ZP Combogib Mutator

Ooper

I'm probably being dumb again, but I can't find the zp version of the combogib mutator like yours and the other combo server uses, I'm not planning or running it for anything more then node utstats development on my old I5 2400 server.

Anyone got a link to a download, I was going through ut-files, unreal archive, and medors but can't find a zp other than the newnet ones I don't plan on using.

snowguy

Main London combo server is running zeropingplusv103
http://www.ut-files.com/index.php?dir=Zeroping/&file=ZeroPingPlus103.zip

Can't find the original version of combo I started with, it was called T2 I think. I kept doing tiny modifications to it over the years but it is all on my other computer, I'll have to sort it out tomorrow and package it up for you.

You can have the .u file now though and together with zpp103 you should be able to start it with mutator startup cgzpp18b.cbg_Mut1

I think this was the latest anyway, I remember I did another change in 2019 but for some reason went back to the 2018 version. I'll know for sure tomorrow.

You might also want the NoSelfDamage and NDgrap49c which you can find on ut-files also.

cgzpp18bu.zip

3kB

snowguy

Oh, wait that was an old backup 🙂

Here is a more recent version.

cgzpp21au.zip

4kB

snowguy

Here is the latest version: cgzpp21b. In comparison to 21a it only adds an ini to control what to keep in the game. I only wanted this option to keep other items so I could run the xmas stuff for fun. Never released this because I didn't expect anyone to want to run it since newnet is superior and most people complain about zp (just a note for anyone else that finds this).

Here is the thread about the original version that someone else made and I just modified here and there.
https://unrealadmin.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30841

In that thread there are some instructions for compiling a new version in the unlikely event anyone would ever want to do that 😉

cgzpp21brelease.zip

13kB

Ooper

Thanks.

Ooper

Are you using cgzpp21b on your server? I didn't notice at first that the mutator already changed the damage type string, so adding support to node utstats would be pretty easy.

But changing the MyDamageType of the shockball to something else then you could display kills for left click, right click, and combo kills.

snowguy

The main combo London server is still using cgzpp21a but I will switch it to 21b for xmas.

I changed the damagetype for combos to 'ShockCombo' as was done in ut2004 so I could easily detect combo kills for a combo whore announcer. I also thought about setting the damage type for the secondary fire, in fact, I did set it to 'ShockBall' in FNN but later suggested they change it back in case it would break compatibility with any mutator that relied on the jolted damage type. That would be cool though to show top combo ball killers etc 😉

Are you already referencing smartCTF for stats at all? I will soon be adding variables to smartCTF so that total combos and insane combos (aka holy shit combos) can be displayed on the scoreboard exactly as sp0ngeb0b did. It might then be best that you get that information from SmartCTF and then you will automatically be adding compatibility for the UrS server in case they ever decide to put it back online and decide they want to run node utstats 2.

By the way, the UrS combo weapon used damageType 'combo' for combo kills which adds yet another reason to just get the info from smartCTF.

Here is where sp0nge added the additional variables to the UrS specific smartCTF version: Combos & InsaneCombos
https://github.com/Sp0ngeb0b/SmartCTF/blob/master/Classes/SmartCTFPlayerReplicationInfo.uc

I will add those same two vars to SmartCTF for ESU combo servers and then the standalone insane combo mutator can just update SmartCTF whenever those type of kills are detected.

Ooper

The damage type get's logged with kills, that's what I am planning to use, that way I can get multiple kills from a single combo kill, unless the smartCTF method logs per kill from a combo instead of one combo event per combo even if you kill 2+ players with a single combo kill.

Below is one kill with left click, then a kill with a shock ball, followed by a combo kill

7.92	kill	0	ComboGib	1	ComboGib	Jolted2
11.35	kill	0	ComboGib	1	ComboGib	Jolted2
29.36	kill	0	ComboGib	1	ComboGib	ShockCombo

snowguy

Yes, the variable Combos in SmartCTF will be total combo kills. Also, you would then be able to get the number of insane combos (basically moving combos) this way, if you wanted to provide statistics for them.

My suggestion to use SmartCTF variables instead of the damagetype provided by the weapon is really about greater compatibility between projects. Otherwise we would need communication with the 5 different programmers involved assuming they would even care and want to make everything compatible.

If you would rather not use SmartCTF and are only wanting to worry about combo kills and not do anything with insane combos then it would be best if we use 'combo' as the damagetype instead of 'ShockCombo'. Because of a bug that I'm not sure will ever be fixed in the newnet I use on the other combos servers, I can only get the 'combo' damagetype to set properly on the other servers. Setting it to 'ShockCombo' in the config intermittently fails. Let me know if that is what you choose and I will just make the change to 'combo' damagetype in cgzpp and send you a new version.

Ooper

I'll just use the smartCTF method.