Lately I have been working with Luki Guki in order to create a Basewars server for ZARP, and we want to know what the community thinks of the idea. Everything that we have written about in this post has already been created. Anything further that people suggest could go down as possibilities, and if we add anything further to the server, we will update this post.


Having a Basewars server on ZARP was part of Para & Tyler’s Community Manager campaign, and a lot of the community liked the idea of that, which is what led us to believe the gamemode would be good for ZARP, and the community is relatively familiar with the gamemode.
We will be using a Basewars gamemode edited quite a bit by myself in order to add some more features, and in order to ensure that the whole gamemode is running smoothly and so that we are not limited by the base of what the gamemode contains.
The gamemode itself is like SSRP in a way, but revolves completely around basing and raiding, with that being the only way to make money (people who don’t like the idea of AFK mining or OP weapons would find Basewars an excellent gamemode).


The server will use M9K weapons, without any added OP weapons, only edited to optimise some weapons, which will be purchasable from the shop built into the Q-menu, which is made to be easily editable in order to add any more weapons which are not already there.
There will be a few weapons which are not part of M9K, as they are part of the gamemode itself, and are required to give it the authenticity that it holds (and to make the gamemode actually function as it is intended).


We will be using the SCars addon in order to add cars to the server, which will also be purchasable from the Q-menu shop for $5,000,000 for cars, and $6,500,000 for motorbikes (prices and the cars for sale are easily configurable).
The SCars addon is a very well made cars addon, with a large variety of cars, and also some more realistic than other addons (cars will explode if crashed too much, with smoke and flame effects when the car health is too low, and a rear-view mirror on the car HUD). The addon also includes quite a lot more which adds to the uniqueness, with some nice little customisation features for the cars.
Cars are not something that are overly common on Basewars servers, however we feel it suits the gamemode and adds a nice little touch to it, enhancing the server and making it stand out from the rest.


The HUD will be a relatively highly edited version of the HUD from the gamemode, including all of the necessary information, and a nice popups system, but not too much to flood the screen.
We will also have a scoreboard which will be an edited version of a simplistic but nice DarkRP scoreboard (edited for the gamemode, and also to fix some bugs / issues) which will show either “Citizen” or the name of a user’s Faction for their team, and will display their name in their Faction’s colour or grey as the colour for their name. The scoreboard also includes more features such as a dropdown menu for users, and other basic requirements for a scoreboard.
The shop built into the Q-Menu is also edited from the gamemode in order to smoothen it up a bit, and also to add more features to it, and make it easier to add new items / sections.


Edited from the original gamemode, we will have a Factions system. This is basically a teams system which will allow users to base with each other & team up if they are in the same faction. Due to the fact that Factions are just meant to be a little group of people who want to base / raid together, they do not save when people leave the server, however it is still a nice little thing to get users to base and raid together. The in-game team / group chat will link to factions so that users are able to talk privately within their faction easily.


We have added some extra tools such as the Advanced Duplicator and the Improved Stacker, along with the SPD addon to manage prop health and destroying props, and allowing users to easily see how much health their props have remaining, in order to ensure that bases are not invisible, and also to ensure that they are not overly easy to destroy. The Advanced Duplicator and Stacker tool will also greatly help users to build and save their bases, as it does on SSRP. Users will be able to spawn props and create bases / base dupes similarly to on SSRP, through the Q-Menu.


We will be using ULX (easiest to fit with the gamemode), combined with AWarn on the server in order to make it easy for staff members to manage the server, and giving them the required administrative powers.
We will also have the URM addon which is an extra ULX addon which allows easy restrictions for groups to stop users from using certain tools, props, entities, weapons, etc. This allows easy managementfor what users are able to spawn, and stops them from using tools which could potentially ruin the gamemode, or give them an unfair advantage.


We will include a reports system on the server to allow users to easily report rulebreakers to staff. The reports system will contain some preset options for what a player can report for, give an option for who to report, and also to allow them to give some extra details of the report. Staff will be able to view reports, set them as “In Progress” when they are handling them, and then to delete them when the report is finished. This system will allow for staff to easily know when users are breaking rules, and to sort out situations with ease. This will also be paired with a logging system (damage, kills, chat & more) to further aid staff with handling issues.


For the users who just want to solo-base, or anyone who wants to listen to music while they base or raid, we will have the Botdan Jukebox on the server, to allow users to easily listen to music, and to request new songs. Having the Jukebox on the server would just be a nice little side-addon, but a nice and unique thing for players to enjoy.


