Capture the Zone ( CTZ ) [Proj on HOLD , IRL ISSUES]

[cold shuttle]

inspired by A3KoTH
-3 teams
-Custom Loadout(XP and Unlocking guns)
-Looting Dead player Loadout, Looting individual guns
-Custom Spawning points, Capture Zone.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/957149873285783553/1102424400545984533/CTZ_Logo2BigTEXT.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihwNrdVSKoY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn8QSUCpFFE
Inventory slider on the right , mousewheel

[cold shuttle]

Started working on KoTZ again, gonna port the Spectator mod to it, with improvement to the map ( Same squad green icon, Floating map), Show/hide UI,Zoom, MoveUp/down

and last prototype : Spectator cam with Follow soldier in 3rd person camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF45q38F6vs
That will be the base for a Zeus kind of thing, where you would be able to Create and control custom AI missions and make the battlefield dynamic in a variety of ways (create POI / create special Drops / etc)

[cold shuttle]

Video progress on Kit customization:
Not using static vanilla OHD Kits
Adding of weapon at runtime in the deploy menu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXFgMbG3Z9Y
i already showed a previous prototype, but not the weapon selection and switching to it, Also the UI widgets are not placed correctly , it's a 'i'll bother with it later'

OHD King of The Zone

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.11 - DEV PATCHNOTES
FEATURES:
First iteration of the Kit customization
-2 Primary weapon Slot
-Secondary Weapon Slot
-Move weapon slot
-Replace weapon
-Remove weapon (dragging and dropping outside of any slot, inside the Kit customization widget, or onto the 'Trash' at the bottom)

TODO : 
    Kit customization

    -Display the currently dragged gun icon     
    -CTRL+click/double click to add to the first available slot? del to remove a weapon?

[cold shuttle]

https://youtu.be/tAzCYnimd-A
A little more polish, handling the different interactions:
Add weapon
Remove weapon
Move weapon slot

[cold shuttle]

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1. Dragging a pistol (highlighted on the right) to the Soldier Secondary slot, indicate it's allowed
2. Dragging a pistol to the Soldier Primary slot, indicate it's NOT allowed
3. Dragging an equipped pistol to the 'Trash' , to remove the weapon from the inventory`

[cold shuttle]

Instead of changing the color of the 'Dragged widget' in Black/Red :
i might change the color of the Soldier's destination slot instead, All incompatible slot in red, and leave the correct ones grey

it might be more intuitive

Also will display the currently dragged gun icon, so you know what you selected ^^

[cold shuttle]

Weapon list Filling up

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.11.1 :

    FEATURES:
    
        -Only allow weapon of the right type inside the player inventory slot.
        -Highlight in red the slots where a weapon is not allowed to go in the soldier's inventory.
        -Limit to one GL weapon only in Primary weapon slot.
        -Add a check to make sure you don't drag the same weapon in the Soldier slot.

[nocturne robin]

kaiz 💪

[cold shuttle]

Ayyyy Working In game, On a server !

I'm surprised it works without too much problem on first try,
i didnt work on KoTZ for a while, especially since the SDK update.
A few bug to fix ofc, but the core functionality works

[cold shuttle]

Ingame and on a server

[cold shuttle]

No video lately, so here is maybe a screenshot, here's one and the last patchnotes.
Will prob create a video overview of all the interaction with the kit customization soon. It almost is fully functional for the PT

Version 0.11.2 :
-Add weapon name at the top
-Display the currently dragged gun icon while the drag is happening
-Arange the weapons in a way that looks more like an inventory

Version 0.11.3 :
-Added 21 vanilla weapon (of a total of around 50 )
-Setup the XP unlock for all the guns
(So that's 91 min for the last gun unlock, Only with capture XP, prob around an hour with kills.
ONLY for playtest, to speed things up, it isnt a GunGame, or is it 😉 )
-Semi fix the WeaponList scrollbar (isn't showing, but mousewhell works)
-Temp fix: Disable map zooming, because widget doesnt resize when zoomed.
-First time experience: Default Kit : Automatically add the Pistol to the player inventory

BUGS:
    Voice chat: Only thing not working for the THIRD TEAM is Proxy/Command Chat
    Can't spawn sometime, shows the world from a floating cam: probably only on first join server. 
        Workaround:Switch team at least one time
    Can't click deploy. 
        Workaround:Change resolution
    WeaponList scrollbar isn't showing, but mousewheel works
    EquipSelect widget doesn't hide. Shows on spawn and stays there.

[nocturne robin]

poggers

[cold shuttle]

Playtest this WE (day TBD) around 8PM CEST, just to test if there is nothing gamebreaking before doing a bigger scale one

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.11.4 :
-Save custom kit on the server
-Load custom kit from save when reconnecting
-Added bandage to the Default Kit (with the pistol)

    -Tentative fix: Can't spawn sometime, shows the world from a floating cam: probably only on first join server.
        Workaround:Switch team at least one time
    -Fix:EquipSelect widget doesn't hide. Shows on spawn and stays there.


BUGS:
    Voice chat: Only thing not working for the THIRD TEAM is Proxy/Command Chat
    Can't click deploy. 
        Workaround:Change resolution
    WeaponList scrollbar isn't showing, but mousewheel works

[nocturne robin]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/264720208550166528/861367309406437376/image0.gif

[cold shuttle]

Playtest message for today: #🔎looking_for_group message

[nocturne robin]

this is good kaiz!

keep up the good work

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.11.5 :

    -Remember the last gun selected as well as the selected firemode (was annoying to change weapon every spawn)

    -Fix: Correct skins for Opfor and Inde

    TODO: Detect if there is a gun added to the inventory and switch to it on first spawn (instead of the bandage)

[cold shuttle]

@spring parcel

From mini-playtest (Version 0.11.4) Saturday:

1- Game Mode: I would certainly play on servers with this game, I think it would work especially well on smaller maps/lower player count servers
2- Game Mode: Needs some easy to interpret custom HUD elements to show state of game from player's perspective
3- Game Mode: Without friendly squad HUD indicators, need to make sure factions are easily identifiable (however, this goes for vanilla OHD too to be honest)
4- Kit Unlocking via XP: Seemed to work fine for me
5- Inventory Management: Some small bugs (may not be specifically MOD related), but generally worked as I would expect

I think the game mode itself would be fun enough to be split off and run with standard kits (maybe reduced selection depending on map used).

Very promising! Hopefully you can get a larger scale test with the OHD dev team at some point. 🙂
So first of all thx for the detailed and constructive feedback it's really appreciated.
Like i said on the mod download page, i just saw it so sorry for late response.

5. i'm curious, what small bugs did you experience? even if vanilla i'd like to know for sure if it's from my mod or not. Better report known bugs than miss one 😉

2. I plan on redoing the Score widget at the top that list the num of players, the num of players in zone, and the score

here is the original, I plan on trying something different : the most important to me is (ofc the score) but at a glance , you should know who has more players in the zone, and is actually capturing, here it's signified by the squares and the highlight (here red has way more people)

I think i'm gonna display the player advantage (for example if there is 3 blue and 10 red in the zone, it'll show 7 red little icon representing a dude.)
Also highlighting the score to show who controls the zone

And ofc move it from the top because it hides the compass , and put it near the weapon status bottom right

[nocturne robin]

can u make a video of all the features u added?

[cold shuttle]

3. the situation was way worse because everyone had the same skin no matter the team they were in. Indeed it's a vanilla prob, Player name(name tag) is in the SDK i've seen it , was disabled because looking bad iirc and no other reason, so could be enabled ez if it doesnt take too much work.

4. the goal is for the mod to be enjoyable on full servers 80-100 players.
   Ofc as it is the Capture zone size is designed on purpose to be very small, as well as spawn distance, as well as unlock xp value (and so the time it takes) to be very short for a small playtest.
   I have another layer of the same map on the Refinery area that is suited for 20 players i think (havent tested it yet, trying to organize a bigger playtest)
   Embassy is fun for 10-20 i think.

And indeed, for now with the fast unlock time it feels like a slightly slower than GunGame
Ultimately when i figure out how to resize the zone widget on the map when zooming. i could use the whole map, and have a seeding mode: it starts small, and increase the zone size / spawn distances based on player population

[cold shuttle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIPyBXiDy0w
this is the most general little video i have. shows the kit customization and the basics of the zone control

[nocturne robin]

https://tenor.com/view/pog-gif-21113696

song

looks pretty good

[cold shuttle]

The features are :
Custom spawn points (and map widgets)
Control zone (and map widgets) that gives xp
XP on kills, saved even when you disconnect, that unlocks guns in increasing intervals (takes longer for the better guns)
3 teams (was harder than you think to make it work smoothly ^^)

Customize your kit before spawning. Using unlocked guns (20 out of the ~45ish guns that are in the game)
Add guns / remove / switch them.
Pick up kit of dead players
Make the InventorySelect ( slider on the right when changing weapons) work with it (also took some time)

What's planned for now :
Show the best gun on the kit left by dead players on the ground (so you know what's in there)
More layers and different POI (for around 20 players, maybe risala)

Seeding mode (increasing zone, if i fix the zoom)

Implementing the Floating map i made for the SpectatorCam mod

If there is a mapper interested (and actually committed, a few asked, but when provided with a complete tutorial, didnt actually do it or provided feedback)
A way to play KoTZ on any modded map, they would have to just add 4 actors (3 spawn points , and the central point of the capture zone) that i can find and replace with the necessary kotz actors
i can ofc mac gyver it, load into the map find a good spot, register the X Y Z location and detect myself when the mod is loaded onto a modded map and do it all myself, but thats a lot of finicky work, compared to what the mapper has to do to make it compatible

Leaderboard? Maybe?

