February Updates - Patch 3.0 Release Date, Forum Updates & More

[VK.Angel.OfDeath]

I thought I would an update for February already.

Patch 3.0 release date
After you read this release date then please read the reason behind it:
28th of February

I also recommend that you read this topic to get more details about the future:
https://vkserver.forumotion.com/t2246-planning-for-the-future-of-the-server

I said in that topic that when I was worried that I was not going to be able to release patch 3.0 in January like I originally promised.

Patch 3.0 is a pretty big leap and all my beta testers knows that. I don't know if the patch is going to be worth the delay for you or if the patch is not going to be satisfying enough for you. But all I can say is that I've put a lot of effort into it to make it perfect and that I promise you that patch 3.1 will be your patch where I don't focus on a big system and instead focus on putting my 100 % attention into you guys.

I have noted a lot of bugs and a lot of minor improvements from you guys that I will fix in patch 3.0. If I forget about something, which I hope I don't (I write everything done you guys suggest to me) then I will promise you that it will be included in patch 3.1 if I missed it.

Now to the reasons for the delay reasons:
1. Many bugs have been fixed and I still need to do a lot more testing to make sure that the custom prop thing doesn't happen again where I had to spend 8 hours angrily on the server trying to fix minors things I had forgotten to test. I don't want that to happen again if it happens I will know that I've done by best by not rushing this.

2. I still want to add as much things possible from the list you guys have been suggesting to me for a while. They are not big things just minor things that will improve the server a lot and I want to make sure I've added as many of those as possible.

3. Thanks to the awesome NE.Lucky who has helped me with making races this patch is going to get done much quicker and you got admins like him to thank for that. I've also been foolish to not organize a way to help do the most important part which is to put out content. I've done everything myself and I have now completely changed everything and talked to a lot of people in the staff to make sure everyone can do their part. If I would've done this to begin with we would've probably had patch 3.0 released according to plan.

4. I am putting a lot of details into the minigames I am making and making sure they look good and play well. I give it my all and pay attention to every detail. I never take shortcuts and if the best way of doing something in the best way possible for you guys take 3 hours to compared to the second best thing that takes 10 minutes, I will always choose the 3 hour solution because it's what this server deserves.

5. I want to give you guys as much content as possible and maybe it will not be enough for you guys but It is a lot of things!.


The future
I will look into releasing more minor patches to fix things or improve small things in the future. I mean it takes one line to improve the /spawnwep command (so that it disarms you as well) and yet you guys have to wait 2 months for it. Which is to me not good.

Some denied suggestions:
Spawnloc: Wanna know why I personally don't think spawnloc is a good idea. Here's why:
1. To me personally it would add another variable for me to consider when scripting new systems and I would have to spend some time really planning it out so it doesn't mess any script up or interferes with another one. But this isn't about me and you guys know it. If this was the only reason I would surely add it. But reason number 2 is something I can't accept.
2. When you kill someone it takes about 2-5 seconds maybe for you to reach the spawn screen and respawn, then it takes about 3-5 seconds to teleport that is about 5-10 seconds. Those of you who suggested this also wanted to decrease the time it takes for you to spawn which I also said no to. Here's why:

If you die to another player and use /spawnloc. You're taking away their choice. You will spawn so fast that the player who killed you will have no other choice than to fight you again. Because it would take you less than 3 seconds to respawn and that is not enough time for a player to run away, heal, fix his car, teleport away or do anything other than fight you again. He will also not be able to use /nogoto on to make sure that you don't show up next to him again, because you will spawn right next to him anyways.

To me that might be acceptable to some of you "pros" who fights all the time. But old Angel here thinks about the noobs and the players that don't want to fight as well. Just think about what if a noob doesn't want to fight you and don't want to die either. He is running away from you and you manage to blow up his car. He gets a lucky shot at you kills you in self defense. He has nogoto on and /radaroff which implies that he doesn't want to fight and yet thanks to /spawnloc you will be able to come back to him right away after 3 seconds without him having the chance to teleport, heal or do anything really. Do you think that would make players in his situation happy? I don't think so.

