Hi, Thanks very much for this, it'll allow us to dramatically improve our MvM offerings for Australian gamers.
We (Mammoth Media / GameArena / BigPond Games) are still interested in hosting some official Mann Up servers for Australian gamers. We host the free to play offerings BFP4F and BF Heroes for EA and I'm sure Mann Up would be more popular in Australia if we could play with less than 200 ping. Regards, Brendan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Lee" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 11 October, 2012 3:34:48 AM GMT +10:00 Brisbane Subject: [hlds] MvM Mission Cycle Clarification First we have a Con Command that will let you specify your own mission cycle file "tf_mvm_missioncyclefile myfile.res" where the default .res file is tf_mvm_missioncycle.res that is located in the tf directory. You can use this con command to set custom missioncycle files for each server instance. For how a mission cycle file works Example contents of missioncycle.res file ------------------------- "tf_mvm_missioncycle.res" { "categories" "2" "1" { "count" "3" "1" { "map" "mvm_decoy" "popfile" "mvm_decoy" } "2" { "map" "mvm_coaltown" "popfile" "mvm_coaltown" } "3" { "map" "mvm_mannworks" "popfile" "mvm_mannworks" } } "2" { "count" "3" "1" { "map" "mvm_decoy" "popfile" "mvm_decoy_expert1" } "2" { "map" "mvm_coaltown" "popfile" "mvm_coaltown_expert1" } "3" { "map" "mvm_mannworks" "popfile" "mvm_mannworks_expert1" } } } ------------------------- format of the file: "file name" - Name of the res file { "categories" "Number" - Number of Categories, by default this corresponds to the number of difficulties "Category Index" - Numerical Index of this category, numbered in order starting at 1 { "Mission Count" "Number" - Number of missions in this category "Mission Index" - Numerical Index of this mission, numbered in order starting at 1 { "map" "mapname" - Name of the mvm map without the extension "popfile" "popfilename" - Name of the popfile without the extension } } } When a mission is completed the game looks at the missioncycle file and looks for the current map / mission pair. If it's found it then loads the next mission in that category, cycling back to the first one if it's the last one in that category. If the map / mission is not found, it simply restarts the current mission. This behavior at the end is probably what’s causing some bizarre issues with custom maps and popfiles. If a custom map is loaded and does not contain a default popfile [Ie playing map mvm_decoy.bsp the game expects to load a popfile of mvm_decoy.pop] the previous popfile will remain loaded. Finishing this mission will just simply restart this “bad” combination. Similarly if a custom popfile is loaded (via con commands or vote) the server will seemingly be stuck on that particular combination until a vote or server command is issued. This default behavior seems undesirable and we’ll change it to load the next well known mission from the missioncycle file - Mike Lee //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, Unless I'm missing something, nothing in that article explains how to have an unofficial MvM server rotate through a series of different maps with appropriate popfiles. tf_mvm_missioncycle.res appears to have changed in today's patch, but I'm still unsure how to tell a TF2 server to use a specific mission cycle. Also, that file appears to be per install, not per server instance, which is surprising considering all other configuration files are per-instance. The only information I can find by searching the archive of this list is this statement before MvM was released by Fletcher that the file was self explanatory. I've asked this question on this list a few times and so far we've been unable to find the actual answer. Regards, Brendan. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
