Rocket Mania 2018

[Ostap]

Good news everyone.
It is time !

Time to have the first jumpers event.

Functionality that can track jumpers exited for a while now ..and we even tried to lay down first possible event types with Sandy some time ago. ...here you can read it all (https://42amsterdam.net/samforum/sho...=jumpers+event)

After all - its gonna be different.

There is new functionality added to the servers - that allow to have custom marks on the map. Lots of them.
Marks or keys - name is still open for suggestion
Mark/Key - is a tag placed somewhere on the map. that player can collect.
(it does have a key icon ...coz that's the only one works so far)
(if nobody against - I'll just call them as "marky")

Thanks to Robert (Meteor) - who helped in preparation of this event and placed many of those markys at the most difficult places - each map now has something to go for.

The goal of the event is to determine the best jumper of them all
Thus - collect as much markys as you can. But not in quantity ...in quality
Robert did a good job in placing them. Some may be easy ...others ..hmm... try to get it

Winner will be determined on combination of collected markys and ratings of the jumps performed.

Exact way of score computation is not yet defined ...and open for discussion


There will be 3 places awarded to the winners.
And as in previous events - there will be 2 more nominations:


The Highest jumper - based on maximum achieved height of jumps
and
Longest play time

Rules of the event are simple enough - don't cheat.. this time most of the checks are automated but admins will be watching anyway


To clarify:

1. No out-of-map - direct kick
2. You can swim as long as you like ... its difficult to swim up the tower

...hmm that's it i guess.

Actual nomination of winners will still be done manually -
after checking all data and validating jump info.

As i said ...there will be 3 awarded winners

1st - place - SSD (Samsung EVO - 250Gb)
2nd - place - Action camera (Aceline S 60)
3rd - place - SSD (no brand - 120Gb)

[S.a'n~d-y]

why is there a password set on the "marker" server? Still under testing?

[Ostap]

why is there a password set on the "marker" server? Still under testing?

This server is not intended for playing
New servers for the event will be activated on the day of event start.

[Ostap]

Hi everyone

The start of the event is not that far now !!
Today at 20:00 (CET) - Registration for the event will be activated.

Everyone is welcome !!!
For participants who'd like to play on both FE & SE servers - please register on both server types.

[Tiho]

wen and how to register please mate ?

[Ostap]

today ... after 20:00 (CET) ... that'll be 6 AM in Sydney

just type @rockets in the game console ...

[Petar]

Hi! Would be nice to play. But I am not good jumper, and busy. When have time playing. Good luck!

[Ostap]

As i said ...there will be 3 awarded winners

1st - place - SSD (Samsung EVO - 250Gb)
2nd - place - Action camera (Aceline S 60)
3rd - place - SSD (no brand - 120Gb)

Hi everyone !!
Due to some differences between FE and SE
There will be some changes in winner awards.

Originally - there were a fund of 150 euro set up for the event ... for both FE and SE
But due to huge difference in amount of marks on the map ...and places one can jump to ... we've decided to split the event in two

It is still the same event - Rockets Mania ... but there will be 2 sets of winners ...and prize fund set to 300 euro for all 6 winners.

There is a rule though.

1 winner - 1 prize

In case one player would win in both FE & SE games - he gets only 1 prize ...and must give the second one away to any player who is participating in the event.
It will be up to the winner to decide who gets it ..

[Marco]

Good news everyone.
It is time !

Time to have the first jumpers event.

Functionality that can track jumpers exited for a while now ..and we even tried to lay down first possible event types with Sandy some time ago. ...here you can read it all (https://42amsterdam.net/samforum/sho...=jumpers+event)

After all - its gonna be different.

There is new functionality added to the servers - that allow to have custom marks on the map. Lots of them.
Marks or keys - name is still open for suggestion
Mark/Key - is a tag placed somewhere on the map. that player can collect.
(it does have a key icon ...coz that's the only one works so far)
(if nobody against - I'll just call them as "marky")

Thanks to Robert (Meteor) - who helped in preparation of this event and placed many of those markys at the most difficult places - each map now has something to go for.

The goal of the event is to determine the best jumper of them all
Thus - collect as much markys as you can. But not in quantity ...in quality
Robert did a good job in placing them. Some may be easy ...others ..hmm... try to get it

Winner will be determined on combination of collected markys and ratings of the jumps performed.

Exact way of score computation is not yet defined ...and open for discussion


There will be 3 places awarded to the winners.
And as in previous events - there will be 2 more nominations:

The Highest jumper - based on maximum achieved height of jumps
and
The Most Skilled Jumper - based on number of double/triple jumps performed
Two extra nominations will be chosen without winners included.

Rules of the event are simple enough - don't cheat.. this time most of the checks are automated but admins will be watching anyway


To clarify:

1. No out-of-map - direct kick
2. You can swim as long as you like ... its difficult to swim up the tower

...hmm that's it i guess.

