It's been quite a while since I, MenteR, don't write an update myself. I may not have the amazing writing skills of our storyline coordinator: Spooboy, but this update is an informative, quick update to get your fingers ready for the demo that we're preparing for you guys. And guess what? It comes this weekend.
NPCs getting along on Crossfire.
The first demo of Opposing Force 2 is called "The Stadium Demo", and it carries the name for a reason. On this demo we focused solely on NPCs and weapons, and for this, we have made a stadium map similar to Sven-Coop's. On this map, you'll be able to spawn a bunch of HL2 and OF2 NPCs, spawn barricades, spawn props and press a button that casts the incredible Michael Bay mode, which triggers a lot of explosions throughout the stadium. All that by simplying pressing buttons all around. We'll also include of2_forest_contact, one of the Deadlock Conflict maps, which is being designed by one of our mappers, Hazard24, as a bonus. And finally, the Crossfire map for all your unecessary needs of exploding nukes and spamming NPCs.
The stadium. Arena for NPC and weapon testing.
Being completely sincere, we did not include a few weapons and NPCs. However, you can make sure that our team is working hard on them. This month only, our subversion had more than 200 revisions. Which means, estimatively 8 assignments (including models, maps, NPCs, weapons, and so on) got finished per day. So worry not, because this is not going to be our only demo. We plan on releasing a longer demo with the full weapon arsenal and the complete list of NPCs in game in one or two months.
Let's give a stop on the words. Here's a beaultiful compilation of our most recent media:
Relaxing, wasn't it? It'll be even more relaxing for you to know that we plan on releasing full game chapters separately. That way, we don't keep you guys waiting an year for a full release, which, most of times, is full of glitches. And once all chapters are complete, we'll release the actual full game with a coop mode. Multiplayer? Who knows.
This is it guys, thanks for supporting us throughout 3 years of development, that are now finally coming closer and closer to a final result. We thank you, but thank these guys for making it all possible. Opposing Force 2 is:
Daniel "Ferdam" Dammous - Key Member Modeler and Rigger
Christopher "Chris528" Whalen - Key Member Programmer
Steven "Steve-O" Gosling - Modeler, Texturer and Sound Artist
Jonathan "Jpe" Elliott - Mapper and Storyline Coordinator
Thomas "Hazard24" Jokinen - Mapper and Texturer
Jared "CooL" O'Brien - Voice Actor
Michael "Althewaterbuffalo" Cole - Voice Actor
Sean "Fthree" Welgemoed - Modeler, Texturer and Animator
Reid "Spooboy" Hanson - Storyline Coordinator and Writer
John "jjsullivan" Sullivan - Modeler
Jacob "Firegod522" Robbins - Particle Artist and Mapper
Christian "the-outcast" Rodriguez - Modeler and Texturer
Tom "Flon22" Fallon - Modeler and Texturer
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Great news to hear. Good work.
I wish I got the chance to work in a well rounded team like that :P
a dream has come true..
AWESOME! great work guys!
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Hi
Fantastic news, I cant wait :D
:O OMG! I've waiting for this my hole life! I cannot wait!
I agree with everything this man said.
That's great to hear, MenteR. But you didn't specify which SP maps or chapters in the campaign we will be trying out for the demo. I wasn't even sure if this demo is going to be all MP maps with AI bots, since those are mentioned.
On this demo, as I mentioned, there won't be many campaign chapters. Only one map from Deadlock Conflict.
wicked.. HUD
good news
cant wait =)
Wow I can't wait for this, you guys are doing the right thing releasing the game in parts, keep up the hype + motivation :)
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Who cares, this is the lamest mod ever
:trollface:
You my sir, I give a big thumbs down.
Hahaha you are funny. You really though I was being serious...?
Go check the images. You'll found my comments saying that this mod is awesome since early 2009.
Hahahaha those are some sharp trained military karma-clickers.
Damn yes, they don't even stand a simple joke.
Gosh, gosh. Good! :D
Awesome media =0
Looking forward to this :)
I hope it's as good as it's look and not too short
lol you got more modellers than mappers! :D
Menter is so awesome that he counts for ~3 mappers.
Somebody call the ambulance, I think my heart has stopped beating when I read this!
Can't wait for the demo, going to buy some Red Bull. This is going to be a loooong weekend.
Amazing :)
Cannot wait =D
Yay :)
**** YEAH, I wasn't expecting a coop mode, thats awesome :D
YESH! YESH! :D
a demo would be very nice to test this ******* nice game hope too hear soon from this ;)
Nice to see this MenteR I'm looking forward to see how it will turn out.
That sounds great!
Holy sh... amazing.
Excellent Work!! :D
One word on this mod's development: Consistency.
Keep up the awesome. :)
GREAT !!
Serious question: How does the storyline of Opposing Force 2 differ from Awakenings? I am looking forward to anything dealing with Opposing Force. I liked some parts of Awakenings, but this sounds more like my type of mod.
It's different because this is a few months after the Seven Hour War. Awakening takes place 10 years after OF2.
can't wait to see the mapping in this mod for myself!
Erection factor + 10
Is this going to have the boot camp segment in it??
Only on the full release, and it's not really a boot camp, more like a xen camp.
I'm really looking forward to the demo, but I have a couple questions to ask
1: Is the cremator still a planned npc?
2: What's this "stadium" map in Sven-coop?
Yeah, the cremator is a planned NPC.
2. It was a map in Sven Coop where you could spawn multiple NPCs from buttons.
Nice, gonna give it a try this weekend then! :)
So the demo will be 1 map :(
3, if I read the article correctly.
Can't wait, it will be really interesting to play it.
Three. Read the article.
Why would you do this, I have just uninstalled Steam.
The whole thing :P
Why would one uninstall Steam?