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[Amidatelion]

Can someone summarize? I haven't the time to listen.

Extant servers stay for foreseeable future.
New private servers will have the exact same functionality as extant servers.
All private servers will have HTML remote services to fuzzy bunny around in the back end as soon as glaring security issues with it are resolved.
Price point may come down in the future.

[CaliberMengsk]

Have there been any specifics on what will be configurable? if i were to buy this, I personally would like to be able to change things like removing the tech, adding health to mechs, increasing splash range of tows, etc.

I'd also like a way to maybe change the loading screen to link to a forum post for feedback, or just to say who is providing the server.

As well, being able to get player stats from the server would be nice for a custom leader board, or for personalized server balancing of mech stats.

[Amidatelion]

Have there been any specifics on what will be configurable? if i were to buy this, I personally would like to be able to change things like removing the tech, adding health to mechs, increasing splash range of tows, etc.

I'd also like a way to maybe change the loading screen to link to a forum post for feedback, or just to say who is providing the server.

As well, being able to get player stats from the server would be nice for a custom leader board, or for personalized server balancing of mech stats.

 

Honestly, this splash damage of tows stuff and is engine-level configuration. It would require a completely separate level of mods that would have to be reviewed and approved by the devs.

 

The thing about mods of yesteryear is that they ran on private servers that did not depend on developer support and were individually hosted, maintained and moderated. This is not easily implementable because Hawken is a) Free To Play b) Developer maintained and c) dependent on multiple separate server systems that validate accounts and account content. While the new devs may very well decide that this is a direction that they want to pursue, it is unlikely to happen, even on a year timescale because of the infrastructure that would have to be set up to support it.

 

Mech health you can sort-of mess with currently by messing around with current friendly fire settings but anything permanent is again an engine-level mod and not immediately viable.

 

I don't know enough about how the servers and back-end interact to judge how banning the tech would work, but it should be technically easier than banning internals/items.

 

Message of the day stuff on the other hand should be easily configurable. Unless I miss my guess there are extant system that could be conceivably re-purposed to display those things. You see it used from time to time to make game-wide announcements. There should be a way to port that to be individual server-only.

[crockrocket]

I'd be curious to know if the blue walls could be disabled in a private server. I'm guessing that those are probably actually a part of the maps and therefore a no go, but I would have a lot of fun messing around if you could turn them off.

[eth0]

This is a bit out there, but it'd be way cool if we could load up the old maps on private servers. Not bazaar (sahara in command line), but the actual sahara. The first map I played HAWKEN on. That's where the monies at. Dosh. Dolladollabillsyall.

[Rei]

How about custom map support in Hawken? I know someone who wants to make maps for the game and user content is one of the ways to go for free map development!

 

Also I got one, I'm gonna assume we can get an api for running these as well?

[BaronSaturday]

Can I just buy the sticker? I really just want the sticker.

[LaurenEmily]

Can I just buy the sticker? I really just want the sticker.

You can make something like that yourself pretty easily. The sticker is not even that fancy imo.

[Silverfire]

This is a bit out there, but it'd be way cool if we could load up the old maps on private servers. Not bazaar (sahara in command line), but the actual sahara. The first map I played HAWKEN on. That's where the monies at. Dosh. Dolladollabillsyall.

#bringbackthetunnel

[BaronSaturday]

You can make something like that yourself pretty easily. The sticker is not even that fancy imo.

But if I have it made, it won't go to Reloaded.

[Amidatelion]

But if I have it made, it won't go to Reloaded.

 

Make it yourself, buy MC as penance.

[eth0]

PRIVATE SERVERS the countdown


I'll be late at best but I may be able to follow the stream.

[CraftyDus]

Leaving work early for this. 

 

[(Unknown)1590d2c747fabd]

Have the invites for the live stream Q&A already gone out for the Ticket Holders? Or maybe I just missed it?

Edited by oSPANNERo, 30 April 2015 - 12:59 PM.

[teeth_03]

I was emailed a ticket with this information:

 

"Thank you for participating in the Hawken Server Pioneer Event!

When the event closes we will ship your custom Hawken Logitech

gaming mouse, and generate your private server instance. For a

limited time participants in the Hawken Pioneer Event will be the

only ones who can own and operate private Hawken servers.

CapnJosh and the Hawken Team appreciate all your support!"

[(Unknown)1590d2c747fabd]

Yep, I see that too but no info on tonight's live stream.

[Amidatelion]

Yeah I didn't even get that message.

[teeth_03]

I'll assume in an hour we should go to twitch?

[(Unknown)1590d2c747fabd]

I'll assume in an hour we should go to twitch?

 

That is as good a guess as any at this point but I was under the impression (perhaps falsely) that the Q&A was going to be restricted to only ticket holders?

 

"Each $129 ticket entitles you to:

• Particpation in the April 30, 2015 livestream with CapnJosh to mark the launch of the new Private Server System"

Edited by oSPANNERo, 30 April 2015 - 03:18 PM.

[eth0]

What's the low down? Who do I gotta green beam around here?

edit: here's the stream http://www.twitch.tv...ken/b/654965708

Edited by eth0, 30 April 2015 - 08:25 PM.

[crockrocket]

Sorry if this was answered during the Q&A, but is the intention to finish private server development during this 90 day trail period? Is the "finished product" going to be available at the end of this?

 

I put finished product in quotes because I know game development will continue, but what I'm asking is if we'll have the ability to rent a private server with the new UI at the end of the Pioneers' trial period.

Edited by crockrocket, 30 April 2015 - 08:17 PM.