Gordelox Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Dedicated servers are awesome, you can play without the constraints of playing only when the host is playing. The fact is though, a server running full time quickly gets griefed, stripped of resources and becomes completely unplayable. How many times have you logged into a dedicated server, just to wander through burnt down forests looking for a single flint or meal until your quick and untimely death. There needs to be a way for players to activate a vote that allows the server to reset the world. Maybe unanimous, maybe majority, maybe with a veto counter vote. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezecib Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 @Gordelox, While I definitely agree the problem exists, having a vote to reset it doesn't seem like a good idea to me. For example, let's say the majority of the players who spend a lot of time on the server do so during East Coast daytime. If there's only a couple of people on late at night, and all they see is a burnt forest, they could vote and erase all the progress of the majority of players who play there without those players having any say. As for how to address the problem otherwise... There is a console command right now for resetting the world. I think the idea is for each dedicated server to have one more more admins, so those players could reset the world. Ideally the console command will become better exposed in the UI for the game later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordelox Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 @Gordelox, While I definitely agree the problem exists, having a vote to reset it doesn't seem like a good idea to me. For example, let's say the majority of the players who spend a lot of time on the server do so during East Coast daytime. If there's only a couple of people on late at night, and all they see is a burnt forest, they could vote and erase all the progress of the majority of players who play there without those players having any say. As for how to address the problem otherwise... There is a console command right now for resetting the world. I think the idea is for each dedicated server to have one more more admins, so those players could reset the world. Ideally the console command will become better exposed in the UI for the game later. Yeah, I had thought of that myself. I just can't think of any solution that would work in all cases. Man, I do not envy the devs, lol. There are so many issues with no black and white solutions. I really want to take a moment to show appreciation to Klei for this massive undertaking, they really didn't have to make DST for us, but they are working their butts off to make it perfect for us. Hopefully someone smarter than I will come up with a good solution. I guess in the meantime I'll just make my own servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shigad Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 @Gordelox, While I definitely agree the problem exists, having a vote to reset it doesn't seem like a good idea to me. For example, let's say the majority of the players who spend a lot of time on the server do so during East Coast daytime. If there's only a couple of people on late at night, and all they see is a burnt forest, they could vote and erase all the progress of the majority of players who play there without those players having any say.they can just erase it with both dying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer bizziboi Posted December 17, 2014 Developer Share Posted December 17, 2014 they can just erase it with both dying... That really depends on the gamemode the server is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shigad Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 That really depends on the gamemode the server is on. it is, but they were talking about survival mode anywayedit:wait what i thought they said survival now i see they didn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordelox Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 it is, but they were talking about survival mode anywayedit:wait what i thought they said survival now i see they didn't... Yeah, I wouldn't touch public survival with a 10 foot pole, every public survival game goes the same. Log in, your sanity is draining as people beg you to kill spiders and rez them before you even have flint. Thanks, but no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoundreya Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN! Or something to this effect. Mostly though - I think The glaring problem addressed in This thread on this sub forum would fix this issue! http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/46724-willows-lighter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmy Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 A way to reset the server without deleting a player's placed item's would be great. Though I'm not sure how hard that would be to implement, if even possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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