Improvements that Valve can make to the Orange Box right NOW!

Here are a list of improvements that Valve can make to TF2 on the Orange Box very quickly, just due to the fact that the majority of the code for these improvements is already there.

By adding some of these improvements, it would add to the Xbox 360 TF2 experience dramatically, without a very large download.

These updates improvements do not include new weapons, or stages.

Basic:

• When selecting the browser list for "unranked" games, browsers should continuously update just like the browser for Steam.
  
• Selecting a full match should kick you back out to the server browser NOT the home screen!!!
• While in the server browser, all modified servers should have a list of tags that show the condition of the server: Example +nocrits, +Instantrespawn, +Maxspies 0, +maxheavies 0.

This way, you won't break your controller by throwing it on the ground by joining an all Medic, or All Heavy, or all Sniper game -- 16 times in row -- due to the majority of host doing this on a Saturday night

• If person is host, and they are on your friends list, you should be able to pop into their server at anytime, as long as there is a slot, or the server is not full. Some strange reason, this does not always work.
  
• Ranked mode should be renamed clan match mode. Mode should be setup similar to tournament mode, where the admin must wait for teams to be ready to start clan match, before match starts, personal can practice and kill each other, etc. All CVARs should be apparent for those to see while in clan mode, and all members must vote when ready.
  

CVARs:

Add the following CVARs, since, during the modding days, I know that they are there:

• All Talk
  
• Instantrespawn (Highly debatable)
  
• Party mode

Controls and HUD:

• Allow option to change Field of View from 75 to 90, like the PC.
  
• Allow changing and customization of cross-hair
  
• Allow flip_view_model(must die before changes).
  
• Allow player auto reload.
  
• Make player kill tracker announcements apparent to actual player via making them white.
• Make it so that crit kills are visible in kill tracker
  
• Allow option to turn off view models

Ingame options

• Allow vote for kicking and player banning. Whenever a vote comes up however, since the Xbox 360 does not have keyboard support, force all talk to turn on.

Character Specific:

Soldier:

• Insert Ammunition nerf
• Insert extra splash damage

Demoman:

• Insert ammunition nerf
• Insert sticky bomb power nerf
• Insert higher sticky splash damage nerf

Pyro:

• Insert Compression blast
• Taunt kill

Medic:

• Allow medigun heal without holding down button.
• Base Regen amount increased from 1/sec to 3/sec

Scout:

???

Heavy:

• Taunt Kill
• Add the domination and other lines that the Heavy has. Don't do this for everyone else, just the Heavy, because they are hilarious!

Sniper:

• Allow option to auto unscope after taking a shot as sniper

Spy:

• Add ability to take teleporter and leave no trail
• Add ability to see who you are disguised as.
• Add ability to auto select last disguise, and make it so the person must add it to controller input (like Right Stick)
• Add ability to pickup metal while cloaked to extend cloak. If there is anything that you do to the Spy, at least do this, pretty please, with sugar on top
• If possible, input new backstab code.
• Add ability to take enemy teleporters
• Taunt kill
• Add ability to change visible weapon as a spy
• Fix spy medic disguise ubercharge level and spy disguised as disguise.

Engineer:

• Add ability to level up dispenser and teleporter

Other:

• Tighten all pistol spreads.
  
• Pistol now fires at a fixed rate, not based on the speed at which you press the firing button
• Allow a net-test to test speed of connection. If connection speed it fast enough, allow host to have games of 18-24 players.
  
• Add overtime nag option!
  
• Capturing the flag in a CTF game mode gives the entire capturing team 10 seconds of critboost. Allow option to be toggled off and on only prior to round commencing.

Is there any basic thing that I am missing?

[Twista Fattie]

Are you for real?

Originally Posted by Twista Fattie

Are you for real?

What do you mean?

[Twista Fattie]

Originally Posted by strafefire

What do you mean?

This just seems like a joke topic....

[netham45]

I actually agree with alot of this, and knowing the specifics of the Source engine, I can say that nothing here would be terribly hard to implement.

Well, maybe(now that I actually read it):
The spy weapon change would be slightly difficult, along with the leveling up of dispensers/teleporters(model distribution -- updates have to fit within an 8MB limit), the heavy taunts, and taunt kills. The votes would be iffy(they'd have to distribute the .res files alongside the .xex updates, but it could be done), but everything else would be possible given very minimal effort.

Originally Posted by Twista Fattie

This just seems like a joke topic....

uhhhh how?

Originally Posted by Twista Fattie

This just seems like a joke topic....

