Title. There's nothing worse than finally finding a server running generated maps, and the whole thing is blasted to hell with brightly colored blocks and rubble and is unplayable.

I agree.
Secondary issue, what do you think is the sweet spot for number of caps? 50?
I added it to the voting system for you
http://www.google.com/moderator/#8/e=6f3a1&q=6f3a1.497793&v=4

Dude, add some tags aswell, this forum needs cleaning up.

It should be optional, though.

Some pyspades servers already have this feature turned on.

I'm doing that when ever I host bridge wars. 10 caps then a reset.

5 sounds better. 10 is a lot unless you've got some pretty skilled intel cappers.

Ben has not implemented this feature yet based on the volume of data that would be needed to be sent to all the connected clients in one go I believe..
Pyspades commences a rollback (if activated), which is not so strenuous.

The rollbacks are...well, they're a bit slow if there's been a lot of damage to the map. I also think it'd be cool if the game could generate a new map to play and everybody reloads the game. I can see the network argument, but making people wait isn't that bad. You send a lot more data when a HL2 server loads a custom map.

As for cap values, I think letting servers control it is fine.

That would discourage building and make griefing (which is not a big deal) have a less negative effect on players' emotions.
/no
Unless it's optional and it's shown on the server list.

I think it should be like a tennis map. The intel cap limit are for sets, which dont reset the map. Add another variable for the number of sets, once a team wins so many sets reset the map

It'd get rid of a lot of those people that do nothing but build, and it'd knock out most of the griefers, since griefing a map is actually hard work, whether we want to admit it or not. I think griefers would get pretty disheartened that all their hard work was for nothing after a team wins, and a lot of it would stop. So we definitely need this feature on all servers. Hopefully Mr. Aksoy will see how beneficial it is and code it into vanilla servers as well.

Wouldn't it make more sense if the original map could be downloaded beforehand while the game is loading since it never changes, and once it's time, the server sends out a message to the client thingies or whatever and boom, all the computers already have it and the map is instantly back to normal???

No Sasquatch, that would be too easy...

Devas, making "griefing have a less negative effect on players' emotions" is a minus in your book? You're nuts (or a griefer). For that matter, griefing is absolutely a big deal, unless you're a griefer. (And for that matter, it will discourage over-elaborate building, which is also a plus.)

Sasquatch, that might or might not be more efficient, it depends on the turnover rate. If a player connects, then quits ten minutes later, the server "wasted" bandwidth by sending 2x as much data to that person. So whether it's a savings overall depends on the average number of resets players are present for. (But it would at least spread it out instead of being all-at-once.)

Though if several servers used the same map.. Then all that would be needed is the updates to it?
I liked this idea, since every time you join a server it doesn't give you the original map. So if you want the original map, you have to time your entry on a reset of the map and hope noone's built anything (rare).

nothings, ignore Devas. He's just looking for someone to flame him for the stupid things he says, so he can point a finger at you and cry that you hurt his feelings.

I would like to see this feature implemented. It would help keep things fresh, as there are usually routes to the enemy's side, trenches, fortresses etc, so it defeats the point of a reset. It still feels like the same game.

I would also like to see a map rotation implemented in the server.exe, if possible (I know nothing about internet protocols). For example, where you type the name of the map, it could go something like;

Type the names of the maps without the .vxl extension. Type 'end' when when finished:
map1
map2
map3
end

So once map1 was ended, map2 would start up. I know the problems faced with the data being sent out at once, but if there is a work-around for this, I would really like to see some sort of map rotation implemented.