PERK UPDATE:

PYROCLASTIC:

1. When the bomb projectiles explode, they will now release real fireball projectiles that will bounce around and will explode when they hit an enemy or player. If the fireball doesn't hit an enemy or player, the fireball will explode on it's own.

2. The fireballs will release shrapnel when they eplode that will also damage ZEDs or the player.

3. Fireballs and Shrapnel damage does increase as the perk levels.



NEW PASSIVES ADDED:

All Passives are listed here: kfpassive.guardiansworlds.com



CROSS BOW MAN
Arrow Bomb:
1. When taking damage from ZEDs, average chance CrossBowMan will drop a bomb that will explode and also release arrows that will hit ZEDs and the ground.
2. ZEDs will take damage from arrows that are on the ground.
3. Has a base damage, does not increase as perk levels.
4. CrossBowMan is fully resistant to the Passive Arrow Bomb Damage.



SABOTEUR
PipeBomb Drop:
1. When taking damage from ZEDs, average chance Saboteur will drop a live PipeBomb on the ground.
2. Has a base damage, does not increase as perk levels.
3. PipeBomb is weaker then a normal pipebomb.
4. Saboteur is fully resistant to the Passive PipeBomb damage.



Assault Rifle Specialist (ARS)
Frag Release:
1. When taking damage from ZEDs, average chance ARS will drop a frag grenade on the ground.
2. Has a base damage, does not increase as perk levels.
3. ARS is fully resistant to the Passive Frag Damage.



BLADE
Frag Release:
1. When taking damage from ZEDs, average chance BLADE will drop a frag grenade on the ground.
2. Has a base damage, does not increase as perk levels.
3. BLADE is fully resistant to the Passive Frag Damage.



BRUTE GUNNER
Frag Release:
1. When taking damage from ZEDs, average chance Brute Gunner will drop a frag grenade on the ground.
2. Has a base damage, does not increase as perk levels.
3. Brute Gunner is fully resistant to the Passive Frag Damage.



Dual Gun Specialist (DGS) and (DGS EAGLE EYE)
Frag Release:
1. When taking damage from ZEDs, average chance DGS will drop a frag grenade on the ground.
2. Has a base damage, does not increase as perk levels.
3. DGS is fully resistant to the Passive Frag Damage.



PISTOL PRO & PISTOL PRO EAGLE EYE
Frag Release:
1. When taking damage from ZEDs, average chance Pistol Pro will drop a frag grenade on the ground.
2. Has a base damage, does not increase as perk levels.
3. Pistol Pro is fully resistant to the Passive Frag Damage.



IMPALER (AKA NAILS)
Frag Release:
1. When taking damage from ZEDs, average chance Impaler will drop a frag grenade on the ground.
2. Has a base damage, does not increase as perk levels.
3. Impaler is fully resistant to the Passive Frag Damage.



Sub Machine Gun Specialist (SMGS)
Frag Release:
1. When taking damage from ZEDs, average chance SMGS will drop a frag grenade on the ground.
2. Has a base damage, does not increase as perk levels.
3. SMGS is fully resistant to the Passive Frag Damage.



SNIPER
Frag Release:
1. When taking damage from ZEDs, average chance Sniper will drop a frag grenade on the ground.
2. Has a base damage, does not increase as perk levels.
3. Sniper is fully resistant to the Passive Frag Damage.



Shotgun Support Specialist (SSS)
Frag Release:
1. When taking damage from ZEDs, average chance SSS will drop a frag grenade on the ground.
2. Has a base damage, does not increase as perk levels.
3. SSS is fully resistant to the Passive Frag Damage.




Thanks,
Guardian

Stock ZED Servers: Pro and Non Pro
1. Moved up amount of ZEDs per wave. Nothing else changed, just more ZEDs can spawn each wave now. This was updated since the past updates fixed squads of ZEDs that spawn. :3





NEW SERVERS ADDED:

2 New Servers added to Pro and 1 Server added to Non Pro


The Server Type Nickname is StarShip Trooper (ish):

The Servers consist of DeadSpace, Aliens, Doom 2, Half Life, Ant Warrior (Arachnids like) and a few other ZEDs. A few Enemies have been beefed up and you'll notice pretty quick which ones they are. By attack speed etc. etc.

The Pro Servers will have a Normal and Suicidal difficulty.
60 enemies at once not including spawers from spawners, cap is still 120 for max enemies on the field.

Non Pro will have a Normal difficulty.
40 enemies at once not including spawers from spawners, cap is still 120 for max enemies on the field.



There's no end boss. So, if you survive wave 13 you win. :3

These servers might be harder than the full custom, due to the amount of enemies on the field at once and especially later in the waves. The amount of enemies per wave has been moved up to compare with the new settings of the Normal ZED servers. Things will get interesting at the late waves. :3



#12 Pro Normal StarShip Trooperish: 162.208.6.163:7822 LVL 20 Perk Limit
#13 Pro Suicidal StarShip Trooperish: 162.208.6.163:7827 LVL 20 Perk Limit

##8 Non Pro HOE StarShip Trooperish: 162.208.6.163:8767 LVL 20 Perk Limit


Been a while since I setup fresh servers, so will fix anything I may have missed.

IMPORTANT: If you see a Christmas Stalker, please let me know. This means I've messed up on a ZED calling that's not spawning right. :3



Thanks,
Guardian

ZED SPAWNING AND SPAWNER SYSTEM UPDATE:

Have added code to all spawners that will now stop them from over spawning once the alive ZEDs on the field reach a certain number.

