police) warn first then open fire on the folks who hang around too long in the gate area (Regardless of faction rating). OK, border worlds etc would still be susceptible to camping, but that would add some reality to it.
3) Admin-only god mode. This would allow the server admins to enter an indestructable mode (unlimited health and weapons) to take care of the campers. Also, targetting them in the hud would add to a log so the admins can see who does it how often, where, when and IP address. Share the data out with other admins on other servers. They will stop camping when they start running out of servers to abuse. Would need a disclaimer telling players their IP is logged for said purposes.
OK, I admit i havent done much MP on FL at the moment, but it was the dock-rapers and other assorted knob-jockeys that got me out of MP games in the first place. Only a coward takes pleasure in beating a foe who didnt have a chance to begin with.
Just my $0.02, but it could just be the cardamine talking.
Nil Mortifi Sine Lucre
1) Traffic congestion warning of destination point. Scans a radius of say 2K around the destination dock and warns of excessive ship buildups. Camping would still occur, but you would at least get a running start.
2) "Good Guy" patrols (navy/police) warn first then open fire on the folks who hang around too long in the gate area (Regardless of faction rating). OK, border worlds etc would still be susceptible to camping, but that would add some reality to it.
3) Admin-only god mode. This would allow the server admins to enter an indestructable mode (unlimited health and weapons) to take care of the campers. Also, targetting them in the hud would add to a log so the admins can see who does it how often, where, when and IP address. Share the data out with other admins on other servers. They will stop camping when they start running out of servers to abuse. Would need a disclaimer telling players their IP is logged for said purposes.
OK, I admit i havent done much MP on FL at the moment, but it was the dock-rapers and other assorted knob-jockeys that got me out of MP games in the first place. Only a coward takes pleasure in beating a foe who didnt have a chance to begin with.
Just my $0.02, but it could just be the cardamine talking.
Nil Mortifi Sine Lucre
