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#1 Comrade Alexeo

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Posted 20 March 2005 - 06:26 AM

This is one of the best mods I have ever played for any game, ever - and thats not just hyperbole.

I believe that with what we have now, a few additions and some promotion and

BAM

everybody will be playing this.

So, what is needed for Defcon?

AESTHETIC
-New tread skins for the vehicles
-Some more varied architecture
-the infantry could look a bit different
-some rigging errors; shells do not exit gun barrels
-a little variety with the Ebres vehicle skins might be nice; gray-black camo perhaps

GAMEPLAY
-everything has increased range, but sight isn't, usually negating your artillery; this needs to be fixed, perhaps with a Scout or Forward Air Observer unit
-garrisoning buildings actually lessens the range of troops; this is bad, especialyl because the AI loves to garrison buildings
-another financial source is needed to sustain a game; perhaps capturable supply drops?

OTHER ADDITIONS
-third side (Egyria) or at least several third-side units for campaign purposes (note that I'd post the Egyria info I wrote up earlier but its in the staff forum... and mastermind, for some reason, took staff access from me...)
-missions/campaign (I drafted a tutorial-esque mission, but mastermind never got to it)
-more base defenses
-more and more of a variety of units (vertiplanes? tilt-rotor transports? controllable strategic bombers?)
-more Defcon!

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P.S. Note that I created a Power Point outlining the campaign and also for propaganda puposes, which was to be converted into a video but as of yet hasn't :(

#2 Mastermind

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Posted 20 March 2005 - 06:34 AM

AESTHETIC
-New tread skins for the vehicles
-Some more varied architecture
-the infantry could look a bit different

I'd love to do that, but it's a lot of models to do.

-some rigging errors; shells do not exit gun barrels
-a little variety with the Ebres vehicle skins might be nice; gray-black camo perhaps

Those bugs are fixed for the next version. We'll see about the skins. I personally like them the way they are.

GAMEPLAY
-everything has increased range, but sight isn't, usually negating your artillery; this needs to be fixed, perhaps with a Scout or Forward Air Observer unit

Infantry have a large LOS compared to other units. This gives them a use.

-garrisoning buildings actually lessens the range of troops; this is bad, especialyl because the AI loves to garrison buildings

This was a balance decision, but will likely be revised in the patch. The patch will include a couple of new units to clear buildings earlier.

-another financial source is needed to sustain a game; perhaps capturable supply drops?

We'll see.

OTHER ADDITIONS
-third side (Egyria) or at least several third-side units for campaign purposes (note that  I'd post the Egyria info I wrote up earlier but its in the staff forum... and mastermind, for some reason, took staff access from me...)

No. Too much work, not really worth it.

-missions/campaign (I drafted a tutorial-esque mission, but mastermind never got to it)

There is an extreme lack of mappers and scripters to achieve this.

-more base defenses

Next patch.

-more and more of a variety of units (vertiplanes?  tilt-rotor transports?  controllable strategic bombers?)

The patch will include a few new units, including at least 1 new infantry, and a new helicopter. Beyond that, we'll see.

P.S. Note that I created a Power Point outlining the campaign and also for propaganda puposes, which was to be converted into a video but as of yet hasn't :(

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We'll see about this as well, as currently no campaign is planned for release.
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#3 Cylon

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Posted 27 March 2005 - 03:04 PM

Defcon is an excellent mod, so simple yet so fun :)

Whens the next release planned Mastermind?

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Posted 27 March 2005 - 05:41 PM

Whenever it's done. Probably May or June, if things go well.
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Posted 24 May 2005 - 02:30 PM

Best Master mind, as i played Defcon, i love the mod its so nice made... and so easy... tough those campaings comrade already said is missing, i could make a nice campaing..... If you like too!

I also readed that your stopping with defcon (not releasing 2.0), thats sad, this is by far the best mod i have ever seen!

If you have any interest...

Contact me
jessebrands@hotmail.com

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Posted 12 June 2005 - 12:02 AM

Is the June release still on?




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