What are some of the more popular mods?

Vera Lynn · 04-30-2012, 09:50 PM

I want to get back into the modding scene, seeing as there have been no good retail multiplayer games (IMO) recently. I don't want to install all the old great ones I used to play just to find out they have no servers, though. So what are some mods that people actually play regularly?

pizzahut · 05-01-2012, 10:29 AM

At least the Steam delivered mods you can easily check yourself - they can be selected in the Steam server browser, no matter if they are installed or not.

Servers with players on them right now, with free games (not mods) in parentheses:

(Team Fortress 2: 1000+)
(America's Army 3: 37)
Zombie Panic Source: 33
(Alien Swarm: 18)
Insurgency: 16
Synergy: 16
Pirates Vikings & Knights II: 9
Age of Chivalry: 8
(Moonbase Alpha: 7)
Dystopia: 3
DIPRIP: 1
Empires: 1
Smashball: 1
Eternal Silence: 0

mes_gots_its · 05-01-2012, 12:55 PM

You can also try Sven Co-op, it's a Half Life mod but usually has a couple servers with people on it (particularly this one server with a grappling hook mod that ALWAYS seems to have people on it).

pizzahut · 05-01-2012, 04:46 PM

For HL1 I did a count last year, plus a small archive that makes the HL1 mods available in the Steam server browser without installing. http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...4#post22988864

Sghirate · 05-02-2012, 03:18 AM

Online players

click on "All" (top left) and you see online players for some mods, until December. Sadly by then I needed the server for some other stuff and stopped recording completely for a while. Restarted in February, but only for Empires and Eternal Silence . . . if anybody is interested in more data, I might change some stuff in the script (proper threading, lower check-frequence).

rgds Sghi'

CaptainAhab · 05-13-2012, 03:14 PM

Fortress Forever has a pretty active pickup community that plays multiple pickups every evening.

We have a couple pretty active pub servers as well that tend to start getting busy between 3:30-7:00 EST.

Think TFC-inspired in the Source engine, 100% free.

http://www.fortress-forever.com/

04-30-2012, 09:50 PM	#1
Vera Lynn Join Date: Nov 2006 Reputation: 21 Posts: 2,107	What are some of the more popular mods? I want to get back into the modding scene, seeing as there have been no good retail multiplayer games (IMO) recently. I don't want to install all the old great ones I used to play just to find out they have no servers, though. So what are some mods that people actually play regularly?

05-01-2012, 10:29 AM	#2
pizzahut Join Date: Jan 2003 Reputation: 801 Posts: 4,371	At least the Steam delivered mods you can easily check yourself - they can be selected in the Steam server browser, no matter if they are installed or not. Servers with players on them right now, with free games (not mods) in parentheses: (Team Fortress 2: 1000+) (America's Army 3: 37) Zombie Panic Source: 33 (Alien Swarm: 18) Insurgency: 16 Synergy: 16 Pirates Vikings & Knights II: 9 Age of Chivalry: 8 (Moonbase Alpha: 7) Dystopia: 3 DIPRIP: 1 Empires: 1 Smashball: 1 Eternal Silence: 0 Last edited by pizzahut: 05-02-2012 at 09:55 AM.

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05-01-2012, 12:55 PM	#3
mes_gots_its Join Date: Mar 2010 Reputation: 317 Posts: 646	You can also try Sven Co-op, it's a Half Life mod but usually has a couple servers with people on it (particularly this one server with a grappling hook mod that ALWAYS seems to have people on it).

05-01-2012, 04:46 PM	#4
pizzahut Join Date: Jan 2003 Reputation: 801 Posts: 4,371	For HL1 I did a count last year, plus a small archive that makes the HL1 mods available in the Steam server browser without installing. http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...4#post22988864

05-02-2012, 03:18 AM	#5
Sghirate Join Date: Oct 2009 Reputation: 19 Posts: 27	Online players click on "All" (top left) and you see online players for some mods, until December. Sadly by then I needed the server for some other stuff and stopped recording completely for a while. Restarted in February, but only for Empires and Eternal Silence . . . if anybody is interested in more data, I might change some stuff in the script (proper threading, lower check-frequence). rgds Sghi'

05-13-2012, 03:14 PM	#6
CaptainAhab Join Date: Mar 2012 Reputation: 13 Posts: 10	Fortress Forever has a pretty active pickup community that plays multiple pickups every evening. We have a couple pretty active pub servers as well that tend to start getting busy between 3:30-7:00 EST. Think TFC-inspired in the Source engine, 100% free. http://www.fortress-forever.com/