General Fan Project questions

Shaggy

Vice Admiral
I'm looking for an update on active fan projects out there. I've played UE and know about Standoff. But what else is still cookin along, and what games do they modify. Now that I've got money coming in I'd like to pick up some of the games that are being modified, so I'm ready for what ever gets released next.
FYI though I do have X-Wing Alliance, Frelancer, and of course Secret Ops.(On the space sim side of things.
 
Sylvester said:
Well, none of the add ons cost anything, in fact, they are not allowed to.

The games which are being modded, however, *do* cost something -- which is what Shaggy is asking about.

(I"m not really sure what the answer to the question is, though.)
 
Oh!, you mean the base games. Well, for WC Saga Battlegroup Serpent, you need FS2. For Confed Legacy, you need HW2. For Standoff, you need secops which you already have.
 
They never existed - and I don't just mean that they're dead :p. They literally didn't exist. In both cases, more wore work went into redeveloping their website over and over than into actually achieving something. The second one seemed to do a bit better than the first, and was supposedly making progress, but then its crew seemed to disappear. Their website's still there, but you won't find any signs of life there.
 
Hey, wow, I totally forgot about this. I wonder what these guys are up to now?
 
I wanted to put together a TC based on the Reavers, I know I've talked about this before. Originally I was going to use Duke Nukem 3D, which shows how old this idea is. But one thing I thought of, as time went by, was to create the game with Rogue Spear. Then it would have one shot kills and a an actual squad of soldiers that could fight on their own. Of course then I found out you need 3DS Max 2.5-3.0 to actually create the weapons, character, and map meshes. Anything above 3.0 and the plugins released by Red Storm wouldn't work.
Oh well, I'll probably just keep tinkering away with Duke 3D, if I can get to work on Win 2K, and just build it for that. Even if nobody plays it, it'll make for a good hobby, and the damn thing will stop bouncing around in my mind. :)
 
i recommend swat 3, i think it is just as realistic as rogue spear, but has a easier gameplay.
Jim
 
Erkle said:
i recommend swat 3, i think it is just as realistic as rogue spear, but has a easier gameplay.
Jim
I thought about using Raven Shield, since it's based on the Unreal Tournament 2K3 engine-and GMax has a gamepack for UT 2K3, I just don't know what sort of extra modding software is availble, or necessary, for Raven Shield, that and I don't have Raven Shield or SWAT 3.
I would like to use something that already has tools readily available for as much as possible. In that instance C&C Renegade is my best option, because there already is a GMax game pack that will allow me to build new weapons, vehicles, character models, and maps on my own, and the texture converter is built into the gamepack. And I actually own a copy of Renegade.
You see I don't want to simply come up with a great idea, recruit people, and then sit back and let someone else do all the work. I want to at least have the ability to build maps. Duke 3D is great because the Build engine is a good hobby type editor, it's easy to replace everything in the game. I could knock out a brand new Duke 3D level, with new weapons and textures, in a few hours time-the sounds would take a little longer. So any tips on getting DOS games to run properly under Win 2K?
I'm thinking about using Red Faction or Max Payne, but I haven't had time to really evaluate the editing tools, because I'm in the middle of writing a book for the Star Trek series, writing my Echo War fanfic, and looking for a new job.
I don't know maybe it will all happen one day with a great 3D FPS, but who knows. As for using SWAT 3, I don't think I would. The realism is nice and all but I want to blow Shtuff up! :) And when you're trying to arrest someone it just doesn't work out. :cool:
Anyway, I'm rambling and about 60% of this is probably just me talking out of my butt.
Nice trick, eh! :D
 
I wanted to put together a TC based on the Reavers, I know I've talked about this before. Originally I was going to use Duke Nukem 3D, which shows how old this idea is.

Well, I don't know... have they made a sequel to Duke3D yet;)?
 
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