LULA 2022 - PT 13

Let me see your shit then mongoloid

Idk if the rules changed but last time I was interested in a designer position I was told not to apply because I do freelance work and paid projects for other servers. If this hasn't changed you're effectively asked to do high level work for no pay, no exterior incentives and give up any side gigs you may have.

Say your minimum price instead of this "dem only" shit.

@Phunky @TheCmdrRex The new anti cheat is super aggressive, sometimes when I access my garage I get kicked for "script restriction 2" and when cops escort sometimes we get kicked for "script restriction 17"

Blame @Ares for being an uninvolved owner or your civ reps who promise unreasonable goals with no developer input. We have a few freelancers and a professional dev working on staff, they're unpaid and have to optimize the game, deal with hackers and database issues and put out updates simultaneously and for literally tons of work they receive zero IRL compensation unlike the devs on servers like Asylum. This mindset that devs owe donors the rewards they didn't promise is toxic asf and makes our turnover and burnout rate astronomical, just last night I spent 3 hours talking to a dev who's already considering leaving this server due to how much toxicity comes from OS and the community and giant goals on a time crunch. If you want to blame someone blame senior civ council and senior OS, but until we start paying them and offering a competitive rate leave them out of the drama.

According to BI it will function like a mod and if those assets are enabled only players with the DLC will be able to connect to the server. I'm against it but unless it changes though shit, this also applies to the next 4 creator DLCs, also spread and sign this petition if you want BI to reconsider this, Psysin picked it up and Drewski hasn't replied but we need signatures. http://chng.it/DPCSRp4dY7

There's a difference between slightly uncomfortable and an anal only gangbang

What do you want for it?

Don't know If it's tested but I heard that you can hear cops in frog from heroin. Honestly I realize it's pretty stupid but there's only so much space on the map for processors and harvesting and we need to balance the map of legal and illegal zones, old frog pro was too close to air but there's no spot right now that's close to harvesting and balanced.

I also vote for never. Not knocking on your work but tbh I can't think of something more boring than watching someone make commissions. I do freelance design work and most of my commissions take 3 or more hours so unless you're using a template it's a whole lotta boredom.

I have zero issue with asking the devs to put out a tracker with a few options and updating it every once in a while. My issue is with the people saying the devs are lazy and that OS needs to reign them in. Especially people saying "I donate so I deserve to get the goal" because it's simply untrue. To flex again 9 years of volunteer experience with around 5 of those being in a supervisory role and imo this server goes against all the best practices of dealing with volunteers. The donors bitching remind me of when I was a volunteer firefighter and people would cuss me out on scenes because they "I pay your salary" despite the fact I wasn't ever getting paid. Olympus makes more than enough to give small paychecks to devs and Sr staff and despite being one of the biggest gaming communities in the world purely based off playerbase it still doesn't for some reason despite being a dev/designer/sr staff member here being almost a full time job. Personally I think high level OS should get paid, but until that happens the community needs to realize they're volunteers and treat their work and time as they would with any other amateurs.

Looking at the state Altis is in I'd wager World Bank is more likely.

Honestly I see this less as an issue of the devs and more as a community issue, like Rex said dev's don't have an input when goals are settled and to speak candidly they're given a turd and told to make it smell good at times. we have tons of issues with optimization and current content but the community keeps pushing for more content. Arma has what's commonly referred to as "spaghetti code" and it's common for a fix to break something else, these guys work on a volunteer basis while having to do a ton. Olympus makes more than enough to pay its devs even a small allowance for their work, until devs (and less so the rest of staff) start getting paid for their work we need to respect their call of delaying things no matter how long and appreciate the effort they put in for nothing. If devs stay getting paid I agree they should be held to higher standards, but I've led and worked with volunteers for approximately 5 years and through different orgs I have around 9 years of experience and one of the things we're always told is to be realistic about expectations, praise and reward good work and most importantly maintain a high degree of flexibility. I get this is a game but they are volunteers and it's important to keep those points in mind when dealing with them.

Don't worry about those dudes and keep on trucking, ArmA code is very unstable and the amount you guys have put out despite engine limitations is remarkable. People always want new things but imo Olympus needs an "operation health" where for a month there is no new content and devs can just optimize. I have a friend who works as a dev for an unturned server and their devs get paid 25 a week, he wanted to start an ArmA server and balked at how difficult it is to dev on here and gave up because he wouldn't be able to pay devs enough until his server started turning a profit. People literally get paid decent ish money to do what you do and while Olympus not paying staff is a different issue altogether you guys do an incredible job considering you're unpaid and working with a demanding community/limited resources.

The logo isn't bad but if it ain't broke don't fix it, this server's been around since 2014 with the same logo. No matter how much better this is it isn't work replacing a logo that's worked fine for 5 years, also the logo is irrelevant. Outside of some donor textures it's not used for anything.

What if someone purposely gets hit E.G. Joey runs in front of my car while engaged.

What do you call a fake noodle? Impasta! What's the difference between the APD and vigis? Vigis need skill to advance.

You're looking at the higher levels of vigi instead of t1 and t2. Also the 2 shot problem is mostly bullshit and a separate issue the devs should handle. I've tested this with rebels in Kav and at point blank range at center mass a po7 will take between 3 and 5 rounds to tase depending on a few factors, you also need to realize that ArmA is primarily a milsim game and the ballistics reflect that. A t3 vest is using level 3 ballistic plates and at point blank range after the first 2 or 3 rounds you'll start getting penetration. this is also since you tase at 10 health because anything below that kills you so you survive a shot or 2 less. Don't punish vigis because the devs can't make a better script.

I'm cool with no vigils on Cartel or Rebels but this is too much. The APD is allowed to do all of those things and forcing vigilantes to abide by those ROEs would be plain stupid. They already have sub standard gear, sub standard guns and stricter engagement rules. Make vigis equivalent to a PO in terms of jurisdiction and leave it at that.

This is an unnecessary and useless idea, but so was the Corp lounge so I'm pretty neutral on this. Do POs need a lounge? No Do Corporals need a lounge? No Do Srs need a lounge? Kinda If corps get one for absolutely no reason might as well give one to POs.

I've thought of it for a while but what does ST actually do? are there any tangible benefits to doing it?

From what I found 12 service members were killed in Afghanistan in 2018 while 27 people died just in the MSD and Santa Fe school shootings. Your statement is literally correct.