afk players -> autopilot solution?

AeroAcrobat · **Author**

Quote:

autopilot

Players who are not on the computer and just standing around at the spawn are unfortunately still a small problem. Teams are unfair and the activity of the server decreases.
Since kicking of such a player is not the best option. Autopilot is now added to Team Fortress 2.

Players who do not play longer than 5 minutes are determined automatically by bots and thus take part in the game again. Once the player presses a key he takes back control of the player. Here all the facts:

- Autopilot is activated automatically after 5 minutes of inactivity.
- By entering "autopilot" in chat, autopilot can be started manually.
- By pressing a button, for example, jump, forward or weapon firing then autopilot will be off again.
- If a player is controlled by the autopilot, kills and deaths are not counted in the rankings.

source (german): http://www.saigns.de/index.php?do=news&id=193

What you guy think about this ?

I've not tested it yet but from what I've read now it seems to be a pretty good and usefull idea. I mean its a better solution than send to spec. or kick... also teams would be even this way.

MasterOfTheXP · 05-22-2012 , 02:47 Re: afk players -> autopilot solution?

>Saigns

Ignoring that, though (they do have some good stuff, right? ...Right?) this does seem kinda cool, although it seems like you need your own bot system like Saigns has to do this. You can't just turn somebody into a TFBot.

ReFlexPoison · 05-22-2012 , 03:08 Re: afk players -> autopilot solution?

..interesting

Dravu · 05-22-2012 , 06:10 Re: afk players -> autopilot solution?

While an interesting idea, considering who developed it, it seems more like a partial work-around to the whole "no bots disguised as clients" issue Valve slapped them for.

Tauphi · 05-22-2012 , 06:45 Re: afk players -> autopilot solution?

We asked valve about our autopilot plugin, if it's against their rules and if it's allowed to use it. We had to add an AFK tag to the player's name, that it's visible in scoreboard which player is active or not. With the tag it's ok for them

xomp · 05-22-2012 , 10:15 Re: afk players -> autopilot solution?

I love saigns.de

Dr. McKay · *Last edited by Dr. McKay; 05-22-2012 at 16:37.*

Quote:

Originally Posted by xomp

I love saigns.de

ಠ_ಠ

napalm00 · 05-22-2012 , 16:40 Re: afk players -> autopilot solution?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. McKay

ಠ_ಠ

Mitchell · 05-22-2012 , 22:03 Re: afk players -> autopilot solution?

the heck is saigns.de?

Dr. McKay · *Last edited by Dr. McKay; 05-22-2012 at 22:33.*

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mitchell

the heck is saigns.de?

If you've never been on Saigns, you're extremely lucky.

Saigns is a Pay2Win server clan thingy. Donate to them and you get like 200% move speed, infinite ammo, buildings have 1,000 HP (actually, it looks like teleporters have been lowered to "only" 300 HP), extra health, homing missiles, extra buildings, and a lot more game-breaking crap.