As I said above, most people really like this new installment of SOF. As with most things, there are those who don't like it and I am finding that these people had misconceptions on what the game was going to be like. While things like this always happen, I wanted to point out that there is additional information to be found on the download pages at Gamespy and PlanetSoldier
Although I will let these sites and others explain SOF2 in detail, I want to just mention a couple of things (I will list server commands at the end):
- Player’s movement speed can be changed on the server.
- Grenade weapons like the MM1 and rocket launcher can be turned on or off.
- Server admins can change the spectator mode so that people are only allowed to follow their own team members.
- The map called 'The Shop' that was included is an 'indoor' map. It isn't a jungle or other terrain-type map.
Since I am a level designer I had to say a few other things about the map that was included ... sorry, I couldn't resist.
As mentioned above, the map is an indoor map; an office in fact. While the choice of this map might seem mundane, trust me when I say that the map may appear simple but it has a lot of depth to it. The map truly shines with the infiltration game mode, because that is what it was designed for. So, I highly recommend you find some mates to play with and go hog wild!
While I was going to write a 'Shop 101' and explain in detail how complex the flow of the map is, I decided to let people find out on their own. I will however, give a few hints:
- Use the outside of the building. Believe it or not, but you can walk most every way on the outside of the building.
- You can climb the cables on the scaffolds.
- Work as a team. This may seem obvious, but the attacking team (Blue) really has to work together to succeed. It isn't completely required, but it sure is a lot of fun when you do!
- There are MANY routes that the attacking team can take. While there are only three ways into the room with the briefcase, there are over a dozen ways to get there. I am serious that there are over a dozen ways!
- There are at least 9 ways to escape with the briefcase.
- While crouch jumping (holding crouch shortly after jumping) is not required, it can get you to a lot of place you normally couldn't get to. :)
I leave it there to let you discover everything else on your own. Hopefully, people will start to put together FAQs and guides to show off the complexity of the entire game. Thank you for testing, and please send any constructive comments to our feedback address.
-Clem Samson-Samuel
Raven Software
SOF2 Level designer
Server commands (Thanks to Bryan Dube aka Apoxol):
movement speed:
g_speed - default is 280
grenades
g_availableWeapons 2222222222200 - that will turn off the rocket and grenade launcher (each number represents a weapon). 2 means that its available in pickup games (deathmatch) as well as non pickup games (infiltration), 1 means its only available in pickup games, and 0 means not available at all.
g_followEnemy 0 - disallows following of enemies
g_forceFollow 1 - disallow free float ghost mode
g_respawnInvulnerability - defaults to 5, this is the number of seconds you are protected from taking damage after you spawn (providing you haven't shot yet)
g_friendlyFire 1 - turns friendly fire on