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Thanks for the post Rapture.

1: Bridge Construction
OBJ is broken
Can't climb Def Ladder Onto Tower
Add really small amounts of fog (just itty bitty)

That should all be easy to fix. I'll add this to a personal list and see that it gets fixed in the next update.

2:Breakout
Why are my nades when I throw them from 2nd floor of spawn on def, to 1st floor hallway towards assault spawn or down in main pump hurting my teammates that are postioned on the 3rd floor?

I have no answer for this. I would have to see it in-game before even guessing as to why it happens.

Can We Add A Self heal??
Can we add A sai? enemy spotted but not the glitched version where u can report e's
 even though u cannot actually see them.

Highly unlikely. This would require heavy amounts of coding via UScript and that's pretty much a lost language. A few people still know it but nobody that's willing to work on AA. Jonny, Possessed and me know enough to putter around and compile basic stuff but creating a new mod from scratch is way outside our skillset.

Can we add a editor made for 2.5 and not have to make maps in 2.8 and convert them to 2.5? (if not then this is ok, just a suggestion)

No, for many reasons. The editor could allow hacks to be made easier. It's one that's not public and has files that might be bad if leaked. It is also very buggy and temperamental and would be a strain to explain everything with it to the public. Then we would have to think about what to do when people make maps, how to handle them and allow people to upload them. Would the maps even make the cut? If there were more players and more interest in custom maps, I would probably be motivated to create our own Mission Depot website where everything would be handled. Right now though, I don't see it adding any benefit to the community as most of them don't even play custom maps aside from Pool Day.

Can we fix ladder glitch where u get stuck on ladders and can't do anything?

This goes back to the UScript thing again. Is it a bug? Is it AGP code? Is it engine code? It's probably beyond our knowledge.

PB!!!! true pb is great. but if the admin pb commands don't work (and hack hunter works better than pb and faster) can we get rid of pb and have hack hunter as our main source for catching hackers so that people aren't getting handshake fails and other pb errors. besides, what's the stats on pb caught hackers and hack hunter caught hackers? what in ur opinon works best?

I agree. PB just adds lag and is very bloated with all of the checks. I don't like it but I'm sure Jonny and Possessed would disagree.

Also what is progress on updating to other versions other than 2.5? Not necessarily 2.8.5, but are there other versions we could build up to? 2.6? 2.7?

2.8.5 is pretty much lost unless ELiZ comes back and fixes the brick wall of issues that he ran into. 2.5 is used due to the native code. Jonny got 2.8.5 working on Linux and Mac so 2.6 would be possible as UScript mods were developed for that but I don't know that it would be worthwhile.

we miss those updates (patches) and we understand all the work is done free of charge without using Pragmatic (Pay for honor) But more people will be excited with more frequent updates.

Again, I agree. I love updates. It shows the developers care. There's not a lot to update though. Security is tough because good hacks are paid for and personally, I wouldn't know the first step to detecting one. Updates for the game itself is pretty much impossible since we don't have the source code. Maps are great and that's something I know how to do pretty well but not many people play them. That's why I'm thinking about bug fixes and tuning existing maps without changing gameplay.

I hope that's the way it goes zoxee.

hi to all
now we should just make a step back and watch what will happened. the admins and programmer of this game can do what they want. and I guess, maybe, this can go in a good direction. first of all I did not think that it will, but maybe it is a good way.
let's try it. enjoy and relax. give it a chance. for sure, none of us would like to see this game dead (maybe almost all).
so maybe in the future, when the players are growing (what a nice expression ) then they will maybe accept the modded servers like they do already, but maybe with half honor counting and not with nothing.
but until then, just go and fight and kill all the cheating noobs.
and enjoy the game!

A big thanks to Merlin for disagreeing with the decision but understanding and accepting it. His level of maturity and gratitude is what all AA players should strive to have.

Also, if discouraging mods turns out to be a horrible decision and the vast majority of players leave rapidly, I'm sure Jonny will do something to remedy that. Bottom line is, you need players to keep a game alive.

Vanoke, please read my signature. You need to comply.

He's not the only one that gets past the bans, he's just the most talked about example. If you know how to code in RealBasic and want to create a better ban method/system, send Jonny a PM with your ideas.

I've tried to come up with some ideas and methods but Jonny's a bit smarter/more creative and explained to me why they wouldn't work so I'm tapped out as far as that goes.


Course, Jonny could always implement his Paypal donation-based account system. You thought disabling mods caused a shit storm, that would make people rage 10x as much.

I have no control over Assist or anything that's done with it. I don't really play AA either. I'm just posting in this because I agree with what Jonny is doing.

The whole "play on a non-mod server" argument is invalid. We have LOST old AA players because the gameplay they (and we) loved is destroyed with mods. All that hang around now is people that like the mods. If we allow hacks and build them into Assist people will play with them and we will lose the base of players that don't like them. Then what do you say to those people that are left that like the hacks when you decide to remove them? It's the same thing here.

They just put the final nail in the coffin for AA 2.5....Good job admins....

Thanks. When you make your own project to share with other people, feel free to go against the wishes of the few when it means you are going down the path that you feel is right.

tidididi is right. This game built it's popularity without mods. It's a unique gameplay experience and mods turn it into just another game.