What do you mean by that? Realistically there isn't a point to this thread HOWEVER he is listing the things that we need so that people will know what we need and possibly the differences between the PC and 360/PS3 versions besides the obvious weapons/maps/hats etc.

You could stop being negative as well you know, it's nice someone stated things that we lack albeit obvious things (no offense to the OP) rather than pointless letters and griefs about Valve/M$ lack of updates debates and such, it's a nice subject I suppose rather than usual debates and console war threads but still, I digress.

Also to the OP, you forgot to mention the teleporters being sapped, when one is being sapped so is the other and only 1 sapper needs to be taken off of either of them to unsap both.

[Twista Fattie]

Originally Posted by Azul_Lycan

What do you mean by that? Realistically there isn't a point to this thread HOWEVER he is listing the things that we need so that people will know what we need and possibly the differences between the PC and 360/PS3 versions besides the obvious weapons/maps/hats etc.

You could stop being negative as well you know, it's nice someone stated things that we lack albeit obvious things (no offense to the OP) rather than pointless letters and griefs about Valve/M$ lack of updates debates and such, it's a nice subject I suppose rather than usual debates and console war threads but still, I digress.

Also to the OP, you forgot to mention the teleporters being sapped, when one is being sapped so is the other and only 1 sapper needs to be taken off of either of them to unsap both.

I'm not being negative. I'll have you know I've been emailing Gabe all day about my 12/12/12 Project.

Originally Posted by Twista Fattie

Are you for real?

Originally Posted by Twista Fattie

This just seems like a joke topic....

This here would be how it could be negative.

Originally Posted by Twista Fattie

I'm not being negative. I'll have you know I've been emailing Gabe all day about my 12/12/12 Project.

What does that project have to do with this? If you mean you're contributing to the society then by all means more power to you, but you shouldn't shoot down other people's threads or insult it (although I admit I do that too sometimes by mistake, I realize it after I submit it). But as stated in other threads, constantly e-mailing Valve is not going to do that much besides annoy them, odds are they are ignoring most e-mails from the 360/PS3 groups as constantly e-mailing normally ends up in the spam box and ultimately is ignored and not glanced at ever again. That's the problem with most e-mail projects, constant e-mails will annoy them and hence end up in the spam box. I'm sorry that I'm negative about such projects but I'm just being reasonable and realistic, however I'll still support such projects in hopes of it happening some day.

[TheTexanFarmer]

Originally Posted by Azul_Lycan

This here would be how it could be negative.



What does that project have to do with this? If you mean you're contributing to the society then by all means more power to you, but you shouldn't shoot down other people's threads or insult it (although I admit I do that too sometimes by mistake, I realize it after I submit it). But as stated in other threads, constantly e-mailing Valve is not going to do that much besides annoy them, odds are they are ignoring most e-mails from the 360/PS3 groups as constantly e-mailing normally ends up in the spam box and ultimately is ignored and not glanced at ever again. That's the problem with most e-mail projects, constant e-mails will annoy them and hence end up in the spam box. I'm sorry that I'm negative about such projects but I'm just being reasonable and realistic, however I'll still support such projects in hopes of it happening some day.

I hope you realize that his whole "project" is just him trolling on my 10/10 project.

Originally Posted by TheTexanFarmer

I hope you realize that his whole "project" is just him trolling on my 10/10 project.

I kinda figured that to begin with, but I didn't want to say that in case I could of been wrong, just a moral I have, as I think it is better to view things with an open mind and in a positive outlook lol. I think I also asked you that too back in his closed thread.

[TheTexanFarmer]

Originally Posted by Azul_Lycan

I kinda figured that to begin with, but I didn't want to say that in case I could of been wrong, just a moral I have, as I think it is better to view things with an open mind and in a positive outlook lol. I think I also asked you that too back in his closed thread.

I noticed that. It's amazing the amount of negativity there is for getting the updates. Although he does this only because he plays the PC version now.

god i wish he would just get out of these fourms and get a life

[Twista Fattie]

Originally Posted by TheTexanFarmer

I noticed that. It's amazing the amount of negativity there is for getting the updates. Although he does this only because he plays the PC version now.

Lol, don't act like you know me or anything about me. I think its cute you guys actually think they are gonna update the 360 version.

You all humor me.

Originally Posted by Twista Fattie

Lol, don't act like you know me or anything about me. I think its cute you guys actually think they are gonna update the 360 version.

You all humor me.

That's proof enough you're a troll. Please leave these forums.