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Quick poll / activity check

Potsu — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 19:31:22 +0000

I've recently got into rust again and i was thinking of rebuilding the old Valhalla community again, but for that i'd need to see how many people would actually be interested in this. So please comment down below if you're interested in seeing the community active & thriving again!

How to get skins added to the SkinBox

Odin — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:12:36 +0000

Go to Rust Labs to find the Workshop ID and post the ID number here or send it to me over steam as a private message.

https://rustlabs.com/skin/training-hoodie

Make sure that the skin is not already in the SkinBox by opening it with the command /skinbox in chat.

If you want to make it easy for me to copy and paste send it to me in this format:
skinbox.addskin 1055319033 349762871 915408809

The skin id has to be 9/10-Digits.

And Enjoy all the skins you could ever want on the Valhalla Server for free.

Reinstalling the Valhalla server

Odin — Tue, 14 May 2019 08:56:15 +0000

Dear Rust players on the Valhalla server, the most recent memory leak that made the server unplayable and forced the server host to shut down the server in order to protect the other servers hosted on the node means that fixing the server as it is will only become more and more difficult as it ages. Instead I will opt to wipe the server completely and have less plug-ins moving forward. The smaller amount of plug-ins should improve performance and decrease the likelihood of memory leaks.

New wipe schedule

Odin — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 23:51:12 +0000

Due to good server performance the wipe will be postponed until 4/1 - 2018.
The server frame rate has been steady above 250. Therefore there is no reason to wipe the map.

If the server performance keeps being this good the wipe schedule will be changed to a monthly wipe. That means that the server will only wipe when forced on the first Thursday of the month.

How to Set up key binds

Odin — Fri, 12 May 2017 14:19:32 +0000

To begin you'll need to be in-game, either in a server or the main menu (not the launcher).
After you have the game running just follow these simple steps to set up the basic keys.

To bind the B key to auto running (press W and Shift to stop)
1. Press F1 on your keyboard to bring up the command console.
2. Type bind b forward;sprint
3. Press Enter

To bind the Z key to auto harvest (only when held)

1. Press F1 on your keyboard to bring up the command console.
2. Type bind z +attack;+duck
3. Press Enter

bind c "chat.say /tpa"
bind 7 "chat.say /skinbox"
bind h "chat.say /remove"
bind i "chat.say /info"
bind o "chat.say /shop"
bind x "chat.say /vote"
bind k "chat.say /kit"
bind m "LMUI_Control map"
bind n backpack.open
bind f4 "consoletoggle;combatlog"
bind f5 "gametip.hidegametip"

Making the game exciting again!

Odin — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 12:25:48 +0000

All games require:

* Rules
* Something to win
* Something to lose!

For a long-time the economics coins was a safe place where you could store your loot without any risk of losing them. It was completely safe and like going to a wax Museum. Players could mostly with a bit of sense be sure that the amount of money they had would only ever go up. While it was fun for a time I have gradually become aware that the combination of Economics and Restore Upon Death: (that saves 50% of your inventory), was making the game stale and quite boring. Simply changing the selling price in the store and the loss percent from the inventory when dying is not enough to make it more realistic and exciting. A completely new system was needed!

Therefore I have today installed the plug-in: Robbery http://oxidemod.org/plugins/robbery.736/

All players have been given the permission: robbery.killing (allows stealing by killing another player).

The amount that can be stolen by killing a player that is online is 1% and killing a sleeper will give you 1% of their total Economics coins.
For VIP+ the backpack will Drop On Death to add more challenge and excitement and the robbery.protection is revoked.

I would appreciate any feedback about the new plug-in.

Have fun and happy hunting!

Combating lag and increasing server responsiveness

Odin — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 14:09:36 +0000

Lag is a complex issue and is not caused by a single problem. Here I will try to describe the problem and the solutions I will be attempting.

The colossal amount of buildings and deployable's that cover the map a few days after the wipe take a long time to load in when you move around. And the frame rate drop that it gives is sometimes catastrophic for PvP and playing the game in general.

