[KarlMariaSeeberg]

AnonDafb, on 17 February 2015 - 08:33 AM, said:

I think he is only working with Casa for HD!
But I want update the uptown for 4.3...if the FS team approve me.

happyday is working on that already

[<AnonDafb]

KarlMariaSeeberg, on 17 February 2015 - 10:34 AM, said:

happyday is working on that already

He is already working in this map but for UrT HD! if I'm not bad!
But I'm speaking about the UrT 4.3!

[FS BladeKiller]

If you have suggestions for Uptown please post them in an appropriate suggestions thread.

[<AnonDafb]

BladeKiller, on 17 February 2015 - 08:57 PM, said:

If you have suggestions for Uptown please post them in an appropriate suggestions thread.

Yeah I have some ideas thank you!

[Mod Iye]

Another Question:

How are you going to do Steam Integration?
Like in CS/CoD/... where you only need a steam account, and that one will be used to play the game?
Or Like in other games where basically another loginmask (be it a launcher or a login ingame) pops up after startig the game?
Or a mix of both (ive seen that on e.g. Path of Exile, where you need a PoE account, but will be asked if you want to link it with your steam account, and from there on you only need either of both, so if you run the game via steam, you are automatically logged in)

I personally would prefer (a variant o) #3, simply because one thing that makes UrT stand out is the fact that you dont need an account of any kind to play.

Also i would like to know more about what you are planning about steam integration (achievements, and all the other stuff you get there), but i suppose that is only in the early stages of planing/development. :)

[KroniK]

Is there a chance for VAT integration? That seems like a very robust system and would not require extra programming time (unless UE4 has its own built in anti-cheat system).

[MsT*|tintir]

KroniK, on 24 February 2015 - 11:40 PM, said:

Is there a chance for VAT integration? That seems like a very robust system and would not require extra programming time (unless UE4 has its own built in anti-cheat system).

Extending the question.
Will there be a better account system, where it's easier to ban a rule breaker, that avoids his/her ban, if that would even be possible?
Are you planning on getting community tips, when making the (new) official maps? Maybe when you show it on youtube, players could come with suggestions. Like a new jump etc.

[FS Barbatos]

Urban Terror accounts will be linked to Steam accounts. We won't force you to have a Steam account but not having one will mean that features like matchmaking, achievements, friends system, etc. will be turned off in-game.

We plan to use the Valve AntiCheat (VAC) in Urban Terror HD for clients that have Steam activated. It means that if you are caught cheating by VAC, your Steam and UrT accounts will be permanently banned.

The UrTHD game updates will be handled automatically by Steam but we will continue distributing .zip files of the game on our website as well.

[KarlMariaSeeberg]

Barbatos, on 25 February 2015 - 02:49 PM, said:

We won't force you to have a Steam account but not having one will mean that features like matchmaking, achievements, friends system, etc. will be turned off in-game.

Wow, this sucks. I have no interest whatsoever to have steam running on my machine. The nice thing about urt was the easy way in, not much to do, download and play.

Even the addition of the auth system did not change that much, hardly comparable to steam anyway...

I wish you'd stick to a more obstacle free approach

[FS Barbatos]

Well this cuts in half the development time so sometimes you have to make choices.

The Steam API provides everything we need in terms of third party tools, i.e. AntiCheat, Friends system, Matchmaking, achievements, auto-updates... we would need a lot of developers and a lot of years to develop all this by ourselves and the quality would be far inferior.

You won't believe it but there is actually only one coder working on UrTHD (hello!) and being able to focus on the game itself and not all the third party tools is a necessity. "Do not reinvent the wheel".

There are millions of players around the world who have Steam and all their mates/friends as well. It is by far the biggest PC gaming platform which ensures that probably most of our players already have a Steam account.

So here is the deal for UrTHD:
If you want to see your friends in-game you need an account. If you want to play with your friends or play a pickup you need an account. To play in competitions you need an account so the leagues know that you play with the AntiCheat activated.

In all other cases you will be able to simply download and play.

This seems fair to me and will prevent all kind of abuses.