The Unimportant Announcement Thread

[14bit]

A new "Steeltype CP" subcategory has been added to the Downloads section of the site, under the "Capture Points" category.

I am in the process of moving all the Steeltype maps I can find to the new category, but if I've missed any or moved things I should not have let me know!

 

[nesman]

Updated the status page to indicate when there is a vultr alert.

I push another change to update the color of that alert, whoops.

 

[nesman]

• Fixed calladmin not working as expected on the gameservers
• Bot site (these aren't new I just forgot to document them)
  • new backend
  • redid the host mode
  • new visuals on the host mode
  • new retest counter
• mechengineer checks for bad HDR (not new forgot to document)

 

[nesman]

Updated the map testing guide to show a graph of when to host.

[Guide] Hosting a Map Test

0. How to start. If you haven’t hosted a map test before, you must be trained by either a server mod or someone who has a “Imp Host” tag. You must be a VIP in order to host a map test. Once you are proven to know how to properly host a map test, you’ll be able to host them on your own. Not sure...

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[14bit]

A new download category, "4v4 PASS Time" has been added to the Non-Standard Maps section of the site. You can find it here:

4v4 PASS Time

tf2maps.net

Additionally, the "Other" category in the Non-standard Maps section has been renamed to "Other Non-standard Maps" to reduce confusion with the completely different category named "Other", which is in the regular Maps section.

 

[nesman]

Added "licenses" to the other category. We're working on finding official licenses that fit the use cases here, it's more complicated than it sounds. More info here https://tf2maps.net/help/licenses/

 

[nesman]

Renamed the phrases used for cover images on downloads. This is a third party plugin so we don't have a lot of control over how it works.

 

[nesman]

Ok couple of things. I might have broken how posting a new thread works (fixed now) because of a new QoL addon. Basically in the mapping help sub-forum we want users to use the "Questions" type as it allows for authors to mark a question as answered. This highlights the answer and shows it at the top. Pretty neat right.

Added a tip when posting in mapping help to help encourage new posts to tell us what they need.

This can be applied to other forums so if there are some you'd like to see let us know.

Added a gentle reminder about resource/download cover images.

This does show up even if you have images or it isn't your download. If we didn't have to rely on a third party plugin this wouldn't be an issue but here we are also ADD IMAGES TO YOUR DOWNLOADS PLEASE

We do have the ability (plugin) to make quick reply templates so if you know of an area this would be useful let us know.

I'm sure I'm leaving some other stuff out.

 

[Katsu! :3]

This is a pretty cool update

 

[nesman]

Added some standardization for map notes. This makes it easier for things to be highlighted on the bot site. They are entirely optional to use and default to no for random crits and both for region.

 

[nesman]

After 6 days the gameservers are back. Some features (like rank prefixes) are missing and require extensive work to get them back. A complete rebuild of the servers were required after the recent updates. Blog post to follow soon(tm).

 

[nesman]

Added a /release feature to the bot on discord. Those who are familiar with the emporium discord have an idea of what this is. You simply supply a steam workshop, tf2maps, and a thumbnail. The bot posts in a #map-releases channel which can be followed and added other servers out there. The bot will auto create a thread in #finished-work for you.

Added some other QoL features.

 

[nesman]

/release will post to twitter now. You can also supply your own #finished-work thread in case you already have one created.

 

[nesman]

Added a contest notes field to adding your map on the bot.

 

[nesman]

Opened moderator applications https://tf2maps.net/form/moderator-application.3/select

 

[nesman]

Planning work:

• Added some more backend preparation infra to the bot for the upcoming VIP/host split. This splits the two roles up so VIP is not required for hosting and no one can host without the host role, however VIPs will be able to gain temp-hosting powers for a gameday (it needs to be submitted and on the calendar first).
• Added the Hosts tag to the servers and am testing with a small selection of users.

Please note the system is not rolled out yet so the old system is still current.

 

[nesman]

Updated the servers and did some housekeeping.
Any map not on the maplist was removed (this is automatic).
Summer 2024 maps are the default rotation and excluded from being uploaded to our demos site.

 

[nesman]

MCL made some changes to the botsite with how host mode works. When enabled it will hide maps that have "Don't play without me" unless the mapper shows up as present (that means connect your steam and discord account so you show up).

 

[nesman]

Small QoL change that you won't notice yet. These optional fields save to the DB now instead of being shoved into the notes. This sets the foundation for future work on the botlist so the filtering and highlighting works consistently. I had to adjust the API and botsite to reflect the changes since only the notes would have been displayed (oops).

 

[nesman]

We officially have bluesky support on our bot for releasing! https://bsky.app/profile/tf2maps.bsky.social