Robots

• Engineers

  • Changed:
    • Reduced max metal from 500 to 250
    • Reduced passive metal gain from 200 to 80
    • Reduced teamporter metal cost from 450 to 200
    • Reduced the cost of sentries and dispensers back to normal
      • Dispenser: 100, MiniSentry: 100, Sentry: 130

• Skeeter

  • Changed:
    • Increased vertical knockback power from 550 to 750
    • Reduced firing speed from +65% faster to +20% faster
      • This makes it so Skeeter can still juggle, but it's harder, and he can't juggle a player forever, with perfect aim you can juggle 3 shots.

• Nuker -> Smoker

  • Changed:
    • Cosmetics to be mostly smokes

• Bearded Expense

  • Changed:
    • Reduced time to trigger leap from 3.3 to 2.0 seconds
  • Added:
    • Faster taunt speed to better flex on the enemy

• Carpet Bomber

  • Changed:
    • Increased damage bonus vs players from -15% to +50% on main cannon ball
      • Carpet bomb damage remains the same

Teamporter

• Adjusted the logic for when teamporters teleport you.
• This should fix the times where the teamporter doesn't work. Works on the map that had issues when tested

Backend

• Fixed a logic error that made the robot health abuse system to trigger in cases it shouldn't

• Added logic to prevent players from unvolunteering after a game was over, making players spend QP from those who were still in the server

• Join the discord if you haven't already!!

• Join the Steamgroup for pings and announcements for when we play.

• Human Buffs Wiki Page

• Robots Wiki Page

Use the !seed command on our servers to let the discord server know you want to play

Robots

+ LED: + Changed: + Reduced move speed penalty from -50% to -40% slower + Increased clip size bonus from 6 to 8 + Increased damage penalty vs buildings form -65% to -85% + Increased fire rate bonus from +25% to +50% faster firing speed + Big Chief: + Added: + Gain +75 hp on hit

• Join the discord if you haven't already!!
• Join the Steamgroup for pings and announcements for when we play.
• Human Buffs Wiki Page
• Robots Wiki Page

Use the !seed command on our servers to let the discord server know you want to play

Balencemod.TF Websiet

nodejs overhall

Tools

• 🚀 Node.js - JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine
• 🚂 Express.js - Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for Node.js
• 📦 Mime-Types - A comprehensive library for mime-type mapping
• 🎮 Valve Server API - API for querying information about Source engine servers
• 🔌 Socket.io - Real-time bidirectional event-based communication library

how we keep hold of Jekyll

• 🌊 Liquid.js - A simple, expressive, and safe template engine for Node.js
• 📘 Marked - A fast markdown parser and compiler for Node.js

Styling (bmod.css)

• 🌀 Normalize.css - A modern, HTML5-ready alternative to CSS resets
• 🎨 Sass - A popular CSS preprocessor scripting language

Cache

• 🚀 Superjson - A safer and faster JSON.stringify and JSON.parse

Setting Up

First install Node version manager and then setup Node

nvm use
node i

on nix

if you are on nix first run nix develop to enter a shell enviroment where you have node commands. then run npm install to setup the node_modules folder, and then exit out of the nix shell. and then you should beable to run nix run .#bmod-dev

development

npm run dev

production

npm start

webserver

Install

1. clone

git clone https://gitlab.com/balancemod/main-site.git /tmp/nixconfig

2. partition disk

sudo nix --experimental-features "nix-command flakes" run github:nix-community/disko -- --mode disko /tmp/nixconfig/src/disko.nix --arg device /dev/sda

3. install nixos

sudo nixos-install --root /mnt --flake gitlab:balancemod/main-site

Update

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake gitlab:balancemod/main-site

gitlab runner setup

# node - /etc/gitlab-runner/blutsauger-node.env
CI_SERVER_URL=https://gitlab.com
CI_SERVER_TOKEN=TOKEN_HERE


# nix - /etc/gitlab-runner/blutsauger-nix.env
CI_SERVER_URL=https://gitlab.com
CI_SERVER_TOKEN=TOKEN_HERE

Todo

moved to: !224

permalink notes

• posts: :categories/:year/:month/:day/:slug
• pages: :path/slug
• collection :collection/:path/:slug

Jekyll

jekyll overall setup by tumble

Setting Up

First install Ruby Version Manager or Ruble 2.7.5 and then setup Ruby

rvm use
gem install bundle
bundle install

notes

data

• defaultweapons mercs new wepons - modded weapons
• team - api, credits
• servers - api,servers
• tf2rebalance_attributes_summary.json - balence

11ty =. jekyll

there is no site. also no include.

