Conqest/Rush Server

[Boo-Yeah!!]

Can we try one of the servers maybe the conquest server itself to try and boost its pop by having the server alternate between conquest and rush maps?

 

[genpatton7]

BC2 only allows the use of one game mode at a time on a server.

 

[Dudemanguy86]

Does it? I have a server on my favorites that swaps modes every 2 rounds, did this change occur only with R8 servers?

I can get the server name if needed.

Good idea though Boo

 

[genpatton7]

afaik that is still the way it works. I'd like to visit that server if you have the name.

info: http://forums.gameservers.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=38841&start=0

 

[Boo-Yeah!!]

Yeah I was on a server the other day that switched between Rush and Conquest maps.

 

[Dudemanguy86]

looking at the admin controls (Which i've never seen before, kinda cool actually...)

it seems like all you'd have to do is have a Conquest map, then a Rush map, then a Con, then rush, then it would restart the routine; or we could have a repeated conquest/rush map as the last slot.

"A couple points:
1. At this point you are only able to be running one game mode at a time.
2. You must restart your server after making changes to the maplist for it to apply."

is a bit misleading, perhaps it means that literally you cannot have conquest and rush running at the same time, but as for not having them in the same rotation; that's obviously possible based upon mine and Boo's observations.

The server's I played on that have alternating maps are ranked as well, and typically full 24/7 leading me to believe this is something that could work.

As a general statement though, people will leave after matches if they don't like said map/mode that is in the rotation. This leaves the admins with a tough choice of keeping the rotation constant or changing map rotations up say... every 3-5 days (right before weekend each week, basically) for a few weeks until they note the ideal server rotation setting that keeps most people playing hour-wise.

Personally I would love to see this happen and think it would be a great asset to the BFBC2 eGO community, I will definitely help populate the server should it go live even if i'm the only one in there


EDIT 1:

did some digging around, it seems as if only 1 admin tool out there currently supports rotating maps seemlessly (no restart on server), or maybe i just read the FAQ wrong; either way, it also appears that every other admin tool has stated somewhere that they are planning to have support (eventually) for this type of thing.

Dunno if this helps or not, back to work for me

 

[Boo-Yeah!!]

probably just gonna have to wait on that until better admin controls come out.

 

[Duality]

Currently theres only one admin system that has the feature to allow alternating game modes, its a very early beta and overrides EA's system so it causes the server to crash quite frequently. EA's current system involves maplists (rush maps, conquest maps, squad rush ect.) none of which overlap the other. In order for me to change from a rush map to a conquest one, I have to load the alternate playlist for that mode (which erases the previous maplist), then select the maps I want from the rotation.

EA is changing the way maplists and banlists are handled in their next big update, so mixing maps/modes should be easier then but we'll just have to wait and see.

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