[nocturne robin]

pogggerss

cant wait

youre crazy!

in a good way

[spring parcel]

5. I wasn't clear tbh, the bugs were not with the UI.. but with the spawn, sometimes spawn with no weapon. I really can't remember any others now as it was a bit ago when we did the test now! I wouldn't worry 🙂

[cold shuttle]

ah, thats problematic, you mean you couldnt see the weapon in hand ? or you really had no weapon even in the InventorySelect when scrollwheel?

because if its thats, it's probably only on first spawn, and it's the bandage mesh just loading in time

(and is kinda fixed already in next patch, because i force select the best gun available)

[spring parcel]

It sounds like that from what I remember. sorry my bad should have taken screenshot & video - bad tester!!

Now there is capture in Nvidia drivers no excuse!! Just press alt+f9 I think (I will next time)

[cold shuttle]

thats alright, i think it's only the bandage, and it should be fixed

[cold shuttle]

yeah it's pretty easy to use and really useful

[cold shuttle]

Lots of boring cleaning up today so not a lot of features add
Version 0.11.6 :
-On top of the KitPickup box, Show the best gun on the kit left by dead players , so you know from a distance if it's worth going for it.

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.11.6 :
-On top of the KitPickup box, Show the best gun on the kit left by dead players , so you know from a distance if it's worth going for it.
-More layers :
KOTZ_Risala (practically the whole map) 60+ players
KOTZ_Risala_LowerSuburbs 20 players
KOTZ_Risala_Warehouses 10 Players
No spawn delay, since the run distance is increase to get in the zone.

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.11.7 :
-Moved the Score widget away from on top of the compass and down near weapon status/mag.
-Changed the style to fit OHD's and get away from the awful previous one (Not final, but will do for now)
-Now hidden when opening deploy menu and Scoreboard.

[spring parcel]

Looking good with all the changes, you thinking of doing another playtest soon?

[cold shuttle]

maybe tomorrow, ill see with BD if he wants
prob be around 4PM EST, prob will be a @ / everyone ping

[cold shuttle]

yeah , found a pretty bad server crash, i dont think the PT will be tonight

[spring parcel]

ok np, no rush .. these things take time! 🙂

[cold shuttle]

Ok i finally figured out the pretty bad crash i had been having, for now i seem to have fixed it, no i need to go in and go through a lot of the code to make sure it wont happen elsewhere / clean up
But at least it's progress and if i dont see any other big problems a PT is a possibility now

[crystal rivet]

awesome stuff

[cold shuttle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3aJ1rLTNwA

Automatically expand the control zone based on required player numbers.
The second window loading top right is simulating hitting that required player number
It then add a bigger control zone and delete the old zone (it will be more seamless later, it's delayed just for debugging purpose)

[junior stirrup]

Can't load link

[cold shuttle]

why? it's unlisted , so you should be able to see it

and there is views on the video so, prob on you end...

[cold shuttle]

Ok spawn points can be moved now
Next, todo moving invisible blocking volume around the map

[junior stirrup]

Got it to work...dumb me

[cold shuttle]

nice

[prime mirage]

really enjoyed playing this, best game mode mod for OHD yet, looking forward to larger playtests

[cold shuttle]

yeah i'll try to get help from the devs 🤞 to get more people interested

[cold shuttle]

Notes from latest playtest :
Blufor spawns were really unbalanced: they have a road to cross and the windows of the warehouse overlooking it are such an advantageous position.

Server crash: 🤷‍♂️

Voice chat : 3rd team cant use Local voice chat , its known, but looks like they can hear the other teams Local voice chat.
Not sure if they can hear both team or just one|| (which would mean that they are probably 'registered' in that team's voice channel??)||

[nocturne robin]

https://tenor.com/view/look-up-scared-willem-dafoe-gif-17761333

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.11.8 :
-Fixed a few bug related to KitPickup

Version 0.11.9 :
-Fixed EquipSelect widget hiding the ScoreWidget
-Tentative fix server crash

Version 0.11.10 :
-Seeding mode Protyping (increasing zone, if i fix the zoom)

        Suburbs size : 14676,18457 Loc : (X=20886.619141,Y=-1968.825684,Z=-559.862305)
        
        Warehouse: 7000
        Half 14000
        Risala full: size : 34401,105469
        
        -Capture zone switching between seed/half/full
        -TODO:Spawns / Blocking Zones

Version 0.11.11 :
-Moved Spawns for the Warehouse seeding layer for balance.

Version 0.12 : Preparation for EA launch of OHD
-Tentative fix server crash :
-added a few more isValid checks similar
-Reimplement FindByClass
-Added the 3rd team collum in Scoreboard, Kills give 100 points, death remove 20

Didnt post update because i mostly did boring tedious and very time consuming bug fixes
Nothing shinny to show in video/screenshots

[barren parcel]

Is this a 3rd faction/team?

[cold shuttle]

Yes, indeed, i responded in #💬general_modding message

MAYBE planning a Playtest to test before EA release react with if you want to be pinged and reminded
Main event link :
#1055830680791175288 message

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.12.1 :
Adding Seeding bots for team 1 and 2.
4 bots per players on the server, all bots are removed when 9 players is reached, pvp only after that

[cold shuttle]

big whoopsy 😄

i messed up, all the buildings are missing

[cold shuttle]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2934116679

[cold shuttle]

Thx to everyone that came out for the playtest ! cya tomorow

[split flame]

Any idea when there will be public servers running this?

[barren parcel]

There already is one

However im fairly certain its only on during #1055830680791175288

[cold shuttle]

#1055830680791175288 message

Yes server only runs while playtest are going on, so i can see bugs, and admin the server

im gonna do every friday at 8PM CET

and we'll discuss playtest there

here its more about the mod itself 🙂

like showcase, brainstorm, feedback

[valid yarrow]

I want to host this mod for an european server how would i go ahead with this since its a workshop addon?

[cold shuttle]

i dm u

[tropic scarab]

Nice playtest 👍

[hollow bolt]

Yup great playtest 😄

[cold shuttle]

i appreciate it, but any more precise feedback ? like what exactly was good, what would be important to focus on ?
What is lacking ? what you didnt like much ?

[cosmic vault]

Forgot to screen shot damn..pretty simple bug to explain ''After you get enough XP you unlock the first gun which is sks after dragging and drop it in the slot you spawn back in no sks to found ...exit the server then loaded back and boom all your progress back to its rightful state..in short my unlocks didnt update ..I think ---- Suggestion Make the zone a bit bigger just a tad bit

[cold shuttle]

you spawn back in no sks to found
did you check if you could switch guns ? had anything other than the gun in the inventory on the left side of your screen when you scrolwheel?
i think i understand better what you mean

dont worry about the screenshot

i think i get it

Suggestion Make the zone a bit bigger just a tad bit
yup preparing 2 other layer for next week, on risala , medium and big

maybe another map , idk yet

[vernal nebula]

@cold shuttle honestly most fun I've had in OHD period.

Feeback:

Would have liked the game to be broken up a bit, maybe timed matches or team score.

I think if there were matches of some kind, it would be great to switch up the map, locations and/or spawns, to switch things up every 20 minutes or so.

Weapon unlock order seemed a little odd, with glock, kar98 and smoke being so far down the list. Definitely some balance needed in the unlock list.

Really liked the kill feedback, a battle log in chat and hit markers would be even better (like in vehlaw's casual mod)

I think this game mode would be awesome with some kind of kill streak or nemesis system. Maybe the most kills in a row a player had, the more points they are worth to kill.

[cold shuttle]

Would have liked the game to be broken up a bit, maybe timed matches or team score.
So kind of a Meta game, after concentrating on getting kills and XP and controlling the zone, Be the first to X team score to win
(big XP boost for the winner ? team ) ?

I think if there were matches of some kind, it would be great to switch up the map, locations and/or spawns, to switch things up every 20 minutes or so.
Yeah noted, idk about the right time. will play by ear
Yes More Statics layers, it's my main prio for Next weekend

Weapon unlock order seemed a little odd, with glock, kar98 and smoke being so far down the list. Definitely some balance needed in the unlock list.
I mean if someone have a great weapon list order: the thinking was : lets get progressively better and better guns , and after that introduce variety, and 'single action and smoke and nades and AT

Really liked the kill feedback, a battle log in chat and hit markers would be even better (like in vehlaw's casual mod)
Im torn about kill feedback, i like that in Squad you dont know if u killed someone, until after u die, and it update ur Scoreboard
Killfeed, maybe, i have a working one for squad, could adapt ez

I think this game mode would be awesome with some kind of kill streak or nemesis system. Maybe the most kills in a row a player had, the more points they are worth to kill.
That's Stretch goals 🙂
....

@wide pulsar Thx for the Great feedbacks

-other issues (not sure if caused by mod or game) are sometimes it says I still have bandages left even though I used all, kinda confusing
vanilla bug

-and my fire mod switch occasionally while trying to heal but that could be because I changed the keybinds mid came
I would need repro steps, if you can keep that in mind for next time
I think ill post a 'things to test' like i did this playtest with picking up guns and going in and out of the server Probably no a pb

• The current (small) KOTZ map would be a nice kinda "capture the flag" gmaemode in it self. Small map and lots of action.
  idk if thats in the scope of KoTZ /KotH. And could be a gamemode of its own i think BD mentionned CTF

• The spawnpoints should also have the Team Flags on the map, like in the original game
  Yeah could do that

• Be able to see my current XP in deployment screen
  Though about it, agreed

• make the hud smaller
  Personal preference, polish, low prio

• take out the rocket launcher and grenade launcher or make them very hard to unlock
  Yah, agreed : I'm debating implementing a Money component on top of XP , like in Koth, you unlock guns, but need to buy them everytime you want to take them out
  Strech goal ?

TODO :
Urgent:

Spawned with gun in hands
Probably the equip code at spawn.

**More layers
Seed
Warehouse
Suburbs
**
Intermediate :
Suburbs intermediate

Big: Whole map

Important :
Get a list of every Weapon in the SDK
Order said list
Add it to the list of available guns

I havent played too much, but if someone has a Tier List of gun. I want to re order the unlock order of guns
This is the thing i struggle the most with. Maybe if i produce a list of all the guns in the SDK, you guys could help me order them, brainstorm a bit ?

