Readyrooms?

FireWarrior

This question have probably been answered a hundred time before, but I can't find any information on WHAT the "readyroom" is.

And Yes I HAVE searched for it. And Yes I also checked the FAQs.

What does it do? Where is it? Why is it there?
So far all I have gathered is that it have something to do with chatting....

Ramses

Well, again:
The readyroom is the room where all players spawns when they join a game.
The readyroom has four exits:
1 exit is for "Join Specators"
1 exit is for "Join Random Team"
1 exit is for "Join Aliens"
1 exit is for "Join Marines"
The readyroom is created by the mapper and is individual in every map. The mapper also decides how the exits look like, but mostly they have green signs above them.
Besides the purpose of joining teams the readyroom is also used to simply hang around and talk before the action starts. It is a nice way to avoid complicated GUI(Graphical(?) User Interface) Menus also.
And you MUST have found it with a search...

realityisdead

Nice description, Ramses. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

Might I add that the readyroom is really a key part of the social experience of the game. It may seem a lowly little room where you simply pick your teams... but NS wouldn't be the same experience without it. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

Gwahir

I wouldn't call gui menus complicated Ramses, especially since they're why we don't get a secondary fire.  The right mouse button activates a menu system.

Elowind

maybe since the right mouse is a menu system he was too angry and didnt want to make another?

realityisdead

Ok, maybe that part wasn't all that great then. <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->

Actually, the readyroom isn't there to eliminate gui menus because they're confusing or too complex... It's to further immerse you in to the game. So you're constantly "playing", not browsing through menus. It may not sound like that big of a deal, going through a few clicks in a menu... and it isn't... but the readyrooms go a long way to making the game all that more immersive.

XyberBob

Thanks, I always thought the readyroom was a website <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->

coil

Imagine if in CounterStrike, at the beginning of every round you went through a supply bunker and picked up your gear from racks on the walls, then headed through the doorway and into the game.  That's what the readyroom is like - rather than "select your team," you walk down a hallway, or fall down a hole in the floor, or take an elevator, etc.  It works really well.

Asraniel

XcyberBob, readyroom is a website, its the best natural selection website, www.readyroom.org there you can find many screenshots and also many news. At the moment there are less news, but thats normal because MonieurEvil is busy with playtesting and other natural selection things.