TTT Rotation LATEST Updates! (January-May 2021)

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Hey everyone, Rotation PR @AlphaOwl here! I figured I could make this as a way to track down some of the recent developments Rotation has taken so far in 2021, and to keep the forums updated on these developments. These will be sorted based on the Month that the changes took place, so hope you can enjoy this! 

P.S. I will also be making more blogposts each month to keep the forums updated!

 

January

Removed from the map pool and returned based off of community feedback, Community Pool 2017 is back! This version will exist alongside the Revamp version, as requested in the original suggestion. Thanks to the help of @AlphaOwl, we'll also be reintroducing Whitehouse Rev! Removed originally due to the server upgrading to a higher tickrate and us increasing the gravity physics, this new version exchanges the elevator out for a staircase and ladder!

Based on community feedback, we've also hosted our first map removal pool this year, to where we'll be seeing the departure of Zanzibar, Mtt Resort, and Lunar Base. The Dark Link Model will also be removed due to visibility issues as well. However, we'll also be introducing Heaven into the server as well, a map set on a bunch of sky islands!

We'll also be introducing a new T weapon, the turret! Place it down and let it rain a hail mary full of bullets against all your foes! Triggered by line of sight, the turret packs fast but minimal damage, and doesn't deal any damage against fellow traitors. The best way to get rid of it is by knocking it down, so good luck!

As a celebration of GFL's 10th anniversary, we hosted an event on the server! The top 5 players who score the most points over the span of 2 hours on 67thway will be rewarded! Such rewards range from steam gift cards, pointshop points, and various amounts of VIP! Although the competition was tough, we saw @Alexis take the server by storm, and took the first place prize of Perma VIP!

 

February

Big news everyone, the server name is back! Officially ending the short stint as TTT Modded, Rotation is officially back into the full swing of things. As suggested on Discord, we removed Power rounds and have reset pointshop points and playermodels. Best of luck to everyone getting their points back! 

We'll also be introducing another new T weapon, the bomb station! With an identical appearance to the health station, the bomb station is used to trick your foes into exploding upon use! With a 3 beat grace-period, the bomb station packs an explosive punch as a mind game weapon. It won't trigger upon Traitor use, but will deplete its charge, but be careful if you're an innocent!

We'll also be including the Role Counter as well, which tells players at the start of each round how many innocents, traitors, and detectives there are, as well as the role of someone who left!

In an effort to reduce the download size, @BraeLyn2212 has taken the time to remove many unused models, which has condensed the available pointshop models mostly belonging to Supporter and VIP ranks, including ones owned by many $200 donators. (If your model was removed, please contact us on the Discord, where most of our action happens!)

 

March

Based off of the results of the second map removal poll this year, we'll be seeing the departure of The Ship, Crummy Cradle, Al's Toy Barn, and Lumbridge. We may have accidentally removed Simple for a bit, but don't worry, it's back! The Role Counter has also been removed due to causing a memory leak as well.

 

April

We will be introducing our new developer though, @Paul.! He's taken the time to remove some of the remaining old files from the server, now reducing the file size to 250 mb! Dolls MC is also getting replaced with a smaller size version (same iteration), as well as an adapted version of Heaven, both edited by @AlphaOwl!

 

May

We'll now be introducing @Paul. as our new Server Manager alongside @BraeLyn2212! Thanks to both their efforts, this allowed us to experiment with some new additions to the server!

We introduced the Golden Deagle and the Body Bomb! Two TTT classics, we hope to add new variety to the arsenals of both Ds and Ts.

The Golden Deagle is a one-shot, Golden-embroidered Deagle purchasable by the D, and upon shooting a Traitor, kills them instantly. However, don't get too trigger happy with it, cause if you shoot an innocent or another Detective, the shooter will die instead! If you're a T, the Golden Deagle should be able to kill any role, so don't worry about dying trying to kill an innocent (although don't shoot your T buddies, you'll wind up dead instead)!

The Body Bomb is a dispensable ragdoll, that upon inspection, explodes! You can also change the model to be default, another player's, or your own! To avoid exploding it, Alt+E to secretly identify the body, which will label the body as "BOMB". They can also be identified with the use of binoculars. Traitors who identify the body will not activate the Body Bomb, but can also hide the BOMB label on bodies that have already been identified.  We've also increased M16 accuracy, making the gun a lot more precise!

Emotes are here on the server! Typing ttt_act in console gives you access to a wheel of emotes, allowing you to express yourself however way you feel! Whether you be greeting players or dancing your butt off, the emotes provide a wide array of silliness to the server. Try them out!

@AlphaOwl's Whitehouse has been replaced with the original Whitehouse, which returns the classic aesthetic and theme, so go crazy having gunfights in the Oval Office!

Other quality of life updates includes the addition of the Huge, a LMG with a one-clip of 150 bullets, which you can use to spray away! Detective hats can now be picked up by any player, and all models should now get the Detective hat. Telefragging has been enabled, which allows players to kill someone using a teleporter! Some maps have also been modified to change their kill triggers to allow the last words function to work properly. Pointshop items can now be equipped without having to holster your current one, which should make disguising your identity easier if someone KOSes you off of playermodel! We've also given access to loadouts to all players, although normal players will be given a limited selection to choose from. VIP loadouts have access to all available default weapon drops.

 

We hope to give the players the best of what they want, and bringing in new ideas to the server! Hope to see ya there!

Edited May 21, 2021 by AlphaOwl