The Aral Sea. Once a giant economic hub, it's water has evaporated just like the wealth depending on it. Due to negligence on the Governments part, the entire ecosystem has collapsed. Toxic chemicals have been dumped in the area, causing total destruction of regrowth. Sand storms hit the area day after day, causing the residents constant hardship and health problems.

Over 90% of the sea has now dried up causing once great fishing towns to abandon and fall apart. The entire Soviet fishing fleet now lies rusting and falling apart.

On Vozrozhdeniya Island (now a peninsula due to falling sea levels) deep within the water basin is an old Soviet Chemical Weapons facility. Shut down in 1992, the improper disposal of biological weapons has left the entire peninsula a human danger zone. The neighboring city of Kantabuk is no different. Once home to 1,500 people it is now totally uninhabited, a ghost town on the maps.

However, strange happenings are beginning. The Russian Government has bought out Vozrozhdeniya Island from Uzbekistan territory to become Russian territory, unannounced to the media. An informant for the Iranian Government has now reported that once inactive bunker's and silo's are now drawing energy from power stations.

Rumours have been collected by the informant in the surrounding villages, about the possible existence of some native Selvatic creatures living on the island (possibly dogs), now accustomed to drink salt water and coming out mostly at night. The informant himself tells about strange howling sounds carried by the wind while he was visiting the island with a military escort...

Features

- A total conversion of the source engine
- An open and fully explorable outdoor environment.
- All new FX and Shader technology
- A deep back-story, with mysteries to solve.
- 2 new drivable vehicles.
- An assortment of new weapons.
- Realistic, although not for the sake of removing fun.
- Scavengers will be rewarded with upgrades to their weapons.

WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF A CHARACTER MODELLER

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It's been a while. Since the last media release, Ivan's Secrets has undergone some changes. To cut this short, we're now in Uzbekistan.

The game is now set in the Aral Sea, a looted and abandoned area poisoned with toxic chemicals from numerous Soviet experiments. As such, it is an area entirely hostile to human life. The player plays as part of a mercenary group, looking for biological weapons the Russians left behind when they abandoned the area. However things didn't exactly go to plan...

Now onto the media! Over the last 3 months we've probably created more than we ever have before. First the weapons. Drew has completley outdone himself on this one.

Flintlock Musket Revised Makarov AKS-74u Krinkov

Next is the hand rig. Drew made this and ZeeJenkis was kind enough to rig it for us.

Hand Rig

Blindside has been animating these weapons with profession, and they're all rigged and ingame.

Musket In-game Makarov PMM In-game Krinkov In-game

Next up is the map props. Tycho Terryn made us a classic Lada, which was the car that EVERYONE used to drive around in the USSR. Drew made us a few new props too (god bless that guy).

Gas Mask Lada Sedan Level Props

Now to me. Since the setting change, we've had to scrap all of our old maps, so we don't have a lot to show this time around. However I'll give you a look at the looted apartments. The Soviet Architechture blends with the desert environment to give this dry feel to it.

Looted Apartments Looted Apartments Looted Apartments

We have another media release down the track, but this should keep you occupied for a while. Almost forgot, this is the new AI, they now duck and weave around cover when under fire instead of just sitting there.

WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF A CHARACHTER MODELLER



LETS NOT FORGET THE ZODIAC!

Comments  (0 - 10 of 135)
infl1ct1on
infl1ct1on Nov 21 2009, 9:59am says: Online

Hey, can you please not go under my mods page ever again and post a link to this mod? Thanks.

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shaun10656
shaun10656 Nov 13 2009, 2:39pm says:

is there goin to be fish in the water or sharks :P

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|BloodRaven|
|BloodRaven| Nov 2 2009, 12:29pm says: Online

ok thats bad
*post below*
but the mod looks cool :D

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JLea
JLea Oct 31 2009, 3:42am says:

I accidently deleted the map you see in the screens. fuck

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TAU!
TAU! Nov 7 2009, 2:08pm replied:

System restore. Do it, please.

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LegendaryMan
LegendaryMan Nov 7 2009, 8:40am replied:

What....WHAT!

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Frozen442
Frozen442 Nov 5 2009, 9:51am replied:

windows backup? hammer autosave?

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THElastNINJA
THElastNINJA Nov 4 2009, 9:52pm replied:

Oh shit.Are you serious? Awwwwww that hurts alot :( It was looking so good too :S

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shaun10656
shaun10656 Oct 28 2009, 1:52pm says:

mod coming along great cant wait to play it

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Blindxside
Blindxside Oct 28 2009, 7:37pm replied:

Yeah well you better wait a while :E

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