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By the 31st century,humanity has spread to thousands of worlds, while a handful of powerful empires wage war for the right to rule the stars. Foremost among the weapons used in that struggle are BattleMechs. Loaded with charged-particle beam weapons, these fusion-powered war machines of articulated armor stand upward of fourteen meters tall. Piloting them are MechWarrior’s.Like the armored knights of an earlier age, MechWarrior’s are popular heroes, and their exploits are the stuff of Legends.

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Hello again to the MODDB community!!

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Its been another Crazy month here at MWLL and we have many goodies to show you from the fruits of our labour this month!!

INGAME ALPHA ACTION!


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dinky
dinky

Looks like you guys are making some great progress! Loved the teaser video!

Keep it up!

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mjnowak
mjnowak

Your mod has got to be one of the greatest remakes iv ever seen, goooo make make make more more more!!!

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Broadsword530
Broadsword530

Just EPIC! This is awesome. The trailer is great and i love the contest idea and how the winning clan will actually be in the game! This is very promising.

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xcriminalx Author
xcriminalx

Thanks for all the kind comments!!

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Death_Grin
Death_Grin

to clarify, its not "the" winning clan. many clans will have posters in game

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Collin03
Collin03

Starting to look sweet

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beverage
beverage

is the theme music from the transformers movie?

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Death_Grin
Death_Grin

yes

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Broadsword530
Broadsword530

Its probably better that many clans are posted instead of just one. If it was just one it would most likely grow quickly and become a monopoly of sorts. I think having in game posters for clans will really get the clans moving quickly and help them develop. Great idea guys.

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Flanker
Flanker

Great looking newspost. Really liked the straving runs on the groundpounders and the dropship.
I do have a question though: Is it possible to man turrets and the like in a dropship for example?
Also is there going to be a feature in which a player is a commander like in Battlefield 2?

Again great work and will be looking forward to seeing more! :)

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jkruse05
jkruse05

Looking great, cant' wait for release. Also, was the music in your trailer a sample of in-game music?

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Death_Grin
Death_Grin

no, the music was actually a score from the transformers movie. We are not ready yet to use any of our own music.

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Cloud6556
Cloud6556

Wow im a big, big fan of mech warriors :) I really hope your project works out, best of luck and keep it up ^_^

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JCDeth
JCDeth

I must say, that video is very impressive. I have been playing BattleTech/Mechwarrior from they days of the board game, and you seem to be capturing the look and feel of the game. Keep up the excellent work.

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Death_Grin
Death_Grin

Thanks :) In many ways we use battletech (as in the tabeletop/board game) as more of a referance then Mechwarrior. Thats why we are not just a "Mechwarrrior" mod but a battletech mod.

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Death_Grin
Death_Grin

Its actually kind of funny because a lot of people don't realize that Mechwarrior was based off a tabeltop game.

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DerangedFerret
DerangedFerret

Simply amazing

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CitizenLand
CitizenLand

Absolutely fantastic guys. I had so little faith and that this would end up as another group of know-it-alls who started a Battletech mod only to drop it once things got difficult. Glad to see myself proven wrong.

Also, the new laser FX looks fantastic! The biggest problem with laser FX in most games is that there is no reaction at the hit point. You guys seem to have put in some smoke and flashing FX which should give great visual feedback. Ya'll should Amp it up even more with Particles and a loud "*crack* on impact. Just firing a weapon in any game should be fun and addictive in and of itself. You want to feel powerful and that you are doing damage. It's the one thing many devs seem to not understand.

anyhow, good luck and keep up the good work.

-Bangy

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Death_Grin
Death_Grin

Thank you for all the comments guys. The lasers do look cool don't they? I love them. The sound right now is just a placeholder so don't worry about that. They will have more "umph." Having the weapons feel like weapons and the 'mechs feel like 'mechs is one thing we are trying hard to get right.

And you are right, we are not a bunch of "know it alls." Combined we just know it all :D Lol just kidding. We are completly open to comments, ideas, and criticisms (which we tend to appreciate more) so be sure to go to our site and post some feedback and ideas!

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