Actual nomination of winners will still be done manually -
after checking all data and validating jump info.

As i said ...there will be 3 awarded winners

1st - place - SSD (Samsung EVO - 250Gb)
2nd - place - Action camera (Aceline S 60)
3rd - place - SSD (no brand - 120Gb)

Just to make sure how this tournament works.

In a random order, I have some questions.

What are markers?

How do they work?

Are they placed near EVERY wall/top? (except obelisks/pyramids; on maps like Karnak, Luxor, etc..)

On maps like Karnak, since I have never done that, when is it considered "Out of Map" for moving from a wall to another? There is a huge building reachable by walking on a roof.

Is there at least one "marky" placed on the building I'm talking about above or similar ones on other maps?

Will server be "special", that means without monsters and without health and armor?

Will server be passworded or not?

Will server have limited or unlimited ammo?

Should a penalty be applied for every suicide?

Should a penalty be applied for wasting too much ammo (if limited)?

Are limited respawn credits applied? If yes, how many? (I know, I'm a beginner in rocket jumping...)

At what time, on July 31st, will registration end?


I have no more questions for now.

[Marco]

Just to make sure how this tournament works.

In a random order, I have some questions.

What are markers?

How do they work?

Are they placed near EVERY wall/top? (except obelisks/pyramids; on maps like Karnak, Luxor, etc..)

On maps like Karnak, since I have never done that, when is it considered "Out of Map" for moving from a wall to another? There is a huge building reachable by walking on a roof.

Is there at least one "marky" placed on the building I'm talking about above or similar ones on other maps?

Will server be "special", that means without monsters and without health and armor?

Will server be passworded or not?

Will server have limited or unlimited ammo?

Should a penalty be applied for every suicide?

Should a penalty be applied for wasting too much ammo (if limited)?

Are limited respawn credits applied? If yes, how many? (I know, I'm a beginner in rocket jumping...)

At what time, on July 31st, will registration end?


I have no more questions for now.

I would add some more questions.

How is the tournament formula?

Has it different stages (first eliminatory leg; 8th finals; 4th finals; semifinals; final), or is it "free" like it was on Alien Hunter 2016?

Jumps count only when a player reaches a wall/tower top alive?


Btw... Don't cheat... Let's hope the registered player Princess Luna won't do it this time...

[Ostap]

What are markers?

Marker is a "key" ..(key model were used) manually placed on the map

At the moment there are 330 markys on FE and 570 on SE

How do they work?

Exactly the same way a key works ... you find it - you collect it ..
There is a minor difference ... - since markers are placed in very unusual places - to avoid cheating
mark could be collected only when standing or swimming (in case under water) ....thus just flying near or over it - wont trigger the "collect" event.
If you directly land on the mark after a jump - it wont gets collected...you'll still need to run over the mark to trigger the 'collect' event. (or just move a bit...in case you are on the tide spot.

Are they placed near EVERY wall/top? (except obelisks/pyramids; on maps like Karnak, Luxor, etc..)

Well ... its for players to find out ..

On maps like Karnak, since I have never done that, when is it considered "Out of Map" for moving from a wall to another? There is a huge building reachable by walking on a roof.

Is there at least one "marky" placed on the building I'm talking about above or similar ones on other maps?

You loose gravity and get stuck in mid air - YOU ARE OUT OF THE MAP
To avoid false detection - player must be few seconds weightless before "out of map" event is triggered.

Will server be "special", that means without monsters and without health and armor?

Servers will be configured with following settings:

Difficulty	serious
Infinite ammo	ON
Invulnerability	OFF
All weapons	ON
Remove Monsters	OFF
Open All Doors	OFF
Remove Map End	ON
Out Of Map	1 day ban

Due to restrictions of the sam server it self (some settings ..like map end.. and marks - cannot be propagated to the next changed map)
Event will be played by a single map at the time (like in Hunting grounds server)
Map end will be disabled - and switch to the next map could be done only manually - using @map command.
To accommodate most of the registered players - there will be ~3-5 servers per game (FE/SE)
in order to play alone or in a group.

Will server be passworded or not?

Nop ...but only registered players will be able to join
Registration will be disable when event starts.

Should a penalty be applied for every suicide?

Why ? ... this is a jump event - you'll die lots of times before getting to those markys

Are limited respawn credits applied? If yes, how many? (I know, I'm a beginner in rocket jumping...)

Nop ... there are no credits or score used from the game it self.

At what time, on July 31st, will registration end?

The moment event will start - registration will end.

---------- Post added 29-07-2018 at 09:18 ----------

How is the tournament formula?

Ps = Cms + ((Tms /2) * (Kmm /Tmm))

Where:
Ps - Player score
Cms - Collected marks score
Tms - Total marks score
Kmm - Killed map monsters
Tmm - Total map monsters

With other words:
Collected score for marks + up to 50% of total score for killed monsters

Has it different stages (first eliminatory leg; 8th finals; 4th finals; semifinals; final), or is it "free" like it was on Alien Hunter 2016?

