I’m the admin of Chinese server, which is the Official Server of Discovery in China. Lots of us love Discovery so much.
But there is a big problem in Chinese server. The last Leader called 50cent, maybe you know him. he quit now, and leave all things to me. Be honest, the situation of Chinese server is very bad. Admin always not online and the management system are not good enough. So he left all this to me. And trust me maybe I can save it.
50cent want to change all this either, but his work is too busy, he said that, you need to change now times situation.
As I consider, the Chinese server’s player need to experience the Complete RP content. Now times, the faction rules in Chinese server are: build a player base, when the base died, your faction died. And they also can’t enjoy the joy of conquest. So they just play for a while and no longer play. We lost lots of player. I really feel pain of that.
Lots of them think that, Freelancer is too old, that is the basic result of Chinese Server Poor operation. Both you and I know that is bullshit. And I should apologize for the mistake of Chinese server’s admin. Because of the Great Fire Wall, we even can’t connect the GC forum. After I saw GC forum. I feel so much .And I feel sorry for Chinese server’s player. They really didn’t have the thing they should get, and even so, they still love this game, and want to save it.
In china we have lots of Science fiction fans ,I promise you the player interested in Discovery which they can Complete join in to RP play might be the numbers that same as GC server.
Maybe you won’t believe it , let us come to the point. For example, the conquest, or war between the factions won’t change any thing, we even don’t have a Method to calculate how this faction can occupy this system. Last rule is the worst thing I ever seen, we build a player base, and who destroy it, who win.
But player base is stand there by 24 hours ,any one can attack it in any time .So ,this rule had been abolish, now times ,the war or big activity between players only Organized by the players, they play in a really hard way. The official can’t give them any Determination method, and they can’t change the map, either.
OK, I talk too much….I have few question, if you can answer, I will be so grateful.
First. If a player faction wants to be established, want do they need to do. Do they need to upload the Face book to improve their real identity? Or every one can register a faction?
Second, if his faction has set successfully, what if he and his men never get online, it always be a problem in Chinese server. And I saw the online faction Bulletin board in the forum. I want to know how they can do this. I mean ,how could they catch the player account in Specific words, like Core| or something else , GC can even record the player’s ID to Identify which side they are between a war.(like California combat now times happened.) How can you do this? I really want to know.
Third, I really can’t recognize how some factions play for. Err , for example. The USI, The IC, do they really drive the train across Sirius all day? What else can they do? In Chinese server nobody ask to establish these factions, because they really don’t know what to play for. I really want to know what will these factions do, or what kid of big activity they often do. (Especially ALG)
Fourth, what will admin do to let player factions enliven. what kind of activity the admin always put to player factions? For example, if GRN want to break the war to Kusari, the want to take down a station in silence, will the admin agree with them and don’t tell Kusari government? If they do this, will the players say that the admin use unfair means?
Fifth, how did you change the NPC base from the invulnerable into being Capable of destroying? lol.
Sixth, in the final analysis, can the Chinese server develop our own story?
I contact with one admin , and he told me come here to ask ,this words was write for him , lol .
I forgot to say thanks , if you can read this words that spoke too much , I'm very grateful to you.
2.after they make a tag a faction activity can be tracked and displayed to others who uses a browser (for that a mod can explain better/walk you through the process)
3.they roleplay,trade..more details bellow*
4. see below*
5 its not possible to be destroyed in this mod,only files on the server can be edited to reflect/display that
6.sure...if you know how to code/edit the systems and such...
*our roleplay is not a dynamic one, ie: shoot at a base it gets destroyed,conquer a system..etc.. you only roleplay a character within the limits provided to you by the ones who made the mod(devs) in collaboration with the admins that edits stuffs sometimes..
also..if you guys can understand English you should give our server a try but only after you read the rules(which are more for common sense than anything else) ,assuming you can use a way to circumvent your country firewalls (ie tor or the like)
People want to believe that God has a plan for them.
