[Feedback for Grenade X]

The item purchasing cost will not be changed just so all people can buy it. We have balance to consider.

The rest of things here can be chalked into 'The engine we're using is limited and there's nothing we can do about it'. We literally cannot release the game in iOS or Linux, and UDK has been too discontinued to be able to be developed for literally every version of Windows

[cant play whit the new launcher]

Try to lobby the issue in the Discord server. We're usually troubleshooting there.

[Does anyone know how to create Objectives In UDK]

There isn't a technical example unfortunately. The closest I had was that co-op footage that featured Scorpion Hunter

[Does anyone know how to create Objectives In UDK]

It was used for the Co-op game mode, which is actually still not complete just yet, but available since the Survival mode branches from it. If I remember correctly it's used in conjuction with a certain actor in the Actor Browser which defines what kind of objective it is

[Firestorm: Tester Applications Now Open!]

Understandable. At this point we probably should just keep our mouth shut about possible release dates. We're really terrible at sticking to it

(That wasn't sarcasm btw. I did feel that way)

[Cheater ... and impersonating player]

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Sorry for the late reply, I looked into my video library and couldn't find any video with it (could be deleted because of computer change or not recorded).

I took refill crates and client lag into consideration but there is no crate spawn and for client lag wouldnt helped him because that guy infront of me got him down to like 50% and then he got killed by him, and from there he took more damage from me and suddenly got full hp.

That was something I haven't seen since I began to play Renegade X and Im sure that It happened before but not that obvious infront of players.

A date and estimated timestamp would still be helpful to track down the event. I know CT at least kept a lot of demo from time to time. From there, I can ask if the demo is still available. Otherwise, there's no proof to warrant ban.

I'll make this clear : We're not going to invoke ban based only on word or majority community vote. Imagine if a lot of people dogpile on you by claiming that you're cheating and we simply just take their word on it without making any investigation to clarify the claim. In this case, that report never came to us... until now that is. To take action, we need concrete, undisputable proof. UDK is, as you already realize, a janky mess. It really blurs the line between glitch, engine quirks and actual cheating. It's especially the case in netplay

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The problem was In that time i haven't used discord and reported that guy directly to a CT admin without hearing from him back.

 

I think all admins of those servers have accounts here on this website, why not making a player complaint board stating on which server it happened and then they trying to solve/checking it out.

I know it could also end up into a crying topic where people begin to report every second player that makes headshots (we had already enough ingame conversations about that), but in that way not everything that also could hint that some players use tools to cheat or abuse something get ignored/overlooked.

EDIT : The CT administration said he wanted to post himself or let someone post for him

[Cheater ... and impersonating player]

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1. For example you can call mods ingame and write an explanation to it for a player that was clearly cheating, do you think admins are going to review the situation and make a decision?

I've seen at least 2-3 reviews that were being screened by both CT and TA moderator team myself. I was involved heavily in one of them as N3tRunner would be able to attest.
 

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All I saw it got Ignored. That player killed a lgc as a patch almost died and while fighting against me he just stopped moving for 2 sec while i was shooting him and suddenly full HP and armor. Totally legit.

Do you have any video or timestamp on when that happened? This one never reached TA at the very least. The first part of moderation was usually done by the server's own moderation team, and if deemed serious enough, would be forwarded to us. I do know refill crates and client lag exists, but better context is needed.

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2. Or random kicks you get because people are pissed that youre good at sniping. Admins just let that happen because idk they dont care if some pissed people take your fun from gaming

3. Or the best one yet: Cyberbullying 8 days straight by a guy everyday under a new name and sometimes with "friends" or other people they begin to convince to troll/hate on you via Flaming/Blocking/Kicking/Shooting/Smoking you with grenade. And the admins did nothing. Only changing the nickname stopped that.

Funnily enough all this Cyberbullying started with a guy that was admin friendly or close friends by trolling and later abusing teleporters on crashside. and all the admins did was speaking with him in discord about that abuse. and ok the abuse of teh teleporters stop, not the constant bullshit he did every day.

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These are really the server owner's problem. Player behavior in community-run server usually falls out of our jurisdiction. If that does happen in the TA's server, do report that to Roweboat. If it happens in community server.... well, we can't do much because if we get involved, people will start saying that we're abusing our power. CT and FPI have their own site and discord server to complain to, so those two problem, you should talk it out with them rather than us.

[Cheater ... and impersonating player]

I can attest that Poi is probably one that CT disliked a lot. I've played with Poi on Left 4 Dead 2 at least and I can also attest that Poi's aimbot-like shots also translates to that game closely with high percentage of headshots. Would you like to suggest that they also downloaded a cheat for that game.... which only comprised of the two of us at that moment might I add?

Jpj, I know a bit less, but I do know Bred mentioned that he's also very good at Planetside 2. I also know he was accused for hacking in Osu and I was given an explanation that I cannot disclose due to it being rather personal.

All that aside, we were still crosschecking demos and streams and there's still no solid proof. This was also backed by MathDotPi, one of our lead testers whom I might add, was wrecking people in the alpha testing sessions with his sniper plays too. And if you would like to accuse him of hacking as well during our test sessions, I'd like to hear your explanation on why he'd sabotage an ongoing game development

 

All in all,  I'm sick and tired of all this accusations that we were defending certain players in the community. Just so you guys know, I developed the bounty system specifically to target people like Poi and jpj who always had humongous K/D, and I've already lobbied it (multiple times even) and was given an ok by the community. I dunno,  perhaps it is time for you to realize that some people are just in a whole different league than the rest. This game doesn't have matchmaking after all, so don't be surprised if you meet some 5000 rated players fighting against 100-1000.

