Okay,
Im really stuffed for time at the moment, got exams all this month but I will do my best.
Have a few ideas in my head right now which I just wanted to stuff onto here quickly before bed, maybe BAM and Hunth can let me know what they think or send me a PM, ill try get on IRC etc...
I suggest following;
1) BF2 Conquest Hardcore (or not hardcore)
- Change server name to "[SpA] Conquest | BF2 Maps | HC"
- Game mode hardcore, conquest large
- Maps from back to karkand pack
- 32 player, move to 64 if ever filled
2) BF2 Conquest Fast Vehicals
- Change server name to "[SpA] Conquest| BF2 Maps | Fast Vehical Respawn"
- Game mode normal, conquest large
- Maps from back to karkand pack
- 64 player
3) Teamplay Mixed
- Change server name to "[SpA] Teamplay Mixed Mode | 200% Tickets"
- Game mode normal
- Change map rotation to rush, conquest, rush conquest and a mix of the better maps
- 32 player, move to 64 if ever filled
LAST RESORT:
3) Chaos but traffic
- Change server name to "[SpA] Metro 24/7 Hardcore NO RPG/M320/USAS 1050 Tickets"
- Game mode hardcore
- Install NO RPG mod
- Try 64 player, if not 32 then 64
- After a while make the server Metro/another map (which is similar) and slowly transition the server to our ideal situation
For all of the above also:
- Good anti cheat installed
- Admins often present
- SpA members to idle their computer on the server throughout the day to kick off players joining
- Quickjoin/quickmatch enabled in all cases for more traffic
We got an admin forum we could move this to?
Sweeeet
EDIT: (I love edit): more food for thought:
http://forum.i3d.net/battlefield-3-i3d- ... lling.html
Some interesting bits i picked out:
- make sure your startup.txt config adheres strictly to the Quickmatch requirements set out in the admin docs. (sheppy: this seems important have we checked this??)
- Quickmatch hates an empty server. I can usually seed an empty 64 by just parking myself on it for 5 minutes and it'll fill up.
Currently everyone is trying to get into the big conquest servers though. They're much more popular than Rush or any of the other game modes
EDIT: Read a lot about chaning the GUID will flood players into the server :O Perhaps do this when we change the server especially the name.
http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewto ... f=4&t=5970
This has worked for me on 2 of my battlefield 3 servers that weren't filling (the other has stayed full 24/7 from day 1). I changed the servers GUID in the Managed panel page. This resulted in the filling of my 2 servers (64 conquest and 32 Mixed modes) in 5 minutes. It was insane how fast they can fill.
EDIT: Go on then, get me some hosting credentials and ill have a look at the nitty gritty