Some thoughts about the Monster Spawner
This is a very powerful tool for the Coop server and one of the most complex I've ever seen.
It's an incredible work TKR did with it.
Like all good things, used in the right way it can be a blessing. But of course it can also be used in a wrong way, which could affect the server in a negative way.
Newbies Coop was always balanced for experienced and for new players. The Spawner has a great impact on this balance. When using the Spawner, we should try to keep the balance intact, because it's this balance which makes Newbies Coop different from other Coop servers.
The use and tweaking of the Spawner is not only a one man job. And yes, it is alot of work, which requires help from every Admin.
First, everyone using it, should understand how it is working and be familiar with all its possible settings.
Second, when using the Spawner for maps, everyone should know the maps and the already existing monsters in these maps. Also keep in mind how difficult a map is for which you adjust and activate the Spawner. An already very difficult map can become incredibly insane for new and even experienced Players, when the Spawner is used with wrong settings on such maps.
Third, global settings are very neat, but the Spawner offers much more possibilities. Also make use of the individual settings for each map. This will help to keep a good balance.
Because of the online character of the editor and the fact, that the server needs to be restarted for changes, there should be a topic for the Spawner in the Admin section. The Spawner should be updated at regular intervals.
The topic should be used for informations about- and for ideas for settings. Watch how the changes work on the server and post your experiences or problems you notice. All this will help to make the Spawner work better and better. Also all Admins should have access to this topic and visit it frequently to be up-to-date.
I will update the maplist because some maps missing. When it's ready, I will post it. Everyone should get the list to have an overview of all maps running on the server.
We have some good tools and we should use them the best way possible.
Well, just my 2 Cents about it.
PS: Is it possible to reduce the size of posted pictures so they cannot affect the text? Sometimes it's a real pain to read comments. I would need a XXXXXXL monitor to have the whole text on one screen.
For example take a look at this topic from MU, there are no problems with posted pictures.
http://www.oldunreal.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/ ... 7373732/20
This PHPBB is doing it since 2000 now if I'm right. Why can't they make forums more handy. They should have enough experience now after 11 years. Other companies have no problems with it.
Maybe the line size for posted text could be reduced. Think that would keep posted comments better readable.