I'd like to here facepunch's impute on what gamemode my server should use, and please explain why it is soooo good! Thanks, all ideas will be considered and I am even willing to get a codehire/make a gamemode type thing!:weeb:
most wanted by the average playerbase: more darkrp/ttt circlejerks
most wanted by facepunch: something we haven't seen before
[QUOTE=legendofrobbo;50342475]most wanted by the average playerbase: more darkrp/ttt circlejerks
most wanted by facepunch: something we haven't seen before[/QUOTE]
That's the problem; most server owners go for gamemodes that have large playerbases; they think people like it. However, I can garuantee you that the majority of Garry's Mod players would like to see something different. Even if it's on a gamemode that we already have.
If you want something the average Garry's Mod player would want, try these things:
1. Dark role-play; like the older Garry's Mod players know it. Simplified, balanced, passionate staff, mature regulars (people who join to have a good time, not people who join to kill the time,) your own custom made entities or even a framework (I have no experience with coding.) In the old days I used to spend my time on this Dark role-play server where everything was custom, I believe the framework (if that's what you call it) was called [I]Birdcage.[/I] There were events, the staff was friendly and liked to blend in among the general populace. There was no M9K, no overpowered donation perks, you couldn't donate for a position within the staff, and you couldn't apply for a position within the staff. If the staff wanted you, they would've asked you; much like how Steam picks their moderators.
2. Half-Life 2 role-play; the same story as above; people are tired of the same map, same weapons, same faction basis', same lore and especially the same mentality. People want to be involved with things that are going on on the server, and they [U]don't want to[/U] sit alone all the time. People want to see weapons that make sense and that are balanced (even when they're not required for role-play.) They want a fun environment to role-play in, they don't want to stick on the plaza of either rp_industrial or rp_city45 on different servers that look and actually function the same.
3. Spacebuild; an old gamemode that I believe, has died out. It's similair to Sandbox; you have to make ships for space exploration, then you can fly to different planets, establish bases, and fight other people (if this is the goal of the server.) It involved massive Wiremod usage and used to be crowned by Spacebuild's custom models and GCombat. I would personally love to see this gamemode come back to life again.
4. Various role-playing games; Various role-playing games, all a custom lore, custom gamemode, no copy and paste DarkRP or CW scripts, just something new.
5. Sandbox; Sandbox with a matured staff, not over a thousand addons, just simple, yet neat. I used to play on the old PHX server, they managed to do that perfectly well; just the essential tools and some addons of choice.
I can list more if you need more ideas. I used to be the (head) staff on two servers and spoke a lot with normal players, most of them seemed to want things like I mentioned.
[QUOTE=Autonomous1;50343833]That's the problem; most server owners go for gamemodes that have large playerbases; they think people like it. However, I can garuantee you that the majority of Garry's Mod players would like to see something different. Even if it's on a gamemode that we already have.
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I think a lot of the newer players are of the Youtube generation and want to emulate the success of their favourite youtube stars by playing what they play. The popularity of a gamemode can snowball if there's a popular youtube channel with a charismatic player having fun with it. This is one of the reasons DarkRP is so popular in France.
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If you want something the average Garry's Mod player would want, try these things:
3. Spacebuild; an old gamemode that I believe, has died out. It's similair to Sandbox; you have to make ships for space exploration, then you can fly to different planets, establish bases, and fight other people (if this is the goal of the server.) It involved massive Wiremod usage and used to be crowned by Spacebuild's custom models and GCombat. I would personally love to see this gamemode come back to life again.
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There used to be a gamemode called "GlobalRP" or "Spacebuild Factions" where you could play as Alien or Human, build bases on various planets, capture the flags of planets and attack with GCombat - it was around in the Spacebuild 2 days. I fixed it for GMod 13 and you can get it here: [url]http://github.com/philxyz/factions[/url]
Everything you need, including Spacebuild 2 and a few maps are there, including a tutorial for how to make more maps.
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4. Various role-playing games; Various role-playing games, all a custom lore, custom gamemode, no copy and paste DarkRP or CW scripts, just something new.
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I'm working on a new RP gamemode (named SeriousRP) which is fundametally very different from DarkRP and includes no code from it. It is unreleased and in development. In the meantime though, there is also CityScript - which is Cakescript G2 reworked. I intended it to be a bit of a joke so as to show that even Cakescript can become as shocking as DarkRP(!) - but since it's a different script, it does things in a different way. I took it a bit more seriously recently and have fixed a lot of problems. I have a few things to do yet, such as fix the cars for the car dealer, but it's playable now. [url]http://github.com/philxyz/cityscript[/url]
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5. Sandbox; Sandbox with a matured staff, not over a thousand addons, just simple, yet neat. I used to play on the old PHX server, they managed to do that perfectly well; just the essential tools and some addons of choice.
I can list more if you need more ideas. I used to be the (head) staff on two servers and spoke a lot with normal players, most of them seemed to want things like I mentioned.[/QUOTE]
BuildRP servers are also good fun
[QUOTE=Autonomous1;50343833]1. Dark role-play; [...] mature regulars [/QUOTE]
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[editline]20th May 2016[/editline]
Well im in a mess. My player base wants it to stay darkrp, but I think darkrp is overused, what do I do?
If you have an established playerbase, don't switch. The only DarkRP server I ever enjoyed playing on switched to Fretta one day with no warning whatsoever. I was pretty pissed.
ok, anything else?
You could always try Spacebuild 3, we're working on it again!
Also SB4 is in development again, but it may be changed entirely to something new ;D
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