Commander Learning Tool?

TRiGGeR

I am beginning to play this MOD and I am very impreseed. It's a blast especially with an educated/experienced commander. My question is - is there a way to practice commanding alone as not to P*** off other players? There have been many times games start and no one wants to command. I have tried to learn by going into small servers but that is not really fun for the other players when i am trying to get a feel for all of the controls and how to effectively run the console. And of course you can't load up your own server becouse you need an additional player to begin the game.

Will this be possible in 3.0??

Thanks in advance... Nice - Very Nice MOD Guys.....

Charge

type sv_cheats 1 to console and you can build alone. givepoints to console to get res

BlueNovember

Note that this can be only accomplished if you have administrative privileges on a RCON Server, or if you run NS using the commandline:

"D:\Games\Half Life\hl.exe -game ns -nointro -sv cheats 1"

Of course you must replace the "D:\Games\Half Life\hl.exe" with the location of your own HL executable.



With regards to commander training, some servers (The SandBox,) are specifically set up for comms to train, so the marines should not get too annoyed. Alternatively, there are bots for both aliens and marines available. Their intelligence is surprising, and they are not to be ignored as a training option.

RCBOT - Marines and Aliens
WhichBot - Specialises in Aliens only

I pressume that there are more available. Scornforge hosts both of them.

Nurot

Arghh RCBOT isn't too good..... it'd be good for the purpose of commanding though I guess. WhichBot? never heard of it I think I'll try it out ... been looking for a real challenge from a bot program as of late in NS.

UGLAndrew

i'd say practice on servers like Readyroom and Lunixmonster, they're both newbie friendlie servers, and i think you'd be able to try and learn how to command there, without being insulted, or anything <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

BlueNovember

As for the Vets, STAY OUT! Hehe. I must admit, it's great fun going rambo on a n00b server, but rather mean.

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Asal_The_Unforgiving

Why stay out? I like to help people out, and if it means simply following orders, I'll do that. Where do you play, Trigger?

BlueNovember

Well OK, but as long as you dont mercilessly hunt down n00bs and scare them away from this great game, I suppose it's ok.

Heck, I cant get enough of TheSandbox and its crazy noobie "Kamikazi" feature...

Nemesice

i agree with him

BlueNovember

Wooo ty.
I even have it bound to a key...

Bind l "say kamikaze"

Not sure on spelling, but it gets the job done. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> Hey, a bit of light relief before a clan match never hurt anyone.

Asal_The_Unforgiving

I've heard about Kamikaze before......never had a chance to try it. Time to bind mouse3 to a useful effect, neh?

Edit: poorly worded

Fieari

Yes, do try out WhichBot. It's uncanny how good it is, really. Scary at times. Although it does still have some bugs and things that can be exploited from time to time...

DragonMech

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Like what? I've played against them, and they are GOOD. Almost lifelike in their ability to go about kicking my [insert you-know-what body part here]. I'm lucky to get 2 kills in before they chomp me apart.

BlueNovember

Expoits? Like shooting them when they get stuck in walls? Or more complicated? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

zerwalter

Basically, if you want usefull experience then you should play o newbie-friendly pubs. If you just want to get familiar with the interface, then use RCBOT. Whichbot is alien only (and they are good) so use them to practice your overall shooting skills.