Introducing: The Jawa Sandcrawler news - First Strike Mod for Battlefield 2142

First Strike

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First Strike is a Star Wars total conversion modification for Battlefield 2142. The goal of First Strike is to totally immerse the players into the amazing universe of Star Wars by presenting the most accurate representations of famous Star Wars locales, weapons, and characters, and combining them with exciting, fast paced gameplay and features new to the Battlefield scene. Within this mod you'll find yourself as a soldier of the Galactic Empire or as a freedom fighter for the Rebel Alliance. You'll fight across lovingly detailed recreations of various Star Wars locations with a wide array of weapons and vehicles.

Introducing: The Jawa Sandcrawler

Greetings again Troopers! We are going to try to be a little more regular with our news updates from now on as we start to move forwards again with more momentum towards our next batch of big releases. Today I want to reveal to you the final finished version of the Jawa Sandcrawler. Sure, you've seen the impressive untextured version of this model in the past, but I think you'll agree the texture and last little bits of polish and additional bells and whistles make all the difference.

Posted by TALON_UK on Sep 12th, 2009 digg this super bookmark

Greetings again Troopers!

We are going to try to be a little more regular with our news updates from now on as we start to move forwards again with more momentum towards our next batch of big releases.

Today I want to reveal to you the final finished version of the Jawa Sandcrawler. Sure, you've seen the impressive untextured version of this model in the past, but I think you'll agree the texture and last little bits of polish and additional bells and whistles make all the difference.

The caterpillar tracks have been much improved with additional geometry and texture detailing which will really make them pop out at you when you see them in game. Also the detailing of the interior is now complete, and these images show you just a tantalising glimpse of what is inside. Rest assured you're going to have plenty of fun with this towering behemoth, the tactical applications are limitless, you've basically got a slow moving, but heavily armoured siege tower. When crossing those wide open desert expanses that leave you vulnerable to sniper fire this will become a must have asset. As you can imagine, the fight for command of this invaluable vehicle will be fierce. However the Sandcrawler truly starts to shine when you advance on a dug in enemy position and deploy the loading ramp, giving you access to not just the ground, but balconies, or any tactically advantageous high ground the huge ramp can reach.

Pah, and to think those damned dirty Jawas just use it to haul junk around.

Comments

Wulfburk12 Sep 12 2009, 4:08pm says:

nice!

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Wasper Sep 12 2009, 4:28pm says:

Wow, awesome work guys ;)

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Orion Sep 12 2009, 5:07pm says:

Awesome and very accurate looking model! Nice work indeed!

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SinKing Sep 12 2009, 5:11pm says:

Can you enter that thing through the hatch? And is it drivable - like 2 miles/hour ;) or is this only a prop to make your map look nice?

Cool sandcrawler. Good texture detail that really does the trick.

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Sebbeman Sep 12 2009, 6:41pm replied:

Read the newspost. Apparently it's driveable.

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Renorick Sep 12 2009, 5:37pm says:

SU-WEET! Can't wait to cruise around in THAT monster!

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paindoc Sep 12 2009, 6:48pm says:

If you see this charging towards you(at a snail pace) you are pretty much screwed. I wish my BF2142 didnt break :(

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cheesemcboots Sep 12 2009, 7:15pm says:

freakin sweet. that model is epic and would be awesome to play around. good job.

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TALON_UK Sep 12 2009, 9:02pm says:

As mentioned in the article this will be a drivable vehicle. I believe we may have a static wrecked one also on this map to represent a certain scene from a certain 30 odd year old film.

;)

But you will definitely have one you get to drive and battle over. Thing is, this is a neutral asset, so either faction could capture it and use it. And if the enemy has it, then what is to stop you trying to raid it and capture it for yourself? So even if you are in command of the Sandcrawler there is a chance that the enemy might board this slow moving vehicle and take it from you. The fun gameplay possibilities are endless.

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goldenjabba Sep 12 2009, 11:11pm says:

Huhmana huhmana huhmana...

jeesh I love this mod :D

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