Running

bundle exec jekyll server -w --config _config.yml,_config-dev.yml

NO

not-quite-static

for when a static site generator feels like a pain and you dont want to write any php only html and a bit of json and or yaml

License

Humans

• Heavy
  • Eviction Notice:
    • Removed:
      • On Enemy Hit: Gain Haste Rune for 3 seconds
  • Apoco Fists:
    • Added:
      • Same stat bonus as Fists

Backend

• Boss Coin cooldown resets after the boss is destroyed

  • This makes it so there will not be a case where we have 2 bosses back to back

• Join the discord if you haven't already!!

• Join the Steamgroup for pings and announcements for when we play.

• Human Buffs Wiki Page

• Robots Wiki Page

Use the !seed command on our servers to let the discord server know you want to play

Humans

• Heavy
  • Tomislav:
    • Removed:
      • Mini-crits from behind
        • This had very little range and did basically nothing in the dps term of things
    • Added:
      • 60% higher jump height
        • Heavy ate helium or something
  • Eviction Notice:
    • Added:
      • On Enemy Hit: Gain Haste Rune for 3 seconds
  • Killing Gloves of Boxing:
    • Changed:
      • Reduced amount of hits to trigger the crit combo from 3 to 2 hits

Robots

• It is now recommended to switch robots after spawning or while dead, not when returning to spawn after being in the field, as health will no longer replenish.

Backend

• Robots are no longer able to switch class to circumvent some spawning health logic

• Robot Health is now retained when switching to new robot. Does not apply to bosses

  • This change is to combat some health abuse mechanics using loadout binds or suicide and class switching to circumvent some of the logic in place to keep robots from instantly healing up in spawn. The only way for robots to get full health back is to die or be healed by normal means. This was an issue primarily on defense, where some beefy robots would tank a lot, then walk back in to spawn right before death, switch robots back and forth then have full health again.
  • This means if you are a scout bot with 1500hp, and you take 100 damage, then switch to a heavy, the heavy will spawn with 1400 hp instead of 4000 hp

• Join the discord if you haven't already!!

• Join the Steamgroup for pings and announcements for when we play.

• Human Buffs Wiki Page

• Robots Wiki Page

Use the !seed command on our servers to let the discord server know you want to play

This is just to test some stuff.

BMOD

• More stuff

Humans

• Demoman
  • Primary & Secondary
    • Added:
      • +20% increased splash damage bonus
      • Missing documentation logic for the wiki page
• Soldier
  • All Rocket Launchers:
    • Added: +15% increased splash damage bonus
    • Changed:
      • Increased reload speed bonus form +20% to +30%
  • Airstrike:
    • Added:
      • +100% more max ammo
    • Changed:
      • Increased rocketjump attack rate to +85% faster
      • This weapon has the lowest DPS and startup of any snowball weapon, making it hardly worth running, these new buffs should make it better, as you are now able to empty a fully capped clip while using the base jumper on a normal rocket jump

Robots

• Terminator

  • Fixed a logic error that made humans able to see which human is marked for termination
  • Increased base health from 1100 to 1500

• Skeeter

  • Removed:
    • 25 Heal on hit

• Jbird

  • Removed:
    • Passive health regen

• Saxtron Hale

  • Reduced RC cost from 50 to 40 per robot

• General Crits

  • Reduced RC cost from 70 to 50 per robot

• Skilltron

  • Increased RC cost from 30 to 35 per robot

• Kommisar Krit

  • Reduced RC cost from 75 to 50 per robot

Backend

• Handler: Changed Low / High power to "Player imbalance detected" as it will make more sense for those not familiar with the mod

• Join the discord if you haven't already!!

• Join the Steamgroup for pings and announcements for when we play.