They don't wanna believe that anyone else does..
Definitly you guys should give the main server (GC) a try, we could realy need more population means increased interactions with players. PM me if you have questions I shall help.
well , I`m really glad to see a reply now ,lol.
I need to say ..... We have players see Discovery grown up almost ten years .they always try to play GC.
We can connect with GC server ,but the ping is too high.And English language still the biggest problem.We can`t contact the admin in time is a big problem,either.
For most of the players ,they want to play games in a easy way (I mean a least they don`t need to use the baidu translate machine.)
So we Chinese Server developed in the absence of contact with the GC case, until today, fall into a wrong path.
I should be modest to GC for experience.And i will try to see more .
Thank you very much.
(But still i can`t understand what can ALG activity.lol)
Hello, as the most technical admin around I'll answer your technical questions.
2. The tracking is done by providing our web server with player data it can compute and arrange in the SQL database. This data is provided by the FLHook plugins. As for the california stuff, this is all done by the event plugin but there is still some processing done by the web server to display the data on the forums.
3. Traders are traders. Yes, in theory all they'd do is trade all day (and that's what faction members often do), but this is a roleplay server and there are other avenues they can explore. Diplomacy, expansion, corporate warfare, etc...
4. The admins leave this stuff in player hands. We are only here to ensure they don't stray away from the global storyline, and sometimes even that happens to be altered by unplanned events. Simply put: Admins aren't here to control RP, but they can act if it cease to make sense or may cause issues.
5. There's a plugin I know of that allows this, only in use by Helloween, server operator of "Discovery of Discovery". We don't need this here as when a base is destroyed it's intended in the storyline and done properly through a patch.
6. Sure you can, it might be a little problematic whenever we will deploy a new content update though as some of our decisions might not be what you expected.
(05-17-2016, 12:20 PM)Commissar SnakeLancer™ Wrote: Definitly you guys should give the main server (GC) a try, we could realy need more population means increased interactions with players. PM me if you have questions I shall help.
Well......Many Chinese Players are unbelievable rich ,and they are glad to pay for the game which they enjoy .But now china`s Science fiction game market is really poor and NoGameToPlay . Many bounder players are waiting for the Star citizen . It might be a good chance that promote Discovery into china.
In china the person who play this game is the person know the freelancer,and the old fans.
I should say sorry that we messed up. Chinese Server`s Admin .......both the number and the quality are limited.And they have entered the working age ,maybe i`m a college that might bring me more time , but i need to carry on this on my own.
You know the Great Fire Wall might be intangible, even many of us can read English ,and write English ,i can`t promise that all of 500 players can adapt English environment .And even now ,few of Chinese players know there is a such good game can meet all their requirements.If Chinese Server become Regular ,they will know there is a greater world in GC. that`s called "win-win".
After all i need to tidy up this Chinese Server now....
Thank you for reply.
(Anyway .....how they Record the players tags....I really want to learn this.)
(05-17-2016, 12:37 PM)Alley Wrote: Hello, as the most technical admin around I'll answer your technical questions.
2. The tracking is done by providing our web server with player data it can compute and arrange in the SQL database. This data is provided by the FLHook plugins. As for the california stuff, this is all done by the event plugin but there is still some processing done by the web server to display the data on the forums.
3. Traders are traders. Yes, in theory all they'd do is trade all day (and that's what faction members often do), but this is a roleplay server and there are other avenues they can explore. Diplomacy, expansion, corporate warfare, etc...
4. The admins leave this stuff in player hands. We are only here to ensure they don't stray away from the global storyline, and sometimes even that happens to be altered by unplanned events. Simply put: Admins aren't here to control RP, but they can act if it cease to make sense or may cause issues.
5. There's a plugin I know of that allows this, only in use by Helloween, server operator of "Discovery of Discovery". We don't need this here as when a base is destroyed it's intended in the storyline and done properly through a patch.
