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#1 FlameHaze

Posted 27 May 2025 - 05:16 PM

I would like to request a new feature for MoonBot remember that a player in Uncap was in Artillery / AA gun several seconds prior to their death and thus exempt their killing from uncap rule.
MoonBot is already tracking player last vehicle as that is used to trigger the taxi to plane rule. Would it be possible to query that same function for last vehicle when infantry is killed in uncap to differentiate camping from legitimate attacks?
 
 
 
Justification
 
BattleAxe is quite unique in terms of artillery, unlike other maps Artillery is very powerful here.  Capable of attacking nearly the entire battlefield and disrupt your teams ground forces.
 
Planes are tasked with the support duty to take artillery down, however unlike other maps there is urgency here.  We can take a few minutes to gain altitude, fly around the map and do a dive bombing attack on artillery but on BattleAxe taking it out is more urgent.
The quick way to destroy is to fly directly over the battlefield low down below the AA  gun line of fire and shoot down the artillery with Guns.  Guns require a number of hits to destroy artillery which gives player in artillery time to bail.  But most of the time they are still killed in the explosion of the vehicle they bailed and pilots get killed by MoonBot. This discourages pilots from helping their team, Artillery isn't a threat to them so it undermines teamwork.


#2 FlameHaze

Posted 03 June 2025 - 05:22 AM

Fair enough, Pilots aren't exactly popular in this community.  I'll take this as a no.



#3 dodgem

Posted 11 June 2025 - 02:17 PM

We only have a couple of admins who are able to adjust MoonBot's functionality and any change isn't particularly straightforward.  

 

Add to that, admins have day jobs too.  Hopefully one of those admins will come across your post shortly and be able to state whether what you're asking is possible, whether they have time to make the change, and whether it can be done without having any other knock-on effects.

 

~dodgem



#4 FlameHaze

Posted 16 June 2025 - 04:27 AM

I was simply looking for a bit of a discussion whether this is a good addition to the rule and if you plan to look into it.

Hopefully my hypothesis is correct and last vehicle used is being tracked for taxi rule, thus making this just a couple of additional if / then statements in the code for the uncap rule.

 

I read on Discord some discussion that Forums are not frequently checked and are mainly used for unban requests etc.  

Would it be more appropriate to post the topic / link in the tech-support channel on discord instead?

I asked for different BattleAxe change there and it was implemented to fix another issue.



#5 COLONEL HESSLER

Posted 17 June 2025 - 02:03 PM

Yeah Flame, Nicole is on Discord tech help quite often and has helped me bunches. She also mods maps so i bet she can answer your question at some point. Hess

#6 Colonel Tavington

Posted 17 June 2025 - 04:00 PM

Ask her if the maps can be modded to be able to roll explosive fuel barrels into tanks.


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#7 smudge

Posted 18 June 2025 - 04:31 AM

and knife mod to puncture tyres on jeeps or a banana to shove in the tail pipe!

Ask her if the maps can be modded to be able to roll explosive fuel barrels into tanks.


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#8 FlameHaze

Posted 12 July 2025 - 06:28 AM

Yeah Flame, Nicole is on Discord tech help quite often and has helped me bunches. She also mods maps so i bet she can answer your question at some point. Hess

 

Thanks Colonel, unfortunately I used up a lifetime of support from Nicole, probably using up more of her time than any other player trying to resolve an issue with the game.

There were technical complications that made it extremely difficult to resolve, both being a new issue and the Game including multitude of community patches written by expert community members that are no longer around.

 

Therefore I cannot request anything directly from Nicole, especially for matters that concern the server.

I was told explicitly that such a change must be discussed in a community to see whether it benefits a significant portion of the player base, then Admins will decide whether the improvement is worth their effort to actually do and then make a decision.

But I appreciate the suggestion.  Better yet if you would like to see this change be made, leave a post here confirming that it would improve your experience as well.



#9 Herbie the Love Bug

Posted 27 July 2025 - 07:34 PM

Colonel T that’s a great mod but should only be on Bulge. The allied supply base hill is the perfect locale.


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