Everyone, Today this afternoon (Atlanta time) we will be releasing our Revenge of the Zeds free content pack for Killing Floor 2. This free content pack adds for the first time ever an all new game type to Killing Floor 2 called Versus Survival which features adversarial multiplayer with one team playing as the Zeds (monsters) and the other team playing as the Humans. This game type features 6 vs 6 multiplayer, which means that server hosts will now be able to host 12 slot servers for Killing Floor 2 for the new game mode, and 12 slot servers will be required to fully support the new game mode Versus Survival's max player count (although 3 versus 3 for a total of 6 players will work). I do have to apologize again for the short notice to you all about the new server functionality and the update, there is no excuse for us waiting this long to contact you all, and we will work to give more advance notice in the future. A few key points for this update:
- If possible we would like GSPs to start offering 12 player slot Killing Floor 2 servers to support Versus Survival as soon as possible (today if you can). - It is our expectation that adding adversarial multiplayer to Killing Floor 2 will draw in more clans and players, and increase demand for servers (rented or otherwise). - We haven't done extensive CPU/bandwidth usage testing for the 12 player slot versus servers, but the testing we have done shows a bit higher CPU and bandwidth usage, but the increase is minimal. - We are looking for server hosts to volunteer to put up servers to support the launch event today and this weekend. We expect to see a large influx of new and existing players to check out the new game mode. We estimate we'll need an additional 10,000-15,000 slots to meet the peak demand. We will have some servers up as well to try and help meet this demand, but whatever you all can volunteer will be greatly appreciated. Here is some information on setting up servers for Versus Survival: Example launch commandline for a Versus Survival server: start ..\..\Binaries\Win64\KFGame.exe Server KF-BurningParis?Game=KFGameContent.KFGameInfo_VersusSurvival?maxplayers=12 To switch to Versus Survival via our Webadmin tool: Change Maps Tab - Select Versus Survival - More maps are listed than officially supported - only the official supported maps show up in in game voting. Custom community maps however can be added to the map list and should work with versus, although they might have some issues until full support is added for Versus Survival to the community maps. Officially Supported Tripwire Maps: BurningParis BioticsLab Prison VoltorManor Farmhouse If possible we will release the server files early so you all can get a headstart with putting servers up. We're working on QAing the final builds now and will keep you all updated. Thanks, John Gibson President Tripwire Interactive www.tripwireinteractive.com
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