Our final version of Sands of War 1.6 is now done. Actually we finished it some weeks ago, but we were too busy with the SoW2 beta 1.1 release back then. Many of the areas have been locked for several months by now.
This is the end of a long era which was started several years ago by some creative guys who set out to develop a mod. Many doubted that we would finish the mod, but so we did. We did not just release it, we kept on improving it and releasing new versions. The final version, SoW 1.6, is now ready.
As SoW1 is now done, all crew members will focus their time on SoW2. Just as with SoW1 we will continue to improve SoW2 based on the feedback from the community. In our next newspost you will get to see a nice remake of one of the old popular SoW1 maps.
We are currently testing the installer and searching for mirrors. A download will come in a few days when we get enough mirrors. Visit our site www.sandsofwar.net for more information.
Changelog
Changes/Additions:
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- Weapons now lights up the world when shooting
- New FGD version: 1.18
- Added support for model scaling
- Updated map sow_Entombed: Improved lighting, better clipping, better performance,
viewport target, fixed models being cyclers and reworked the bridge.
- Updated map sow_Khefren: Minor updates and fixes
- Updated map sow_Fort: Huge performance gains and comestic changes
- Updated map sow_Beirut: Various fixes and cosmetic changes
- Updated mission descriptions for several maps
- Updated class descriptions
- Added sidestep and rolling animations when prone
- New AK sounds
Bug fixes:
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- The AK, OICW and flashbang can now be selected properly
- The AK shoot sound now works
- Fixed animations for all weapons
- Fixed animations for all players
- Fixed p_weapon positions
- The knife no longer shows up as ammo
Nobody...
Have to agree.
Where´s ist written that a mod has to be all original. If you look at their site, you´ll see these guys have other prioritys (fun, teamwork, learn stuff). Plus it is final, and that´s more than 80% of the mods around here have :P
Gratz, team.
who the fark plays that mod?
Mediocre it is/was indeed, that was the goal for it. Our primarly goal was to get something released which was just simple fun, we never aimed for some big epic fully custom mod.
yeah.... but it isnt even fun... sorry, i support almost every mod out there, but this is the only one where i just think "better stop this and help ppl on an other project".
i mean there is just nothing special about it.
just another CS-clone, even the models are "stolen".
no offense, but there are really better mods.
Why don't people give SoW a break. It is a completed mod that is about as much fun as counter-strike, only it has an intelligent and more interesting playerbase and more aesthetic level design. It's good. It might not be revolutionary, but it is good.