Is TK Punish/forgive set-up hardcoded?

Post by **OkitaMakoto** » 2007-05-20 19:32

Searched, found a thread on TKing and taking time to shoot...not really what I was wanting...soooo...

What I was wondering is, is there a way to make the option to punish delayed like, 15 seconds so people have time to say "Oh ****, sorry man, I was *insert action* and you *insert action* and I accidentally hit you"

As it is, you either get people who always forgive and give people the benefit of the doubt (we're playing a hardcore reality mod here, most people, i stress most, are in it for the teamplay) and forgive, but others just **** themselves and punish without thinking... if you messaged and explained... that would help a lot.. but you dont always have time for that cuz they punish in like, a millisecond...

If it was delayed just 10-15 seconds (youd still be waiting for your respawn anyway) the TKer would have time to explain (or fumble with the commo rose and click "sorry"...my problem is i go too fast and after a TK i'll say something ridiculous like "Good Deal, Thanks!" and im sure they are like "WTF?? *******!!")

Thoughts? Wouldnt doubt if this was hardcoded... or something equally annoying... I searched and didnt find anything quite related..so, sorry if this is old... or just a dumb idea... just thought of it while showering... and it seems easy enough to do too.

l|Bubba|l · Post by **l|Bubba|l** » 2007-05-20 20:32

Engineer wrote:And as I stated in some other thread, can the TK-punish text be changed to something less arcadeish?

Do it yourself.

EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\Localization\english\English.utxt

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HUD_TEXT_TEAMKILLED_CHOICE    Do you want to forgive the team killer?
HUD_TEXT_TEAMKILL_PUNISH      You chose to not forgive, the team killer will be §C1001punished§C1001.
HUD_TEXT_TEAMKILL_FORGIVE     You chose to §C1001forgive§C1001 the team killer.

Post by **OkitaMakoto** » 2007-05-20 20:44

l|Bubba|l wrote:Do it yourself.

EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\Localization\english\English.utxt
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HUD_TEXT_TEAMKILLED_CHOICE    Do you want to forgive the team killer?
HUD_TEXT_TEAMKILL_PUNISH      You chose to not forgive, the team killer will be §C1001punished§C1001.
HUD_TEXT_TEAMKILL_FORGIVE     You chose to §C1001forgive§C1001 the team killer.

But that doesnt make it less arcadish for the people who are punishing... me seeing my own text wont make them not punish me and others... maybe it should be changed for everyone. and inculde something about how it probably was an accident... dont make it so "ZOMG! you were killed by a guy on YOUR team!!! punish him! punish him! kill his first born!!!"... i realize it isnt like THAT, but I still think a bit of tweaking, either in the time it takes to give you the option, or the text itself to make it ..different..

Post by **Outlawz7** » 2007-05-21 07:47

Well, there is still time to put this into 0.6, I guess its a 5-minute job..

Post by **OkitaMakoto** » 2007-05-21 20:08

I dont care how the text is portrayed, i just think there needs to be some idle time from when you are TKd to when you punish to give people time to calm down and realize they are playing Project Reality and assume that it was accidental.. if not, go ahead, TK.. but give them time to calm down first. : ) there are times where I could use that time too...

system · Post by **system** » 2007-05-21 21:22

There will ALWAYS be some idiot that punishes and tk's for kits etc.

Post by **OkitaMakoto** » 2007-05-22 21:05

Im sure they will... but this could cut down on the punishing due to the immediate anger of having been teamkilled. Im sure a lot of us do it...
if there were a few seconds before we could punish...wed see that it was an accident. (someone has time to say sorry on Mic, text, etc.)

Blackhawk 5 · Post by **Blackhawk 5** » 2007-05-22 21:24

Revised

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HUD_TEXT_TEAMKILLED_CHOICE   Do you want to send the teamkilling smacktard to hell ? 
HUD_TEXT_TEAMKILL_PUNISH       You chose to send the dirty teamkiller to hell. You will be promoted to the next rank.
HUD_TEXT_TEAMKILL_FORGIVE      You chose to forgive him. What in the hell are you thinking? Even Jesus would punish that teamkiller.

Post by **OkitaMakoto** » 2007-05-22 22:39

Ha, that is precisely what we need .........lol

Post by **epoch** » 2007-05-23 12:45

I believe TK punish to be a total waste of time. It serves no purpose. That's why I disable it on my servers.

Admins can deal with persistent deliberate TKers. No TK punish means accidents get forgotten quicker, and gameplay remains unaffected.