local zone maintains information about weapon fire capability per faction

src/main/scala/net/psforever/actors/session/support/ZoningOperations.scala

@@ -2158,8 +2158,8 @@ class ZoningOperations(
       tplayer.avatar = avatar
       session = session.copy(player = tplayer)
       //LoadMapMessage causes the client to send BeginZoningMessage, eventually leading to SetCurrentAvatar
-      val weaponsEnabled = !(mapName.equals("map11") || mapName.equals("map12") || mapName.equals("map13"))
+      //val weaponsEnabled = !(mapName.equals("map11") || mapName.equals("map12") || mapName.equals("map13"))
-      sendResponse(LoadMapMessage(mapName, id, 40100, 25, weaponsEnabled, map.checksum))
+      sendResponse(LoadMapMessage(mapName, id, 40100, 25, zone.LiveFireAllowed(tplayer.Faction), map.checksum))
       if (isAcceptableNextSpawnPoint) {
         //important! the LoadMapMessage must be processed by the client before the avatar is created
         player.allowInteraction = true

src/main/scala/net/psforever/objects/zones/Zone.scala

@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@ class Zone(val id: String, val map: ZoneMap, zoneNumber: Int) {
     */
   private var vehicleEvents: ActorRef = Default.Actor
 
+  /**
+   * Is any player permitted to engage in weapons discharge in this zone?
+   */
+  private var liveFireAllowed: mutable.HashMap[PlanetSideEmpire.Value, Boolean] =
+    mutable.HashMap.from(PlanetSideEmpire.values.map { f => (f, true) })
+
   /**
     * When the zone has completed initializing, fulfill this promise.
     * @see `init(ActorContext)`
@@ -593,6 +599,32 @@ class Zone(val id: String, val map: ZoneMap, zoneNumber: Int) {
     vehicleEvents = bus
     VehicleEvents
   }
+
+  def LiveFireAllowed(): Boolean = liveFireAllowed.exists { case (_, v) => v }
+
+  def LiveFireAllowed(faction: PlanetSideEmpire.Value): Boolean = liveFireAllowed.getOrElse(faction, false)
+
+  def UpdateLiveFireAllowed(state: Boolean): List[(PlanetSideEmpire.Value, Boolean, Boolean)] = {
+    val output = liveFireAllowed.map { case (f, v) =>
+      (f, v == state, state)
+    }
+    output.foreach { case (f, _, v) =>
+      liveFireAllowed.update(f, v)
+    }
+    output.toList
+  }
+
+  def UpdateLiveFireAllowed(state: Boolean, faction: PlanetSideEmpire.Value): List[(PlanetSideEmpire.Value, Boolean, Boolean)] = {
+    val output = liveFireAllowed.map { case (f, v) =>
+      if (f == faction) {
+        (f, v == state, state)
+      } else {
+        (f, false, v)
+      }
+    }
+    liveFireAllowed.update(faction, state)
+    output.toList
+  }
 }
 
 /**