@lament bridge you would be the one to ask for that right ? or maybe @sudden tundra
Like
-S tier MP7 ( @delicate radish ??? with your 140 kills lool)
-A tier M4 AK
-etc

@ coiledboat / who else said they would record , @high boltu ?

No rush just keeping a list of people that recorded / will upload some content

[vernal nebula]

I have 22GB of 1440p video, but I'm TERRIBLE at editing

[cold shuttle]

i know same

and i spent most my time troubleshooting this workshop bug

[vernal nebula]

You ended the game with negative points 😂

[cold shuttle]

sorry what ? negative points?

ohh

score wise

no way

[vernal nebula]

That's what it said on my side

[cold shuttle]

what was my KD

oh ok

im good at FPS i promise

i was all over the place 😄

Yeah so about the video

Do what you can, anything is better than nothing

i just want a showcase of the 3 teams

[vernal nebula]

Oh, btw I was able to instantly respawn part way through, at the beginning there was a timer, but after a while there wasn't

[cold shuttle]

Select a team (i think you went in the Third team iirc)

Kills , Zone , unlock guns, drag drop on the loadout

and then after that some nice kills

picking up guns if you got

2:03 AM]GNU: Oh, btw I was able to instantly respawn part way through, at the beginning there was a timer, but after a while there wasn't

i was wondering if people would notice

[vernal nebula]

So that was intended?

[cold shuttle]

yes i entered a CMD to remove the waiting time

ye

speed up the action

[vernal nebula]

Ah okay cool

[cold shuttle]

i will space out the spawns later

and remove the waiting time...

Part of my Layer push for next PT

Prio N1

more layers , and rework spawn distance

[vernal nebula]

Anyway, yeah really cool game mode. Makes me more excited to continue work on mine

[cold shuttle]

@vernal nebula i finished my response to your feedback

[cold shuttle]

Nice, cant wait to see it

[cold shuttle]

https://youtu.be/S59cFxvu75s

[cosmic vault]

Yeah I did everything I could to check I smash the whole keyboard didnt help either.

And also it was only the sks ive unlocked right and cant use or didnt spawn in my loadout ..but if you log back in all the xp and unlocks accounted still after entering the server...meaning the unlocked and xp works if you play the game even when u only can spawn back with a pistol u still gain xp and unlock stuff you just cant see it but when enter back to server it accounts back to all you've unlock and now u can see and use the guns u have unlocked.

[lament bridge]

man youve done a lot of work on this, i need to catch the next session

[cold shuttle]

yeah

now im adding more content

More layers

it's been the most requested, frequency wise

[lament bridge]

nice

[cold shuttle]

Trying to get around a crash i mentioned to Pooky, idk if you experienced it

Selecting a large number of actors in the world outliner and CTRL C + V

@lament bridge

and i want to find a workflow

to create copies of layers

(like a Seeding one,for 20 people , and a intermediate, and a full map)

[lament bridge]

i dont think ive ever copied a huge amount like that, just little things here and there

[cold shuttle]

and copy all my spawn actors from one level to another

one actor per actor ?

[lament bridge]

ive copied from levels to others

[cold shuttle]

yes

but single actors?

[lament bridge]

uhhhh

[cold shuttle]

im mean

[lament bridge]

i think ive done more than just single at a time

[cold shuttle]

ok

maybe its folders

that fuck it up

will experiment a bit more

[lament bridge]

cant say i remember a crash doing that. ive had a few crashes, but not many

[cold shuttle]

try it next time

copy a few files, some inside folders

even inside the same level

just copy paste them

[delicate radish]

Haha I just unlocked all the weapons before the match ended with 150kills. MP7, AK47, AK74 and MK18 are definitely S tier. The main imbalance I saw was that you unlock MP5 way to early that one is more of a A tier for me. The AK WARFIGHTER has a broken scope so I would be interested to see how it performs with the scope properly setup

[cold shuttle]

thx for the breakdown

[rigid elbow]

M4 is top tier for sure

[cold shuttle]

yah

after i made the layers, seeding layer, intermediate and full map

i'll list all the guns and make a rough draft

[loud flax]

yo guys wheres teh KOTZ server? i dont see it on servevr list

[cold shuttle]

#1055830680791175288 message

any event will be displayed there in this channel

outside of events / playtest servers are offline

[cold shuttle]

b;)

[loud flax]

ahh so servers not up then yh

[cold shuttle]

sorry yeah

need to monitor / admin it , cheaters and bad ppl

[loud flax]

yh np man

[cold shuttle]

see ya on saturdays

[cold shuttle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHi9p2oCJuI
Change Bots Routes At Runtime
For King of the Zone (A3 king of the hill inspired)

Will be used when transitioning from seeding layer(<20 people) to intermediate(<40) to full

It'll allow the bots to attack the Capture Zone Properly since it's moved / was made bigger in the intermediate layer

Will also help me reduce the mod file size , only copying the map layer one time, so 50Mb per map variant (risala argone etc),
and then managing all the different seeding locations (warehouse / suburbs / etc) with BP code

Pretty proud of this one, took me quite a while and a lot of trial and error to figure out
😓

FINALY making progress into implementing the Seeding functionality(you stay on the map and the Circle increase)

and having a good workflow to make new Static layers (you select which layer you want manually with a servertravel CMD)

[cold shuttle]

Did i just made a REVERSE Battle Royale ? ?

the Circle increase)

https://tenor.com/view/water-balloon-cry-boy-child-fear-gif-24749838

[barren parcel]

😂

[cold shuttle]

Small circle, seed warehouse , intermediate : suburbs

Two different feature, but sharing a lot of code under the hood:
-Seamless transition from Seed layers to Bigger capture zone layers without change map
-Groundwork for static Layers that can be selected by server operators with server travel

[cold shuttle]

@wide pulsar

FUCKING WORKS

TODO:
Blocking volumes (dont forget to re enable collision)
Custom Player Spawns

[vernal nebula]

👍

[cold shuttle]

All the code is done, didnt even launch it one time, too much brain fog, that's for next time

but im close

TODO:
Weapon full list 40 weapons :
remove broken ones ( AK ? Maybe somewhere in feedbacks)

Reorder the unlocks, miha's feedback

Start thinking about the unlocks time required( so XP ) between each weapons

Obviously in playtest its speed up like crazy to test the system.
Planning on having a pretty long unlock period

[vernal nebula]

Unlocks are only per session right?

[wide pulsar]

no they usually stay in KOTH

it's more a long term progression system

[cold shuttle]

yeah, plan is 3 to 4 month to unlock everything, ill have to do some math

maybe 2 month if there is not enough guns

and if i can work work faction creators and include their guns

might increase 🤷‍♂️

[cold shuttle]

Before and after, at runtime Moving of all the custom gameplay actors (spawns / Control zone / Blocking volumes / Bots Spawns - objectives)

Might put the Seeding on the backburner, most of the implementation is done, i just dont need it yet (mostly used for not having to admin the server too much and switching automatically when pop increase on the server)

Prob gonna take a look at the weapon, im kinda tired of this bs ^

[split flame]

Looks dope can’t wait for this to be released

[rigid elbow]

He’s got a grind planned for this

What if you moved all the spawns back further so they all have to move to the zone more

Oh nvm I saw the second photo

[cold shuttle]

yup been a feedback, also to reduce spawn camping

[cold shuttle]

every saturday Playtest, will be announced here

[cold shuttle]

second photo is still pretty close

But also have to balance it with Player's adhd, and the constant need for action

i'll do a polish pass closer to saturday

I should be done with the Seeding and Layer Select
will prob take a look at adding guns / rework the unlock order

[rigid elbow]

True but I like the zone size on it

[cold shuttle]

`TODO Version 0.12.03 :

  Added Suburbs Intermediate.
  
 Two different feature, but sharing a lot of code under the hood:
    -SEEDING : Seamless transition from Seed layers to Bigger capture Zone layers without Having to change map
    -Static Layers :  Groundwork that allows server operator to change map to another layer :
        Using Servertravel KOTZ_Risala_Master

`

||Under the hood :

LOTS OF CLEANUPS, remove prototype Levels
Clean up PC graph

Only copying a single Layer from vanilla. Adding all the Gameplay actors into it (Player custom Spawns / Control zone / Blocking volumes / Bots Spawns - Objectives (Vanilla HDCapturePoint)
At runtime Moving/enabling of all the custom gameplay actors.
Trying to reduce the mod size to the maximum.
||

[cold shuttle]

that would be intermediate size >20 people

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.12.04 : Fix Nav mesh ( HDNav In World Settings)

Bots spawning and moving .
Tested and working on a packaged mod / live server

[wide pulsar]

@cold shuttle What's your take on the 3rd person camera -- Are you planning to use it in this mod or do you prefer 1st person anyways? And I think having just played the original, that a sound for XP gained would be nice to give a sense of accomplishment. This could be done for either just zone xp gained or also kills, so you also have more feedback on that if that is something you would like. Obviously not high prio 🙂

[cold shuttle]

idk

PERSONALLY i want KotZ to be a fun thing, you can hope in , play for an hour shoot stuff, not go hardcore or have coms, more on the Casual side

That said, there are stuff i dont like about 3rd cam, which is camping in 3rd person behind a wall

AND also, when server are available with 3rd

People ALWAYS ALWAYS join it, and the hardcore is always empty

so... as a firm stance , on 3rd P in particular, id say i woud not include it, and also restrict it..

as for any other casual stuff , like Kill confirmation, either by XP or sound or Scoreboard

Vanilla experience it'll be delayed (the XP and score) and ofc no sound

[blissful fox]

I wanna support this mod in my upcoming alternate hud mod 😊

[cold shuttle]

