Post by coolquakemaps on May 29, 2006 5:50:38 GMT -5
I have been hoping for a really good COOP mod for Quake 2 for a really long time now.
I have looked around and found a few. Some of them have really cool features. But it seems like most of them do not have all the needed features in one single MOD. Also, alot of the COOP mods I've tried are buggy, crash alot and are not even finished.
Here are the features that I think would make a great COOP MOD.
MORE MAXCLIENTS! We need to be able to have more then only 4 people allowed to play at a time in the COOP server. 8 would be better, or possibly even more.
TOUGHER & SMARTER MONSTERS! The monsters in COOP, even on hard setting, with 4 players in the game alot of them can be easily defeated. Also the monsters are dumb and need to have better AI so they are smarter and fight better.
MONSTER MULTIPLY! There should also be an option that is something like a MONSTER MULTIPLY setting in which you can double, or even triple the amount of monsters that will be in the levels.
SPECTATOR MODE! We need to have spectator mode because sometimes people want to just watch the action instead of actually playing like they do on other servers, but COOP doesn't allow you to spectate.
CHEATS OFF, DMFLAGS ON! ALL CHEATS should be disabled on the coop server and all DMFLAG options should be turned on. That way people can have options like unlimited ammo on or friendly fire turned off. In fact, friendly fire OFF should be a default setting for the coop mod.
VOTING SYSTEM. There should be some type of voting system so people can play only the levels they want to play instead of being forced to play through levels they don't want to play or have already solved.
MONSTER WEAPONS SETTING. I don't know if this is possible but it would be really cool if you could vote to control what weapons the monsters use. For example, you could set all the strogg to have the railgun. That could be really fun.
HIGH SCORE & RANKS SYSTEM. There should also be some kind of a high score or ranking system that works with the server and keeps a database of saved scores and ranks. Players get points and ranks for solving levels, defeating monsters and the boss of a level. Possibly each player should have to enter a password upon entering the server to make sure nobody else can mess with their rank and score. This would keep the server popular and keep people coming back even AFTER they have solved the game, people will want to keep coming back to work on their score or rank.
MULTI LEVEL PLAY! OR NO EXIT FEATURE. I don't know if this is possible but one big problem with Q2 COOP play is that you get alot of players who rush through the levels without finding all the secrets or killing all the monsters. You might be in the heat of battle with a strogg only to suddenly get sent to the next level because someone in a big rush didn't want to wait to get to the next level. IT'S REALLY ANNOYING. One way to fix this would be to have MULTI LEVEL PLAY. I don't know if that is even possible, I guess not because then the server would have to be on two maps at the same time, LOL. Interesting idea though. But another way to fix it would be to have a NO EXIT ALLOWED until everyone is in the exit.
I really wish someone could make a COOP mod something like this. I realize it would be alot of work. But Quake 2 is old now, it's about time someone made it!! It would make COOP alot more popular then it is now. I think it would make Q2 alot more popular too because a COOP online feature is a very unique feature for a shoot em up game. Most games do not have it.
The best COOP MOD I've tried so far is STROGGS GONE MAD. But the only thing that mod does is make the monsters AI better, and give you a CLONE STROGG, a strogg that looks like a human player. It's just not enough. It's a great start though. Also STROGGS GONE MAD crashes the server alot which makes me think it has alot of bugs still, and whoever made it is not updating it any longer, or fixing the bugs.
I've been wanting a COOP MOD like this for a really long time. I thought if I waited a while eventually someone would make it. BUT NOPE, I feel like it's about time someone make something like this. Everyone keeps making DM MODS and we have TONS of those.
I have looked around and found a few. Some of them have really cool features. But it seems like most of them do not have all the needed features in one single MOD. Also, alot of the COOP mods I've tried are buggy, crash alot and are not even finished.
Here are the features that I think would make a great COOP MOD.
MORE MAXCLIENTS! We need to be able to have more then only 4 people allowed to play at a time in the COOP server. 8 would be better, or possibly even more.
TOUGHER & SMARTER MONSTERS! The monsters in COOP, even on hard setting, with 4 players in the game alot of them can be easily defeated. Also the monsters are dumb and need to have better AI so they are smarter and fight better.
MONSTER MULTIPLY! There should also be an option that is something like a MONSTER MULTIPLY setting in which you can double, or even triple the amount of monsters that will be in the levels.
SPECTATOR MODE! We need to have spectator mode because sometimes people want to just watch the action instead of actually playing like they do on other servers, but COOP doesn't allow you to spectate.
CHEATS OFF, DMFLAGS ON! ALL CHEATS should be disabled on the coop server and all DMFLAG options should be turned on. That way people can have options like unlimited ammo on or friendly fire turned off. In fact, friendly fire OFF should be a default setting for the coop mod.
VOTING SYSTEM. There should be some type of voting system so people can play only the levels they want to play instead of being forced to play through levels they don't want to play or have already solved.
MONSTER WEAPONS SETTING. I don't know if this is possible but it would be really cool if you could vote to control what weapons the monsters use. For example, you could set all the strogg to have the railgun. That could be really fun.
HIGH SCORE & RANKS SYSTEM. There should also be some kind of a high score or ranking system that works with the server and keeps a database of saved scores and ranks. Players get points and ranks for solving levels, defeating monsters and the boss of a level. Possibly each player should have to enter a password upon entering the server to make sure nobody else can mess with their rank and score. This would keep the server popular and keep people coming back even AFTER they have solved the game, people will want to keep coming back to work on their score or rank.
MULTI LEVEL PLAY! OR NO EXIT FEATURE. I don't know if this is possible but one big problem with Q2 COOP play is that you get alot of players who rush through the levels without finding all the secrets or killing all the monsters. You might be in the heat of battle with a strogg only to suddenly get sent to the next level because someone in a big rush didn't want to wait to get to the next level. IT'S REALLY ANNOYING. One way to fix this would be to have MULTI LEVEL PLAY. I don't know if that is even possible, I guess not because then the server would have to be on two maps at the same time, LOL. Interesting idea though. But another way to fix it would be to have a NO EXIT ALLOWED until everyone is in the exit.
I really wish someone could make a COOP mod something like this. I realize it would be alot of work. But Quake 2 is old now, it's about time someone made it!! It would make COOP alot more popular then it is now. I think it would make Q2 alot more popular too because a COOP online feature is a very unique feature for a shoot em up game. Most games do not have it.
The best COOP MOD I've tried so far is STROGGS GONE MAD. But the only thing that mod does is make the monsters AI better, and give you a CLONE STROGG, a strogg that looks like a human player. It's just not enough. It's a great start though. Also STROGGS GONE MAD crashes the server alot which makes me think it has alot of bugs still, and whoever made it is not updating it any longer, or fixing the bugs.
I've been wanting a COOP MOD like this for a really long time. I thought if I waited a while eventually someone would make it. BUT NOPE, I feel like it's about time someone make something like this. Everyone keeps making DM MODS and we have TONS of those.
