What are the possibilities of adding AWE to the Cassino server for awhile to see how it goes? The mod offers so many options which can be turned on or off. The newest release is for CoD and UO, they also have a new CoD2 AWE mod which is sweet. Anyway, guess there needs to be some feedback. Here's some of the features in AWE. I will bold the ones that I'm interested in.

Again, nothing wrong with the stock settings that are in Cassino now... just trying to shake things up a little bit, possibly get more people on the server as well.


Features
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- Effects from Ravir's Demolition (Mortars and hitblip)
- C47 planes flying by on all stock maps and should work on most custom maps too.
- Teamkill and/or teamdamage detection with different punishments.
- Camping detection and marking of campers.

In teamplay the camper will be marked with a headicon that flashes between team headicon
and a star, and marked on the compass with an objective icon that flashes between a team
radio icon and the default objective icon.

In deathmatch the camper will be marked with the default objective icon on the compass
and the headicon will flash been a star and a crosshair.

- Override grenade count
- Search & destroy bomb timer
- Grenade warnings ("Grenade!")
- Random maprotation
- Force/disable weapons (for example: disable grenades, assign fg42 as secondary weapon etc.)
- Parachuting
- Spawn protection
- Tracers
- Skyflashes
- Mobile MG42s
- Helmet popping
- Painscreen
- Weapon drop on hand/arm hit
- Blood splatter on screen
- Change allies team, or make it random
- Swap teams for each round in round based gametypes
- Server messages
- Crosshair disabling
- Trip on foot and/or leg hit
- Stukas
- Laserdot
- Warmup round in roundbased gametypes
- Head popping
- Parts of Ravirs admin tools available for all gametypes (everything but kicktospec should work)
- Bleeding
- Taunts
- Tripwire
- Rain/Snow
- Disable minefields
- Conquest TDM gametype
- Server/Clan logo under compass
- AWE Capture the Flag gametype
- Last Team Standing gametype
- Searchable bodies
- Burning bodies after flamethrower death
- Remote detonable satchels
- Sticky grenades and satchels
- Modify UO sprinting
- Sprinting for Call of Duty (non-UO)
- First aid kits
- HQ works on any map (AWE spawns radios using random TDM spawn points)

That look pretty good!!
What about putting smoke nades???
Would be helpfull against sniper ripping a spawn point and mg42!!

I'd like the sticky nades and satchels and it'd be cool if the flame thrower was in Cassino. I love da flame!

I think the issue with smoke nades was the lag, could be wrong though. There is a spawn protection cvar that can be enabled, but I'm sure majority of the players would be against that since they rack up points on the spawn kills.

Flamethrowers kickass.

Yes.

Ah ok .....the hell with smoke nades then!!

I think Cassino is perfect just the way it is.

I like Cassino the way it is too.. but I think something like a mod might spice it up. I played for a bit today as US... has anyone ever realized why Axis tend to win every time? The Allies weapons aren't too great compared to Axis. I emptied a clip into Harry Carry's back a few times and he probably only needed a band-aid to fix it up. Just looking for an even playing field I guess... and a way to draw/keep more people on the server.

I agree with Pezz!!

- Override grenade count = this means...?
- Search & destroy bomb timer = O.o
- Grenade warnings ("Grenade!") = if you need help you should die
- Random maprotation = meh
- Force/disable weapons (for example: disable grenades, assign fg42 as secondary weapon etc.) - I like my nades!
- Parachuting = love this
- Spawn protection = Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo
- Tracers = ???
- Skyflashes = ???
- Mobile MG42s = interesting...
- Helmet popping = helmet comes off, is so, yes!!!
- Painscreen = if this is what i think, i dont need holes on my screen
- Weapon drop on hand/arm hit = no, i cant spray and pray that way
- Blood splatter on screen = indeed
- Change allies team, or make it random = Let people join whatever team they want
- Swap teams for each round in round based gametypes = nah
- Server messages = dont we already have that?
- Crosshair disabling = NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
- Trip on foot and/or leg hit = I prefer not being crippled when i dash
- Stukas = sticky nades?
- Laserdot = Isnt this WW2, not the present?
- Warmup round in roundbased gametypes = O.o
- Head popping = heads fly off? i like that idea
- Parts of Ravirs admin tools available for all gametypes (everything but kicktospec should work) = ???
- Bleeding = that makes snipers 1 shot kills, up to you
- Taunts = of course
- Tripwire = only if it affects the enemy team, also it cant blow you up on the other side of the wall (personal cheap experience)
- Rain/Snow = i like this
- Disable minefields = no mine field
- Conquest TDM gametype = ???
- Server/Clan logo under compass = lol, more advertising, i leave this up to druid
- AWE Capture the Flag gametype = no, ctf is kinda lame imo
- Last Team Standing gametype = ii like my team standing...
- Searchable bodies = yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Burning bodies after flamethrower death = will we get flamethrowers?
- Remote detonable satchels = they never work
- Sticky grenades and satchels = thats cool
- Modify UO sprinting = more energy?!?!
- Sprinting for Call of Duty (non-UO) = Do we even have non-UO servers?
- First aid kits = nobody heals their allies, its annoying
- HQ works on any map (AWE spawns radios using random TDM spawn points) = unfamiliar with HQ

Well this is what my thoughts on it was. Also, it has a mod which shows you hit somebody, get that its awesome. This is alot of stuff so hopefully i didnt make a spelling error, screw grammar!

