there are three bugs that are truly annoying to admins (because we are constantly forced to explain them to players) that i would love to see fixed in HL (CS specifically) one day:
in order of annoyance: 1. the disappearing radar after an abnormal drop from server and reconnect. since most good players use radar, this is not just annoying, it messes with your game. and of course you always have to explain "the radar will return". even regulars continue to complain about this. it's even more annoying on FF servers (like mine). 2. when a new player is connecting they show up as a member of one of the teams with the score and ping of the most recently dropped player. only once they've completed connecting do they appear under the "spectator" section. why is this annoying? because everyone starts whining about team sizes every time it happens, blame team balancer scripts, etc. more annoyance: the players already on the server think that player is connected and start talking to them. i see this in the console all the time. the order of events is as follows: player begins connecting to server - to players on the server, this player immediately appears as a member of one of the teams (with the score and ping of the most recently disconnected player) player completes connecting to server and is presented with the team choices - to players on the server this player appears in the spectator section player chooses team - appears correctly in the scoreboard imho, the player should not appear on the scoreboard at all until they have connected (especially since it sometimes takes a LONG time for a player to connect). at that point they should be in the spectator list until they pick a team. boy i would love to see this one fixed. it's my personal pet peeve and has been around for ever (both TFC and CS and i'm sure DoD and other mods as well). 3. a speaker icon should appear next to your own name in the scoreboard. again, this is annoying because people who are testing their voice communications for the first time think something is wrong and invariably bug the players and admins about it. it's probably a very simple thing to do. it would be extra nice if it was grayed out if you never configured your mic (like it does for other players on your scoreboard). these may seem like minor bugs, but after years of running hlds they have really gotten uber-annoying. imagine someone tapping you with a pencil. not annoying. they do it for 2 years. annoying :) -- b u d d h a @ b e a t d o w n 1 2 . c o m http://www.beatdown12.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
