TangoDown

32 minutes ago, Jouaram said:

What makes you think it's the reward menu doing it?

I've had MOTD still on screen and hit F4 and not run into the issue, however it could simply be something to do With F4 and not being fully loaded into the game.

When I load into the game (the point where I can see the map/players and other stuff on the screen) I cannot move for 20 seconds or so while MOTD and Rewards are Loading (MOTD usually loads first) Rewards loads, if I close it right away it loads again)

The Bug You're Experiencing: When loading into the server The "Rewards / !freestuff" menu/pop up causes F4 to glitch.

When a player is loading in it takes several seconds to fully load in with all menu's poping up (MOTD/Rewards). If you hit F4 before you can move and the rewards menu is closed (it some times will load twice if you close it right away).

Additionally it will cause a error with the scoreboard and show some Lua errors, however it dose not cause scoreboard to stop functioning.

I see messages in OOC occasionally about this error from new players and players Who I believe have been around for some time.

Can you reproduce the bug, if so, how?: Load into the game and Hit F4 right away and you will get Lua errors and F4 will not work until you load back into the game.

Examples of the bug (images, videos): N/A

10 minutes ago, Goosev2 said:

He said something about it taking up loading time and he wants it to load fast.

Yep, the more lua the longer the server takes to restart. what more can you say Then Gmod...

1 hour ago, Poopy Joe said:

thats a pretty low amount of players, before i got my pc i was on a 2007 dell with integrated gfx and it ran gmod and could handle servers with much more addons than this including wardrobe

Don't know the actual % but I'm pretty sure that is why Gmod has gone as long as it has. Then add the Hole Covid Stay at home stuff it saw a big surge. But before that a good portion of players still playing Gmod where players who have computers that can't handle newer games. So Say I... I could be wrong. but I've had this discussion with some people "in the know" and seen discussions in Discord servers.

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2 hours ago, Poopy Joe said:

this server doesnt have nearly as many workshop addons as others so i feel like it wouldn't have this problem

Its not just because Servers have "big content packs" its also players who have low end computers that can cause a issue, remember your dealing with a super old Game engine thats partly why Gmod is still alive because people who have low end computers can still play Garry's Mod. So the idea of "Hot loading" stuff on to one of these computers might not be a issue but can end up causing issues where players can't see these hot loaded models thus causing a inblance where people who can't be seen will raid and that will just cause more problems. 

Don't get me wrong I'd love for this to be in the server but sadly as state above just to many issues.

Correct.

I would love to see this added. but there are some negatives to this.

I don't remember what exactly the size in GB is but if I remember right Gmod has a limitation to how much it will load/unpack into the clients game. I've had server packs that where so big that my gmod would not load the models until I exit the game and rejoined the server (Granted these files where over 2gb and there was a huge number of those workshops).

That is all to say that people who do not have powerful computers might have the same issue even with something as minuscule as a couple mega bites of files being hot loaded into there game Might cause issues.

I don't quite understand your response, I understand how Boosts works and that they are bought with AB. I'm suggesting that you can buy for example a printer boost while one is currently up and once that one is up the new one auto activates (if bought)...

Not only would this be nice for the players, It could also be good for Jouaram  if he wants boosters to go more then a hour (witch he does some times) then he will have a way to activate boosts for a couple hours or more if he so wishes with out having to come back on to activate it manually

Suggestion: Allow players to buy a boost that activates after the current one Runs out. (Boost Que)

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How will this improve the quality of Aether?: Allows players who wish to continue a boost and might not be able to do so at the exact moment it runs out.

28 minutes ago, 55zanaris99 said:

Sorry if i hurt your feelings @BadGraphicsbut i cant help being sexist

We are all human and have negative toughs. I'm 28 and I've been threw plenty of shit and I say all this with not with the intent to veritably abuse you or try to make you feel like a bad person but frankly if you are unable to control your self and not say/type things that are against the rules then there are plenty of other servers that have more lacked rules in regards of what you can and cannot say.

There are a mixture of kids and young adults who play on this server and We've seen a fair share of both young and older people on the server acting a fool and those people don't last here long. So truly if you want to continue to play here You need to take a long hard look at what it is that is causing you to act this way and try and change it or at least try and not verbalize it to others on the server.

Witch if you think about it is kind of dumb because by the AFK timer hits and auto demotes you most if not all the printers will have ran out of battery.

In-Game Name: TangoDown

SteamID: STEAM_0:0:47434864]

Player/Staff You Are Reporting's Name: GeorgeTheCloutGod / STEAM_0:0:177059186

Is This Complaint For A Staff Member Or Player?: Player

Reason For Complaint: Caught him using some sort of software to Avoid the AFK timer, He was previously a banker (I was told previously but I don't have video of this)

Just in case you didn't nottice @Shemiry most of these comments are very sarcastic, if you want any one to take it serious, You need to redo your post. tell your side of the story and stop being upset. If what you think is wrong is true acting the way you are now is only going to make people not want to listen to you

+1 I've had dozens interactions with MidgitNips seems like like a decent Guy never herd of him causing any issues.

So I read threw the previous thread and Jouaram said

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• You MUST maintain a healthy activity level In-Game, on Forums and in Discord when applying for staff.

This is the first requirement stated on the Staff applications, if they're not showing consistent activity I deny them. It shouldn't annoy you since you aren't the one denying them, they don't annoy me.

If a player posts an app when they're new to the server usually over a week they can gain enough activity and community support to be considered as long as they're making a good impression in-game.