That said, nothing is stopping server admins to activate it (if i ever support it)

yah

gonna try to start thinking about Mutators

and said framework

i didnt want to do it too early

but i think we need to get the ball rolling

publish a framework

in preparation for ruleset adding at runtime / mutator

because we all are implementing the same shit

we could do mutators and concentrate on the core of our shit

[blissful fox]

I want to create smth like a HUD framework, but thinking and designing a good API is pain

Especially when the HUD elements should look similar depending on the theme

[cold shuttle]

yes, we wont do it in the first try

but lets start small

experiement

might do one for my Floating map

gonna work on it, either after or before the list of guns

[blissful fox]

That could also be made with a third person camera mutator

Like if the server runs the mutator you don't have to care abt it at all

[blissful fox]

[cold shuttle]

yes it could, but if you read the rest, im very very against it, for reasons explained, just having it is a problem for everyone, even people not using it on their server

if the playerbase is huge, wont be a problem

but yah

[blissful fox]

Huh

The server owner could simply decide to use it or not

[cold shuttle]

again

not my point

[cold shuttle]

this ^

you see it in orginial BR

when it was lower pop

in Exiles/breakpoint etc server

dayz

[blissful fox]

I mean we will not be able to go against that

[cold shuttle]

all over the place ppl join the fcking 3rd person and no one iss on the hardcore

if there is only one experience

i want it to be hardcore

[cold shuttle]

yes

but forbiding 3rd person

u just cant use it with kotz

period

[blissful fox]

That sounds bad tbh

[cold shuttle]

nah that sound perfect

[blissful fox]

Nah it sound like you wanna force people on how to play

Which is always an L

[cold shuttle]

my mod my rules

u dont like it

u dont play it 😄

[blissful fox]

Yeah I revert my hud support

Not the modding community I wanna work for

[cold shuttle]

....

i knew i shouldnt even engage with you

^^

i gave you a chance but 😄

[blissful fox]

Cmon

[cold shuttle]

bye

[blissful fox]

Why you say that now

[cold shuttle]

do your thing

leave me make the mod i want with the features i want

[blissful fox]

Like why the ad hominems

I just stated my opinion on it, no need to get personal

[cold shuttle]

Before the 3rd person i would rather work on admin cam, depending on when the devs implement more admin tools

[wide pulsar]

yeah that would propaply be a good idea. and I am also not a fan of the 3rd person so that works for me haha

[cold shuttle]

ya i mean, i didnt say no forever

at least not at the begining when the playerbase is small

[cold shuttle]

k i think for the next task ill start with the floating map, and a few other QoL if i can.

before doing the guns, im not gonna enjoy it, gonna procrastinate a bit ^^

Also removing the CapturePoint Flags

Sprinting gets you out of crouch

Grey Background on the Compass , for visibility

stamina rework, prototype

[wide pulsar]

yes this pls!!

[cold shuttle]

I have something in mind

i want it to be figured out in game though, idk if feasible

[wide pulsar]

IMO just to make sprinting more viable I would make it a little faster and more stamina and same for the vaulting it's like on rails, which is propaply hard to change but increasing the speed could help a ton

[wide pulsar]

sounds like a fun challange

[cold shuttle]

i wanna make the spawns further away, to reduce spawn camping (try at least ^^)

i wouldnt say chalenge ^^ per say ^^ but let people figure out mechanics, always fun

[wide pulsar]

yeah that will definatly help but looking back at arma where the spawns are miles away from the zone, it still doesn't stop some special idividuals. Which at first was super frustrating until they added the feature that enemy players can't enter the spawn area. So propaply some idvis walls would help as well just to be safe

[cold shuttle]

yeh ofc

and at this point if the dude is going out of his way to go out the zone

dont participate in the fight for the control zone

it's a Server admin responsibility, cant handle every player behaviors

only trying to nudge 😄

Spawn protection zone is doable

and will do it if people keep pushing me to do it ^^

if not ill wait for the base game to do them

[wide pulsar]

haha yeah sounds like a plan, cant wait for it to be released!!

[cold shuttle]

Remove Tracers, if i can do it easily, kinda dont want to override every single weapon, iirc it needs to be done like that since you cant edit the Proj var in weapon BP at runtime

[cold shuttle]

oof thats new prob gotta adapt it for the floating map

`Version 0.12.05 :
First pass at floating map
Zooming / Map following the player char
(DISABLED zoom in Minimap and Floadting Map) /

        Player icon widget(s) 
    Keybind for the floating map in your game options  : Radial Menu , 't' Default`

Next gota do the player widgets, gonna be fun 👆, thats for another session though, future me problem

[cold shuttle]

It was , indeed*** FUN*** (uploading bear with me)

and not finished

Gotta do the Squad color and squad leader icon

[cold shuttle]

Done

TODO:
CapZone

SpawnPoints (do i? yeah just for letting people how far from spawn they are, reference location)

CapPoint
do i ? i might keep the Flag icons on the map, just to have something familiar , indicating where the bots are going to attack
But also could confuse people into attacking theses areas.

Might do it for after release, where theses (or THIS Flag) is the High value area, like they implemented recently in KotH where you get more point / need less body inside the capzone to cap
Might be a problem since bots count as players in the zone, im still not sure if i want that...
What does it do : 'force' people to hunt for the bots, as a priority, since they are in the High value area...
And i dont really want that, bots are just there to let the first people that join have something to shoot at...
Their simple presence is nuisance enough, what counts is actual Player bodies in the cap zone.

Next: Maybe some stamina stuff or movement related, vault, oh shit forgot about vault

TODO:
Remove CapturePoint Flags (maybe not, lets keep for now)
Movement stuffs ( also vaulting...)
Grey Background on the Compass , for visibility
Remove Tracers,

[blissful fox]

What will XP be for?

[cold shuttle]

its already in , for unlocking guns

[blissful fox]

Ohh

[cold shuttle]

https://youtu.be/CIPyBXiDy0w?t=52

in red, weapon locked, xp required listed

[blissful fox]

Oh that's cool

Complete custom kits

[cold shuttle]

yeah this system is pretty much done, only UI polish left

[floral spear]

💪🏻 sick bro great work

[cold shuttle]

yah

didnt expect to (mostly)port it in a day

[cold shuttle]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSwcDEUfIEzYdAPscXo6ZA/community?lb=UgkxfGyUDPaKvCGnTsJCyYwZPcH5TxGG8mX8
alright people you know what to vote for (workshop is a given so, weapon customization 😉 😉 )

[blissful fox]

I wish it had dynamic rulesets

[cold shuttle]

Me Thinky

I'm gonna chill on implementing stuff, do a few pass of internal playtests , check for game breaking bugs, fix a few annoying bugs

Just will add a few other Layer Area to choose from, but it's just Actor placements, shouldnt break stuff, and if the layer is broken/unbalanced, just switch

[cold shuttle]

@broken condor You asked a long time ago for more layers and area to fight in,
added one more seed area, in the Market
And two intermediate 20 to 40 players, in suburbs (you suggested this one @lament bridge )
and the other in the 'downtown' area with the apartments buildings and the market

i will ofc make one for 40 to 60 which will pretty much be the whole center of map

but i have time before we reach theses numbers ^^

[floral spear]

👀

Think that was one of the first playtest we ever did when blue asked that lol

[cold shuttle]

yup

[floral spear]

(That was almost a year ago holy shii)

[cold shuttle]

this one might be a cool area to fight in too

A bit like suburbs, but the house are arranged in a more grid like

[floral spear]

Yeah alot of versatility in the distance, close up CQB and then long sight lines inbetween buildings (alleys and stuff) would definitely spice it up by 200%

If some buildings have stairs and roof access then even more of that mix

[cold shuttle]

ye they pretty much all do

alright , done enough for this session 👋

[cold shuttle]

Today has been a SHITTY DAY, bad news after bad news

Trying to find another name for the mod ...
Can you guys votes with an emotes the best one, make sense in english

ffs everything is a word in german

At least it's not Puke ...

Does a name finder exist ? like that is doing what im doing but automated

you enter a name, it looks on google if its saturated / if it doesnt mean cunt in another language

i mean, ofc there would be an AI for that

nvm its bad

`

No need to vote anymore ive settle on a new name and a new direction for the mod

1 CoTH Capture of the Hill
2 CoTH Control of the Hill
3 KoTP King of the Point
4 KoTT King of the territory

5 RoTH Ruler of the hill
6 CTZ Control the Zone `

1234: troll 🙂

KoTP

you troll deepravity 😄

[cosmic vault]

Hahahhahah

[cold shuttle]

😉

[cosmic vault]

Love that u have a naming problem now

[cold shuttle]

i dont ^^

Puke is pretty bad

[cosmic vault]

Yeah

[cold shuttle]

and germans is a pretty big gamin commu

[cosmic vault]

Yeah ive given my vote but u can still get creative

[cold shuttle]

ye i have my favorites

Gonna continue for a bit to fix code, see if i think of anything else, didnt need all this bs just before the playtest ^^

Suggestions welcomed btw

[wide pulsar]

Kotz is not a word.. Kotze is puke

[cold shuttle]

thats very close

and sounds like it

[wide pulsar]

true but I dont see that as a problem tbh

[cold shuttle]

i do

not even out, and it's been pointed out by someone

it'll be in the mind of germans 😄

[wide pulsar]

maybe even leads to some more recognition since the word is "funny"

[cold shuttle]

and with the maturity of the player base ..

nope, it's not a case of any publicity is good publicity here

if it was something other than shit piss puke

i would have let it slide

[wide pulsar]

oh true its imperative haha wow I never used that before

[cold shuttle]

*You MuSNT PUKE * in the capture zone

MAn up Soldier

thats the trailler

for kotz

https://tenor.com/view/leonardo-dicaprio-sold-gif-gif-20734009

[wide pulsar]

Well the original KOTH or even your suggestion is close to Kot which is shit

[cold shuttle]

omg german language, omg ...

[wide pulsar]

haha i'm sorry

make it french then 😄

[cold shuttle]

I think il go for CoTH

[wide pulsar]

how about CTZ capture the zone?