Quite often players that don't have the necessary time or skill to build a proper base will then get raided and spawn on the other side of the coast. Rather than walking back to where they build their base they just build a new one on the other side of the coast or rage quit the server, leaving behind a inactive base. These two different scenarios require different responses. AutoPurge can deal with the entities left behind by inactive players. But players building a fortress for their clan are naturally excluded. It also doesn't do anything about the twig foundations placed by people who are hunting bears nor does it remove the many deployable placed just because the player wanted to see how it looked.

In order to increase the responsiveness of the Valhalla server it is necessary to limit the amount of objects on the map.
To do this I'm going to take 5 initiatives:

* AutoPurge: Automatically removes entities created by inactive users after 2 days
* BlockRemover: to count and remove building blocks outside of cupboard range
* GatherManager: after the 2/11 -17 the gather rate will be 3x
* The monthly full wipe deletes all user data including blueprints
* Map size: after the 2/11 -17 the maximum map size will be 4000

Recognizing the importance of being able to create your own cover during PvP PrivilegeDeploy allows you to place High External Wood Walls that in turn have a decay rate set to 20 by NoDecay.

Rules

Odin — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 14:09:49 +0000

1. Griefing is strictly prohibited
2. Traps (placed or can shoot) outside your base are not allowed
3. Respect all players and keep it classy
4. No racial/homophobic/offensive comments
5. Play fair and don't abuse of bugs/exploits
6. Avoid spam in chat
7. GlobalChat English Speaking only!

What is Griefing?
* Player griefing: blocking entrance to a base or other such harassment is not acceptable, and could result in a ban.
* When raiding, destroying a player’s sleeping bag is acceptable. Don’t be a douche and destroy boxes or any other deployables you don’t need to.
* Base takeovers are not against the rules and usually indicates that you didn’t place enough of a buffer (tool cupboards) around to stop players siege building to your base.
* Don’t accuse another player of griefing, abuse or hacking unless you have proof (Fraps recording, screenshots are acceptable methods).
If you implicate another player or PM the admin but don’t have any proof to back up your claim, we can’t help you.
**Why have I added this rule? because 98% of the time, noobs that have been raided or get killed and looted call base griefing/hacking or abuse on a player or players.
About the same percentage applies to many seasoned players that get killed by usually any player at all – accusations of hacking are thrown around**

Keys and commands for the server

Odin — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 19:58:25 +0000

-- Controls --
Movement: A W S D
Use Equipped Item: Mouse 1
Use Equipped Item(ALT): Mouse 2
Jump: Space
Crouch Hold Ctrl
Sprint Hold Shift
Inventory: Tab
Hotbar Items: Numbers 1-6 double click to eat food or use a medkit from your hotbar.
Interact: E or Wheel Button
Exit Menu: Escape
Chat: t
Voice-Chat: Hold V
Reloading: R
Toggle map in your hotbar: G
Toggle flashlight or lasersight: F
To read the rules press: i. On the Rules tab page 1&2.
VoteForMoney: /vote - checks if you voted.
GUIShop: press O or /shop
10x GatherManager: /gather
Rust:IO Clans: /clan help
RemoverTool: Toggle H
PlayerChallenges: press K or /pc

-- Text commands --
/kit 1 - Starter
/kit 2 - Base building
/kit 3 - Components
/kit 4 - Limited time event kit

/tphelp - to get a list of all the teleport commands available
/tpr NAME - to request a teleport another person (Cooldown 5, Countdown 5, DailyLimit 50)
/tpa - to accept the teleport request of a friend
/sethome - Saves your current position as the location name. 5 homes max.
/home "HomeName" - Teleports you to the home location.
/home list - Shows you a list of all the locations you have saved. (alias listhomes)
/home remove <name> - Removes the location of your saved homes. (alias removehome)

ZLevelsRemastered:
/stats - displays stats.
/statsui - toggle's stats interface.
/topskills - display's top player skills
/statinfo - Displays information about certain skill, including server configuration.