I see the logic behind that. and As I have read threw some of the Denied and Approved apps. The sum hours obviously is not the Primary factor of approval of a application. How ever stating a Minimum in game time even if its 24 hours would at least mean that they have been around long enough to know some very basics and have decided wither or not they think the server Is worth being a part of (people who join a server just to apply for staff in many cases (not all) Are just going to abuse and be absurd.. But again I suppose that The way Jouaram stated it. There's no real need.

Suggestion: A minimum play time before a player can apply for staff, Its sad to see a normal/premium player explain to the new staff things they should know and be able to help other players with.

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How will this improve the quality of Aether?: Improves the knowledge of the player before they become staff, there is a lot to learn with so many things in place on the server (like !checkrank, !commands some things are easy and you learn them quick others not so much). Even with a weeks play time they might not necessarily know everything (especially when it comes to admin commands) But they should be able to answer some basic questions about how on the server works And 2 or 3 days of play time just doesn't cut it in my opinion.

29 minutes ago, RevoltPlays said:

-1

I personally don't want to hear a jukebox globally. If I'm not near a jukebox I don't want to hear it. A replacement for the jukebox that allows personal songs would be nice but not like this imo.

Plus you have to be careful who you buy from on Gmod store, that guy has 1 script and joined just last year. (a little over a year now) I have way to many scripts from people who have been banned or just left Gmod store all together.

Well I can understand that, but that does limit options quite a bit unless you get custom stuff made.

12 minutes ago, RevoltPlays said:

First two will be denied because they're Zero's addons

The other two seem not bad, variety is always good. The server one sounds cool that you can hack it and access mayor commands. So instead of raiding the mayor's safe you hack the servers and withdraw the money from it.

Whats wrong with Zero's Scripts?

There are some good scripts out there (mostly paid for though) that would make good additions to the server.

Yeast Beast, Cracker Maker (Fire Work Production), Lean Production, Hack-able Servers

those a few I own and have used that I believe would Fit into the "motif" of a DarkRP server such as ours.

Would be nice if they didn't blow up so randomly, I get that its a part of the job but as I posted in my bug report having a meth lab blow up several times in under 10 minutes is just Out of control

and when I say several I've had it happen to me a bunch of times where I bought a new one and it blows up with in 5 minutes, and then a new one again, and then the other one in a short Period of time

I had a simular idea

A "Machine" that can be bought by the banker or placed on the map

The Banker would go up to said machine and press E where a DFrame (A GUI thats like the Hit Man !placehit)

You would have 2 Buttons with 2 "fuel" levels one for battery and one for cooling

buttons would allow you to fill these 2 virtual storage units with Cooling and Battery and would cost the same $ amount for each as it would if you where to buy the default one's ... example (and this is just a guess at numbers) but if the Battery puts 10 units of power then One click would at 10 units of power to the storage, and if Cooling was 50 units one click would add 50 units to the virtual storage.

This could be Changed a bit or made so you can buy multiplie "units" for storage.

The actual printer side of it will be the tricky part as you don't want the machince running on every tick causing more lag but then at the same time. I'm not 100% sure at what speed you would want it to check but then you would want to make sure that when batter is below 10% it fills and cooling would be a little easier as 1 cooling cell is 50% you can have it fill at 50% or lower

Managing 70 Printers by your self can be done (and I've herd people say they can easily do so) but the fact is that it takes up so much time and causes the banker to be in back for most of the time they are there causing a lot of traffic and chaos up front. It also makes it harder for them to know whats going on and when a raid occurs while most who build good bases are able to defend the vast majority of those who are newer bankers just fail.

Even with 2 bankers on and guards the job tends to be bankers getting board and end up afk'ing for a big portion, So I'd like to also see the AFK timer for jobs reduced for Bankers & Guards. I think its 30 minutes currently? We entrust these random people with our printers and they can Make Big money off of them so they should be held more responsible in that role.

well Level or hours are both the same, just Levels is more Passive at first as you don't really know how to get them so it might take a little longer, I'm not saying make any particular job level 50 or anything, maybe level 3 to 10? I know that most leveling systems already have a custom check you can use in the DarkRP jobs.lua so it might be simpler but A timer would do as well.

But I think that different jobs should be different levels/time

Some one said in OOC that it has been said "this is what admins are for" while that is True. Admins can't be on 24/7 and When its Peak playing time You get a influx of new players (thus why you see soo many bans during peak times). Will this decrease the Bans? maybe not but it will stop some of the chaos as those Trolls won't be able to go to a job that they can abuse. Making

Suggestion: Key jobs Require Level

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How will this improve the quality of Aether?: There is simply some jobs that a new Player should not be doing. You have to play 5 hours in order be able to use Advance Dupe 2 but there is no restrictions on Jobs? that dose not make sense to me, So I will list below what jobs I believe should have a level requirement and a explanation of why I believe this would be necessary/good idea for that job.

Banker: As stated above you have to play 5 hours to use advance dupe They are not going to understand basic building rules (not that this disqualifies them from the job) but really what ends up happening is they will get raided and probably fail and end up quitting the job, Add the fact that if this is during a busy time Having 50+ printers being shoved in your face and Lets face it, You need money to be a banker, Buying Cooling Cells and Batteries for all those printers is going to be hard for some one with little cash. 

Mayor/Police: This is simply to prevent new players from abusing the job. We all know DarkRP attacks trolls and people of less then appropriate behavior. Adding a level req for these jobs (even if it's level 5) will deter those such people from sticking around (they just want to get on find a way to cause trouble)

Gun Dealer/Black Market Dealer: The idea behind this is simple and follows pretty much the above logic. Having a level req will prevent new players from hopping on and Going straight to tools they can use to cause mayhem.

I do Understand that this will have some what of a negative effect on the player base. But if a player quits immediately just because some jobs are not available, They are more then likely not the kinds of players we want any.