ge_startarmed
This is a server variable that will have a significant impact on gameplay. Needless to say, anything of significance and gameplay-impact in GES came out of my mind, was assaulted with the
Chaos Grid, and the brusied remnants is what makes it through the filtre.
ge_startarmed was intended to determine the player's weapon on spawn, and to enable a server to handle LTK specially, since LTK is very different when a player starts with a gun or without, and a server may want to arm players in LTK but not in the other scenarios. So, I drafted it thus:
0: Slap in DM, Knife in LTK.
1: Knife in DM, Pistol in LTK.
2: Pistol always.
I know, very complicated, and doesn't address the problem. Fortunately, KM saved the day an implemented the following:
As you can see, the Chaos Grid added new modes that are so great I never even thought of them. Plus, it enables new weapons. In earlier incarnations, 3 started player with knife and pistol, but Xzibit showed up and said "Yo Dawg, I heard you liked knives and guns, so I put a gun in your knife so you can shoot while you stab." Teddy Bear was originally envisioned as a special item that would protect you from instant death when jumping from a catwalk in LTK, but now that LTK falls aren't instantly lethal, Teddy Bear is now a weapon for the German localization. Since Germany censors any violence, German players will be compelled to run LTK+Start Armed 3, where players use the Teddy Bear to put their Friends to Sleep. Player to put the most friends to sleep gets the Sandman Award.
But there's a number after 3, so let's have the most armed starts possible! Borrowing from other great FPS's of the past, Start Armed 4 starts players with the ASMD Shock Rifle (it was going to be Moonraker, but ASMD has a cooler beam) and for LTK, the BFG9000 is clearly a weapon for everyone to start with.
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BOOOM!Oh, and the whole LTK functionality thing; I don't think that actually works...
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