Armata Gaming Discussion

PREFACE
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Instead of bumping old threads that have widely different topics, I figured I'd make a new topic to serve as a more central place to keep you guys updated. Basically I've been working on a HL2RP community for the past while. Don't expect it to be released soon, I tend to work on it every now and then (a couple times a week). So yeah, see below for details.

TALKS ON STUFFS
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This part will just be me writing about random subjects with regards to Armata Gaming. Think of it as a sort of Q/A and knowledgebase combined.

What is Armata Gaming and where did it come from?
This is a community I founded a long time ago (2012) and was a spin off of my horribly unsuccessful community called United Revolution Gaming (it was run as a localhost server, oh yeah... It was that bad). While short lived, it was one of the most fun I had in running a community. There was never a lot of people on but the people that were on was a solid group. I only really catered to those that were regulars and we sort of just made our own story line:

From our starts in the city where we got to know each other.
Onto our escape to the coast where we lost those we knew.
All the way out to the unknown in the hopes of making a future
Finally, back for when riots broke out in the streets.
Then unto our consequences... (I actually made Half-Life Consequences, aka HL2: 2023, as a result of this community)

There's a lot of history with this community, many good memories and hopefully many more to come.

Where are you right now in terms of progress?
Right now everything is very preliminary, but development is advancing much smoother compared to before (basically non-existent). I'll probably be focusing on Combine stuff a lot because they're my favourite faction and I get a lot of joy out of working on that kind of stuff. I'll also be working on other stuff along the way so no worries there.

On a similar note I've been playing through HL2 for the first time (ikr?) and I've definitely been getting a better feel for what the HL2 universe is like, so yeah expect even better results.

Helping Out
I'm always looking for people to help me out, the more the better.

If you want to help with developing let me know and I can set you up with a free 10 slot server to do your testing on (either for yourself or for Armata Gaming). Just know that no one will have access to the main server's files except for myself, everything being added has to go through me. Also don't bother with griefing the Trello, see here under Abuse/Griefers: https://trello.com/c/FBBzcpJl/38-introduction-read-me-first . There's no expectations for being a developer, work when you want on what you want, just keep it within guidelines (read the Important Information list on the HL2RP Trello).

If you want to be apart of Staff (server or forum administration) you can also let me know and I'll make a note of it. I'm not going to be handing out any positions yet until I need to. This also helps me weed out those that wouldn't be satisfactory for staff because if they're not available when I'd have needed their help then it probably wouldn't have worked out regardless.

Launch Date
There is no launch date at this moment.

The reason for this is because I want to launch when I'm ready to launch. Too many times have I set a date that I either can't keep to or end up not working out because it wasn't enough time to get done what needed to get done. On the bright side it should be a pleasant surprise when a date is announced.

Is the server going to be super serious?
No, at least in terms of rules.

I really want the server to develop naturally and I always felt like extensive rules got in the way of that. I almost hope to just throw a bunch of random people into the server and say "ok, have fun now! ". I'm going to try and make rules enforced by game mechanics instead of staff (e.g. S2M being replaced with either modified weapons that have better balance or something like (or exactly like) kurozael's ShootToMiss plugin.

What about your other stuff you're working on?
Well I dunno, it really depends on whether it falls under business or personal. If it's business I'll of course be working on whatever it may be, if it's personal then it is what it is and I'll work on it whenever (i.e. soon(tm)).

What now?
Well that's it for this part, I'll expand on it as the need arises and I'll be sure to make a reply saying I've added more. As for what happens next that's whatever you'd like to do. You can reply to this thread or check out the links below, thanks for reading!

USEFUL LINKS
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Community Resources
Website: http://armatagaming.com/ (just a redirect to the forums atm)
Forums: https://forums.armatagaming.com/
Steam Group: http://steam.armatagaming.com/

Progress/Tracking
HL2RP Changelog (complete changes are posted here): https://forums.armatagaming.com/index.php/topic,23.0.html
HL2RP Trello (basically a roadmap for the server): https://trello.com/b/UmXN8rL9
Forum Changelog (not very interesting): https://forums.armatagaming.com/index.php/topic,26.0.html
Forum Trello (not very interesting): https://trello.com/b/565ed7HZ

Previous Updates For HL2RP
This won't be getting updated any further, updates will come as replies to this thread.

MPF Uniforms: https://forums.armatagaming.com/index.php/topic,23.msg39.html#msg39
Payroll Dispenser: https://forums.armatagaming.com/index.php/topic,23.msg42.html#msg42
MPF Uniforms fixes: https://forums.armatagaming.com/index.php/topic,23.msg62.html#msg62
MPF Uniforms Aliases and Item Info: https://forums.armatagaming.com/index.php/topic,23.msg63.html#msg63

Other Interesting Links
HL2RP Survey/Discussion (this has set a big basis for what I'll be doing and how): http://forums.cloudsixteen.com/threads/planning-a-hl2rp-community-please-do-my-survey-s.24252/



Also a random quote I like:
"You can't hold a modern nation together by force. You have to hold it together by showing to the people that their lot, their future, their destiny, is better within the country than without."

 

Very sexy.

 

actually seems pretty cool my dude
forum looks like it was made in 2007 though

 

that's it's aesthetic ya dummy

bring back old vibes and good times

 

Yeah, it's the original theme I used when I first made Armata Gaming. The reason I'm using it now is nostalgia more than anything.

edit: I'll probably add more themes for people to switch to if they really don't like the current theme, but the current theme would remain as the default.

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=149987777 - cards and chips
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=290282950 - riot shield swep

I noticed that you had a couple of todo's and these addons might help.

 

Thanks!

 

I've made an announcement on the forums: https://forums.armatagaming.com/index.php/topic,36.0.html

I figured I'd go ahead with some form of an early release just to get my feet wet.

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