/parkcar, /changecolor, /changeskin: So why can't these commands be added? Well to make it short:
- It would mess up the perfect balance and variety of the server because to be honest players are predictable and usually follows the flow without knowing it. Having /parkcar would mean that there wouldn't be a car spawned at every place on the map, it would only be spawned at the most common areas and those areas would look ridiculous...
changecolor would mean that would most likely have all the vehicles in the same models/colors, which would mean that you would get tired of certain model and colors combination.
Changeskin would mess up the teams and make it confusing to DM. Having a team member of cops play as tommy would only confuse people. Just pick the skins yourself. More skins are coming in patch 3.0 and the skin selection thanks to the new update is 4 times as fast.


Forum update
I've added a few new sections. A few for minigame builders, scripts and script testers and one for the event staff. I am pretty satisfied and hope that these sections will help the server.

Also please don't touch any strange value in your profile (like a badge of something). If you are able to edit the announcer badge, then don't. You can edit it because you're a moderator and that's the only setting available. I think I trust you guys enough to not edit it anyways.

[SuFyastiC]

Awesome! , the staff is getting better and better day by day , keep up the hard work and Good Luck!

[Emma]

good work!

[=KF=Thunder^]

Nice work Nerd

[ЧК.]

Thanks for putting so much effort in making the server perfect, many people wouldn't do this much work for free and you're doing it for free + paying for the host. I really appreciate your hard work and hope we can do something to repay you.

Good luck and keep it up!

[QaisAla]

Well Done!

[47.]

Thanks for putting so much effort in making the server perfect, many people wouldn't do this much work for free and you're doing it for free + paying for the host. I really appreciate your hard work and hope we can do something to repay you.

Good luck and keep it up!

[=KF=Thunder^]

Thanks for putting so much effort in making the server perfect, many people wouldn't do this much work for free and you're doing it for free + paying for the host. I really appreciate your hard work and hope we can do something to repay you.

Good luck and keep it up!

[KAKAN]

Thanks for putting so much effort in making the server perfect, many people wouldn't do this much work for free and you're doing it for free + paying for the host. I really appreciate your hard work and hope we can do something to repay you.

Good luck and keep it up!

[Guest]

Thanks for putting so much effort in making the server perfect, many people wouldn't do this much work for free and you're doing it for free + paying for the host. I really appreciate your hard work and hope we can do something to repay you.

Good luck and keep it up!

[KF.LeO^]

Thanks for putting so much effort in making the server perfect, many people wouldn't do this much work for free and you're doing it for free + paying for the host. I really appreciate your hard work and hope we can do something to repay you.

Good luck and keep it up!

[Arnold^]

Thanks for putting so much effort in making the server perfect, many people wouldn't do this much work for free and you're doing it for free + paying for the host. I really appreciate your hard work and hope we can do something to repay you.

Good luck and keep it up!

[D.E.[[V]].I.L]

ye cheez Lucky GG!

Good Luck Angel you are working hard !

[EK.CrystalBlue]

Thanks for putting so much effort in making the server perfect, many people wouldn't do this much work for free and you're doing it for free + paying for the host. I really appreciate your hard work and hope we can do something to repay you.

Good luck and keep it up!

Well said.
Though when you are a scripter (at least in VCMP), you don't really care about paying for it or doing it for free. You care about making the community as happy as possible, and when I had my own server (technically I still have it) that was the only thing I cared about.

[Guest]

Thanks for putting so much effort in making the server perfect, many people wouldn't do this much work for free and you're doing it for free + paying for the host. I really appreciate your hard work and hope we can do something to repay you.

Good luck and keep it up!

[Luckshya]

Thanks for putting so much effort in making the server perfect, many people wouldn't do this much work for free and you're doing it for free + paying for the host. I really appreciate your hard work and hope we can do something to repay you.

Good luck and keep it up!

And Thanks for that loving words.

[Vipe[R]]

cant wait! too excited!

[D.E.[[V]].I.L]

cant wait! too excited!

Its released xD You are late xDDDD

[=KF=Thunder^]

cant wait! too excited!

This patch is already released noob, it came out on February the 28th, don't bump old topics.

[Vipe[R]]

cant wait! too excited!

This patch is already released noob, it came out on February the 28th, don't bump old topics.

i thought its patch 3.1

[Guest]

lol bumpers

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