Welcome to another episode of ES News
This week marks a real important milestone in the development of the mod. It's an absolutely critical step on our way to release and I'm glad to say we are there. The mod, as of now, is Feature Frozen. This meaning that the coders are calling the mod feature complete for release and we are now working on fixes for everything we do have. We have had steady progress in coding and I think the mod will be very playable and stable in a month or two. This should give us enough time to finish off the content. Here is what is lined up for release #1:
- Full infantry gameplay
- All but a few weapons ingame
- Immobile capital ship gameplay
- 3 Craft total (UTF Fighter, UTF Interceptor, NGM Fighter)
- 1 Infantry only map (ngm_aethra)
- 1 Space map (es_frigate)
- Full physics control (newtonian and arcade)
- Sounds for most guns and a few ships
- Custom binding interface for joystick and mouse
- Mapping tools and documentation (Wiki)
That's a pretty vague and preliminary list, but that's what we are working on right now. Also, some great news from out mappers. We actually have some art to show you this time. Moconnor has been pouring lots of work into his map ngm_aethra and its looking quite promising. Here are a few screenshots. You may also notice a new, smaller HUD has been put in place (by popular demand).
We hope you enjoy the screenshots. They are still being worked on, so don't worry if you see a few errors here and there, but I think you will agree they are an order of magnitude better than the last bunch. That has been the trend around here lately... anyways have a great week. We have some very exciting stuff coming up.
MadMech
"Feaure Frozen" = Beta, my friends ;)
Indeed. /me looks forward to it :)
Looking gorgeous folks :)
This is beautiful stuff, great level design, very naval.
I also like the SMG in the pics, a nice subtle design, not overblown like you see so often.
Great stuff, can't wait to play this!
Great news! I can't wait to get this beast going.