Hammer's:: New Gametypes

ew CoD gametypes ...

NOTE: for Quad-Team Deathmatch, clients must have the pk3 or the server
must allow downloads (and the clients as well).  The menu system, that
allows team selection, etc. must be present on the client.

- 4xtdm ... Quad-Team Deathmatch.  Basic TDM with 4 active teams.  Game
play is working, however the scoreboard system is not scriptable.  Hence
having trouble getting showing scores.  Score is maintained, and
at the end of each round a message is posted indicating which team won
(or tie in case of draw).  CoD appears to have an internal "sessionstate"
which is hard-coded for allies and axis only, hence the problems with
the scoreboard.  It also affects player team head icons, CoD cannot
distinguish between allies (americans, russians, british).  To get around
this, I set all "non-spectator" players as belonging to team "none" (ala
Deathmatch), you can still view individual scores, but you cannot
identify which team they belong to.  Whereever possible, names in kills
are color-patterned after CoD's own (green=americans, blue=british,
red=russians, yellow=germans), which germans being the only deviation.
Anyway, this is just an alpha of the gametype.  Have too many questions
that I hope the SDK will answer.

- obj ... ala MoH:AA Objective style. Allies must destroy two
targets, while axis must prevent that from happening.  Winner is first to
achieve objectives or eliminate opposing team.  If the allies plant both
bombs, but get killed, axis must still defuse at least one of them two win.
Works with all SD maps (so Chateau and Ship cannot be used).

- rb ... Round-based Team Deathmatch.  Eliminate opposing team members; if
you get killed you don't respawn.  Works on all maps.  S&D spawn points are
used if they exist, otherwise RE ones are used (so Chateau and Ship work).

Place the .pk3 file under the CoD server's Main folder, update config files
as needed and restart the server.  Set gametype to "4xtdm", "obj" or "rb"
and start appropriate map rotations.

New cvars that must be used to control OBJ gametype:

//Quad-Team Deathmatch
set scr_4xtdm_timelimit	"15"	// Map time limit, in minutes - 0 to 1440
set scr_4xtdm_scorelimit "0"	// Team score limit per map

//Objective Default Description
set scr_obj_graceperiod	"15"	// Time at round start where spawning and weap.
				// choosing is still allowed, 0 - 60 seconds
set scr_obj_roundlength	"5"	// round length
set scr_obj_roundlimit	"0"	// Max Number of round wins per map
set scr_obj_scorelimit	"0"	// Team score limit per map
set scr_obj_timelimit	"15"	// Map time limit, in minutes - 0 to 1440

set ham_obj_stopwatch	"1"	// show timer for bombs
set ham_obj_bombplant	"5"	// seconds to defuse bomb
set ham_obj_bombdefuse	"8"	// seconds to defuse bomb
set ham_obj_bombtimer	"45"	// seconds before explode

New cvars that must be used to control RB gametype:

//Round-based TDM Default Description
set scr_rb_graceperiod	"15"	// Time at round start where spawning and weap.
				// choosing is still allowed, 0 - 60 seconds
set scr_rb_roundlength	"5"	// round length
set scr_rb_roundlimit	"0"	// Max Number of round wins per map
set scr_rb_scorelimit	"0"	// Map team score limit per map
set scr_rb_timelimit	"15"	// Map time limit, in minutes - 0 to 1440

// Additional cvars
set hamNoKillCam	"1"	// 1=disable killcam

--[MC] Hammer
[MC] Gamers
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=== V1.2 == 11/13/2003

- Fix map crasher in OBJ gametype (seemed to happen whenever the first bomb
is planted on all maps except brecourt).  Anyway, it should be fixed now.
- New quad-team deathmatch game play.  Still having problems with scoreboard,
internal session state for things like head icons, etc.  Hopefully I'll be
able to do something about it when the SDK comes out.

=== V1.1 == 11/10/2003

- Added round-based gametype.


=== V1.0 == 11/9/2003

- Fixed bomb defusing problem.  Fooled CoD by reusing existing triggers and
  applying a bit of bounds checking of my own.  It's the best I can do for
  now, and IT WORKS.


=== V0.0 === 11/2/2003

- First release: just having some fun trying to see what can be done with
  gametypes and what files must be included.  Only one problem exists, and
  it has to do with axis having a real hard time finding the defuse "sweet-
  spot".  Having to create triggers on the fly, but CoD doesn't appear to
  allow specifying trigger dimensions (setsize method).

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