I've set the number at 120. This was the number that the old server system along with the Unreal 2.5 engine could hold before things started going down hill years ago.

With the new server system and plus updates, code and etc. etc. I've done to the mod to help the engine hold more. The current server with the current state of the mod seems to be ok up to 150 to 200 alive ZEDs. After that, things start going downhill with the Unreal 2.5 Engine.



So, there's two spawn systems at play in Guardians Mod. The main spawn system that comes from KFMod and 2nd there's ZED spawners that spawn other ZEDs.

The main system will spawn ZEDs as it spawns squads of ZEDs.

The 2nd system is the Spawner ZEDs that don't spawn true squads, but just more different ZEDs. This doesn't count into the level spawning system, so this is where things would go crazy, as the Main Spawn System doesn't control spawners and only looks at the "True Squad ZEDs" it's spawned....

I already had spawners set at limits for each ZED it spawns, however as the mod grew and more different ZEDs were added, that old control system no longer was effective as it didn't have a shut off as this system only controlled each ZED and didn't look at the total on the field of play (other ZEDs).

Now, with this update, the code I've added into each spawner and each ZED it spawns, this 2nd system will look at how many alive ZEDs there are on the playing field and hold the spawner from spawning if there's 120 ZEDs on the map. There's a chance it can go over 120, as if a spawner spawns ZEDs before the server updates(usually each second or two), then it can go over 120 a little. Possibly 120 to 150 ZEDs, but it's more likely to be 120 to 135 range.... :3

This update should help the server from crashes, especially crashes due to over spawn of ZEDs. This will also keep the game playable with the ZED on the field limit now capped. :3

If 120 is too much, I'll lower it down to 100. But, 120 more than likely should be ok. :3



With this update, some Servers have been upped as for the amount of ZEDs the main system will allow.


Stock ZED Servers on both Pro and Non Pro (no change).

Semi Custom Non Pro: upped from 35 to 50.

Custom ZED Servers Pro Average Spawn Rate: No Change (At 15)

Custom ZED Servers Pro Intense and Non Pro (Old Main Intense): Upped from 21 to 25.

Custom ZED Server Pro Pure HOE: upped from 27 to old setting of 35.




PASSIVE PERK UPDATES:

All passives listed at kfpassive.guardiansworlds.com

BERSERKER ADDED TO:

ASSASSIN, DEADPOOL, HORROR, JUGGERNAUT, NINJA, SWORD MASTER, BERSERKER, VAMPIRE
Stun Zeds:
1. When taking damage from ZEDS, good chance the listed perks will release a stun attack, stunning ZEDs around the player and slowing their movement to 25% for 7 seconds.



NEW:

COMMANDO
Frag Release:
1. When taking damage from ZEDs, average chance Commando will drop a frag grenade on the ground.
2. Has a base damage, does not increase as perk levels.
3. Commando is fully resistant to the Passive Frag Damage.



Demolitions
PipeBomb Drop:
1. When taking damage from ZEDs, average chance Demolitions will drop a live PipeBomb on the ground.
2. PipeBomb does increase as the perk levels.
3. PipeBomb is stronger then a normal pipebomb.
4. Demolitions is fully resistant to the Passive PipeBomb damage.




Thanks,
Guardian

(EDITED AND UPDATED THE BELOW):

Stock/Vanilla (No Custom) ZED Servers: (3 Servers on Pro, 2 on Non Pro)

1. Reconfigured the spawn listing.
1a. ZEDs will now spawn more like how they spawn in Regular KF. Easier ZEDs in the first waves and harder ZEDs in later waves.

2. Only have Baby Pat Tanktriarch that spawns different Stalkers in the earlier waves and the reset of the Baby Pats and the Regular Pat will spawn in waves 11 - 13. (Or should at least, each map can be different).

3. Doom ZEDs and bosses are still the same.

4. Increased max ZEDs at once on all servers since baby pats and the Regular Pat won't be spawning like they were before.

5. On Pro Stock ZED server, cut bots down from 6 to 3 and the max perks the bots can have is half what is allowed for players. So, if it's 6 for players 3 for bots. Non Pro Stock ZED servers stays the same for bots, only 2 bots can spawn (only 1 if a player is in game).



Only issue I can see with this re-configure is maps that spawn multiplier may stop spawning. Will depend on how many Baby Pat Tanktriarch (With Stalker ZEDs) spawns and how many ZEDs the spawn to help mess with the ZED counter. :3

But, this should help make these servers much more enjoyable instead of having mass amounts of ZEDs and Flesh Pounds on wave 0 or wave 1... :3

Over due update, but finally got to it :3 (None Custom ZED Server ZED spawn config hasn't really been reconfigured probably since I started the custom ZED servers)...


Thanks,
Guardian

ZED UPDATE:

Regular Patriarch:

Custom ZED Servers:

1. Adjusted the baby pat amounts that are able to spawn from Regular Pat. Still can get crazy, but is cut down some from what they were.

2. Can now spawn up to 8 Tesla Husk.

3. Increased (about double)the number of Chain Gun Flesh Pounds that can spawn.


Non Custom ZED (Pro and Non Pro) and Non Pro Semi Custom ZED Servers:

1. Removed all but 3 baby pat types that can spawn from Regular Pat. The 3 types of Baby Pats that can spawn, still can make ZEDs get out of hand, but should be much easier to contain than before. All other Baby Pat types are in the level spawn list.

2. Can now spawn up to 4 Tesla Husk.



End Pat Waves are still the same and have not changed.



Thanks,
Guardian