New Features to Server #18742

[Christopher]

Hello all,

I'm proud to announce some new features that were just added to Battlefield 3 server #18742:

> Vote Map: Toward the end of any round, a notification will appear in the chat window and the middle your screen that allows everyone to vote for the next map, from a list of 4 randomized choices. Votings will last approximately 2 minutes. To vote, simply type "/1" (without quotes) where the integer represents the map you are voting for. The map with the most votes at the end of the voting period ends. If there is a tie, one of the winning maps will be chosen randomly by the server.

> Server Admin Caller: This allows anyone to call a server admin for assistance by using the proper command along with a reason. All in-game admins will be notified and can then respond. In addition, an email will be dispatched to administrators when the command is issued, if an admin is not in-game. In that sense, you'll have an admin by your side at all times.

Note: At this time, there is a bug in the development of this feature where the emailing system does not work. Until this bug is fixed, this feature will remain limited to call in-game admins only.

New features will be added in the near future. When the time comes, we will make the proper announcement(s) so that everyone knows of them. Do note that in order to preserve server stability, we will only bring select features to our servers.

Lastly, we also will soon be releasing two new documents: End-User Command Reference Documentation and Server Administrator Command Reference Documentation (R1) for end-users and server admins, respectively. These documents will be regarding Battlefield 3 (but NOT Battlefield 4). These documents will contain a comprehensive list of commands that can be used on our server (by young then into the chat window). If you're unfamiliar with our Command Reference Documentation format, you can view the old version of the document by downloading it here: https://bbea9690-a-e2fd7222-s-sites.goo ... ects=0&d=1. This is, of course, an outdated version (R0) which will be replaced with R1 soon.

We hope you all have fun while on our server. As a friendly reminder, we will individually reward players who help start the server with special perks.

 

[Christopher]

Re: New Features to Server #18742

Hello all,

As bvet4dog already mentioned above, a new feature was added earlier: !p for punish and !f for forgive was added to allow players to punish or forgive teamkillers. That way, if someone accidently teamkilled you, you can forgive them; and on the flipside, if they're being an asshat, well, you know what to do. You can even teamkill them back (as "payback") and they won't be able to punish you for it.

Since, other features have been also added:

** Votekick and Voteban **

You can now start a vote to kick someone on the server if an admin isn't around and you don't want to bother calling one. To initiate a kick vote, type "/vk <player><reason>"; to initiate a ban vote, type "/vb <player><reason>". While a vote is in progress, to vote for kicking/banning someone, type "!yes"; to vote against kicking/banning someone, type "!no".

** Extended Map Voting **

Nothing much of a "new" feature, but if you liked the ability to vote for the next map, you'll like it even more. We've expanded the number of votes from 4 to 6. Of course, if an Officer is in-game, they can change the map to anything (even if it's not on the vote list), so be sure to voice your wanted map if you want something that isn't listed.


All-in-all, a full list of supported player commands is avaialble in the Player Command Reference Shetet, posted earlier (you can download it here: https://sites.google.com/a/teamofweapon ... ects=0&d=1)

*** Quick note about donations ***

Also, a donation button has been added to our main website to allow others to donate. From there, you can also check our donations and perks page for details on getting perks! And yes, we're willing to work with those who don't have "enough" donations to get the perks they want.</reason></player></reason></player>

 

[Christopher]

Re: New Features to Server #18742

[center:2z5zd80m]UPDATES[/center:2z5zd80m]

As of January 30, 2014, our server has been modified based on the heavy requests from our players and members:

Scrolling text has been shortened

We've received a number of requests to shorten the scrolling text so as to not "spam" the chat window. Due to not all information being able to fit in the chat window, there's a few things we've left in there -- for the time being. We will continue to shorten it further in the very near future, so stay tuned for further updates.

For server rules, type !rules

Rules will appear in the chat window where you typed them.

For our TeamSpeak 3 address, type !ts

The server will return the server's easy-to-remember address (teamofweaponsandtactics.com) and the IP, if you wish to use that instead. There's no port or password, but if this changes for some reason in the future, it'll reflect the info there.

 

[Christopher]

Re: New Features to Server #18742

As of 1/30, we now have an improved autobalancing system in-place. This should solve most of the issues where there's ocassionally a huge imbalance in the teams, without the need of an admin intervening.

As always, have fun and play fair!