ABT v1.2 - No Arrows, No Taunts, No ReSpawnProtection and AdminPause

[Tperience]

Name: ABT
Version: 1.2
Compatibility: UT3 Version 1.1
Description:
- Disables those annoying arrows in CTF, Warfare and vCTF
- Animated taunts are disabled
- Disables RespawnProtection
- Disables boosting teammates (Instagib only, does not affect other gametypes)
- Adds AdminPause: Type "mutate pause" to pause the game. To unpause type "mutate unpause"
- the player who paused the game, can unpause the game, either he is admin or not
Credits: Me, Donzi, Piper (both testing and ideas) and of course Epic for UT3
Homepage: http://www.UTzone.de (http://www.utzone.de/)
Download: Download (http://www.utzone.de/include.php?path=content/download.php&contentid=6537)
Remark: If somebody joins the server while the game is paused it will continue immediately!

Comment: I coded this mutator mainly for our public iCTF-Server and therefore this mutator includes a lot of different features.

Changes in v1.2:
- Added countdown after typing "mutate unpause" and optional automatic adminlogout
- Added switching to spectator mode ("mutate spectate") without reconnecting and vice versa ("mutate join")
- Added switches in the UTABTv1_2.ini to enable/disable all features


Edit: version 1.3 available here (http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=600989).

[Mr.UglyPants]

Would be cool if they were optional.

[warpedMind]

Yeah, I'd like to get rid of the baby-step arrows, but I would like to still be able to hipthrust.

[Denk]

this is AWESOME tbh - crap arrows, no serverpause, stupid respawn protection :p

I hope you can work out the issues - would be rly cool :D

[Sbouby]

Thx,
It's really better for instagib DM and ctf ^^
Nice work

[Tperience]

Would be cool if they were optional.
Maybe in version 2 ;)


I just uploaded a little fix which allows the player who has paused the game to unpause it whether he is admin or not.

[freakzilla]

Very useful mutator!
Handles all the major issues, not sure if boosting should be off, guess that's something that should be discussed in the cups and ladders. So it might be handy if it were optional.

But arrows, spawnprotection and pausing deals with 3 of the most important issues for a competitive UT3! So thanks a lot!

[jeppo]

nice work Tperience
should be very usefull for ictf
thx a lot

[Odd1in]

so close but no cigar... got to have team boosting in low grav...:(

thanks for the nice work, any chance you'll make the boost optional?:)

[[ST2]LordSithLord]

+1 some optional settings would be perfect :)

[Tperience]

Optional settings will be in the next version ;)

[warpedMind]

Good to hear.

[Chief-Justice]

yay, go seperate them :D

[Scorp]

has it been tested with CustomUT? Would like to use both and previous no arrows fix didnt work with customut.

[Zealot]

has it been tested with CustomUT? Would like to use both and previous no arrows fix didnt work with customut.

it was the first thing i checked, but unfortunaly this does not work with customUT like the other no arrows mutator :(

[Odd1in]

Optional settings will be in the next version ;)


Thanks tons, really looking forward to this mut:)

[JollyRulez]

interesting, good job :)

[Taboen]

Very nice! But will not install untill I can keep the boosting in, because boosting is great for ictf <3

[Smurfie]

Very nice! But will not install untill I can keep the boosting in, because boosting is great for ictf <3

Idd, boosting has been discussed and decided it would be ON during cups, and is already widely used .. anyway it could be an option, or removed (or smthing like ABT-CB?)

Anyway, no arrows, taunt, respawnprotection and ADMINPAUSE is great great news, keep it up :D

[Taboen]

Optional settings will be in the next version ;)

What made you remove boosting in the first place for instagib? :)

In UT99 boosting was enabled, and it was a big skill in the game. To boost your teammates forwards and at the same time keep killing enemies is tough. In ut2k3/2k4 the dodgejump was introduced and that would make the boosting too overpowered, so it got disabled. Simply because with boosting enabled, if you would get a boost at the peak of the dodgejump, you would be 50 meters forward. Being able to travel across maps with 3 or 4 boosts. Without dodgejump, we can have boosting again, and its great :)

BTW, most of the ictf community agrees that boosting should stay.

[Taboen]

BTW forgot to mention, this is not suitable for publics but only for clanmatches: autopause!
Very usefull in 5on5's, the game automatically pauses if someone leaves ingame and it automatically resumes when everybody clicks ready or when the admin types mutate unpause. Never got made for 2k4 for some reason, but was a lifesaver in ut99.

[McFly2000]

Maybe in version 2 ;)


Very much looking forward to this!

As it is now, I can't use the mutators in my servers, as I do not wish to disable of lot of the things listed.

Optional would be super.

[Donzi]

Very much looking forward to this!

As it is now, I can't use the mutators in my servers, as I do not wish to disable of lot of the things listed.

Optional would be super.

We are working on it, so stay tuned.

[Tperience]

Changes in v1.2:
- Added countdown after typing "mutate unpause" and optional automatic adminlogout
- Added switching to spectator mode ("mutate spectate") without reconnecting and vice versa ("mutate join")
- Added switches in the UTABTv1_2.ini to enable/disable all features

You can download (http://www.utzone.de/include.php?path=content/download.php&contentid=6537) version 1.2 now.

HF :)

[»Vûlçåñø«]

Nice Mutator, but it isnt compatible with CustomUT :(
http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=592400

[Smurfie]

You can download (http://www.utzone.de/include.php?path=content/download.php&contentid=6537) version 1.2 now.

HF :)

That's great nown thanks ! :D

Add votemap and this might be used in every instagib servers tbh ^^

[Tperience]

I think votemap should be done as a separate mutator :)


Nice Mutator, but it isnt compatible with CustomUT :(
It's not fully compatible with CustomUT.;)
With the following workaround admin pause, the spectator thing and no respawn protection should work. No taunts, no arrows and no instagib boosting won't.

Simply add the mutators in this order to the server's start command:

?Mutator=ABTv1_2.NoMut,CustomUTv1a.UTMutator_Custo mUTv1aHope it works well, haven't done much testing.

[Odd1in]

works great, thanks