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What do you think of the new features added after the update. Personally i think they tried to make DOD into TF2. especially with the achievements. i also don't really like the new kill cam either. The update also isn't very friendly to lower end computers because it added these new effects such as the smoke witch causes me way more fps lag than before. the game play is still fairly similar to before with the exception of minor recoil tweaks such as the grand now has about as much recoil as a .22cal pistol if you ask me. I will still play DOD but i am fixing to get a computer capable of playing cod4 asap. just wanted to say that since the update has kinda disappointed me because i don't want to play team defeat or whatever else I can come up with. its not awful but i just don't think it needed all this fancy new stuff added.

The fancy stuff "was" put in the new update, but can be taken off. Also, yalls server will need to updated as well. Alot of server providers arent doing it right away. The new set up is good. Its like TF2, but all the bells and whistles can be shut down. Mani mod isnt in the new update and neither is rcon. All admin now is run through source. Basicly, the DOD:S that was played a month ago is no more. Its all beta now, but called source. If you notice, when you tried to get in game you had a dl for DOD Beta. Thats gone now, it just says DOD:S, but its actually beta, with TF2 achievements!


Cheers!

I didnt know i could disable the new effects. looks like our server updated pretty quickly tho. still i dont like the kill cams but what am i gonna do.

Hey there are a few configs out that will let you turn the kill cam off and as for the main mod there is a version out that will work with the update you just need to ask your server host to update it for you

i was just a bit annoyed when i posted this but its good to know i can turn some of the features i dont like off. i will just have to get used to the others and how are we supposed to use our admin stuff now?

I'm not100% happy with the NEW DOD but have to admit that, combed with the free trial DOD was extremely popular over the weekend.

What I do not like ..
The increased hardware requirements. Not a problem with my new comp but would have been without it.
It appears to be more pray-n-spray than it was. The support and assault classes, running around chucking nades and spraying , rule.
It @%@%%@ up my config ... (I'll adjust)
The annoying achievement BS.
The "upgrade" was forced on me. ..... The game I bought was OK and no longer available.

What I do like ...
Everyone starts out the same. Achievements (seniority) do not give you additional privileges.
It looks nicer (but at the expense of increased hardware requirements)

I think its ok i mean some of the things they did really tick me off like making the thompson and the mp44 more accurate that just means more lucky head shots from about 200 ft away its just rediculous so thats really my main disagreement but hey the other thing is it wiped our server not cool but more peeps are on our server by night now thats a good thing!!!!!!!!!

Server Update
The server update happened on July 4th, the Mani Admin Plugin was not moved over to the new folder \orangebox\dod\addins

I took care of that on Sunday Night (07/06/08) and everyone should have MANI back. Some of the sounds don't work, but that will have to be fixed a sound at a time.

As for the game play

I really miss the Bayonet from DOD 1. But, once I figured out how to grab my Rifle nade and toss it I got over it.
I think the graphics look better,
The over all game play seems the same to me.
I'm still a crappy shot (So it must be the same)
My spray still works
My admin works.

We had 20 people in our server last night -- and it wasn't even a free weekend.

I had some issues with the base maps not being in the right folder. I took care of that with the =alAmo=map pack download. Only took an hour to download on my fast cable connection. and then 1 min to unzip the missing files.

I think I'm good to go now.

Skel, do you still have dod 1? Alot of people still play it. Whoever has it, should play with me!!! If only we could do that retro night that I suggested, where everyone would play dod 1, it would be soo awesome.

i used to like the rocket on both sides but the update seems to have cutdown the blast radius, so i only use the class for the secondary weapons, and the grenades are more powerful, or at least they seem to be

=alAmo=Hitman wrote:Skel, do you still have dod 1? Alot of people still play it. Whoever has it, should play with me!!! If only we could do that retro night that I suggested, where everyone would play dod 1, it would be soo awesome.

Hit, I think everyone is coming in to play more often now.

You should check out the stats on the server page. You will see there are a lot of peops coming in.

The new hardware requirements are the most annoying to me personally. now i cant come running through any smoke becuse i just lag to the point everything mover 1 frame at a time. looks like its time for an upgrade when i have the cash

=alAmo=Psycho wrote:The new hardware requirements are the most annoying to me personally. now i cant come running through any smoke becuse i just lag to the point everything mover 1 frame at a time. looks like its time for an upgrade when i have the cash

I did not know that smokes affected some players to that extent.

When we played Counter Strike they lagged me pretty bad, but never to 1 fps. Time to upgrade