We will follow the same hierarchy as other ZARP servers within the staff team of:

Moderator > Admin > Super Admin > Head Admin > Server Owner

We will start off with 2 Server Owners, myself (TheXnator) and Luki Guki, along with a starting staff team which has not yet been decided on.


The server rules will be as follows:

1.0 General Rules:


2.0 Gamemode Rules

[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/hG7I9o1.png[/img][/center] Lately I have been working with Luki Guki in order to create a Basewars server for ZARP, and we want to know what the community thinks of the idea. Everything that we have written about in this post has already been created. Anything further that people suggest could go down as possibilities, and if we add anything further to the server, we will update this post. [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/uPLkRFe.png[/img][/center] Having a Basewars server on ZARP was part of Para & Tyler’s Community Manager campaign, and a lot of the community liked the idea of that, which is what led us to believe the gamemode would be good for ZARP, and the community is relatively familiar with the gamemode. We will be using a Basewars gamemode edited quite a bit by myself in order to add some more features, and in order to ensure that the whole gamemode is running smoothly and so that we are not limited by the base of what the gamemode contains. The gamemode itself is like SSRP in a way, but revolves completely around basing and raiding, with that being the only way to make money (people who don’t like the idea of AFK mining or OP weapons would find Basewars an excellent gamemode). [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/HKyQs03.png[/img][/center] The server will use M9K weapons, without any added OP weapons, only edited to optimise some weapons, which will be purchasable from the shop built into the Q-menu, which is made to be easily editable in order to add any more weapons which are not already there. There will be a few weapons which are not part of M9K, as they are part of the gamemode itself, and are required to give it the authenticity that it holds (and to make the gamemode actually function as it is intended). [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/VG9xc90.png[/img][/center] We will be using the SCars addon in order to add cars to the server, which will also be purchasable from the Q-menu shop for $5,000,000 for cars, and $6,500,000 for motorbikes (prices and the cars for sale are easily configurable). The SCars addon is a very well made cars addon, with a large variety of cars, and also some more realistic than other addons (cars will explode if crashed too much, with smoke and flame effects when the car health is too low, and a rear-view mirror on the car HUD). The addon also includes quite a lot more which adds to the uniqueness, with some nice little customisation features for the cars. Cars are not something that are overly common on Basewars servers, however we feel it suits the gamemode and adds a nice little touch to it, enhancing the server and making it stand out from the rest. [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/7fwcvSq.png[/img][/center] The HUD will be a relatively highly edited version of the HUD from the gamemode, including all of the necessary information, and a nice popups system, but not too much to flood the screen. We will also have a scoreboard which will be an edited version of a simplistic but nice DarkRP scoreboard (edited for the gamemode, and also to fix some bugs / issues) which will show either “Citizen” or the name of a user’s Faction for their team, and will display their name in their Faction’s colour or grey as the colour for their name. The scoreboard also includes more features such as a dropdown menu for users, and other basic requirements for a scoreboard. The shop built into the Q-Menu is also edited from the gamemode in order to smoothen it up a bit, and also to add more features to it, and make it easier to add new items / sections. [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/ZDyQuu4.png[/img][/center] Edited from the original gamemode, we will have a Factions system. This is basically a teams system which will allow users to base with each other & team up if they are in the same faction. Due to the fact that Factions are just meant to be a little group of people who want to base / raid together, they do not save when people leave the server, however it is still a nice little thing to get users to base and raid together. The in-game team / group chat will link to factions so that users are able to talk privately within their faction easily. [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/BEDIivR.png[/img][/center] We have added some extra tools such as the Advanced Duplicator and the Improved Stacker, along with the SPD addon to manage prop health and destroying props, and allowing users to easily see how much health their props have remaining, in order to ensure that bases are not invisible, and also to ensure that they are not overly easy to destroy. The Advanced Duplicator and Stacker tool will also greatly help users to build and save their bases, as it does on SSRP. Users will be able to spawn props and create bases / base dupes similarly to on SSRP, through the Q-Menu. [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/qfo2ctC.png[/img][/center] We will be using ULX (easiest to fit with the gamemode), combined with AWarn on the server in order to make it easy for staff members to manage the server, and giving them the required administrative powers. We will also have the URM addon which is an extra ULX addon which allows easy restrictions for groups to stop users from using certain tools, props, entities, weapons, etc. This allows easy