[cold shuttle]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coth

yah wanted to stay close to the original name

brand recognition u know

Control the Zone CTZ?

See Tee Zee (or Zed depending on where u from) It rolls on the tongue

[wide pulsar]

Roth -> Ruler of the hill?

yeah it does

ruler of the zone -> Rotz is snot.. haha german is special

[cold shuttle]

Only problem with Control the Zone is the google / youtube search

gonna be crowded

[wide pulsar]

OHD CTZ is not that bad

[cold shuttle]

alright gonna think on it, leaving the vote 👆
Context:

[blissful fox]

"kotz" is the 2nd person singular imperative present active of the verb "kotzen"

[wide pulsar]

@blissful fox brain was still asleep

[blissful fox]

[cold shuttle]

`Version 0.12.05 :
First pass at floating map
Zooming / Map following the player char
(DISABLED zoom in Minimap and Floadting Map) /

        Player icon widget(s) 
    Keybind in your game options  : Radial Menu , 't' Default

Version 0.12.06:
Follow up on Version 0.12.03 :
Using ChatCMD for now , not server travel, avoid a map switch ...
remove the zoom functionality for floating map(same as DeployMenu map) for now (scalling issue of CapZone widget)
Fix Bots counting as players in the zone. They do not anymore
`
||Under the hood :
Trying to reduce the mod size to the maximum. By having only one Level/Map.
||

Ok , will stop working on feature, and focus bug fixes, for tomorrow

Might need help doing quick tests, gonna cook, so might not even happen today

[cold shuttle]

😟 first cook after A LOT of changes/ rewrites

[wide pulsar]

hope it's smoother than my cook 🤞

[cold shuttle]

LogInit: Display: Success - 0 error(s), 3772 warning(s)

had just one bad reference to another mod, fixed it

[cold shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/willsmith-fresh-prince-gif-5207996

[floral spear]

Me when I cook my mods

unreal engine has stopped responding

[cold shuttle]

OHD King of The Hill (Original)

[cold shuttle]

EDIT: Cleaning the channel of useless drama

[round pike]

I'm excited to see this finished

I think it's a really cool idea and I want it to be built upon until there's nothing left to build

Don't give up on it

In arma 3, there's hundreds of the same scenario

all of them are unique

yours is already unique

I have a suggestion if you really do want to stop this

I feel like a 'liberation' type gamemode would be cool

[cold shuttle]

its also an arma mod ?

[round pike]

It is

I do think it'd be cool to have in OHD

[cold shuttle]

OHD Previously KoTZ (no idea what it's gonna become)

[cold shuttle]

Let's see what i can come up with for next week playtest

i might prototype something quickly, see if it's doable

To be clear : i dont really care about KOTH to be honest, it was just used as a test bed for the SDK.
Before doing other things, so i guess it's time

[cold shuttle]

Liberation is a bit too big of a scope

[round pike]

what about a survival mode?

ambient patrols and you need to escape the map with a certain item (used in conjunction with the new inventory mod thats being developed)

[cold shuttle]

i have an idea of what im gonna do

we'll see, tommorow , obviously it'll be a playtest of KOTH

but ill work on making another prototype

and yeah the problem with survival and any more complex mods is the inventory system

Previously KoTZ. Now Project OHD:BL

Sorry for the confusion everyone, will try to clean all the names in the workshop and inside the mod itself for next weeks playtests

Reminder :
If you are interested in participating : register here : #1055830680791175288 message
I'll ping you as reminder the day of the event, and 30 min before

We will playtest every SATURDAY (best for US people around 2PM), unless specified otherwise in the last Event message (like this one)

<t:1677351600:F> (its in your local timezone)

Server name : "z Mods Playtest KOTZ and Modern Germany"
(you can order by server name , decreasing, it should pop up at the top because of the 'Z' at the beginning)

King of the Zone
Three teams , Capture and hold a Zone, XP and Gun unlock, saved progress, king of the hill inspired mod
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2934116679

ModernGermany (Bundeswehr)
New weapons like the MG3, G36 (Acog ,Red dot and Eotech) and the Glock P9
New character models, New Classes, New recoil system, New Deployables
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2934507364
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2936699138

ALL 3 Workshop mods from the links are required to join

We will send you guys towards a one life event from bophodese's and Blank's@barren parcel events, join this event on that discord :
#🌐server_listings message

[cold shuttle]

Bots showing up in the minimap from the other teams.
Only happens in the deploy menu minimap

Initial spawns are active for people joining in. need to disable them. Store the current layer in GS

[barren parcel]

what does BL stand for>

[cold shuttle]

hehe , purposefully not saying yet

[blissful fox]

BL?

[junior stirrup]

Badlands🤷🏾‍♂️

[cold shuttle]

BurningLands
BasedLooter
BallLump 🤷‍♂️
Who knows

[junior stirrup]

Badluck

[cold shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/loop-infinite-gif-14889372

[spring parcel]

Hi Kaiz, gutted couldn't stay on much longer with the playtest yesterday. Generally tho looks like it's coming on! I didn't notice anything buggy, although it did reinforce that discussion the other day about how to make the bottom-right "status" UI easy to understand/quick to understand. Tricky one that I'll admit!

Just one other thing, I kept bringing up the map to check if I was in the zone or not. Perhaps just something additional in the HUD to indicate this to the player .. as this is the main "play point" for the game-mode.

Hopefully get on the next test for longer! 🙂

[cold shuttle]

Sadly Kotz is discontinued, i did this playtest because it was planned for a while and also because GetAloadOfThisGuy was pt his mod also

KoTZ Discontinued. Now Project OHD:BL

[cinder heart]

Time for the next project????? The list NEVER ends

https://tenor.com/view/anger-management-jack-nicholson-yes-duh-nods-gif-5222702

[cold shuttle]

Capture the Zone ( CTZ ) Previously King of the Zone (KoTZ)

[cold shuttle]

#1055830680791175288 message
Playtest event this <t:1680458400:F>

[pure compass]

Yooo let's go new ctz playtest 🙏

[blissful fox]

[cinder heart]

Post gameplay footage

Good to see progress, especially if playable and other servers decide to host the mod

[cold shuttle]

i keep asking for people to record and upload, 🤷‍♂️

but yeah, the mod is not ready to be hosted yet, maybe after a few playtest if there isnt big problems this might change

[cinder heart]

To be fair I didn't the last time I played either

[cold shuttle]

yeah i'd love for someone that knows what they are doing to do a 10 min gameplay video, and better yet a little trailer of 1 min

but i'll ask content creators when the mod is out and hosted

it's always the same, chicken and the egg problem

do you go for the the content creator when there isnt a big playerbase to create interest, but how do you convince them to cover it when there isnt a big playerbase 🐔 🥚

[cinder heart]

Did you end up getting basic bots to work in the mode?

[cold shuttle]

yeah, but i dont like it / people complain their are too good ^^

i think it's only useful for seeding when there is only 1 to 5 people on the server

[cinder heart]

I think when I last checked, more than half the current OHD playerbase is playing singleplayer.

[cold shuttle]

i might implement a seeding mechanic where bots are managed based on player numbers, we'll see how the mod fair when released, if it needs help when seeding

[cold shuttle]

yeah, i mean i read it as 'fuck cheaters'

also ctz CANT be played offline

[cinder heart]

It is, but, bots are great for just learning a map/mode.

[cold shuttle]

so that's not even a question

[cinder heart]

Ah....crap.

[cinder heart]

Well, speaking strictly on this, I had the opposite issue due to using a longer TTK, and found just by setting weapons default to full auto, bots would use it, and they actually burst fire.

This lead me to consider that bot only weapons could potentially have variant spread/damage to adjust difficulty as needed, even varied among the bots themselves, i.e. Easy Bot vs. 360NoScopexXxHeadShotGodxXX

I don't want to suggest to add to an already large pile of work, but even a basic practice mode that resembles the progression of CTZ could help new players quite a bit.

I say this because even when playing a pretty obscure mod for Doom 2 (as in 1990's Doom) called Doom Infinite, even that has people playing it as their like first FPS, which good lord is that a hell of a choice, but it was probably just a matter of circumstance.

The point is, all games used to have at least some basic prep to them, and while a mod in development shouldn't be expected to have a full on tutorial, being able to play it whenever independent of other players, location, internet etc is kind of huge, I think at least.

What I'm saying is a way to potentially solve that chicken and egg scenario is to allow it to be as almost as playable as the core game is, even if every feature isn't there.

[cold shuttle]

yeah idk man, out of the scope of ctz

and like i said, bots would be there just for seeding nothing else

[brittle knot]

Are guns from the default SDK catalog?

[cold shuttle]

yup all the guns are vanilla

[brittle knot]

Noice

[cold shuttle]

i selected almost every guns, i didnt include them all because there was a lot of redundancy and also because you couldnt possibly unlock all guns in a round time , 20 or 30 min

[brittle knot]

I asked this mostly clause if the Wall Painter, sorry M82

[cold shuttle]

yeah M82 is vanilla 🙂

[brittle knot]

Nice

Now I can paint the map with red and decorate with brains

😂

[cold shuttle]

i might look into the future if i can add modded weapons (without including their source files in my mods, just using other modders cooked mod, which might complicate things dev wise, but make it easier to integrate in the long run)

[blissful fox]

I think you might be able to do that by searching for gun classes in the asset registry

Not sure if you can filter certain ones without a reference tho

[cold shuttle]

yup thats what i was thinking of

but it would still need to be done manually to setup the gun order in the Unlock list

[night zephyr]

Does the Zeus mod work with this?

As we've been thinking about using this for some operations and if it has a version of Zeus that would make my life so much more easier.

