So, it's been a while since an update and a lot has changed. I'm not going to try and get this news post on the moddb front page as I don't feel it's necessary.
So, first of all, a very important member of our team, ddraig/burguiois, can no longer work on the mod. I don't think he'd want me to go into details, but he's very much missed. Let's hope things get sorted and he's back with us soon.
Secondly, Radium is no longer a mod for Call of Pripyat: we are now a mod for Call of Chernobyl.
This was done for a variety of reasons. One reason is that our team has shrunk a great deal and we simply do not have the time, energy, or patience to make a full blown COP mod. Call of Chernobyl is an excellent mod and we are easily able to port over almost all of our work to it. It is true that we are scaling back what this mod was going to be into something a little more...realistic, but it will still be a lot of fun to play.
YeiZone has returned to us after a bit of a hiatus, so please welcome him back :)
Currently there are a lot of things going on with the mod which are good. I have been working on the rendering a great deal and have recently added gloss map and displacement map support. We are also carefully going through textures in the game and carefully picking and choosing what would look best and what won't. Yei has also made progress with a surge related feature ddraig had been wanting as well as FMOD support.
Working on Radium has been quite a roller coaster for all involved, and not necessarily for good reasons (I'm most to blame for that).
I am hoping that once Radium is done and shipped out, although I previously planned to ditch Xray for good, I would instead like to learn a lot more in the way of C++, LUA, and various rendering languages, so that I can work with some others hopefully on making a new engine to base Stalker off of. To say Xray has issues is an understatement. It's not a fun engine to work with.
That's all I have for now guys. I'll post more substantial news in the future, I just didn't want to leave you guys hanging.
Well I cant say that im too sad about the change since all i have been playing the last few weeks is Call of Chernobyl. It has a ton of replayability thanks to its dedicated team working in updates, but alsow to modders that share their work as addons. The entire game can be easily custom built by the players taste, and having Radium on the list sounds like a bright future for both CoC and radium itself.
Whatever happens, I just hope you guys can pull it through. Good luck to everyone involved on this project. I humbly await for more news.
Im actually really excited about the switch to CoC and ive been following the progress on this mod for a long time i wish the best for all current members and a BIG welcome back to YeiZone.
I support your decision MSwartz and i wish you the very best on your progress, so please dont give up on us.
Love reading Radium updates!
Keep up the good work guys
Going for CoC is going to make this mod better. Keep it up!
Thanks for the update! I think the switch to CoC sounds like a good idea. Best wishes for the mod team :-]
Well, there goes the only mod I was looking forward to. It seems waiting for a decent mod for vanilla game was a silly idea after all. Too bad it turned out like this.
wait what is stalker off ?
Good luck !
I can already see this as the first big mod for CoC and its going to be great.
But will it carry out the sound tech ?
Thanks for update. Good luck. AO3 Author ditched x-ray as well and i agree with everyone who does. its just too much trouble. but thanks for hard work.
Nvm, misread comment.
Will weapons be released as a separate pack?
i wished Radium achieved the goal to be an independent mod , but an addon for COC , that's good for now ..
Anyway, wish you all the good luck , keep the good work guys !
Radium isn't an addon for CoC. It's an independent mod using it as a base to build from.
I see both good news, CoC needs such a great mod to be merged with, after all, it's a base platform. Plus, it still has COP maps included :D
Heh, is your list of guns still up to date with what is going to show in the Radium CoC mod? Can't wait to play this!!
So much yes, CoC needs this