Questions

1. How are "points" calculated?
2. What are all the weapon points modifiers?
3. How can I edit my profile and set real name, e-mail address, homepage and ICQ number?
4. My rank is embarrassing. How can I opt out?

Answers

1. How are "points" calculated?

A new player has 1000 points. Every time you make a kill, you gain a certain amount of points depending on a) the victim's points rating, and b) the weapon you used. If you kill someone with a higher points rating than you, then you gain more points than if you kill someone with a lower points rating than you. Therefore, killing newbies will not get you as far as killing the #1 player. And if you kill someone with your knife, you gain more points than if you kill them with a rifle, for example.

When you are killed, you lose a certain amount of points, which again depends on the points rating of your killer and the weapon they used (you don't lose as many points for being killed by the #1 player with a rifle than you do for being killed by a low ranked player with a knife). This makes moving up the rankings easier, but makes staying in the top spots harder.

Specifically, the equations are:

Killer Points = Killer Points + (Victim Points / Killer Points) × Weapon Modifier × 5

Victim Points = Victim Points - (Victim Points / Killer Points) × Weapon Modifier × 5

Plus, the following point bonuses are available for completing objectives in the following games:

Ranking Player Action PlyrPlyr Action Team Action World Action  Action Player Reward Team Reward
Day of Defeat Yes No Yes No Areas Captured +10 +1
Day of Defeat Yes No Yes No Control Points Captured +10 +1
Day of Defeat Yes No No No Domination (4 kills) +3
Day of Defeat Yes No No No Double Kill (2 kills) +1
Day of Defeat Yes No No No God Like (12 kills) +11
Day of Defeat Yes No No No Killing Spree (9 kills) +8
Day of Defeat Yes No No No Mega Kill (6 kills) +5
Day of Defeat Yes No No No Monster Kill (10 kills) +9
Day of Defeat Yes No No No Objectives Achieved +10
Day of Defeat Yes No No No Ownage (7 kills) +6
Day of Defeat Yes No No No Rampage (5 kills) +4
Day of Defeat Yes No No No Triple Kill (3 kills) +2
Day of Defeat Yes No No No Ultra Kill (8 kills) +7
Day of Defeat Yes No No No Unstoppable (11 kills) +10
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2. What are all the weapon points modifiers?

Weapon points modifiers are used to determine how many points you should gain or lose when you make a kill or are killed by another player. Higher modifiers indicate that more points will be gained when killing with that weapon (and similarly, more points will be lost when being killed by that weapon). Modifiers generally range from 0.00 to 2.00.

Ranking Weapon Name  Points Modifier
Day of Defeat Butt Stock Hit Butt Stock Hit 3.00
Day of Defeat U.S. Issue Knife U.S. Issue Knife 3.00
Day of Defeat Spade Entrenchment Tool Spade Entrenchment Tool 3.00
Day of Defeat German Knife German Knife 3.00
Day of Defeat British Knife British Knife 3.00
Day of Defeat Enfield Bayonet Enfield Bayonet 2.50
Day of Defeat Karbiner Bayonet Karbiner Bayonet 2.40
Day of Defeat Panzerschreck Panzerschreck 2.25
Day of Defeat Piat Piat 2.25
Day of Defeat Bazooka Bazooka 2.25
Day of Defeat Colt .45 model 1911 Colt .45 model 1911 1.60
Day of Defeat Webley Revolver Webley Revolver 1.60
Day of Defeat Mauser Karbiner 98k Sniper Rifle Mauser Karbiner 98k Sniper Rifle 1.50
Day of Defeat Scoped Enfield Scoped Enfield 1.50
Day of Defeat Luger 08 Pistol Luger 08 Pistol 1.50
Day of Defeat Karbiner 43 Karbiner 43 1.50
Day of Defeat Springfield Rifle with Scope Springfield Rifle with Scope 1.50
Day of Defeat MP44 Assault Rifle MP44 Assault Rifle 1.35
Day of Defeat F1 Carbine F1 Carbine 1.35
Day of Defeat Enfield Rifle Enfield Rifle 1.35
Day of Defeat Greasegun Greasegun 1.30
Day of Defeat Scoped FG42 Scoped FG42 1.30
Day of Defeat M1 Garand Rifle M1 Garand Rifle 1.30
Day of Defeat Mauser Kar 98k Mauser Kar 98k 1.30
Day of Defeat Sten Submachine Gun Sten Submachine Gun 1.25
Day of Defeat Thompson Submachine Gun Thompson Submachine Gun 1.25
Day of Defeat MP40 Machine Pistol MP40 Machine Pistol 1.25
Day of Defeat .30 Caliber Machine Gun .30 Caliber Machine Gun 1.25
Day of Defeat Bren Machine Gun Bren Machine Gun 1.25
Day of Defeat FG42 Paratroop Rifle FG42 Paratroop Rifle 1.25
Day of Defeat BAR Browning Automatic Rifle BAR Browning Automatic Rifle 1.20
Day of Defeat MG42 Machine Gun MG42 Machine Gun 1.20
Day of Defeat MG34 Machine Gun MG34 Machine Gun 1.20
Day of Defeat M1 Carbine M1 Carbine 1.20
Day of Defeat Mortar Mortar 1.00
Day of Defeat U.S. Grenade U.S. Grenade 1.00
Day of Defeat German Grenade German Grenade 1.00
Day of Defeat British Grenade British Grenade 1.00
Day of Defeat WORLD worldspawn 0.00
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3. How can I edit my profile and set real name, e-mail address, homepage and ICQ number?

Player profile options can be configured by saying the appropriate HLX_SET command while you are playing on a participating gameserver. To issue commands, push your chat key and type the command text.

Syntax: say /hlx_set option value

Acceptable "options" are:

  • realname
    Sets your Real Name as shown in your profile.
    Example: /hlx_set realname Joe Bloggs

  • email
    Sets your E-mail Address as shown in your profile.
    Example: /hlx_set email joe@hotmail.com

  • homepage
    Sets your Home Page as shown in your profile.
    Example: /hlx_set homepage http://www.geocities.com/joe/

  • icq
    Sets your ICQ Number as shown in your profile.
    Example: /hlx_set icq 123456789

Note: These are not standard Half-Life console commands. If you type them in the console, Half-Life might give you an error.

4. My rank is embarrassing. How can I opt out?

Say /hlx_hideranking while playing on a participating gameserver. This will toggle you between being visible on the Player Ranking and being invisible.

Note: You will still be tracked and you can still view your Player Details page. Use the Search page to find yourself.