 

Edit : I will also add that I don't even know if these reports should start getting taken seriously anymore. It has gotten to the point that even BlackHand12412, I believe,  mentioned that he was also being accused of hacking one day. He wasn't even among the infamous people who had massive K/D. I really don't know what to tell you all,  but I'd appreciate of you would bring us a solid proof for once,  without sugarcoating it as 'blatant hacking'. It is starting to become clear that some of you are also starting to become heavily biased.  I'm heavily disappointed at that, personally

[Field.... ummm... so...]

You already have Field X, we don't need more Field reskins. The point of having multiple maps is to have variation in gameplay, not adding duplicates.

One of these days you gotta get off the baby home turf and start fighting in the jungle for once.

[rope ladder from the helicopter Humor topic]

As much as I'd love this, I don't think it's possible atm. ladders are already finnicky and I can't figure anything out about making a dynamic one where you can latch on it. I mean, you've seen my attempt of reinforcements in Survival map

[Why Sniping Bad]

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And also, whats with the animations? If these snipers are aiming through a scope on their enormous fucking anti material rifles, can their model... reflect that please? Thats a serious suggestion right there. At present it only seems to change once the rifle has already been fired, which isnt very helpful.

I think we tried to have this at least in the internal closed alpha, but I dunno if we've ever added it to Renegade X (I think we have?). Even if we did though, the whole replication issue that makes this so inconsistent is a pain to deal with. We'll try to get around this, somehow

The detailed explanation of said issue might be far too complicated, but it bogs down to this : Your weapons only exist in the server and your own client, and completely absent to anyone else.

[[Aug 21st, 2022] ~ 155 simultaneous players online]

22 hours ago, scrin-124678 said:

And just for all the Field map haters: Both servers had them on thats why they filled up.

I dunno, I still feel like the map promotes too much stalemate and careless gameplay

[[FPI Renx] - making a vote here to understand , out of those maps, which you think should be out of rotation for short time?]

CNC-Field is such an overplayed map, and I'm starting to become sick of it. It's time for the players to play maps where they don't have to hide behind advanced defenses

[Player Votes Should determine next map.]

I really don't think there are server mods that forced map-change to Field. We do know it's the default map so there's that. Force-change can be indicated by suddenly getting into the end-game session without being able to chat or vote. If you got disconnected, then you can be certain that the server did indeed crash

It's not as obvious when the game has ended and then the server crashed tho

As an addendum : I hate Field and how it's being overly used. If there's any map I'd force-change to without being given any instruction, Field and Under would be the last map I'd pick

[Possible solution: x64 audio bug]

So, late update, but Rx_HUD since 20th of May was already changed to do so. The soundbug still occurs

Also, to note : This happens a LOT in SDK too, and at times you don't even need to playtest the map you're playing. The sound just pops randomly

[Thoughts on the gunship, and a potential alternative]

Yeah.... that's definitely a no go. It's not exactly possible to stock up vehicles like that, and the UDK's quirky physics will not allow it.

[There Should Be Alternate/Updated Class Models For GDI and Nod Anyone Agree?]

More important than pure aesthetics is the ability to determine what class other people have in a glance. If you make same class look too different, you'll lose the ability to tell which class is which.

Another thing is that our artists are already strained and focused on Firestorm. We can't afford to strain them more with works that are in the end just vanity things

Yet another thing is that we've lost a lot of the RenX source file in a broken HDD from one of our former members. It's possible to export model but that's not going to look good

[Is it ethically correct to mine underneath PP door frame? (which causes the mines to disappear)]

It might be worth avoiding until the we fix that. I still don't have the slightest idea as to why... honestly. The game collision just decides to... yeah

[Is it within the EA agreement for Totem Arts to be a legal Non Profit?]

Renegade X and Firestorm themselves will never be used for profit,  for reasons that should already be obvious. There were no plans for us to use the donations for self-profiting. They had always gone back to both projects.

[A special game mode for Firestorm in honor of Tiberian Sun: Firestorm's storyline]

The challenge is really the AI. Nobody really wants to deal with it because of how spaghetti it is

[How were games won in original Renegade ?]

It really is still possible yeah. Nobody has never done it anymore unfortunately

[installer for renegade x]

have you checked if there's any other instance of the installer already running?

[Cannot find any servers]

There's an issue. Sorry, I only just noticed when I looked at FPI's chat. Let me contact the IT team

EDIT : Fixed, it seems. My release version launcher is still updating, but my other versions' launchers can see the server list again

[FIX candidate: Repair gun visual bug]

JeepRubi seems to be the person who devised the tick workaround,  or at least he's the one commenting it. 

He's no longer available tho.  Even if he is,  I've relayed the fix to the rest of the dev. 

[FIX candidate: Repair gun visual bug]

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Care to elaborate on that?

Because it will affect all particle emitters on all weapons, and ChangeVisibility happens in more cases than just getting in and out of vehicle. For example, third/first person camera switch. This might cause problems where particle emitters do not get hidden when switching perspective, and not just the beam emitters from beam weapons.