Visit the KOTS Website At: http://www.planetquake.com/kots
Email questions/comment to: Norb
To Play:
VERY IMPORTANT - you can't play KOTS unless you do the following:
set kots_password <your password> u
Don't forget the u, won't work unless you have it, passwords are between 8 and 16 characters, you can set this in your command line or from the options of q2plug. Example...
set kots_password norbrocks u
Description:
This is a server side mod (very important, no new graphics or sounds)All client data is saved on the server ( user name + password, for client login to server )
Client data will be encrypted in a non-published format, very secret binary format.
Any/all server side functionality will be added. This can include the following:
- Grappling hook //
- player id // Shown in lower right corner (name, level, skin)
- play wav files to other players, maybe provide an optional pak file
- chasecam
- new HUD // shows level, game score, rank/num players
- IP banning // given in code
- new commands can be added if they make sense
- no countdown on mega health (don't feel like recreating on reconnect)
- Introduction Menu
- Maybe add stat menu to inventory menu
There are different levels based on score, score is frags - deaths
Levels are based on score, you start out at level 0:
Level 1 - 200 - Regen Health
Level 2 - 500 - Grapple Steal
Level 3 - 1000 - Rapid Fire
Level 4 - 2000 - Resist
Level 5 - 4000 - Vampire
Level 6 - 8000 - Strength / Invisible Grapple Line
Level 7 - 16000 - 3x Ammo
Level 8 - 32000 - Quad
Super Powers are:
Regen Health - Your health regenerates slowly
Grapple Steal - When you hit someone with the grapple, you steal ammo
Rapid Fire - You fire twice as fast
Resist - You take 3/4 damage
Vampire - You gain half of damage inflicted for health
Strength - You inflict 1.5x damage
Invs - Grapple Line is not drawn (works great with grapple steal)
3x Ammo - You can hold 3x ammo
Quad - Full time quad
Frags - Frag award is based on health removed divided by a level factor
Factors:
Level 0 = 10
Level x = 10 + 5x
It is possible to get no points for a frag. If you get a lucky kill on a player with few health.
This is based on 5 points for killing someone your level with full health.
It is possible to get more than 5 points for killing someone your own level if they keep going for health.
If someone else shoots your target, you restart you health accumulation.
Deaths - Death penalty is based on level that kills you
0 - any level above you
1 - your level
2x - level below you ( you - 2, they - 1, you lose 2 frags ) ( you - 3, they - 1, you lose (3-1)*2= 4 frags )
There will also be a health bonus based on level:
Level 0 = 50
Level x = 50 + 25x
The dedicated server for this will be a complete user friendly windows interface. This will not work on anything but windows, because that is all that I know.
Client data files can be copied to other servers, server's must provide an email to honor client requests for copying. Maybe we have a registration database somehow, but that's in the future.
Clients should be able to view the top players on a particular server.
Norb - Coding, Web Site
Mother - Coding
Inferno - Artwork
Sponge - Maps
Lt. JonMaster - Testing