Why weapons cannot be purchased through text chat

[Robaxlin]

Hi all,


Robaxlin here and I play on the V3 Zombie Hunting Server.


I am just wondering why we cannot purchase weapons through text chat with examples such as !tmp or !m249 etc.

this feature is on other servers I have played on in CSS and I am wondering why V3 we can only buy weapons through the !zmarket command and the buy zone in the map.

If anyone has an answer to this I'd be very grateful.

 

[easy]

Hello Robaxlin,

good question! On our ZombieMod by Ξlite HunterZ Hunting server(s) we intentionally disabled the direct text command buying (like !tmp, !m249, etc.) for a couple of reasons:

• Consistency & Fairness: With the !zmarket everyone has the same interface and options. You can buy any weapon at any team and save your favorite setup (primary and secondary weapon plus grenade plus nightvision) for auto-buying at roundstart. Direct text commands would bypass that and could give experienced players an advantage over newer ones.
• Server Balance: Zombie Hunting is designed around controlled weapon access. Allowing instant text buys can disrupt the original idea of the game and make it harder to keep things balanced.
• Difficulty for Zombiez: If every human could instantly access any weapon at any time, it would be much harder for zombiez to win rounds. By limiting purchases to buy zones and the !zmarket, we keep the challenge fair for both sides. You can take the risk, go to buy zones and wsitch weapons whenever oyu want - but zombiez might be infecting you.
• Simplicity for Admins: Managing just the !zmarket system is cleaner and avoids conflicts with different buy methods.
• Avoiding too much text spam: We do already have a lot of commands that are uesed very frequently (!zstuck, !stopsound, !scream, etc) and wie do not want the chat to be overloaded with commands.
• Last but not least - Tradition: There is no direct weappn buying and no buying outside buy zones, no endless ammunition, no parachutes, no prop spawning and we do have dall damage (etc.). This ZombieMod by ΞH experience is what made us a well-known classic and successful since more than a decade - and this is the reason why we are hosting the #1 CS:S server nowadays (V3) and had several top servers in golden age of CS:S (V1, V2, V3, V4, V5).

That’s why you can only buy weapons via the buy zone or through the !zmarket. It keeps the gameplay structured and fair across all maps and rounds. Ther emight be more reasons that I missed - maybe Nikooo wants to add something to my answer

Hope that clears it up!

 

[Robaxlin]

it certainly does clear things up easy,




Having zmarket at least means I can always change my loadout for the next round so I guess it's not that bad of a compromise in the long run.


Thank you for your detailed explanation for why this feature is disabled I fully understand why it is now.


Regards,
Robaxlin.