Question: Round times in CTF

[ZargonX]

Someone requested I put a round timer in a CTF map I was working on, and it occurred to me that I wasn't quite sure how long to set it for. What do people feel is a good length to let a CTF match last before kicking it to sudden death?

[Immortal-D]

Depends on the size of the map really. I'd say anywhere from 10-25 minuetes.

[Crimson]

Is it possible to have a setup timer without a round timer? Currently I have my setup timer, but the round timer is there too.

[Shmitz]

2fort has no round timer. Is there a specific reason why someone thinks your map should be different?

[ZargonX]

Well, I'm not sure why they want the timer exactly, and I personally don't feel CTF should have an arbitrary limit. So, at the moment I'm rather torn as to whether to add one, so I thought I'd seek some advice from others!

[Logo]

The complaint is probably that your CTF map is not adhering to the server time limits (which in the event of a stalemated CTF round would cause the map to never go into SD or rotate).

See: http://tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=149 You want to be setting setstalemateontimelimit.

[ZargonX]

That's excellent, Logo! Thanks!

[Crimson]

Any ideas on how to get a setup time without a round timer?

[jakeparlay]

you could try an output to disable the timer after the round setup time is complete

[Logo]

It'd still display on the UI though. You could always have a logic_auto that delay triggers the doors to open and play the 60 seconds... 30 seconds... 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 sounds to fake it though. Players might not get what's going on though.

[sniprpenguin]

Here ya go. (http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Round_timer)

There are automatic fields for setup time and regular time.

[Vilepickle]

This is thread necro, and you use setstalemateontimelimit for ctf maps anyway and it adheres to the server's timelimit.