managementfor what users are able to spawn, and stops them from using tools which could potentially ruin the gamemode, or give them an unfair advantage. [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/27OgYZm.png[/img][/center] We will include a reports system on the server to allow users to easily report rulebreakers to staff. The reports system will contain some preset options for what a player can report for, give an option for who to report, and also to allow them to give some extra details of the report. Staff will be able to view reports, set them as “In Progress” when they are handling them, and then to delete them when the report is finished. This system will allow for staff to easily know when users are breaking rules, and to sort out situations with ease. This will also be paired with a logging system (damage, kills, chat & more) to further aid staff with handling issues. [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/aowJceH.png[/img][/center] For the users who just want to solo-base, or anyone who wants to listen to music while they base or raid, we will have the Botdan Jukebox on the server, to allow users to easily listen to music, and to request new songs. Having the Jukebox on the server would just be a nice little side-addon, but a nice and unique thing for players to enjoy. [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/S8VwLK3.png[/img][/center] We will follow the same hierarchy as other ZARP servers within the staff team of: Moderator > Admin > Super Admin > Head Admin > Server Owner We will start off with 2 Server Owners, myself (TheXnator) and Luki Guki, along with a starting staff team which has not yet been decided on. [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/owLA8Iz.png[/img][/center] The server rules will be as follows: [b]1.0 General Rules:[/b] [spoiler]1.1 - Avatars/Sprays Emblems/Avatars on steam which may be deemed inappropriate by staff will be punished accordingly. This also applies to sprays in game, examples of this could be "Porn-sprays" etc. 1.1a - In-Game Names Your steam name must have readable characters that can also be pronounced in English to ensure that you can be targeted in-game, failure to change your name will result in punishment; An example of an okay name: Gunner An example of a not okay name: Спасибо In-game names / Steam names should also remain respectful and follow all rules that apply regarding disrespect and discrimination, and must not be used in an attempt to impersonate any member of staff / pretend to be staff. 1.2 - Discrimination Discrimination in any form (sexism, racism, prejudicial remarks) are not permitted on any server. 1.3 - Disrespect Users of the ZARP community server are to conduct themselves respectfully at all times. This rule is also in relation to rule 1.2 1.4 - Spam/Promotion of non-ZARP services Spamming is unacceptable; do not repeat messages more than once in a short space of time, make incoherent/useless messages or messages which promote another competitor community/service. 1.5 - Client Side Modification / Hacking Do not attempt to modify your client to gain an advantage on our server. This includes, but isn't limited to: hacks and scripts. 1.6 - Avoiding Punishment If you are being addressed by a member, do not leave without their permission to do so. This also includes ban evasion, if you are banned you are not permitted to join the server until the ban expires. 1.7 - Micspam Spamming the microphone is unacceptable in any format, whether it be screaming, singing, repeating yourself or playing music unless another rule states otherwise. 1.7a - Voice Changers Voice changers are not allowed within the Basewars server. 1.8 - Exploiting Purposely abusing unintentional game features is prohibited. 1.9 - Jukebox All songs requested for the jukebox must folllow the ZARP Terms of Use and all other Basewars rules, We recommend that you try find "clean" versions of songs if your song does not follow the TOU.[/spoiler] [b]2.0 Gamemode Rules[/b] [spoiler]Printer Locations – All Printers must be accessible for any user to destroy / take from them. Faction Names – All Faction names must follow TOU and all other rules. RDM – Do not kill players unless they attack first, they are trespassing in your base, they are raiding you, you are raiding them, or you have both consented to a 1v1. You may run over users in a car only if they are in the road. Bases – Any user must be able to enter your base, and any defences must be visible & attackable. Prop Abuse – Do not attempt to use props to push cars, users, yourself or to kill / destroy users / entities. Do not block any area with props. There must always be at least 1 way to enter any area. Prop Spam – Do not spam props in any situation. Loopholing – Do not attempt to get around any rules in any way. Reports – Be patient and do not spam reports. All reports must follow TOU and all other rules. Do not harass staff if they are being slow with reports. If no staff are doing reports, simply ask them if they can respectfully, or request a Lead Team member to speak to them. Raiding – Do not raid someone unless they are raidable (a scan will tell you if someone is raidable or not). Raid Timer – Do not raid the same base before 10 minutes after your raid is over. You can end the raid at any point, but a raid is over if there is no member of your Faction in the base. Members of a different Faction may raid until they die, but if there is no other member of their Faction in the base, they may not attempt a raid again for 10 minutes. Water – Do not base or place any raidable entities under the water. Spawn – Do not base / have 1v1s in the main Spawn area (excl. the area above spawn). Exploiting – Do not purposely abuse any unintentional features of the game. [/spoiler]