WildWest 1.4 beta feedback

[Hewster]

Ok peeps... very shortly I will be releasing the 1.4 beta to the
players that have expressed an interest in helping polish this
patch

I will expect you to give your honest & constructive feedback,
please use this thread to post your comments and discuss the changes
with the other testers.

A brief rundown of what is different in WildWest version 1.4:

New weapons:
Volley rifle
Colt revolving rifle
Molotov bomb

Other weapon changes:
new duel colts
all new weapon models
all new weapon code
all new weapon sounds
Miners & Doctors now have the choice of either the Henry or the colt
rifle, and can drop & pickup either of these weapons in game.

Sheriffs / Captains & Soldiers have 2 main weapons, you can choose
you combination in the limbo screen, and drop & pickup any weapon
which that class is allowed in game (i.e. drop a Henry & pickup a colt
rifle, or drop the volley gun & pickup duel colts)

Doctors have a new responsibility, they give out Molotov's with there
health bags, they have unlimited Molotov's, but their use is linked
to their weapon power bar.
all other classes can carry 2 Molotov's, except miners which cannot
carry any, they however can hold many fused bombs.

Game speed has been increased by around 7%, stamina lasts longer,
and is linked to run speed.. more realistic player "bob" linked
directly to player speed.

all guns now have a recoil.
footsteps now have a spur jingling

weapon ammo amounts / accuracy ect may be adjusted after testing,
so I'll not mention them here.

I am hoping to have this update uploaded for our testers today
Sunday 22 June 2003.

All in all I'm pretty excited & hope you guys are gonna enjoy the
changes I've been working so hard on over the last few months


Hewster

[Vonner]

Hewy... We should be thanking you... Hey its sunday morning here.. Have alll day to play...Hehe.... Hope it gets uploaded.... C ya in the game ... VONNER aka EL POLLO LOCO

[[DSB]Cire]

When I spawned as cowboy in saloon, there didn't appear to be any music playing (piano) - though if I moved slightly I could hear it very faintly. I could hear it louder if outside.

[Angel-Eyes]

Yeah I noticed that. I kinda miss the music i've gotten so use to it.

Dude, what can I say, you are GOD!!! Not to knock 1.14b, but that classic feel is back. The only thing I'd change is the spur sound. I'd knock it down 30% or something. Great work!

[[DSB]Cire]

I liked the sound of the spurs jangling as it added effect, but after a while it did sort of start to grate. So yes, I would say reduce it a bit - but not enough to be unnoticeable by others

[Angel-Eyes]

Well Hewster you've done a great job there, there are a couple of things that do need looking at though. I know it's a beta test but some things will need sorting.

1. The spurs are too loud. It does get rather annoying after a while, maybe they want turning down a tad.

2. The pianist is a playing but very low music, you can hardly hear him.

3. The single colt dragoon seems a bit big and in the wrong postion. When you compare it to the colt rifle it's nearly as big. I think that does need reducing in size just a tad. It looks like your holding a cannon rather than a colt. The model is great it's just the size of it in relation to the game.

4. How come there is a delay in picking up ammo and medic bags. I noticed this last night. Is that supposed to happen? I think that needs changing back to how it was before.

Another question for you. The wagon near the bank, I don't recall being able to drop through it. Was it solid before? If so then you can drop through the roof of it. I think that's all really. You've learnt by past mistakes which is good. I really don't think there is a need to change any of the accuracy settings as I would say you have them bang on. Overall the gameplay has improved ten fold and I think that the finished patch will be the best yet. All we need now is Gringo to finish his map off and we're on a winner.

Oh before I forget my system specs are as follows:
CPU: AMD XP3000
OS: Windows XP Pro
Graphics: Gainward Geforce 4 MX440 8x AGP 64 meg ddr
Memory: 1gb DDR PC2700
Storage: 100 gig
Connection: 1Meg

That volley rifle is great at close range, you can take a mans head off with it Ain't that right Gringo? :lol:

[DSBpOOh]

Hi folks,

i enjoyed it very much yesterday night. Good work from Hewster !!

1) if you are hit, you`re getting extremely slow. i thought i need from the stables to the saloon 10minutes ;-)) Is this by design ??

2) I was very astonished (is this the right word for ??) when i drop a medipack, i see a medipack and a molotov ?

3) the bug with the open window in the bank is gone (thanks)

4) Some ways are no very long. e.g. starting at the saloon..... mmhhh, but for the gameplay I think it`s better......

is there any testserver around where we can test that stuff round the clock ??

pOOh

[Angel-Eyes]

I know Hewster has left his server running and Lone wolf are running the beta. So intensive testing won't be a problem.

[Hewster]

Piano music ... mmm perhaps the new spawn points are effecting the sound
I'll look into it

Spurs... I agree they are a bit too loud I will adjust

Single colt model... I agree

Ammo-box's & health bag delay ... yes I added a delay on purpose, to stop
those pesky doctors running away & giving themselves lots of health,
making them very hard to kill.. I will continue to look into weather
this is a good idea

Speed change when injured.. yep I've not really changed this from previous
versions.. I don't intend changing this.. NOTE: stamina is now also linked
to speed.. stamina should be saved for emergencies.. try and keep it 75%
full, so you have the speed to "run away" when in danger

Doctors now give out molotov ammo for other players.. I may reduce the
time it takes them to "sink" though, as there seemed to be a lot of bottles
laying around last night !

bank window bug... its only 1/2 fixed !! lol but will be addressed again
when a final "compile" of the map is done for final release

test-servers.. yes I will be asking Danny at LoneWolf to keep his server
running the test, as mine is on my home system, and not entirely reliable!
and every time I check my e-mail players will get lag !! lol
also I would like people to play on LoneWolf, as this is a Linux server
and needs testing.

Keep the feedback comming guys

I'll be writing a post reguarding the new gameplay stuff, including
the new weapon banks shortly.

Hewster