[cold shuttle]

i dont know of any Zeus mod

Also if there was, the two mods could not technically work at the same time.
It's a restriction from how plugins(mods) are implemented in UE4 right now.
Latter on with Mutators there will be more possibilities with mixing and matching mods

But i have a feeling it wont allow two big mods (as in that change a lot of thing in base blueprints like Gamemode / PlayerController or PlayerChar )
since you'll still be limited to have one Main gamemode BP from one mod, and the other ones (mutators) will be way more limited

Also i dont think CTZ would be the most suited to be used with any hypothetic Zeus mod. In an operation context

As it's a pretty self contained gamemode where you have a pretty defined objective ( attack and control the zone )

Sure you could add bots and control them, but i dont see what else really

[cold shuttle]

https://discord.gg/83DswEV3
You are welcomed to join the discord for the mod, now that the Playtest is public, name has been revealed, gamemode rework is done.
You'll find more info and can be pinged for playtest and seed events there, OFC follow dev, and for modders have access to curated tutorials for OHD / support

[cold shuttle]

Anyone interested in making their map compatible with CTZ / Making a layer of a vanilla map.
Hit me up @ or DM
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1055830680791175288/1102399395460292669/image.png

[cold shuttle]

New logo

Might make a few tweaks, the flag behind, and redesigning the Skull

[tropic scarab]

Dayum its Ghost from mw2

Good choice kaiz

[cold shuttle]

Yah now that you mention it

wasnt intended , 😄

ive been told it made them think of WAgner

which again is NOT intended

[tropic scarab]

You are saying that in a way which makes it sound intended

Jk

[cold shuttle]

but i mean a skull is a skull

nope not intended at all

the AI did it, i didnt 😄

[tropic scarab]

Well i was joking lol

[cold shuttle]

ik ik

https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/ripper-skull-logo-concept-black-white-color-hand-drawn-illustration_442940-3266.jpg?w=1060

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81V-2sZfmtL._AC_UX385_.jpg
NOT PROMOTING WAR, JUST FOR REFERENCE

this is even closer damn

yah idk i feel like mine is very different

[tropic scarab]

.

But why do they have a skull as a logo tho?

[cold shuttle]

Also

MW2 skill is very differnt

[tropic scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/ghost-cod-call-of-duty-call-of-du-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-ii-simon-ghost-riley-gif-27104686

[cold shuttle]

like he has a Skull mask on top

[tropic scarab]

Ye

[cold shuttle]

the shape a bit

[tropic scarab]

I like original ghost tho

[cold shuttle]

i see it

but again

a skull is a skull 😄

Yah i think the skill will stay like that

its the most different than the wagner one

so its all g with me

[cinder heart]

skulls have been in war for quite awhile lol

[cold shuttle]

yah

i was like

yeah ofc it looks like the wagner one

and looking at it more , like i said

its def not

[cinder heart]

it's like if you get an xray at the doctor of your skull and doc goes "omgzors are you wagner???"

[cold shuttle]

yup

[cinder heart]

https://tenor.com/view/nodding-david-david-rose-dan-levy-schitts-creek-gif-20106044

[cold shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/ctz-capture-the-zone-ohd-ohd-ctz-gif-16572064962435493232

heh made a gif

though you cant search it from the discord UI

🤷‍♂️ weird

test
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2934116679

Success

[barren parcel]

Looks sick

[blissful fox]

You would have to upload it to tenor for it to popup in the gif search

[cold shuttle]

and thats

what i did, idk why it doesnt show up for ctz or capture the zone

[cold shuttle]

but 🤷‍♂️ i have favorited it ^^

[cold shuttle]

Capture the Zone ( CTZ ) Release 19th or 26th

Fuck yeah,
Finally maybe temptative bug fixed one of the main reason i didnt released sooner and support hosting a CTZ server for everyone
SeamlessTravel bug seems to be handled, and now you can switch map from a CTZ gamemode to another CTZ gamemode without breaking.

Still other things i need to iron out, like :

• custom logging to the server, so i'm not supporting everyone host it CTZ yet, but at least i can confidently let OFFICIAL CTZ server running without having to babysit it.
• Sometimes people keep their weapons/unlocks when a new round is started, i thought i fixed this one, i'll need to see it again / reproduce it, but it looks like it's very rare now

[cold shuttle]

was waiting for nitro to do that 😄

[strong skiff]

Is this fully released or are you waiting another week?

[pure compass]

on the discord for the mod kaiz said hes delaying until the 26th

[cold shuttle]

ah yeah forgot to edit it here

Capture the Zone ( CTZ ) Release the 26th

[wary galleon]

Jazzed for this.

[strong skiff]

Did you have a time you planned on releasing this @cold shuttle ? I'd like to participate in the release, but I might have something conflicting.

[cold shuttle]

https://discord.com/events/93829266994638848/1103148136437911582

i settled on that time because of the meetings happening on 4PM EST , and generally are going on for 30 min, so yeah, ill see with BD if he wants to participate

[strong skiff]

I do have a timing conflict, but I’ll see what I can do to be there for this. If not, best of luck friend.

[floral spear]

I should be around 🙂

[cold shuttle]

Capture the Zone ( CTZ )

[celest lagoon]

Looking forward to playing this tmrv

[blissful fox]

Lesgo

[celest lagoon]

it's a shame there are no late night CTZ enjoyers

Hopefully I'll have enough time to try it out in the morning before work

[celest lagoon]

Empty servers again, oh maan

[cold shuttle]

🤷‍♂️

[celest lagoon]

BD should mention the mod on his yt

I honestly think that if executed properly CTZ might become the main thing that OHD has going for it

[cold shuttle]

i tried, a lot ...

im a bit discouraged , trying to organize events, and seeing so few people show up.
So until Mod auto download is out, i'm not motivated to push it (not even sure it'll be enough, maybe when the playerbase grow a bit more)

[cinder heart]

dont be; player count in general is low - "main game content" will drive that, people will always think of mods as secondary until something significant occurs

it's sort of like a rising tide lifts all boats situation

most (but not all) of the game complaints that i have read along with steam reviews have to do with more generalized aspects as oppose to gameplay modes - i have seen people ask for modes though, still, judging by the overall commentary it's a lot of things

[cold shuttle]

yeye i know, thats why i wont 'waste' time until player base increase

if people want to have a friday or saturday CTZ fine i might organize regular events

[celest lagoon]

It's such a shame too, mods is what got me interested in OHD and CTZ mod was something I was following literally since it appeared on the workshop.
Funnily enough, seeing the mod drove me to play some more koth, which, surprisingly (or not) still has full servers at peak time

I really hope that all your work won't go to waste, I would love for it to attract some attention of koth veterans

[cold shuttle]

it wont, i just think it's a bit early

[celest lagoon]

I agree, once the main content is good enough to attract people, more players will get into modding

[cold shuttle]

Was busy IRL with planting crops in garden.
Back to CTZ to polish the seeding phase with bots. Will do playtest in a few week.
Wont push for Events / commu hosting servers until Mod Auto Download is implemented, and playerbase increase (will prob happen with Vehicles thx yoshi :D)

Version 0.14.03: Unreleased WIP:
#1028451882479403111 message

**Bots **: 
    Fixed CTZ_TestMap (using tags to keep capturePoint for bots) 
    TODO  :CTZ_Risala
**Seeding**:
    TODO :
        Choose a Random Layer to seed
        Automatically Add bots when the first player join
        Remove them when players join
        When Player number hit 20/40/60 Switch the layer to the correct SeedingStage with a bigger capture zone and move spawns accordingly (No map switch)
**AdminCommand SwitchLayer**:
    TODO :
        Set a Specific Layer to seed ( and the correct SeedingStage)
        Start a NewRound ( Reset XP and Gun unlock progress)

Minimap :
    Temptative Fix : Players and Bots are showing up as teamate when they respawn and a player has his minimap open.

Legend:

'Squares' : Spawn points for Blu / Red / Inde teams Stars : Spawn points for bots And Attack location (in black center of the zone) Black Line : Seeding with up to 20 people / Dashed Line: 40 people / Doted Line: 60 people

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.14.04:
Good progress today on the Rewrite for Bot Seeding and Switching Seed layers

🗜️ in progress / No 🍝

Old code in Blue Comment (all of it)
From this 👇

To this 👇

(the Blue old code here is only to have the reference, its code taken from 👆 )

[cinder heart]

"Kill everyone" : Jesus!

[floral spear]

“Enemy Nuke has been launched”

[cold shuttle]

Yeah easy way to Clean their inventory and all the logic. Plus you have to respawn at a spawn point anyway and get your starting pistol

[quartz dew]

dump question. what do i need to play this mod

[cold shuttle]

To give me time and motivation

i need to finish Bots and Seeding , so that the server dont need constant baby sitting to get seeded, and 1 person can join and have fun solo

and that it scales with more and more people joining

Also Mod auto download (so that people can join with a simple 1-Click), and Next Big game update ( AI and/or vehicles) (for the player base to increase and spill over to mods)

then i'll try and do event for "CTZ Sundays" (or saturdays)

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.14.06:
Automatic Seed mode : Change Layer (captureZone size And spawn point location)
Feature fully implemented (needs bug testing still) Good progress

Possible Bug : Spawn points on SeedStage3

~~ Next TODO: Add 20 bots when 1st player join
Remove One every time another player joins~~
It's already a feature of BotsAutoFill 😫

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dBhzbKl78o
Basically it increase the size of the capture zone (Grey circle) based on when player join and hit a threshold ( 20 40 60 players)
And moves the spawn points around the capture zone (they are not placed correctly i need to test Spawnpoints next)

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.14.11
Fleshing out the Bot experience :
BotsAutofill will make 20 bot join the match. Every player joining remove a bot, until all bots are removed.
When a player join and create a squad, Bots are added to his squad. and will follow him instead of rushing the Capzone.

