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10/3/2004 11:25:50 PM - Fusion Pack SE Public Release

10/4/2004 12:48:03 AM - Finn Wars

10/4/2004 12:56:06 AM - Black Bag Operations

10/5/2004 5:50:58 AM - Rock 4

10/5/2004 6:06:29 AM - Who Dares Wins

10/5/2004 6:16:16 AM - Zombies of Nightmare Mutator (Released)

10/5/2004 6:21:30 AM - Vehicle Invasion 1.15 (Released)

10/5/2004 11:45:44 PM - Battlefield Vietnam 1.2 Update

10/6/2004 9:34:46 AM - UT2004 Dedicated Server 3323 Released

10/7/2004 12:25:08 AM - HL2 prices announced

Submitted by: Zor - 10/3/2004 11:25:50 PM

It has been announced that the fusion pack SE has just been publically released for cs 1.6 user. For those who dont know the fusion pack is a pack that replaces the models/sounds/sprites etc from your normal cs game with higher poly/skined versions that look better then the original
For more information vist the Games Fusion.net home page for download info and a complete change log

Submitted by: BumbleBee - 10/4/2004 12:48:03 AM

The Finn Wars mod has released several new screenies on their website. Be sure to have a look.

When we first started the mod, the idea was to recreate all the wars Finland had to fight in order to maintain independence in World War II. Although in the beginning of the mod it seemed that we would only focus on Winter War but now new winds are blowing and we have finally decided to add The Continuation War along with the already existing Lapland War. So here we have few pictures what to expect from the newcomer (That is a Finnish swastika and has nothing to do with the German Nazi swastika. It was donated to Finland by a Swedish Count Von Rosen.) Also, the screenshots page has been updated. [Read More]

Submitted by: BumbleBee - 10/4/2004 12:56:06 AM

Black Bag Operations has an update for us today.

I've posted an updated build of BxSM beta 4h on the download pages [BF1942 | BFV]. This build corrects the problems in Server Manager listed below and does not require a new version of Remote Manager. You can just replace the existing SM binary and resume normal operations. The new build has version number 2.4.8.1. I have also modified SM so all of the "auto admin" functions kick via PunkBuster (if enabled) so players see the reason they were kicked from the server.

This new build also incorporates some extensions to the Banned Words function. The changes extend the number of pattern modifiers available in BannedWords.con.

word - names and chat (partial match, case insensitive)
$word - name only (exact match, case sensitive)
@word - chat only (partial match, case insensitive)
#word - name only (partial match, case insensitive)

Black Bag Operations

Submitted by: BumbleBee - 10/5/2004 5:50:58 AM

The Rock 4 mod has posted some renders of some vehicles and various objects for their mod. Be sure to swing by their website to see the images.

Hey, we're still alive over here. RedG3 is a new crew member and will be doing some coding for us in the future. He's currently working on the siege tank (which is skinned and shown below). Pretty soon we'll have an internal alpha to start testing on a map. We've completed some map objects below and the large siege tank has been skinned.

Submitted by: BumbleBee - 10/5/2004 6:06:29 AM

The Who Dares Wins mod has an update for us today. Check it out.

It's time for the first update on the new and improved WDW. I have some new renders of WDW work. First of all there is the AK-47 skinned by Repeltje. We are redoing the Iranian Embassy Siege map first. The static's are being redone to be more historically accurate and uniforms and weapons are being reskinned. New statics will be used. Also there are 2 pics of the Skorpion Vz.61 submachine gun, reskinned by Kruger. Please note that these pics were taken on the "old" IES map, and that the new one will be a lot better! [Full Story]

Submitted by: BumbleBee - 10/5/2004 6:16:16 AM

Kill4 has released Zombies of Nightmare. Here's a short description.

When a player is killed a new Zombie of NightMare is created. When a Zombie gets killed it won t be restarted. The max number of Zombies in the arena is configurable, the Zombies skill and starting health are configurable, the Zombies damage done per second is configurable You can set the Zombies to be very aggressive as well. When a Zombie dies, he drops a pickup (such as health packs, shield pack, udamage, etc..), according to a dropping probabilty wich can be set in the mutator s options. You can allow a special dropping, wich is meaning that in a configurable percent of cases a killed Zombie drops a special and also configurable pickup (XWeapons.RedeemerPickup as default). You can optionally allow Zombies to gib up violently and eventually explode, upon death. The gibbing probability is configurable as well as the explosion damage, radius, damage type, emitter and sound.

Submitted by: BumbleBee - 10/5/2004 6:21:30 AM

Muscat has released possibly the final release of the mod of Vehicle Invasion version 1.15. Screenshots and more details about the mod are available from its ModWorks page.

It's a little mod/mutator to mix monsters and vehicles or to play DM or Invasion in any type of maps . The power cores or goals are hidden and vehicles, turrets powered for all players. Auto turrets are disabled. You can change the player's health and shield strength. AVRIL and RAPTOR's rockets lock on monsters mutators included. More maps supported including AS-Mothership, AS-Acatana and Navy maps. JailBreak maps fully supported and satoreMonsterPack v1.03 and higher for the lock-on. You can force default UT2004 weapons or vehicles in map with different weapons and modified vehicles. Maplist configuration supporting all maps. Fixed Cicadas Include to fix the Crosshair problem and the stuck problem. The mutator auto replaces the Cicada by a fixed Cicada so no mutator is required to do the change. The mutator adds Health Chargers in map without Health Charger or Health Pack. etc..

Download the mod here.

Submitted by: BumbleBee - 10/5/2004 11:45:44 PM

EA has released three preview movies showing off the soon coming 1.2 patch for Battlefield Vietnam. and the Announcement of a release date!

Listen up soldiers! We've been telling you about the Battlefield Vietnam 1.2 update for sometime now and we are proud to announce that on Thursday, October 7, 2004 the 1.2 update will be available for download from this web space.

To tease you a bit, the studio sent me a few video clips for 1.2 and over the next couple of days I'll be posting them to this update. Here are the first of 10-clips:

AC-47 Gunship
T-72
Sewers of Saigon

Submitted by: BumbleBee - 10/6/2004 9:34:46 AM

For server admins who want to save valuable hard drive space on your machine, check out Epic's latest version fo the UT2004 Dedicated Server.

Epic Games is releasing a new Unreal Tournament 2004 dedicated server download. This download allows server admins to run servers without a copy of the full game. The new dedicated server download includes UT 2004 version 3323, as well as the ECE Bonus Pack content and the WinXP bonus maps. This download includes the Windows, Linux, and Mac versions of the dedicated server.

The program you run is in the "System" directory:

* Windows admins use "ucc.exe"
* Linux/x86 admins use "ucc-bin"
* Linux/amd64 admins use "ucc-bin-linux-amd64"
* MacOS X admins use "ucc-bin-macosx"

Make sure you procure a dedicated server CD Key if you want to run a server. This release isn't for everyday users. You don't need it if you don't know what this file is.

Download
3323 Dedicated Server [BeyondUnreal FileWorks 870 mb]

Submitted by: Zor - 10/7/2004 12:25:08 AM

steampowered.com Has just reported that Valve have released the prices for their HL2 packages. These will be available for purchase from 11am pst on thursday via steam. The prices are as follows
BRONZE -- $49.95
SILVER -- $59.95
GOLD -- $89.95

For more details on what these packages include click here