Howdy pardners.
It's been some time since you've read from Firstful of Frags so we believe that it's high time to update you on the latest news but also present you with FoF's Halloween "GhostTown" game-mode once more!
First things first though... some news.
Lost but most certainly WANTED!
We need to start by addressing the "elephant in the room" as they say, and that would be nothing other than sharing what some have probably suspected already.
The main developer and the creator of this awesome game (Rebel_Y) has been missing for about six months now, the exact reason for this is unknown and only speculations can be made, but we will leave that aside for the time being, the truth of the matter is that Fistful of Frags needs him without a doubt.
This of course has led to some issues when it comes to properly administrating the game in various ways; most notably it has left the "Highlight Server Browser" (henceforth called HSB) on "autopilot".
No server (old or new) can be highlighted to show up on the server browser with the image tiles (the HSB) without Rebel_Y around which is very, very unfortunate.
In order to view all the servers that exist out there and not only those that are being "served" to you, you need to look for them by using the "FIND SERVERS" button which is on the game's title screen. This is very important as many believe that the game doesn't have enough servers for people to have fun on but that's very far from the truth.
We need Rebel_Y back as soon as possible, let's hope he’s doing well wherever he is.
Now... there's one thing we know he would approve of 100% and that is of course, celebrating Halloween, let's go with a YeeHAW!
Ghost Town : Trick...or Boom!!!
As many of you know FoF's "Ghost Town" game mode received a very fun update 2 years ago, that was the TnT bow, Ghost Town returns to us with the TnT Bow in tow this year as well.
The TnT Bows spawn simultaneously at the start of each round and will keep randomly respawning when they are "lost", one for each team (up to 4 in a 4Team Shootout), and they bear the color of each team. It's relatively easy to track these bows and those that wield them as they are almost always shown even through walls with a discreet but very clear colored highlighting. The TnT Bow is a very powerful weapon so use it carefully. At first you need to get used to its blast radius if you want to avoid blowing yourself up, but no one can take this weapon away from you as long as you're not blasted by something or killed by an enemy.
FoF's evil, spoooooky witch has done it again!
You will find her cauldrons at 3 different spots around each map, don't be spooked by them, drink the witch's juice and feel the Peacemaking power building in ya!
If you manage to drink enough of the stuff you will transform into a butt grinding Peacemaker with infinite ammo for a limited time and also get to keep these "instruments of Peace"!
All in all, great gameplay and opportunities for lots of fun but all that would mean nothing if we didn't have great maps to play on.
The spooooky versions of some of the maps we've played and loved over the years like Desperados, Nest, Cripplecreek and Overtop return to us with yet one more addition, the...
New map : The spoooooky Warehouse!
Introducing the Halloween iteration of fof_warehouse, "gt_warehouse" a community map created by Yami of "The Saloon".
The map features the regular layout of it's 9th revision but with a more festive dressing without a doubt!
This is considered a work "under construction" as it is in it's beta form still and needs some work in order to find what is causing one specific issue involving it's performance, something that The Saloon's playtesters will be working on during this first week of the Halloween celebrations.
Make sure to check it out as it will be hosted on a limited amount of servers due to it's beta phase.
With all the above mentioned nothing remains than to give you some suggestions of servers that do not appear on the "HSB" that have the game mode already running for you to have a taste.
Non Highlighted servers running Ghost Town mode at the moment.
The servers below can be accessed either by the game's in-game console or the option "FIND SERVERS" from the game's title screen.
US East Coast based
"★ The Saloon | Ghost-Town | No-Horses, Music"
connect 162.248.88.40:6315
US West Coast based
" Kyekful of Frags Ghost Town #FreeChitch"
connect 64.52.108.68:27040
Server owners : How to...
Server owners that want to enable "Ghost Town" mode on their servers need nothing more than to set it up in their server.cfg settings, change their map file settings to include the maps with the prefix "gt_" and make sure to add two variables that enable the TnT bow spawning sequence and highlighting.
"fof_sv_ghost_town 1"
"fof_sv_ghost_town_xbow 1"
We hope to see you out there passing the whiskey and enjoying this Halloween in Fistful of Frags.
Thanks for supporting this game with your free time, you are the ones keeping it alive!
Pass the witche's Juice ! ːsteammockingː
credits : Article cover and header by RangerLicious of "The Saloon", Gif Artwork by JPM岩