[cold shuttle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vxNwCyCK3k

[cold shuttle]

First step into prototyping looting Individual weapon from LootCrate dropped by players

[cold shuttle]

**Playtest soon **
(Testing Seeding layers / Bots joining and leaving based on number of players / Bots joining Player Created Squad )

<t:1691258400:F> ( your local time zone )

Test server name :
"z CAPTURE THE ZONE - Playtest - tiny.cc/CTZ"
Password will be removed at the time of Playtest

Installation :

You need to download the testing version,** i'm not updating the one on the workshop yet **

Installation :
Download the 7z file , in here :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W2etT22565gTYDbwhFmogHPDjGAJkJj2/view?usp=sharing
(MIRROR : https://transfert.free.fr/FskBkjM ( click the download arrow 👆 )

1. put it inside your Mods folder (if you dont have one , create it in : SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Harsh Doorstop\HarshDoorstop)
2. Right click and extract it to OHD_KOTH\

open the folder and make sure it looks exactly like the screenshot just down there ⬇️

If you want to test if you did it right, hit me up i'll give you the password of the server
Test server name :
"z CAPTURE THE ZONE - Playtest - tiny.cc/CTZ"

@vernal nebula you asked to be warned

@high bolt @high bolt @timber fossil @exotic merlin , @pure compass , @granite shale , @young yarrow , @fluid frigate , @tropic scarab , @bleak shard
Playtest , please react if you can be there for the playtest this saturday : #1028451882479403111 message

@past bobcat ,, @olive ravine , , @versed tide , @modern nebula , @dull zephyr , @bronze perch , , @sage cloak , , @covert verge , , @rare epoch
Also pinging you since you've shown interest for previous playtests

@thick moss @barren parcel @spring parcel

[timber fossil]

can I use the one that're in steam workshop?

[cold shuttle]

nope , read the instructions

[timber fossil]

f

[cold shuttle]

i know its annoying but i made a special version

Yes in DM

[timber fossil]

dm

[pure compass]

Let's gooooo new ctz playtest

[cold shuttle]

🙂

[cold shuttle]

@fading echo ^

[fading echo]

Will be there

[cold shuttle]

Ok seems like we'll have enough people to test stuff

so we stick with this saturday

[cold shuttle]

@exotic fog here is the info, if you wanna check it out, will mostly be technical testing, but yeah and if you have friends that wanna join 😉

[exotic fog]

Yessir

[pure compass]

anyone else having issues downloading the mod from this link? ive tried from the arrow and the download button, and neither downloaded correctly, it just keeps saying download failed

[cold shuttle]

gonna upload to another hoster

[pure compass]

aight

[cold shuttle]

what Browser are u using ?

and what is saying download fail , the page itself ? or the download tool

[pure compass]

the download tool, using firefox

[cold shuttle]

hmm

a few min, uploading to GDrive

[cold shuttle]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W2etT22565gTYDbwhFmogHPDjGAJkJj2/view?usp=sharing

try this one

[pure compass]

works

[exotic fog]

So I can go ahead and build the server and put that on it?

[cold shuttle]

nope, until mod auto download is implemented, its kinda pointless to host any mod

people simply dont join

unless you have a commu and organize events

kind of no point

[exotic fog]

Roger on a doger.

[cold shuttle]

i'll let people interested in hosting the mod know when it make sense

you'll be there tomorrow ?

[exotic fog]

I am unsure. I am recoding something on another game.

[cold shuttle]

kk

[dull zephyr]

what time?

[cold shuttle]

^

[cold shuttle]

Dont forget to install the mod before hand guys, dont use the workshop use the links and instruction provided

[timber fossil]

oof my problem with DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED DXGI_ERROR_DRIVER_INTERNAL_ERROR still haven't gone yet

[cold shuttle]

skill issue

(have you removed your drivers with DDU to clean shit up , and resintalled the most recent ones)

[cold shuttle]

Fuck Bots with AT are OP , gonna have to figure out a way to limit what kit they can use

[pure compass]

Yeah the bots with even pistols were utter terminators lol

[cold shuttle]

yeah you gotta be careful

tonight they'll have AK and AT, we'll start with pistols 😄

[pure compass]

https://tenor.com/view/bender-futurama-kill-all-humans-robot-gif-17343915

[cold shuttle]

Reminder <t:1691258400:F> dont forget to install the mod, its NOT on the workshop :
#1028451882479403111 message
@high bolt @high bolt @timber fossil @exotic merlin , @pure compass , @granite shale , @young yarrow , @fluid frigate , @tropic scarab , @bleak shard

@past bobcat ,, @olive ravine , , @versed tide , @modern nebula , @dull zephyr , @bronze perch , , @sage cloak , , @covert verge , , @rare epoch

@thick moss @barren parcel @spring parcel @vernal nebula @exotic fog @fading echo

[pure compass]

hyped

[dull zephyr]

do i need to put it a new mods folder?

[cold shuttle]

ye

#1028451882479403111 message

instructions here

you need to create the Mods folder if you dont have it

and extract the 7z file inside it

should look like the screenshot

https://youtu.be/gnqlR25RuOg

[cold shuttle]

just wait my man

its not 8

https://discord.com/channels/93829266994638848/1078149631323689000
We'll join VC at 8 PM,
I think there is an issue, hopefuly its not as bad as i think it is, 🤞

[timber fossil]

Password changed?

[cold shuttle]

Yes

like i said

Wait for 8 pm

[timber fossil]

Ah k

Still haven't resolved my issues yet

[cold shuttle]

welp

i think there is a big issue

everytime people join it reset the round

pretty pretty bad

[timber fossil]

ah ok then. I can't even join vanilla server

[pure compass]

like "cancel the playtest" bad? or just "highest priority fix" bad

[cold shuttle]

looks like its gonna be postponned

fucking bug at the last minute

OFC

[cold shuttle]

no i cant fix

i used a .ini to config the threshold to switch layer

and it was working and now it isnt 🤷‍♂️

i mean

we could try

maybe when people joined enough it'll not do it anymore

Gonna eat, brb 20 min

[timber fossil]

Oof hope it'll only need 10 minutes to fix

[fading echo]

Yo yo im here.

Feed me password. nom nom

[pure compass]

server password will be removed in like 8 minutes, then the playtest will start

[fading echo]

kool kool

[cold shuttle]

yup im here

removing pass in a min

[granite shale]

new update to the mod or nah?

[cold shuttle]

yes

[granite shale]

can u upload it as a normal zip

[cold shuttle]

#1028451882479403111 message

install instruction

no i cant

too slow internet

download 7zip

(youll thank me later)

[granite shale]

https://tenor.com/view/confused-white-persian-guardian-why-gif-10312546

[cold shuttle]

seriously

i cant

i have a game breaking bug

its too big for me to reupload

just install 7zip

it takes 30sec

Password removed

you guys can join now

[granite shale]

apparently winrar can handle 7zip extractions so im good

[cold shuttle]

there we go

yup problem is happening, hopefully whne more people are in, it wont happen again

[fading echo]

How do i get it?

[cold shuttle]

#1028451882479403111 message

[fading echo]

I have the mod installed but its asking for pw

[cold shuttle]

wrong server

"z CAPTURE THE ZONE - Playtest - tiny.cc/CTZ"

[fading echo]

Ok im in

[cold shuttle]

Sorry

Game breaking bug

keeps happening

so im gonna try to fix it for tomorow

[pure compass]

well thats a rip, hopefully you can get it fixed, wish you luck

[cold shuttle]

ye

[fading echo]

aw man, ok next time!

[cold shuttle]

Yeah, gonna try for tomorow

[granite shale]

np

ill be here for the next one

[fading echo]

Not sure if i will be available tomorrow. If its in the morning.

[cold shuttle]

same time as this one

[rigid elbow]

I won’t be able to go tomorrow either

[cold shuttle]

if it happens

[rigid elbow]

Sorry kaiz

[cold shuttle]

no worries

[spring parcel]

hey kaiz i might be around if you want to try again tomorrow

[fading echo]

If you doing it next saturday count me in.

[cold shuttle]

yeah, i'll keep you guys posted in here

like what the fuck ?

yeah ok the editor is high as fuck, nodes must have been corrupted, i just deleted them and added back in exactly the same way, and it works correctly

TestMapLayer0 == TestMapLayer0 , returns true, Duhhh

i still need to test further, compile, and clean the stuff i changed in editor that isnt supposed to be tested ( the possibility to loot individual weapons in pickupCrates, instead of looting the entire content)

For the next playtest i'll push the current version of the mod to the Workshop
||(since i have to recook the 'Main branch' is the current version , since i was doing some prototyping for looting individual guns, and it was a mess)||

So no more shenanigan's of downloading of the zip file and installing it manually

IMPORTANT :

You guys have to delete your OHD_KOTH in /Mods, or else it'll take priority over the workshop version in the future

[timber fossil]

So that means it's fixed?

Or nah

[cold shuttle]

Yeah, but im not gonna do it today, people already moved on, i'll plan for tomorow at 8PM CET
<t:1691344800:F>

[timber fossil]

F. I can't then

[cold shuttle]

we'll do more

i have Looting individual guns to test

so in a few weeks 🤞

[astral cargo]

Might be able to make this. Not sure

[cold shuttle]

yah 😄

[cold shuttle]

Playtest TAKE TWO
(Testing Seeding layers / Bots joining and leaving based on number of players / Bots joining Player Created Squad )

<t:1691344800:F> ( your local time zone )

Test server name :
"z CAPTURE THE ZONE - Playtest - tiny.cc/CTZ"
Password will be removed at the time of Playtest

Installation :
Subscribe on steam workshop, when the game is closed.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2934116679
**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IMPORTANT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you installed the mod manually before delete this folder : **

SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Harsh Doorstop\HarshDoorstop\Mods\OHD_KOTH\

[cold shuttle]

!@high bolt @high bolt @timber fossil @exotic merlin , @pure compass , @granite shale , @young yarrow , @fluid frigate , @tropic scarab , @bleak shard
Playtest TAKE TWO 🤞 : #1028451882479403111 message

@thick moss @barren parcel @spring parcel @vernal nebula @exotic fog @fading echo

@past bobcat ,, @olive ravine , , @versed tide , @modern nebula , @dull zephyr , @bronze perch , , @sage cloak , , @covert verge , , @rare epoch , @high bolt , @forest siren

[astral cargo]

And I’m busy

[cold shuttle]

https://discord.com/channels/93829266994638848/1078149631323689000
i'll be in VC

[cold shuttle]

🔜

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.14.16 - :
Bots now only spawn with pistols at start of round,
then when players starts unlocking better gun they can have AKs SKS etc,
when players unlock GL and AT, they can have GL and AT

[quartz dew]

Dumb question: single player playable yet❔

[cold shuttle]

nope and wont ever be

not designed to work in SP, though you can play alone on a server, basically the same thing

[cold shuttle]

https://youtu.be/uszFAO21-T0

[fickle compass]

lol! Glad to see you’re back on it. Seems pretty cool. Keep it up!

