[CLIENT] Nodes 1.0.2 (Page 5 of 7)

To understand you right... you moved the old 0.5.2 TW-based nodes to a 0.6.1 TW-based nodes?

Edit: BTW - Regarding compatibility: A client-update is necessary anyway. Nodes Server/Client supports 64 clients. Normal TW masterservers could support 64 clients - in theory. But they may not do so because old TW-Clients would crash with too many players. So it's not necessary for Nodes as stand alone itself. But we currently does not stand alone and even use (or better almost only use) the normal TW masterservers. And that's bad for old TW-Clients if too much player would play again Nodes (as it was already the case in the past where servers got a ban because to many players played on it). And that's the reason why we have to lower the max player limit to 16 or add a new master. But the current Nodes Clients don't know the master of Kottizen and there are currently less players anyway (so in my opinion it's a no-go to hope that all would add Kottizens one manually - and unfortunately there is a max-master-server limit hardcoded into the current code that limits to 4 masterservers - where 4 master-servers are a default already - means 4 - 4 = 0 left).

1.0.1 Clients are "half" compatible (old clients would not find servers that are registered to Kottizens master server cause they don't know them by default)... anyway if you find a server you can connect save

New config commands:
sv_max_connections - Maximum count of connection from one IP server can accept
sv_min_ip_con_delay - Min delay in seconds of connnecting from same IP
sv_rcon_tries - How many password tries before ban
sv_rcon_tries_bantime - How much time will the brute rcon password attacker will be banned
sv_netmsg_limit - How many unauthed Command Tries Before ban
sv_netmsg_bantime - How much time will the unauthed rcon command spammer will be banned
sv_veteran_turrets - Enable increasion of firerate/range after 100/200 shots (default is disabled)

This version is the first "save" 32/64 player version (all servers that register to normal masters may get banned if they got more then 16 players connected).
This version removes the hardcoded PW which is a major security leak.
I've even included the veteran function for turrets... but since this is a (not too small) gameplay change I've disabled the setting by default (anyway I found out that lot's played againd and again on my buggish nodes+ server which even included that feature and more so...). Maybe I would even include the turrets-scoring from nodes+ same way later but it's currently buggish and need further polishment.
I've you are a Windows user you can even use the setup-installer instead of the zip-file... which could create you a desktop-link and an uninstaller-entry (created with Inno-Setup).

Greetings,
Mo(2)

Yeah Nodes is a bit more alive ^^

As inherited an me do not have any time to progress with nodes' development it would be great to see you developing nodes. If you need any help please don't hesitate to ask me and I will help. You may develop it as the true, official nodes as otherwise nodes-development would stop anyways.

Of course I would be glad to see nodes ported to 0.6.1 engine, but that's up to you.

/ First page updated /

Yeah Porting Nodes to 0.6 would be a very great step to the next level of the Nodes develop.
Would be great to see Nodes in 0.6

New version released.
Info: Just the server changed... so if you already have 1.0.2 client there is no need to download again.

Changes:
If you create a building you get owner status of it now. Based on that addition following server config options was added (which may be de/activated) :

sv_owner_protection: Buildings that was created by you may just auto-self-destruct by you and nobody else. That way even the initial place of the generator is protected by team-fun-switchers. However this protection does not prevent buildings from friendlyfire by itself... so if no further option is set even your team members may destroy your buildings via manual weapon shot. But it's not that easy to quickly initiate self-destruct and switch team or leave. And it's not necessary anymore to get some score before you may self-desctruct your wrong placed buildings (as it was the case in nodes-vt in the past).
sv_score_turrets: If a turret owned by you shot an enemy you score (and you might hear a sound if an enemy get hit even if you are building already somewhere else, which could be very dulcet noise after a while )

At this place: Thx to GreYFoX for helping me at the turret scoring in previous code.

Edit: BTW I would find it really cool if the nodes homepage (or an alternative) could get little bit more ... uhm... "alive" again. I would NOT create a homepage myself. However I think we can get way more players into nodes if we would advertise it at free gaming sites like http://happypenguin.org or http://www.acid-play.com/ and others... But that all does not make really sense if there is no working homepage as reference.

Greetings,
Mo(2)

Yes, sorry... was way too small. Fixed it now.

Greetings,
Mo(2)

I'm sorry to tell you that I would stop maintaining nodes so far. After digging deeper into the code I've found copyrighted fonts that was included so I would no longer provide setups or zip for clients. The only available downloads so far are the patches from 1.0.1-svn to 1.0.2 from 1.0.2 to 1.0.3 and the server binaries for Linux (since they don't even care regarding such content). But I'm currently the only one who is hosting a version > 1.0.1 anyway ... whatever that means. I'm not sure how long I would provide these either. Since 1.0.1 stuff seems still to be used... you can even host 100% compatible with the newer versions to that old 1.0.1 clients if you keep max clients < 17 players and settins "sv_master_compat 1" in the config (so old masterservers fould be choosen/forced).

Btw. in 0.6.1 base there is DejaVu used as font... which is way better regarding this. Maybe [GMD]Error would continue from this point on. There is already a little lifesign again.

Sorry,
Mo(2)

This is a very good client! I rarely play there, because very few players.

yea the bug fixes are very helpful thanks to Mo[2] and the others [who help for nodes] now i think their next [mission] is to make nodes more popular

dreamy

Yes... all links except the patches and the server-binaries for Linux. If somebody is going to replace that annoying fonts for the clients I see no reason why I should not put the stuff public again. But... in theory that should not be necesarry if [GMD]Error would pick up from that point with 0.6.1 Nodes. It's a bad idea to fiddle around on two incompatible versions anyway. In meanwhile I've coded on a different (new) mod that is almost done. But I still like Nodes. Anyway... maybe all that would change with 0.7 TW since it seems there would be possibilities to provide gfx and audio via server (don't know how much but it sounds impressive). If there could be a Nodes without the need of a custom client it would be great...

Greetings,
Mo(2)