Nolan
Level 3
IGN: NolanOrSomething
DATE: 19/03/2022
WHAT YOU WANT TO SUGGEST OR MENTION:
TIMELINE/ISSUES - around 06/02/2022 the volleyball plugin broke causing major hit delay, ball teleporting, and the ball disappearance before it hit the ground. This lasted for about a month before a patch was implemented, mostly fixing the hit delay and ball teleporting, but not fixing the ball disappearing before it hit the ground.
Fixes and suggestions in order from most to least important:
1. The ball disappearing before it hits the ground - The ball before 06/02/22 would disappear upon hitting the court's floor or very close to it, but now the ball will disappear early thus earning the opponent a point before it hits the floor by 0.25-1.5~ (maybe even more sometimes) blocks off the ground almost every point. The fix implemented relatively recently fixed a majority of the issues with the plugin but this is the last extreme issue.
2. Slight delay when hitting the ball - This has always been a minor issue similar to the previous problem, but became much worse when the plugin broke and was then mostly fixed in the recent patch. The hit delay went from a 1/10 → 7/10 → 3/10 throughout each time increment in the TIMELINE. It is mostly fixed but isn't quite where it was before the plugin broke.
3. Ball teleporting - This has always been a minor issue similar to the previous problem, but became much worse when the plugin broke and was then mostly fixed relatively recently. The ball tends to teleport along its projected path, especially when it's moving fast like after a spike or dump, this could very likely be a server-related issue though and not a plugin issue.
4. Rainfall on the court - This can cause lag and is visual clutter when playing, weather could be turned off on the courts possibly using Worldguard.
HOW WILL THIS BENEFIT THE SERVER/COMMUNITY?:
Volleyball has 2 main areas of play in the form of offense and defence. Each of these areas accounted for half the fun in the plugin, hitting spikes, dumps and serves in respect to offense, and flicking quick crouch-receives in the space of milliseconds or just barely getting the ball up to the setter box with a last-second normal hit in respect to defence. Volleyball rewarded a mix of the 2 plays, with a 60-40 lean towards offense, allowing for fast, exciting matches whilst still rewarding defensive plays. But as of the plugin breaking, despite a lot of the issues being resolved, the balance has turned into 75-25 or maybe even worse. Some dumps/serves, paired with the ball disappearing before the ground, hit delay and possibly it teleporting - are simply impossible to receive now. These fixes should revert the plugin back to its previous state, allowing for a much more enjoyable game and a happier volleyball player base for those who enjoy it.
The main issue though is the ball disappearing before the ground. If we could even just get that fixed, it would dramatically improve the plugin.
DATE: 19/03/2022
WHAT YOU WANT TO SUGGEST OR MENTION:
TIMELINE/ISSUES - around 06/02/2022 the volleyball plugin broke causing major hit delay, ball teleporting, and the ball disappearance before it hit the ground. This lasted for about a month before a patch was implemented, mostly fixing the hit delay and ball teleporting, but not fixing the ball disappearing before it hit the ground.
Fixes and suggestions in order from most to least important:
1. The ball disappearing before it hits the ground - The ball before 06/02/22 would disappear upon hitting the court's floor or very close to it, but now the ball will disappear early thus earning the opponent a point before it hits the floor by 0.25-1.5~ (maybe even more sometimes) blocks off the ground almost every point. The fix implemented relatively recently fixed a majority of the issues with the plugin but this is the last extreme issue.
2. Slight delay when hitting the ball - This has always been a minor issue similar to the previous problem, but became much worse when the plugin broke and was then mostly fixed in the recent patch. The hit delay went from a 1/10 → 7/10 → 3/10 throughout each time increment in the TIMELINE. It is mostly fixed but isn't quite where it was before the plugin broke.
3. Ball teleporting - This has always been a minor issue similar to the previous problem, but became much worse when the plugin broke and was then mostly fixed relatively recently. The ball tends to teleport along its projected path, especially when it's moving fast like after a spike or dump, this could very likely be a server-related issue though and not a plugin issue.
4. Rainfall on the court - This can cause lag and is visual clutter when playing, weather could be turned off on the courts possibly using Worldguard.
HOW WILL THIS BENEFIT THE SERVER/COMMUNITY?:
Volleyball has 2 main areas of play in the form of offense and defence. Each of these areas accounted for half the fun in the plugin, hitting spikes, dumps and serves in respect to offense, and flicking quick crouch-receives in the space of milliseconds or just barely getting the ball up to the setter box with a last-second normal hit in respect to defence. Volleyball rewarded a mix of the 2 plays, with a 60-40 lean towards offense, allowing for fast, exciting matches whilst still rewarding defensive plays. But as of the plugin breaking, despite a lot of the issues being resolved, the balance has turned into 75-25 or maybe even worse. Some dumps/serves, paired with the ball disappearing before the ground, hit delay and possibly it teleporting - are simply impossible to receive now. These fixes should revert the plugin back to its previous state, allowing for a much more enjoyable game and a happier volleyball player base for those who enjoy it.
The main issue though is the ball disappearing before the ground. If we could even just get that fixed, it would dramatically improve the plugin.
