CTF · how many captures?

[EvilGrins]

When I play CTF (of any variety) I usually play for a max score of either 5 or 13.

5 is most often, though not always, when I'm testing a new CTF map.

"Lucky" 13 is a more generalized score. What I used to do when I hosted online or played LAN.

What's your ideal score?

[Hermskii]

Sadly, I don't ever play CTF. Love the concept though!

[EvilGrins]

Sadly, I don't ever play CTF.

Why not?

[revok14]

Like yourself, I test new maps with 5 caps. I put them on my server with 7 mostly. I have a 6v6 category with it set to 5. If someone played on the server and mentioned that they wanted the cap numbers higher, I would certainly consider it.

[Hermskii]

Michael Ironside. "SCANNERS". Awesome movie! If you haven't seen it, it is a true must!

[revok14]

Michael Ironside. "SCANNERS". Awesome movie! If you haven't seen it, it is a true must!

He's a Top 3 Canadian Export

You should check out some CTF or iCTF on custom maps like Dr Pikkos or some of the 'w00t' maps. Fun with small groups of 4-6. You can play defense or 'play mids' (middle of map) if you don't want to be a flag-runner. I definitely understand how people wouldn't want to play based upon the stock maps that shipped with the original game. CTF-Face is mostly a meme where you and you buddies drink beers and hang out in the sniper tower and the rest are grey box labyrinths that require translocator-spamming to navigate. CTF-Epicboy is probably the one exception. CTF-Gauntlet is playable/balanced wtih translocator. CTF-LavaGiant would be great if it was a smaller scale. In its current state there's no incentive to use anything but Sniper Rifle. Funny story: I posted on UT99.org asking about small/fun CTF maps and Dr. Pikko answered; Now I have just about all of his CTF maps on my server (in the attached picture, his are on the bottom).

We usually play tonight or tomorrow on my server if you would like to join; There are three of us. I'll try to find you on Discord if you are interested.
-revok

[Pikko]

Best Server with the best Maps.!

[Hermskii]

Canada puts out some great folks. I don't even think I can get my UT install to launch at this point. I've had the same install for about 10-15 years I suspect. It has made it through tons up OS upgrades but Windows 11 looks to have broken it good. Anyone like a certain 3d driver? If so, please post a link and why you think I need it.

[revok14]

Canada puts out some great folks. I don't even think I can get my UT install to launch at this point. I've had the same install for about 10-15 years I suspect. It has made it through tons up OS upgrades but Windows 11 looks to have broken it good. Anyone like a certain 3d driver? If so, please post a link and why you think I need it.

How old is your GPU? Is it NViDIA or AMD? I upgraded in 2024 to RTX4070 so I'm using the Vulkan drivers for UT99 but I also used the XOpenGL choice and it worked fine.

At work on my 14+ year old HP Desktop/onboard graphics I use OpenGL with minimal crashes