Hey everyone, Welcome to Developer Briefing #26! This week we're excited to share the details around server hosting for Hell Let Loose. Let's get stuck in shall we... [h1][b]Community Servers in Hell Let Loose[/b][/h1] [h1]When do community servers go live for Hell Let Loose?[/h1] The community servers will go live on Early Access launch June 6th. [h1]How do I rent a community server for Hell Let Loose?[/h1] We’ve partnered with [b]G-Portal[/b] and [b]Nitrado[/b] to offer official Community Servers during the initial Early Access launch. We do not take community engagement for granted and want to make sure that there are as few barriers as possible. You can pre-order a server from your preferred provider using the hyperlinks below! [b]G-Portal Server Locations[/b] [url=https://www.g-portal.com/en/gameserver/rent-a-hell-let-loose-server]Germany[/url] (Frankfurt) [url=https://www.g-portal.com/en/gameserver/rent-a-hell-let-loose-server]England[/url] (London) [url=https://www.g-portal.com/en/gameserver/rent-a-hell-let-loose-server]Russia[/url] (Moscow) [url=https://www.g-portal.us/en/gameserver/rent-a-hell-let-loose-server]US West[/url] (Los Angeles) [url=https://www.g-portal.us/en/gameserver/rent-a-hell-let-loose-server]US East[/url] (New York) [url=https://www.g-portal.us/en/gameserver/rent-a-hell-let-loose-server]China[/url] (Taipeh) [url=https://www.g-portal.us/en/gameserver/rent-a-hell-let-loose-server]Australia[/url] (Sydney) [url=https://www.g-portal.us/en/gameserver/rent-a-hell-let-loose-server]Canada[/url] (Québec) [url=https://www.g-portal.us/en/gameserver/rent-a-hell-let-loose-server]Japan[/url] (Tokyo) [url=https://www.g-portal.us/en/gameserver/rent-a-hell-let-loose-server]Brazil[/url] (São Paulo) G-Portal users can rename their server name through the G-Portal web interface. [b]Nitrado Server Locations[/b] [url=https://server.nitrado.net/eng/offers/Hell-Let-Loose]Germany[/url] (Frankfurt) [url=https://server.nitrado.net/eng/offers/Hell-Let-Loose]England[/url] (London) [url=https://server.nitrado.net/eng/offers/Hell-Let-Loose]Singapore[/url] [url=https://server.nitrado.net/eng/offers/Hell-Let-Loose]US West[/url] (Los Angeles) [url=https://server.nitrado.net/eng/offers/Hell-Let-Loose]US East[/url] (Miami & New York) Nitrado users can rename their server name through the Nitrado web interface. [h1]Can I use my own server?[/h1] Our plan is to introduce persistent profile and progression elements in Hell Let Loose during the Early Access period. This means that we need to be able to maintain a level of integrity over player stats and tracking. We also want to ensure this persistence endures for players on Official and Community servers. In order to do so, we will currently offer servers via trusted partners only. We understand that there is a demand for communities to host their own dedicated server, so we are investigating different ways that we can achieve this technically, with the above mentioned systems. This is something that we will look at developing through the Early Access period, and will keep you updated. [h1]Can we host servers that are less than 100 players?[/h1] While Hell Let Loose is designed for an optimal experience at 100 players, we know that some communities may not have the financial backing or resources to host such a large server. We felt that it was important to make hosting a server as accessible as possible and so we are working with server partners in offering 100, 82 and 64 slot configurations. In testing, we’ve found that 64 players can offer concerted and strategic gameplay without sacrificing the epic feel of Hell Let Loose. [h1]Can we password our server?[/h1] [b]UPDATE[/b] [i]Your feedback matters. Following community feedback on the news that passwords on servers would come a month after Early Access launch, we've decided to prioritise it with the aim of having it implemented roughly one week after Early Access launch instead. We're keeping the original messaging below as a reference.[/i] For the first month of Hell Let Loose we felt that it was important to encourage new players to the genre to join community hosted servers. While we as developers hoped to build in as many fail-safes as possible into the game design, we know that the best experience players will have will be on a community hosted server - with a friendly and inviting culture and administered in a way that focuses on teamwork. We hope you will assist us in both building your communities with new players - as well as assisting in easing in new players to the genre. Our own analytics show a significant number of players keen to try out the more hardcore teamwork oriented style of gameplay that Hell Let Loose offers. That said, we are aiming to expand the suite of server hosting tools - including passwords - in our first update and beyond. We know that queuing, reserved slots, ability to arrange set teams and units are of high priority. We thank you for your patience as we build these tools! [h1]What tools do we currently have?[/h1] [list] [*]Kick player [*]Give 2 hour Ban [*]Remove 2 hour Ban [*]Perma Ban [*]Remove Perma Ban [*]Server Message [*]Change Map [*]Restart server [*]Update server [/list] [h1]What tools are we looking at?[/h1] We know that queuing, reserved slots, ability to arrange set teams and units are of high priority. [list] [*]Identify team killers [*]Warn player [*]Message Player [*]Add admin [*]Remove admin [*]Admin permissions for in game groups i.e - Just Admin but no spectate, [*]Spectator but no admin [*]Different levels of admin permissions (Head, Senior, Junior etc.) [*]Spectate Camera / Fly around (limited ability so nobody can abuse) [*]Set next map [*]Chat log [*]Punish player [/list] [h1]Wanted Spectator/Streamer abilities (Admin defined only)[/h1] [list] [*]Spectate Camera / Fly around [*]Increase camera movement speed [*]Decrease camera movement speed [*]Zoom in and out [*]Clear Hud [*]Ability to listen to comms [*]Show enemy toggle [*]Show friendly toggle [*]Show player names friendly and enemy toggle [*]Snap to player [*]Follow player, Event log chat [/list] [h1]Serving our players![/h1] Thank you all for your patience as we prepared the community servers for Hell Let Loose. Pre-orders for both G-Portal and Nitrado servers are live now and can be accessed via the hyperlinks on the server location listings! As always, your feedback is important to us, so let us know what you think! June 6th approaches, we’ll see you on the frontline soon... If you’re a clan/community leader and would like to be added to the Hell Let Loose Community Divisions Bunker, please head over to the official [url=https://discordapp.com/invite/uTaTFV5]Hell Let Loose Discord[/url] and DM Spono#7368. Hell Let Loose is available to Wishlist now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/686810/Hell_Let_Loose/ Follow Hell Let Loose on [url=https://twitter.com/hell_let_loose]Twitter[/url] Like Hell Let Loose on [url=https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=https://www.facebook.com/HellLetLoose/]Facebook[/url]