Nop ... just keep playing - and pumping up the score.
This is first of its kind event.
If all goes right - future events might be organized in that way.

Jumps count only when a player reaches a wall/tower top alive?

Yep... once you come to stand and you are higher than you started from - it is considered a successful jump
Jump detector - will keep track on you if you'll die in mid air ... respawn ...and still jump to a higher ground
Making it effectively a multi life jump

Btw... Don't cheat... Let's hope the registered player Princess Luna won't do it this time...

Lots of things in event automated ... It would be difficult to do that...
But if someone finds a loop hole - i'd be glad to hear about it

[Marco]

Marker is a "key" ..(key model were used) manually placed on the map

At the moment there are 330 markys on FE and 570 on SE



Exactly the same way a key works ... you find it - you collect it ..
There is a minor difference ... - since markers are placed in very unusual places - to avoid cheating
mark could be collected only when standing or swimming (in case under water) ....thus just flying near or over it - wont trigger the "collect" event.
If you directly land on the mark after a jump - it wont gets collected...you'll still need to run over the mark to trigger the 'collect' event. (or just move a bit...in case you are on the tide spot.





Well ... its for players to find out ..





You loose gravity and get stuck in mid air - YOU ARE OUT OF THE MAP
To avoid false detection - player must be few seconds weightless before "out of map" event is triggered.




Servers will be configured with following settings:

Difficulty	serious
Infinite ammo	ON
Invulnerability	OFF
All weapons	ON
Remove Monsters	OFF
Open All Doors	OFF
Remove Map End	ON
Out Of Map	1 day ban

Due to restrictions of the sam server it self (some settings ..like map end.. and marks - cannot be propagated to the next changed map)
Event will be played by a single map at the time (like in Hunting grounds server)
Map end will be disabled - and switch to the next map could be done only manually - using @map command.
To accommodate most of the registered players - there will be ~3-5 servers per game (FE/SE)
in order to play alone or in a group.



Nop ...but only registered players will be able to join
Registration will be disable when event starts.




Why ? ... this is a jump event - you'll die lots of times before getting to those markys




Nop ... there are no credits or score used from the game it self.




The moment event will start - registration will end.

---------- Post added 29-07-2018 at 09:18 ----------



Ps = Cms + ((Tms /2) * (Kmm /Tmm))

Where:
Ps - Player score
Cms - Collected marks score
Tms - Total marks score
Kmm - Killed map monsters
Tmm - Total map monsters

With other words:
Collected score for marks + up to 50% of total score for killed monsters



Nop ... just keep playing - and pumping up the score.
This is first of its kind event.
If all goes right - future events might be organized in that way.




Yep... once you come to stand and you are higher than you started from - it is considered a successful jump
Jump detector - will keep track on you if you'll die in mid air ... respawn ...and still jump to a higher ground
Making it effectively a multi life jump




Lots of things in event automated ... It would be difficult to do that...
But if someone finds a loop hole - i'd be glad to hear about it

Then, I collect a "marky" only after rocketjumping on a top...

I asked this question because I thought the opposite: I believed you need to reach a "marky" at the bottom of a wall (before shooting rockets) in order to start the jump counting on that area.

Indeed, I have to rocket jump over a wall and then collect the "marky". So this way you increase your score (and server will register your progress) only if you perform a successful rocket jump.

I think I will register already this evening (I was out for 2 days and I came back 1 hour ago), just to do it in time (even if registration ends tomorrow). Thanks for all these explanations!

And, last question: is rocket+cannonball higher jump allowed?

[Ostap]

And, last question: is rocket+cannonball higher jump allowed?

it would require even more experience ... use it if you can

[Ostap]

@marco - btw ... you got few hours left to also register on SE - there is lot more marks to find ...places to jump

[Marco]

@marco - btw ... you got few hours left to also register on SE - there is lot more marks to find ...places to jump

Hi Ostap,

Thank you for the suggest, but for the current edition I'm going to play FE only because I knew about some rocket jumps there.

I was even quite undecided before joining this event, since I've never done rocket jumping in order to reach roofs, and wall/tower tops, and started FE training only last week. I'm joining this edition for fun (like Alien Hunter) and to see how this tournament works. If Rocket Mania will be a successful event, I could start some practice also on SE for the next year. Training on both Encounters will require much more time, maybe I could practice one week on FE and one more week on SE.

For now my goal is to manage rocket+cannonball jumping (I can do that in the first building of Karnak and at the tower or no silent pill in Sacred Yards) and jumping with 3 rockets, which are the most difficult techniques for a beginner. Also, other players who are expert rocket jumpers told me there is a difference between vertical (90?) and semi-vertical (100?) walls.

Well, I hope to get a 7th place like it was on Alien Hunter.

Vsem udachi!