• Human Buffs

• Robots

Use the !seed command on our servers to let the discord server know you want to play

Economy

• Boss Coin Rework
  • Boss Coin Limit
    • Capped at 1
    • Added HUD element to display this
  • Acquisition
    • 1st Boss coin
      • First Point Captured*
        • * does not occur when robot team is red. This is to not give robots who are winning on defense a boss to win even more
      • After 180 seconds: On Robot Killed By Human
    • 2nd++ Boss coins
      • After 300 seconds: On every robot death or point captured
    • Wasting Boss Coins:
      • Boss Coins will be wasted if nobody buys it, or if a boss is alive during the refresher time.
  • Sound Queue:
    • Robots hear the MVM money sound when a boss coin is earned.

Humans

• Soldier
  • Airstirke:
    • Fixed:
      • Description showing incorrect number in how big a clip size bonus you get.

Robots

• Dewill & Artillery

  • Fixed a logic error that allowed robots to build clip by hurting themselves

• Carpet Bomber

  • Changed:
    • Reduced damage % of cluster bombs from +200% to +50% of source bomb
    • Reduced damage penalty vs players from +25% to -15%
      • This is to compensate for the 3/4 damage loss of cluster bombs
    • Reduced projecitle speed of cluster bomb from 400 to 300 robot speedy units

• Solarlight

  • Changed:
    • Increased move speed penalty from -25% to -40% slower
      • Claidheamor:
        • Reduced charge time increase bonus from 500% to 100%
        • Added instant deploy speed
    • Removed:
      • Set charge speed of 410
        • This is due to a recalculation of speed happening on weapon switch, now Solarlight just uses the standard speed as a base. This will not allow him to zoom at super speeds anymore
    • These changes should Solarlight be more consistent hybrid, while being worse demoknight and regular demo than the options, after all, hybrids should not be stronger than what they are the sum of

• LED

  • Added:
    • 20% faster firing speed bonus
  • Changed:
    • Increased damage penalty vs buildings from -50% to -65%

• Saxtron Hale

  • Changed:
    • Increased RC cost from 35 to 50 per robot
    • Increased size from +25% to +50% taller
    • Reduced damage bonus vs players from +210% tp +75%
    • Increased damage penalty vs buildings from -50% to -65%
  • Added:
    • 25% faster fist firing speed
  • Saxtron Hale remains difficult to balance since he is so fundamentally different to all the bots, however having the second best mobility of all the bots for free, combined with being able to just oneshot and stun everyone, is too strong. Normally Saxton Hale is arena and has no allies. Here he can potentially be buffed or have teammates helping. Therefore he can no longer oneshot anyone anymore. However the faster swing speed should help land kills while being in their face

• General Crits

  • Changed:
    • Increased RC cost from 50 to 70

• Wamo

  • Removed:
    • Crits from behind

• Skilltron

  • Changed:
    • Reduced RC cost from 50 to 30 per robot

• Kommisar Krit

  • Changed:
    • Increased RC cost from 60 to 75

• Nuker

  • Changed:
    • Reduced RC cost from 50 to 35 per robot

• Huntsbot

  • Removed:
    • 60% faster reload speed bonus
    • 95% faster gesture speed bonus
    • 50 HP Heal on kill
  • Added:
    • 35% damage boost vs players
  • Changed:
    • Increased ability duration from 5 to 8 seconds
  • This makes him have the same timing as regular huntsman, with the increased damage and penetration, there is now more time for counterplay instead of just hoping the bot messes up the spam timings

• Flycharger

  • Changed warpaint and cosmetics to not be as edgy

• Death Negator

  • Changed:
    • Increased overheal bonus from 400% to 900%
  • Removed:
    • Movespeed bonus increase on uber %

Backend

• Added function to set teamcoins for a team

• Added a new plugin to handle boss coin logic

• Added a new plugin to reload plugins that bug out sometimes on waiting for players end time

• Moved teamcoin function out of handler plugin to it's own plugin

• Renamed ability plugins for the rest of the robots that I didn't do prior

• Join the discord if you haven't already!!

• Join the Steamgroup for pings and announcements for when we play.

• Human Buffs

• Robots

Use the !seed command on our servers to let the discord server know you want to play