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[AJ!]

Well alot of cool new stuff has been added and the gen powers must take quite a bit of coding but it is quite slow progress.
in theory a ow2 on empire at war would indeed take alot longer and considering the current speed on the gen engine this would pose quite a problem.

[Boomerang Python]

PATIENCE is the key word for our fans, you have no idea how long we've been doing this mod for. Everything takes longer than it would have with a proper game engine that really supports mods. OW2 will probably take a lot less time than OW2.

so shush and wait a lil longer...

As to dying out... We're not really working any more on OW1 after this release is out, cuz the generals engine has a total of ZERO potential.

Edited by Boomerang Python, 26 December 2005 - 08:19 PM.

[Boomerang Python]

None of what you just said is true... OW1 release 2 was never ever supposed to be released 3 weeks ago, whoever told you that must've been a little drunk or high.

Secondly, I said not really working on it, as in not really that much but a little maybe if we feel like it.

However as soon as our coder gives me the latest updated mod files ill sort the last bits...

Edited by Boomerang Python, 27 December 2005 - 12:23 AM.

[Calamity_Jones]

he has some justified and understandable points. we are NOT abandoning Only War once we start our second mod. In addition, our second mod will progress faster because the game is easier to mod (refutedly) and we have vastly more experience in modding.

as Boomer said, BE PATIENT!!, we will have our latest build out soon, and it will be a vast improvement on the previous version, i.e. more like a full release than something to mark our second anniversary...

Don't lose optimism, we haven't, and neither should you... for christs sake, you lot aren't even the ones who make it!

The words "Quality Assurance" and "Quality Control" come to mind...

Edited by Calamity_Jones, 27 December 2005 - 01:11 AM.

[sam]

Sorry if Cal and Boomer came accross a bit blunt but this is the first proper modding project for many on the team as far as I am aware, not to mention that the current active team consists of around 4 people, Boomer, Torn, Cal and myself, its no wonder progress is slow when you factor in real life, Cal's got university to worry about, torn's doing his a levels as far as I know and boomers still at school too I think, I have more time than the others to spare, when im not working, but there's only a limited ammount I can get done on my own.

If it were just a case of adding more units we could add quite a few rather quickly, but we don't want to, see we want to maintain a balance between all 3 of the factions and keep stuff at a higher quality than a fair few of the mods out there, there are some really great mods, and then there are some that have good ideas but generally suck, and then there are the ones that just suck. We don't want to suck, we want people to look at our work and appreciate the effort that has gone into creating it, not just thinking 'wow that particle effect looked cool, but the rest of it looks crap'.

As for it taking a couple of years to get this far, we have a lot more material than many of you could ever know that has been completed, as each of us have had ideas, we've thought about it, implemented bits here and there, seen how it affects the mod and changed our minds or delayed it for future releases, a few things spring to mind off the top of my head:

Thunderbolt
Whirlwind
Chaos (yup you read it right)
Dreadnaughts

So what are we going to do after this next release? simple, keep on slogging away a little bit at a time and make another one, whilst working on ow2 at the same time, you see theres plenty of down time for the team whilst different people work on different things, and if I could find a few more staff to do it with me I would carry on the OW1 Legacy for a fair while to come yet, trouble is, I haven't found anyone to help!

So what have we got planned? Boomer mentioned in annother thread he was going to try and incorporate a hero unit for each side, a few of us are creating custom maps, using new terrain pieces and textures, yet another thing we were saving for later to show everyone but hey never mind. I personally would like to incorporate 2 new factions, being Chaos and the Inquisition, but need more people with me to see that one through, then we also have a fair number of unreleased units we can put together to release every now and then to bolster the forces yet further!

Is Only War Dead? Not on your nelly son!

[Boomerang Python]

Well put.

[Calamity_Jones]

aye, thats one to be engraved on a marble statue!

[M.E.C.H.]

Well put.

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Yep...Well put

[REWENGER]

Well put.

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Yep...Well put

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I can see me agree whit sam, and i got some small idea, those XV8 Crisis Battlesuits coud been put components/weapons like the burst cannon, fusion gun and drone controler to make them more flexible units as they realy are...

To give imprial guards some scouting veichle, hvy not use the sentinels to do that job...

I love the yours idea to make this mod!!

[M.E.C.H.]

One small question in which game will be the OW2 moded on ?

[sam]

ow2 will be a mod for Star wars: Empire at war

some time ago I did actually model all of the upgrades for the crisis suits, and we've got a sentinel somewhere too, but we've had some trouble with walkers animations, they tend to 'slide' rather than walk which looks a bit ugly and cumbersome

once we've got v2.0 out of the way i'll see what we can come up with for the next version, I have a few ideas, some big, some small, some very possible, other fantastical

[M.E.C.H.]

ow2 will be a mod for Star wars: Empire at war 

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Battle for middle earth 2 will have an updated version of the SAGE engine and i can say that it is impressive too !
Also "sam" you're a modeller ?
I didnt knew that

[Marcjs]

bfme 2 is not a bad game though at the moment some sides are a bit overpowered

[sam]

aye I am indeed a 3d modeller, check out the marine vehicles for OW2

[M.E.C.H.]

aye I am indeed a 3d modeller, check out the marine vehicles for OW2 

You made those ?
Really nice....
I;m a modeller too but i cant skin tho

[sam]

I've seen some of your work, its promising but you could do with using smothing groups to your advantage, it makes everything look that much better if everything smoothed correctly to your liking rather than the way it automatically sets it up, as things can look a tad....odd