Day Of Defeat: Source - it's own lickle thread

i keep coming across new maps lately that are much more impressive than the few default humdrum ones I was playing several months back. I particularly like the outside one in the snow (Flurry i think its called), (there's an iced canal running through the middle of the map)

seeing as i'm only very average at both games i'm not sure if i'm in a position to offer 'tips'. The only main difference I can think of between the two is that DoD is mission objective based whereas in CS you can happily enjoy yourself (and complete missions) simply by just shooting the enemy. Whereas in DoD you have to work as a team heavily to complete the objectives, as the enemy just keep respawning.

WAHT NO

CS is, or maybe I should say should be completely objective based. The players that don't stick with the strats and play as a team are always the weakest link.

Big new update is out + free weekend starting July 4th...
http://www.steampowered.com/dod/palermo/

I've never played this game too much, but I've always wanted to play it more. Maybe I will now. Honestly, I haven't played it enough that I'm not confused every time I try. Plus, most of the people who have still been playing it seem to be quite hardcore Day of Defeat players. I just finished trying a game out to check out the new update and got killed 24 times while only managing to get 11 kills. There is something appealingly clunky about it though.

It's simple enough to be able to become real good real quick, if you are willing to, but I find it gets boring real quickly too.

so what's in the update ?

I played a few more games last night, on a few different maps, and did feel llike I was getting a little bit of a grasp on it.

The update, from what I understand, moved the game into the Orange Box engine, so now it has a lot of the stuff they put into Team Fortress 2, like achievements, freeze cams, and better player stats. I've copied the details below (or you can follow the link I posted above)...

Palermo
Introducing Palermo, a new Day of Defeat: Source map from Magnar "insta" Jenssen. This map's design was inspired by the Italian port city of the same name and was also based in part on "Salerno", a popular community map. Palermo features five capture points, four of which often flip back and forth between teams during play. The central plaza's two-person capture point is the map's key strategic area.

Steam Community Integration
Steam Community avatars will now appear next to each player name in the scoreboard, on the end-of-round panel, and as part of the newly-added freeze cam. Also, when you have friends playing with you in the game you'll be able to spot them using the new Friend icon next to their avatar on the scoreboard.

Achievements
There are now 51 unique achievements that you can earn for your play in-game. We've designed them to cover a variety of different play styles and specializations, and to recognize some of the rare and amazing feats people pull off while playing. For example, Jack of All Trades rewards players for earning a kill with a Machine Gun, Sniper Rifle, Rifle, Sub-Machine Gun, and a Grenade all in a single life.

Player Stats
Day of Defeat: Source players can now show off their own stats and achievement progress in the Steam Community, using a method similar to Team Fortress 2's gameplay stats. Detailed statistics including usage of each weapon and class will be gathered displayed, giving players an at-a-glance view of each other's specific strengths.

Freeze Cam
Tired of getting killed by snipers without being able to tell where the fire is coming from? Day of Defeat: Source now has a freeze camera of your attacker, which will let you know where they are (or where they were when they shot you) and also allows you to take a screenshot for posterity. Also, if you score three consecutive kills against another individual player, you will be called out as "dominating" them.

Playing this a lot the last few days and am really getting into it. Though I could see how eventually it could get dull, as most maps & games are kind of interchangeable - you don't get the variety of tactics that you can find in Team Fortress 2. The new achievements and stat tracking maybe add a little to the experience?

my Steam account won't load :(

Did you figure out the problem? Was it with your id or the steam client just wouldn't load? If it's the client, maybe try downloading it again (it's small).

Also, if anybody wants to add me, my id is jefflev13

i'm back on! will try this new DoD today

OKay how do you get rid of all that statistal info in the bottom corner, like ping and all that graph shite ?

http://jl13.com/images/dod_colmar0003.jpg
Not sure what you are talking about - I'd have to see a screen shot. This is how it looks when I'm running it... pretty clean. maybe you have some console commands turned on or something?

got it, it was the command Net_graph 0