[release_1.3_alpha1] official Parkour mode

[drian0]

"Gema" is an inofficial style of AC gameplay where the objective is to run through a map and bypass all sorts of physical obstacles. Especially in hard maps it revolves around glitches and bugs or unintended game mechanics. For different reasons this type of gameplay is not fully accessible on the public masterserver. This feature requests aims to integrate this style of gameplay into AC by providing an official Parkour game mode.

Constraints:

• The experience of new players must not be degraded (very strange maps, shooting is not possible, ...)
  • New players should still be able to try out this mode easily if they deliberately want to
• Players who want to play the normal game modes do not suddenly get interrupted by Parkour mode due to vote or map rotation
• This feature request is designed to be as lightweight as possible in order to be a candidate for v1.3
  • In the future it could be further extended, for example with a dedicated Parkour scoreboard and a dedicated respawn logic

Changes:

• In Parkour mode you can not damage other players. You can still shoot/attack, but it has no damage effect on others
• In Parkour mode if you aim at another player the crosshair will show a stop-sign (same as aiming at a team mate in TDM)
• In Parkour mode there will be a text "Parkour Mode" shown in the head-up-display
• The server browser will have a switch or radio buttons with two options: "game servers" and "parkour servers"
  • The default selection is "game servers", the selection is reset to default whenever the game is restarted
  • If "parkour servers" is selected, the list will show all servers that have a server description starting with "[Parkour]"
  • If "game servers" is selected, the list will show all servers except the ones above
• The masterserver will not check map restrictions for servers where the server description starts with "[Parkour]".
  • Parkour servers must only allow for parkour mode - other game modes are not allowed. Abuse may result in delisting.
  • Game servers must NOT allow for parkour mode. Abuse may result in delisting.
  • The server configuration allows to enable/disable parkour with a config flag
  • If enabled, the server description will be prepended with "[Parkour]"
  • If enabled, the server will only allow the game mode Parkour to be played
  • If disabled, the server will NOT allow the game mode Parkour to be played

Since this feature is a significant change/addition to the AC gameplay it requires approval of the AC committee. However, before proposing this feature it to the committee we need to have a discussion first in the AC forum to see if this specification is sufficiently good.

[drian0]

Discsussion @ https://forum.cubers.net/thread-9091.html

[drian0]

Update: map restrictions seem to be already gone in v1.3 as far as I know.

[u0043]

Looks like a proper introduction of an official parkour mode to me. No objections on my end. There's certainly space for refining and extending the mode. However, this will require feedback from the parkour community once they got to experience the mode for real.