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EU Dodgeball server is UP :)

Today's dodgeball tweaks and bug-fixes mark the end of what I believe are most of the immediate issues I wanted to address as well as adding support for most of the upcoming features.

Ergo, I\m pleased to announce that our EU dodgeball instance is now live! We hope this offers an enjoyable experience to those of you that encountered latency issues while trying out our NA server.

Oh, and stay tuned, I will be adding a few more special rocket types over the next little while just to keep things fresh.

Now dust off those airblast skills and get to kicking some pyro butt!

Dodgeball - Future Plans and ChangeLog

Over the past few days we've been thrilled at the number of folks enjoying the new NA Dodgeball server, and so I'd like to outline some of the changes we've made since launch, our future plans, and also to use this thread as a changelog for our customizations. It's a throwback to the glory days of TF2 and holds a fond place in my heart since we both used to host a TF2 Dodgeball server and I have spent many hours playing it.

First off - yes, we will be adding an EU instance, probably during the coming week. We're still in the process of adding a few features and ironing out bugs and it's just easier to manage and test a single instance right now.

These upcoming changes I would like to make include some additional rocket behaviours (specifically, rockets that do not kill on impact but apply other effects), improving the visibility of the Jarate and Brick, adding some more detonation effects.

Additionally, I will look at enabling multi-rocket mode (it had to be patched during the initial port to TF2C) and, of course, that necessitates multiple RocketCams :)

I'll do my best to keep updating the list below as I make noteworthy changes.

And lastly... given the positive response, we may look at running other TF2 "Fun Mode" servers on TF2C, but this is often challenging because most of the plugins require TF2Items or similar extensions to manage user weapons, whereas TF2C has an incompatible item management system. It's not an easy lift for me as I'm not a full-time SourceMod developer, but who knows what the future may hold...

Cheers,
~Vintage

Changelog:
  • Jan 6, 2024:
    • Fixed edge cases relating to RocketCam handling accidentally applying vectors to players
    • Fixed issue with damage hook
    • Added trails to brick and Jarate (for real, this time)
  • Jan 3, 2024:
    • Minor fix relating to "stale" kill icons if player dies from environment or other non-rocket causes.
  • Jan 1, 2024:
    • Fixed exploit relating to nuke detonation
    • Special rocket types now have matching killfeed icons
    • Fixed wrong skin being rendered for projectiles in 4-team (Prox mine)
    • Implement support for multiple rockets (and Rocket cameras) at once (First maps with it enabled are tfdb_sandvich and platform_intox)
  • Dec 31, 2023:
    • Introducing RocketCam™ - you can now first-person spectate the rockets!
    • Minor patch to fix merc rockets being incorrect colour after RED or BLU deflect
    • Removed chat-spam from plugin applying effects to players
    • Increased size of brick to 150% for better visibility.
  • Dec 30,2023:
    • Updated 4-team Nuke skin to have GRN and YLW
    • Added Jarate and Brick Rockets
      • Jarate deals Piss Splash AOE effect that makes you nauseated (5 seconds)
      • Brick will AOE BONK and freeze you for 5 seconds.
    • Updated Spy Rocket (Sprocket?) - Now turns players in AOE area invisible for 10 seconds.
  • Dec 29, 2023:
    • Updated plugin to support 4-Team Dodgeball and added arena_flask as our first 4-team map!
    • Added ProxMine and Hoovy Rockets
      • Prox mine gets bigger every deflection and AOE damage is proportional to its speed
      • Hoovy has new way to kill cowards.... POW, HAHA!
    • Patched spawn sounds to play to all players and not originate from the rocket
    • Fixed flamethrower model and ammunition now shows "infinite" symbol
  • Dec 28, 2023:
    • Added Civ Rocket and Spy Rocket
      • Spy is coming for you.... and then off to visit your mother!
      • Civ is terrified for his life... until Brollykins smacks you good.
  • Dec 27, 2023:
    • The birth of Dodgeball for TF2C!

RocketCam :D
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That's right... Dodgeball, now in TF2C!

As teased a few days ago, I'm pleased to announce that after a couple of hours debugging and porting the plugin, our new TF2C Dodgeball server is now LIVE! You can find it in the server browser, server list, or by adding it to your favourites. na5.vaultf4.com port 27015

We had a great round of playtesting today that only identified minor issues and we'll work to add more maps and other game-play elements in the future.

A Christmas present from me to the TF2C community... Dodge them nukes :D

~Vintage

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