[cold shuttle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO0VzMORlSg
Probably

[cold shuttle]

@strong skiff bots are in 🙂

[spring parcel]

Definitely will be on for this one if you are running it

[cold shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/bako-kissimmia-brawndo-gif-26443577

I'm running a few test, what i did seems to hold, fixed the few scary crashes, handled a few edge cases.
But as always you never know what will happen in Live 😄

[spring parcel]

🤞

[cold shuttle]

Playtest <t:1691863200:F> ( your local time zone )

• Testing Seeding layers / Warehouse Suburb Residential Layer
• Bots joining and leaving based on number of players
• Bots joining Player Created Squad And following them
• Bots now only spawn with pistols at start of round, then when players starts unlocking better gun they can have AKs SKS
• Bots now give small amout of XP
• Lighting switch

Test server name :
"z CAPTURE THE ZONE - Playtest - tiny.cc/CTZ"
Password will be removed at the time of Playtest

Installation :
Subscribe on steam workshop, when the game is closed.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2934116679
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IMPORTANT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you installed the mod manually before delete this folder :

SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Harsh Doorstop\HarshDoorstop\Mods\OHD_KOTH\

[cold shuttle]

@high bolt @high bolt @timber fossil @exotic merlin , @pure compass , @granite shale , @young yarrow , @fluid frigate , @tropic scarab , @bleak shard

@thick moss @barren parcel @spring parcel @vernal nebula @fading echo

@past bobcat ,, @olive ravine , , @versed tide , @modern nebula , @dull zephyr , @bronze perch , , @sage cloak , , @covert verge , , @rare epoch , @forest siren

🔜

[pure compass]

Let's gooo

[spring parcel]

@cold shuttle Didn't really notice anything too bad to do with CTZ itself (i.e. ignoring glitches due to current state of the main-line game code released).

The GM seems to work, the HUD worked, no issue with the weapon selection, progression and spawning.
Did notice a problem when I picked up a dropped kit, the HUD didn't seem to update with the new kit - went a bit weird until I died.

Oh and the bots followed and were great human-shields 🙂

[cold shuttle]

yeah kit pickup are the most unreliable, ill have to keep an eye for it, but it fucks up randomly so its hard to pinpoint, thanks for the feedback

[fading echo]

Are you guys still on? I’m on my way home.

[cold shuttle]

nah it went on for an hour

[fading echo]

Aw kool. Kool.

[vernal nebula]

Sorry I couldn't make it, getting some outdoor time. How was it?

[cold shuttle]

no worries, no major issue

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.14.22:

WIP Full Blown Inventory system:
    Looting individual weapon
        Adding a new weapon to the player inventory / removing from Pickup loot crate
        Exchanging the weapon presently held in a player's inventory with the one acquired through looting. / Dropping the current weapon in Pickup loot crate
    Update the Weapon mesh displayed on the Pickup crate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-OPuyB5Mmo

@vernal nebula 😏

[exotic merlin]

Tarkov when

You promised

[cold shuttle]

funny thing, i never promised anything , nor gave any ETA.
Big no no 🙂

[exotic merlin]

I never promised to even publish my mod. No eta, only for me. Now look at me, making up bs deadlines. I will make you join me.

[cold shuttle]

[timber fossil]

another PT when?

[exotic merlin]

gud boi couboo, make him give a promise

[timber fossil]

But, what if he fulfill his promises?

[cold shuttle]

no PT planned yet, no ETA 😏

still have to polish the looting, it's a big'ish task

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.14.22:
WIP Full Blown Inventory system:
Looting individual weapon
Adding a new weapon to the player inventory / removing from Pickup loot crate
Exchanging the weapon presently held in a player's inventory with the one looted / Dropping the current weapon to the Pickup loot crate
Version 0.14.23:
Transferring a weapon to different slots within the player's inventory.
Dropping the a weapon to the Pickup loot crate
Fix :
Handling ammo if a gun is added twice to the inventory, especially when dropping one gun, only drop the ammo from one gun.
When adding a second identical gun, it would load the first(in inventory) clip into the firt gun and the 2nd clip to the 2nd gun
Even though the 2nd clip is "owned" by the first gun

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.14.24 :
Handling Grenade Launcher Items (GL have a Riffle and a GL version added to the inventory, it's 2 actual different guns)

    Addind the ability to :
        Loot bandages and grenades (wont handle stacks/splitting)
        Loot ammo only from guns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edn7x73pWHk

Ammo count might seem inconsistent, but it takes into account if a mag is loaded into a gun.
So the count might seem off by One : its normal (looting a gun with 8 ammo and only increasing in the Ammo Displayed in UI bottom Right by 7)

[cold shuttle]

little tooltip :

[timber fossil]

Nut

[pure compass]

[rare epoch]

Is anyone playing this mod rn?

[cold shuttle]

no one can really rn, until Mod auto download update is out

[rare epoch]

Ah i see

Makes sense

[cold shuttle]

I always wanted to implement this, since i keep having to suicide and respawn for testing inventory / looting stuff.

I can now spawn using the spacebar ( or anything bound to Jump , Jump / vault , Vault )

[cold shuttle]

Also moved the Floating map, so it doesnt hide the weapon switching UI

Reworking the UI, the arrangement.
Implemented looting of individual weapons a while ago (see previous videos)
Going through the mountains of issues bugs and UI QoL

the general functionality works pretty well, i dont know if i can fix it all before the game update, this prototype is very 🍝

Will have to rewrite it entirely for my next project

[granite shale]

so much good stuff in here kaiz ur gonna make me cream my pants stoppit

[rigid elbow]

Ayo 🤨

[cold shuttle]

yeah, a bit worried about the bugs, but i think ill chill out if it's just ammo issues

i had to do so much mental / BP gymnastic because of how ammo is handled by weapons, and i know donkey dont like it and plan to change it for sure

so ...

[cold shuttle]

If you request bots to follow you / Go to MoveOrder Marker Location ( Image 3)

1. Bots now Join their own squad, named after the owner's name.
2. Owner name

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.14.25 - 41 :

Rework the UI for the inventory and have everything Horizontal, not gonna deal with Rotating the ammo display
Do it like Arma

Version 0.14.25 - 42:
Fix : Move the Floating map : can now spawn using the spacebar ( or anything bound to Jump , Jump / vault , Vault )

Version 0.14.25 - 43:
Spawn using the Spacebar ( or anything bound to Jump , Jump / vault , Vault )
Can select spawn point and Deploy using keyboard

Version 0.14.25 - 44:
Ai Move To Marker , reimplemented, shadow fixed, 3d world icon fixed

Version 0.14.25 - 45:
Ai Move To Marker , create a distinct squad for the bots.

[cold shuttle]

Let you choose if you want bots to join your squad or not, some people were complaining bots were joining their squad.
And i get it, if you wanna sneak around and loud bots are giving your position away ...

[cold shuttle]

New announcement about the roadmap for the release of the next OHD patch:
-Mod Auto Download
-Playtest plans

Join the discord if you dont wanna miss it : #1101156310755594371 message
You can click this link for a preview 👆 , and then join from there, you dont need an invite anymore to join a discord.
I'll make the event there and ping everyone (i only ping for Playtests)

https://tenor.com/view/ctz-capture-the-zone-ohd-ohd-ctz-gif-16572064962435493232

[cold shuttle]

Version 0.14.25 - 51:
RequestBots UI Refactor
Request bots to join your squad when they are added and you are the squad's SL (some people might not like bots following the SL around, to sneak around)
TODO: Clicking on RequestBots Button should SpreadOutBots (the ones in a non-Player squads stays there until a new bot is added which calls the SpreadOutBots)

@dapper reef in the end i gave up and copied the 4 vanila widget needed for the RequestButton and replaced all the references (thankfully there was no issue with references in C++ i couldnt change, it happens, but we good here)

i fixed most of the issues, but sometimes some random hard to pinpoint bug were happening, i was like, enough 😄

[dapper reef]

Gotta know when to stop sometimes. Can't keep bashing your head against a wall 😄

[cold shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/banging-head-bang-gif-12070477

[dapper reef]

A table on the other hand...

[cold shuttle]

it's conforting

[dark venture]

hi!
I wanted to try out your CTZ mod. but after subscribing to your mod in OHD Steam doesn't appear on mods list. Did I miss something?

[pure compass]

Its made to only work on a server, so it's not available in the SP menu

You could host a server yourself and load the mod on that and that would work

[dark venture]

Ok, got it, thanks!

[dim seal]

will it work on sp?

[pure compass]

no, its only made for multiplayer, which is why its not in the SP menu

[astral cargo]

@honest pier I don’t know if you’ve mentioned anything and I’ve missed it but any plans on a ctz server?

[astral cargo]

Oops just realized I tagged the wrong person

@cold shuttle any plans for this?

[cold shuttle]

Capture the Zone ( CTZ ) [Proj on HOLD , IRL ISSUES]

Still thinking about what i'll do with the messy prototype i've done. Opensource as is , is not on the horizon: it'll need too much cleanup and commenting.

Might share files with heavily motivated people, TBD

[broken condor]

maybe @wanton jungle?