Thoughts about 2.0

[Workaphobia]

I used to play Nexuiz 1.5 quite a bit, mostly on the (now closed) Stormix and Fragtory servers. I'm not too happy with 2.0, for two critical reasons. The first is that I hate the new movement physics compared to the original fast-paced style that set Nexuiz apart from other FPSs. I miss the slow acceleration / high velocity settings - although I do feel that at least the weapons are more balanced now. The other major problem is that there are no American servers anymore - except for All Out War, whose non-standard configuration has always made me a little dizzy, and a couple of ladder servers.

I think it's a real shame that a game I used to have so much fun with has died with a fizzle. If anyone happens to have handy a configuration file to make 2.0 movement feel like 1.5, I'd probably like to use that for lan games. Increasing sv_maxspeed and sv_maxairspeed by 50 or 100, and decreasing sv_airaccelerate a little seems to make a huge difference - are there any other settings I should look at?

Unless / until a low lag server opens up, I'll probably still play a few minutes on a European server every now and then, but I get the feeling that there's no going back to the good old days of 1.5 on Fragtory.

[KadaverJack]

[...] and a couple of ladder servers.

Maybe you could ask Willis to change on e of those to standard DM or another gametype...

If anyone happens to have handy a configuration file to make 2.0 movement feel like 1.5, I'd probably like to use that for lan games. Increasing sv_maxspeed and sv_maxairspeed by 50 or 100, and decreasing sv_airaccelerate a little seems to make a huge difference - are there any other settings I should look at?

Just add "exec physics15.cfg" to your server.cfg, that's as close as you can get to 1.5 physics.

[Shoe]

I've been playing Screaming Eagle a lot lately, and that's a nice low ping server. I don't know if it's US-based, but with a playable ping for me (I'm in Ohio), I'd assume so, and it's just using the standard server config.

I dunno, I've gotten more into the game since 2.0, and have actually been able to convince my friends to play with it too - the fact that it's much more easily playable with the performance boosts coming from 1.5 which ran pretty poorly all-around by comparison. I dunno, I wouldn't be surprised to see someone set up a 1.5 physics server to appeal to people who preferred that style of gameplay.

[Workaphobia]

Just add "exec physics15.cfg" to your server.cfg, that's as close as you can get to 1.5 physics.

Thanks! I didn't realize that script existed, but it sure came in handy.


Screaming Eagle does indeed have a low ping for me. I guess I'll just have to wait till I see some people on it.

Performance wise, 2.0 just feels kinda sluggish - maybe because of the combination of the slower physics, lag, and graphics. Although I should really try it under windows before I complain, as I do remember Nexuiz <2.0 performing much better on my XP laptop than on my linux (GeForce 6200) desktop.

[Urmel]

Performance wise, 2.0 just feels kinda sluggish - maybe because of the combination of the slower physics, lag, and graphics. Although I should really try it under windows before I complain, as I do remember Nexuiz <2.0 performing much better on my XP laptop than on my linux (GeForce 6200) desktop.

Yeah I know what you're talking about, but this isnt really true. You only have such an impression for the first few hours until u get used to the new movement, which is really cool then.

Air control? Still sucks for me, although I can handle it. I just dont like it

[esteel]

Performance wise, 2.0 just feels kinda sluggish - maybe because of the combination of the slower physics, lag, and graphics. Although I should really try it under windows before I complain, as I do remember Nexuiz <2.0 performing much better on my XP laptop than on my linux (GeForce 6200) desktop.

Thats very strange.. Nexuiz 2.0 has the best prediction and fastes graphics from all releases sofar and there have been a few threads praising the new graphic speed. Maybe its just that there are less good servers for you but that would really be a shame.
I use a nv6600gt and would say that linux is at least equal to windows in speed. If not a bit faster.
Also i do not really see how Nexuiz 2.0 is slower in movement speed then old versions. I can even prove with some demos

[Urmel]

the GF6200 is teh suk btw