game-developmentnow.com Justin game development.

Half-Life Outlaws Server information

Weapons
Outlaws has nine different weapons, each one suited for it’s own brand of bloody mayhem. Unlike most other shooters though, the weapons in Outlaws are historically accurate. No rocket launchers or phasers here; just good old favorites like knives, pistols and gatling guns. They also model their projectiles quite carefully so when you fire a shotgun the game tracks each piece of buckshot and puts lots of nice little holes in whatever you were pointing at.

Most weapons have a secondary fire function which allows you to use many of the weapons in more than one way. For instance, secondary fire shoots off both barrels of a double-barreled shotgun, while primary fire let’s you conserve yer precious ammo by emptying just one barrel at a time.

Each weapon has certain advantages and disadvantages, and good players quickly learn to select the most effective weapon for their current situation. For instance, a rifle may wreak bloody havoc from afar, but when your targets get up close and personal you’ll have a helluva time hitting them. Don’t bring a knife to a dynamite fight!
Weapon Primary Fire Secondary Fire Comments
Fists Punches with left fist Punches with right fist Useful, but not too useful. Only good if you run out of ammo or have no guns at all.
Pistol Fires a slower, more accurate shot. For emptying your barrel, making you shoot 6 shots in rapid succession. It’s the gun you start off with. It holds 6 rounds in it  Really good for  close combat. 
Rifle

 Fires single shots in rapid succession with good range and accuracy If you have picked up the scope then you can use the secondary fire to zoom in on your opponents and fire more accurate shots The Rifle Holds 12 shots in it. You can clear out the gun in a matter of seconds: good for long range. This is an excellent weapon for sniping when used with the scope (secondary fire).
Single Barreled Shotgun
 
 Fires one round of buckshot None The Single barrel holds 1 round before which you have to reload. It has a  fast reload and fire rate  has a medium - long range buckshot has a slow spread
Double Barreled Shotgun
 
 Shoots one barrel at a time. Uses both chambers It has medium range, along with an excellent blast radius, but the reload is slow, buckshot has a moderate spread
Sawed off Shotgun
 
 Shoots one barrel at a time. Fires both barrels for some serious close range damage– lethal. The sawed off has a big blast radius but virtually no range. Buckshot has a high degree of spread Best used in close combat.. 
Dynamite
 
 Throws the dynamite , if you throw an unlit stick you can pick it back up, or you can shoot it and make it explode Lights the fuse on the dynamite, which is helpful if you intend to throw a lit stick of dynamite
 
 Can be a lot of fun to throw sticks around in the middle of a fight, be careful to throw it before it explodes in your face
Knife Used to stab your  opponents but you must get  within  very close range to do so  You can throw the knife at your  opponent from a good distance. the further you throw it from the more gravity has an effect on how it travels in mid air One or two stabs will kill a person without any armor. A couple of throws should also do it. If a thrown knife misses its target it will stick in the wall that it hits and can be retrieved. 
Ash. Inc. Semi-Portable  Gatling Gun Spits out a ton of ammo with an excellent fire rate and good range with decent accuracy none What can I say about it? Probably everybody’s favorite. Although they’ll probably hit you, by the time they do you’ll probably pump 20 pounds of lead into their body! One main drawback: it’s semi-portable, meaning once you put it down, you can’t move around while it is deployed. Good for clearing out enemies that are spread out. It automatically loads, so when you run out a new clip is put in.
Items

There a number of items in the game to help improve your abilities and gain an upper hand. Some of these items are considered too much by hardcore Outlaw players and can be filtered out with the Marshall Law feature.

 

Item What it does
Canteens

 Stepping on one of these will restore your health 20 points. 
Doctor’s Bag

 
 These work the same as canteens except they can be used when you use your docbag key. Currently you can carry only one at a time.
Elixir
 When stepping on the elixir it will replenish your health to full status
Boiler Plates

 
 There are 3 different types of boiler plates: light, medium, and heavy. They will increase your armor stats accordingly. When you have a boiler plate, no health will be lost until the plate has been worn out.
Scope

           
 The scope gives the rifle the ability to zoom. While in zoom your shots are more deadly and accurate, but you have a limited vision. So be wary of any one sneaking up on you. 
Acme Inc Vanishing Cream
 When you pick this up, you will become semi-transparent so that other players will have a much harder time seeing you, which makes it much easier to sneak up on your enemies and take them down.
Pistol Ammo

 When picking this up you will receive 12 more bullets for the pistol.
Shotgun Ammo

 When picking this up you will receive 16 more shells for the shotguns. All shotguns  use the same ammunition.
Rifle Ammo

 When picking this up you will receive 16 more shells for the rifle.
Dynamite Box
 
 When picking this up you will receive 10 sticks of dynamite.
Gatling Ammo Belt
 
 When picking this up you will receive 100 more bullets for the Ash. Inc. Semi-Portable Gatling Gun.
Flag and Base
 
 When CTF mode is enabled this is the flag and capture point. Remember you must have your flag at its base before you are allowed to capture the enemies flag.
Chicken
 
 When KFC mode is enabled this is what you are fighting for. Try to keep possession of the chicken as long as possible and keep others from holding it.
Sheriff’s Badge

 When using the Sheriff’s badge it increases your accuracy and doubles the damage you are dealing.
Ammo Belt
 When picking this up you will receive 6 pistol ammo, 6 rifle ammo, & 6 shotgun ammo
Notes to Outlaws players

While this an attempt to recreate the best things of Outlaws some things are not completely traditional. One big difference is the jump heights and player speeds. One major thing you will want to learn is how to do the crouch jump from Half-Life. While jumping and holding crouch it will give you a little more height and distance. I recommend trying Half-Life’s Hazard course to understand how to perform this action. Other than that there are minor differences; with more input we will try to adjust these things and make things feel a little closer in upcoming patches.