November 2nd - A Delayed Halloween Update news - CryENGINE 2 Developers

Finally, we come to November, the clocks are going back an hour, and we're all thankful for that extra hour in bed in the mornings, particularly with how the weather is at the moment. Its rather rubbish, i think you'll agree. Anyway, today we've got a lot of stuff to show you, so I best get on with it. Click on the images to display a full resolution image.

=ORGANICS=

SAS/SBS CRW "Black Kit"

To start off this months main update, we've got the CRW Kit produced by Alex Jupp, one of our talented organic modellers. This is the final high poly model for the CRW Kit, and it will be slightly adapted for each member of the SAS/SBS team that the player is part of.

The Face Of The Republic

To finish off this months Organic modelling section, we've got the work that David Campbell has been doing on the UVA/IRA paramilitary member - termed the Face of the Republic when he uploaded it to the forums (Sorry Dave, it was a good tag, i couldn't resist), it will occasionally be seen on those paramilitary members who aren't wearing ski masks.

=VEHICLES=

Harrier GR3 WiP

As part of our modification, aircraft feature heavily as support for the players team, particularly in later parts of the modification as the story branches out of Northern Ireland, and we couldn't have an aircraft contingent without the Harrier GR3 - the British Army's premier aircraft, and a primary symbol of the Falklands conflict when they faced off against Argentine MiGs and Pucaras. This model is being produced by JM Christopher, one of our lead environmental artists.

Westland Lynx WiP
 

As the last of this month's vehicle update, we have the Westland Lynx. The end model with come in 4 different flavours - Twin GPMGs, Twin 16-missile rocketpods, Torpedos, or an unarmed troop transport - and all will end up game, with the player having the opportunity to use the weapons, or at least direct their fire. This is currently being developed by Anthony C. Scroggins.

=WEAPONS=

To start off our large weapon update this month, we've got a huge load of work done by Mr Smive who joined us at the start of the month and has been churning out some fantastic assets. So that i'm not making this update a massive wall of text, i'm just going to post images for the rest of these shots, (No snubs intended lads!) 

81mm Mortar
 

Double Barrelled Shotgun 

SPAS-12
 

MP5-A2, MP5-SD, MP5-K
 

P220

Finally, we have HaMsTeYr's P220, which he's been increasing the polycount on dramatically - at present, it stands at approximately 17K polys, with even more detail to come.

=LEVEL DESIGN=

To finish off this months main update, we've got work from Mick who joined us at the end of last month, and has since been hard at work on a map based in the very northern area of Northern Ireland, situated on the coastal area.

  

Last, but by no means least, we have the remake of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare's multiplayer map by Kai Vuellings. This is still very much under construction, primarily in regards to textures, and props that will feature in the map to bring it up to a good standard of appearance.

 

=RECRUITMENT=

As part of our current recruitment drive, we're in dire need of people who have the following skills to assist with development, as we're a bit lacking in some departments unfortunately. The following areas are needed:

• Prop Modelling (Everything from chairs, and benches, to generators and buildings.)
• Texturing (Weapon, and prop modelling primarily)
• Animation (Primarily weapon animation.)

If you have any of those skills, please post on this profile, contact me via PM on here, or via my e-mail address you can find on my profile.

Well everyone, thats it for todays update, please join us on the 11th November for a fairly brief update on Remembrance Sunday, relating to that day, and some aspects of the mod features. (Apologies on the formatting error here, i'm not sure whats caused it, and i can't remedy it for some reason. If any mod could check that, it'd be appreciated!)

-J
CWS Team Lead