I surrender...simple Q

[M&M]

for the sake of arguement , FFA mode works well in all sp maps

[Bjarne BZR]

Cant see anything related to lag in that script, except this:

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thread funstuff
thread lift1
thread lift2
thread upandaway1
thread upandaway2
thread antisniper

The funstuff spawns a "panzer_iv_d"... dont remember if it has smoke and/or fire coming out of it, if it does it will be an FPS hog. I've also had problems with the indicrate model.

The rest of the threads you do not show, so they may very well be the culprits here. If they have stuff like continuous scanning and other "active" stuff, they may cause lag.

[theMechanic]

Ok, I thought of that. I figured anything with animations would be causing probs, and yes, the panzer has smoke/fire and sound with it. Wierd thing is, even if a particular map dont have animations, it will still lag at certain points on the map. Anyhoot, here is the full .scr i have for SF

http://www.clanmech.com/downloads/mohdm1.scr

[Bjarne BZR]

Ooook... That is a HORDE of models you spawn there. Such a massive amount will drop your FPS, especially if you spawn a lot of them in the same place.

But apart from that: The antisniper_control thread will loop through all players more or less constantly. And that waitframe will reduce the lag, but as the server fills up with players, you will get even more lag because of this thread. I suggest this instead:

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antisniper_control:
	while(1)
	{
		local.playernum = $player.size
		for(local.i = 1;local.i < (local.playernum + 1);local.i++)
		{
			local.player = $player[local.i]
			if(local.player.dmteam == allies)
				local.player take models/weapons/springfield.tik
			else if(local.player.dmteam == axis)
				local.player take models/weapons/KAR98sniper.tik
			else
				println "DEBUG: $player[" local.i "] is neither allied nor axis - $player[" local.i "].dmteam = " local.player.dmteam
			wait 0.2
		}
		wait 1
	}
end

...this way it will scan 5 players every second ( all players in 6.4 seconds on a full server ) instead of all players every frame ( a frame is very short, dont remember how short, but its very short: so you really scan the crap out of your players with the one you use ).

So at WORST you will let a sniper keep his weapon for 6.4 seconds. But I think that will scare him more than just starting without it anyway

Oh: and may I also suggest adding this line after the sniper removal, to let the poor guy understand what the heck happened:

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local.player iprint "Dude, sniper rifles are for mice, and your a warrior, right?" 0

[theMechanic]

i had the lag prob prior to the anti sniper, but i will affect the change to help.
Also, for some reason my spawn protect by buzzgoodies quit working, which would make it possible to eliminate a lot of this stuff.

Will report back, and thank you sir.

[lizardkid]

omfg, you don't like skill guns? i knew this day would come, a day when a noob says sniper rifles are for noobs. and shotties are the skill guns of choice.

well do what you wish. your mod.

[Bjarne BZR]

Skill is skill. N00b is n00b. Never shall the two be found in the same player.

Weapon is of no importance to the skills.
Weapon is of no importance to the n00biness.

Nuff said

[lizardkid]

well, i'll stop here. i have vehement opinions on weaponry+skills/noobishness. but this is neither the time nor place to state them....

[M&M]

Weapon is of no importance to the skills.
Weapon is of no importance to the n00biness.

a good player is one that uses all his senses in the game .u literally feel the player behind u .and not because he shot u .

u hear and see everything .

usually he is defined by his insanely high score (somewhere in the top 3) and very low death rate .regardless of the weapon ,but usually it helps improve the difference .

now whats this all about

[theMechanic]

omfg, you don't like skill guns? i knew this day would come, a day when a noob says sniper rifles are for noobs. and shotties are the skill guns of choice.

well do what you wish. your mod.

It is not a matter of "skill" guns as you call them. It is a matter of two things:
1) Camping on spawn positions to kill before a person even has a chance to move is either nOObish or bad sportsmanship, thus spawn protection.

2) This ant-sniper is used on 3 of the 7 stock maps to provide a variety of gametype play to all the players on our server, nearly 1000 a day sometimes. Isn't that what its about?

btw this is directed at no one, jsut simple things that tick me off personally.

LOOK at the tutorials and manuals provided, they are a great resource and you only clog the forums with useless questions when you ask about an obvious detail.

READ THE FORUM DESCRIPTION, help wanted/offered is NOT for mapping/scripting whatever questions. use the correct forum.

SEARCH MAN SEARCH! use the search button. we all get tired of answering repetative questions

I don't know if this is part of your sig or you put it in this thread, but i did search, i did read, for hours, for days, and posted a legitimate question in the appropriate forum.
Seeing as how I do not know if it is a part of your sig, or you added it in this thread, I personally take offense at it seeing as how you are not an admin or moderator, and seeing that your post is of a personal opinion in nature and not relevant to this thread's purpose, I think you should mind your own business, or offer legitamate assistance.

My apologies and thanks to the admin's of .map

[M&M]

yeah ,thats his sig .as if he uses it

[lizardkid]

me = first class hipocrit, i forgot the search part at one point.