@ Edhmelus: Thanks for the suggestions and feedback there.
Funny enough, earlier on when I was just doing "closed testing" with some buddies of mine one of them suggested Body Slam was overpowered and Grasshopper was fine (I think it was 50% back then) o_O the argument went something like, well what happens if the hunter gets shoved off but pulls off another pounce? Or two more? Counterargument was that that sorta thing doesn't happen often. But I think now it actually seems underpowered, because even with Grasshopper at 20%, which isn't *that* much, Grasshopper makes landing 20+ pounces waaay easier just because it lets you overshoot a little and adjust mid-air, rather than having to get it perfect and barely touching their toes. So I think instead of nerfing Grasshopper, I might just set Body Slam to deal an extra 2 damage on pounces doing more than 9 damage. Let's just hope I don't introduce a bunch of more bugs in doing so =P
And yeah the other day when I playtested on a larger scale, saw how bad Metabolic boost was >.> I was actually afraid that MB was underpowered compared to the others, so I just went with an arbitrary number... the idea was that normal tanks have little hope of catching up to survivors when under gunfire, and that MB would make it much easier. As it is... yeah, they're like speeding bullets now >.< I'll lower the default, same with Tongue Twister, seems like it's much too attractive compared to the other smoker perks.
I think in order to save people's preferences long term (like WC3mod for CSS I think) I'd have to include SSQ or whatever that database thingy is, and truth be told I'm not interested in bothering with databases... I'd be happy if someone decided to do it themselves though =P but yeah, my original idea was something like CoD4 again, where you start off with some perks and have to level to unlock others and stuff... but then I'm not sure L4D really lends itself to this. CSS did, because it used the server browser and you could set favorites and so on, but L4D's matchmaking system makes it harder to do this. Yeah, it's possible still, but for the average guy who stumbles on a server with this plugin he probably won't be able to find that server again. That, coupled with my aversion to having to deal with databases =P led me to decide on just giving access to every perk right off the bat. That way, people can enjoy the mod to its fullest, even if it's just for one game.
Atm, I don't know how to *actually* damage players in a way that the game recognizes. I don't think the extra damage done by perks atm "registers" in that events like incapping and dying and stuff is accurately picked up, hence why I had to write giant functions to emulate damage by just reducing health before the damage is applied. So that was a long way of saying, I can't do something like Acidic Belcher... very well =P Yeah, it could do "damage" and all, but if they're at 1 health and you use acidic belcher on them, they're going to still be at 1 health - or just fall over and die, nothing in-between like incapping >.<
finally, @ spiderlemur: Gonna try and get a version up tonight with Motion Sickness, assuming no bugs =P
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I -loved- it. I could finally have my fun clawing and making them run after me instead of "Hit hit hit hit *Dead*"
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