6. Sure you can, it might be a little problematic whenever we will deploy a new content update though as some of our decisions might not be what you expected.
really? lol , i will translate every words ,give me some minutes please
(05-17-2016, 12:37 PM)Alley Wrote: Hello, as the most technical admin around I'll answer your technical questions.
2. The tracking is done by providing our web server with player data it can compute and arrange in the SQL database. This data is provided by the FLHook plugins. As for the california stuff, this is all done by the event plugin but there is still some processing done by the web server to display the data on the forums.
3. Traders are traders. Yes, in theory all they'd do is trade all day (and that's what faction members often do), but this is a roleplay server and there are other avenues they can explore. Diplomacy, expansion, corporate warfare, etc...
4. The admins leave this stuff in player hands. We are only here to ensure they don't stray away from the global storyline, and sometimes even that happens to be altered by unplanned events. Simply put: Admins aren't here to control RP, but they can act if it cease to make sense or may cause issues.
5. There's a plugin I know of that allows this, only in use by Helloween, server operator of "Discovery of Discovery". We don't need this here as when a base is destroyed it's intended in the storyline and done properly through a patch.
6. Sure you can, it might be a little problematic whenever we will deploy a new content update though as some of our decisions might not be what you expected.
OK....I saw a video that show the Core destroyed a Corsairs Battleship called Grenada (seem like this name) ,And the GRN battleship in Leeds also be destroyed....So ...In which time you change this base into "can destroyed",is that faction need to win a combat first ,then you can punch down this base...or,the base is the key of a combat?
And another question ,if a player faction long time not online ,or not active for a long time ,will the admin come out and take down this faction? or just ......let it go?
Why do they fight ,and being warfare .Cause the admin can`t force the factions into war. but what if they don`t want to fight . I mean ,there must be something to tempt them.
(05-17-2016, 12:37 PM)Alley Wrote: Hello, as the most technical admin around I'll answer your technical questions.
2. The tracking is done by providing our web server with player data it can compute and arrange in the SQL database. This data is provided by the FLHook plugins. As for the california stuff, this is all done by the event plugin but there is still some processing done by the web server to display the data on the forums.
3. Traders are traders. Yes, in theory all they'd do is trade all day (and that's what faction members often do), but this is a roleplay server and there are other avenues they can explore. Diplomacy, expansion, corporate warfare, etc...
4. The admins leave this stuff in player hands. We are only here to ensure they don't stray away from the global storyline, and sometimes even that happens to be altered by unplanned events. Simply put: Admins aren't here to control RP, but they can act if it cease to make sense or may cause issues.
5. There's a plugin I know of that allows this, only in use by Helloween, server operator of "Discovery of Discovery". We don't need this here as when a base is destroyed it's intended in the storyline and done properly through a patch.
6. Sure you can, it might be a little problematic whenever we will deploy a new content update though as some of our decisions might not be what you expected.
OK....I saw a video that show the Core destroyed a Corsairs Battleship called Grenada (seem like this name) ,And the GRN battleship in Leeds also be destroyed....So ...In which time you change this base into "can destroyed",is that faction need to win a combat first ,then you can punch down this base...or,the base is the key of a combat?
And another question ,if a player faction long time not online ,or not active for a long time ,will the admin come out and take down this faction? or just ......let it go?
Why do they fight ,and being warfare .Cause the admin can`t force the factions into war. but what if they don`t want to fight . I mean ,there must be something to tempt them.
Thank you very much
As far as I know, the destructible objects you're talking about are technically player owned bases with a different model. You better wait for Alley's explanation, though.
There's a faction status for the official server's factions which tracks their activity: http://discoverygc.com/forums/serverinte...ion_status
If a faction doesn't meet the required activity they lose their officialdom.
Admins do not force factions into a war. But, as you can see, Bowex and Gateway dislike each other and there are roleplay reasons for some shipping factions to hate each other. This might result in a corporate war, which is very interesting in my opinion.