- Force/disable weapons (for example: disable grenades, assign fg42 as secondary weapon etc.) - I like my nades!

Basically you can make it so both teams can have flamethrower as a second weapon... well, or anything. Cool feature cause you can make both sides only use a KAR, very fun.

- Tracers = ???

Adds tracer rounds from machine guns... good if you want to know where they're coming from sometimes. Looks sweet too.

- Change allies team, or make it random = Let people join whatever team they want

This is so you can change the representing team in the game... so Cassino could be Russian vs US or German vs German, etc.

- Stukas = sticky nades?

Just German planes that fly over... no big deal, bells and whistles.

- Disable minefields = no mine field

Great for maps like Brecourt.

- AWE Capture the Flag gametype = no, ctf is kinda lame imo

but they have Capture the Beer!

- Burning bodies after flamethrower death = will we get flamethrowers?

The mod adds them as an optional weapon or the admin can make it a secondary weapon... per admin disgretion.

- First aid kits = nobody heals their allies, its annoying

This is a great feature if the bleeding is turned on... you basically hide and hold down a hot key and start healing yourself.


- Remote detonable satchels = they never work

They work... you just press a hotkey after you've wired it in it's location.

- Sticky grenades and satchels = thats cool

Again... like the above.

- Modify UO sprinting = more energy?!?!

Sprinting can be modified by the server admin... slower, faster, more stamina, less, etc.

- Rain/Snow = i like this

It can get annoying, especially rain... like it isn't hard enough to see the Axis team grey on grey... then add some grey rain which also adds more sound to the game.

Then I'm going to put a nice tree over here. It's a friendly tree. Oh i'll put another one right next to him, everybody needs a friend. Next let's add a shack. No body lives in it but it'd be a nice for a camping trip. Just pack your bags and live in the shack for the weekend. Yeah that's nice

Sometimes that show is better to watch than anything else.

Another problem with smoke is that after 30 seconds the entire map is filled with smoke.
The problem with AWE on Cassino is that 75% of the fighting takes place in buildings shooting at openings in other buildings. If you add trip wires nobody is going to be able to move anywhere and it will create a whole new game that goes against what cassino is best at providing. I don't play there really, anymore, but all the changes we made to it were made to make it as fun as possible. That is why all the Cassino regs play there, right? If you start screwing with it you risk losing the players that keep it going.
I'd rather see other maps brought into the rotation before making it AWE. Or, if it does go AWE, I prefer to see a map rotation. I'd probably play there if we started putting in other maps.
But most likely not, since if I want to play TDM I'll play COD2.
Speaking of which, all you Cassino guys should get COD2 and get that server rocking. If you can play UO you can play COD2, despite what the PC requirements are. I don't come anywhere near meeting the requirements for COD2, yet I play it just fine. Could be a lot better, but I think it runs smoother than UO to be honest.
Download the demo and see if it plays for you. If it works for me it should work for you.
BTW my graphics card is a geforce2gts.

i could go either way. i'd rather have it stay the way it is just because i'm fearful of change. but i'd like to at least see what's it like, maybe insert it on the prac server like we did AX mod and test it out if we wanted to?



then make a decison on whether we should keep it.

Bargod - I have CoD2, just haven't been too impressed w/the stock settings. I was spoiled w/the sprint option. I also can't get used to hitting G to throw a nade.... but I guess I'm lazy and could change that to my mouse.

Also, we don't have to use tripwires. That option can be turned off. I think the huge push for AWE from me is the weapons and small bells and whistles. I would love to flush out a room with the flame thrower.

You do run the risk of losing people if you decide to use some mods. I think the most annoying mod is the anti-spawnkilling mod, it not only protects the enemy from my sniper wrath, but it also puts a big bright cross on their heads for ALL to see.

I'm fine with most of these mods except spawn=protection, since i went to MOB i cant really play without chucking a satchel into a spawn point. Well now im gonna try to play somewhere...

well there won't be the spawn protection mod if we decide to use AWE or else ill kill someone.



Harry, i think flamethrowers would get way out of hand and somewhat ruin the classic fun of the cassino.



my input is that there should just be a small red dot for the guns and put a different sound mod in MAYBE

(also, trips would be amazing for hotel)

I agree, Flamethrowers however they are fun, would ruin cassino. Same as if we were to add the red dot with no recoil for snipers. That would make sniping way too easy. I do think what we should add is the trip wires and the searching of dead bodies for weapons.

The Red Dot alone makes it too easy to snipe with any gun. You don't even need to aim down the sight when you have the dot.

I'd just want one thing from this mod, having the MG's jam once in awhile. Like how the mg over heats on the tanks but jams on the mobile mgs.

i agree completely with ddz,

how fun would that be for lip scruff harry ddz etc. if we could set trips on stairs to hotel and in dorrways! make life so much easier.

It can also work the other way around. When I've used the trip wires before, I've set them up so I could snipe comfortably without anyone sneaking up on me.

Pez you should make a new sig saying

"I'll set a nice trip wire here to get anyone sneaking up on me"