V0.4 is an ancient version of UEAW, made by [essentially] an entirely different team. Nothing in 0.4 is in V1, so if I were you I wouldn't both installing it.
To answer your question, though, it has ground enabled but I cannot for the life of me remember if it was modded in any way.
Aha, my mistake. I didnt realise the SVN files would add so much!
There is a lot of code in UEAW :P Rather than alterting the original code like 99% of other mods, we scrapped everything that was already written by Petroglyph and built from the ground up. Currently, the mod itself is over 2Gb!
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Thank you for your incredibly constructive comment on our moddb page. We at UEAW truly appreciate comments such as yours, which motivate us no end. We *Love* to hear people shouting about the mod being dead, and each time we hear it we stop sitting around twiddling our thumbs and decide to dedicate the next week entirely to modding. They remind us that nothing, especially not holidays and social lives, should come in the way of sitting in front of our computer screens typing away code. How selfish of us it would be to do other things than our unpaid hobby! Truly, people like you are the reason we keep modding and manage to get anything done at all.
s-t-n
Fear not, he is burning people's goodwill to fuel the flames of code as we speak
He passed from the real of modders into the black abyss beyond.
We actually already have every single model done for the game, its just a bit of code left and I think a few voiceovers!
Can you head to our forums? We can troubleshoot better there.
Yes, there is a patch for 64 bit that you apply to FoC which also needs to be applied to UEAW. As for the updating problems, we are having a few server problems right now which might be related.
I would guess its around E10, or later, presuming anything at all is still happening in FW. Era's are marked by events, not time. I have no plans to go beyond E3, as that is when FW went very much downhill.
No spoilers for the public, so careful what you say :P If I succeed, the plot will be very exciting with many many surprises. Since I have this wonderful thing called an artistic license there might even be surprises for veterans!
If you check our forums, we have a lot of star wars geeks who I'm sure would be happy to help you!
We are stretched thin at the moment, so apologies for not updating more often. However, we are very much alive and kicking.
News is coming, be patient or check my comment :)
Apologies for the lack of news, it shall be added shortly. For the impatient among you, progress is still being made and the mod is very much playable. However, after all this time, we refuse to release a less than perfect product. So, you will get your cake when we are 100% sure it is the best we can do!
Sorry, but I think you got the basis of the mod wrong. The mod, as it is currently being worked on, is Era 1. This was a 3-faction war comprising the Chaos Empire, The Alliance and the Solar Empire. There will also be an expansion pack [The Neurosuit Crisis], which is optional. This would severely unbalance the game, much like how FoC unbalanced EaW...but be very fun.
In the absolute best of circumstances, 2 more era's would be made. Era 2 [Republic of Free Systems, Solar Empire, Coalition of Free Planet] and Era 3 [Republic of Free Systems, Coalition of Free Planets, United Colonies]. Expansion packs for these are also possible.
Even with all this work, we are still several years FW time away from your faction. If you still want to help, I will evaluate your skills on MSN. Check UEAW for my address.
Sorry Luciano, we entered Alpha for a 0.3 release but got no further. I'm just going to chug along toward the 1.0 and 1.1 expansion releases, which is a long time away
Unfortunately, while at first glance we appear to be going for the same thing, there are huge differences beneath the surface which would make this impractical. However, a co-operation could be possible [eg Model Trading]
Yes, I have a lot of community models and have used them whenever possible...however, I have reached the point where its the custom units that were whipped up by people's crazy imaginations which need modelling.
Yes, I was just playing the soundtrack so far over the past few weeks and casually making stuff while it was playing. Figured I would formalise the work, but I don't want anyone getting their hopes up.
Its Halo, Battlestar, Star Wars, Stargate and pretty much anything we fancied ;) It is based off a role playing game, where we just made up ships and blasted each other to bits. 'Twas very fun
Your timing is impeccable. I was just about to announce that it is just a pet project now, worked on solely by myself. It will take many many years, if it is ever completed, and as such I was going to take down the moddb page. Here are some outcomes that I think are possible, with chances of it happening.
1) Soundtrack gets completed, galaxy mapped out, basic models for all units. However, lacking the capacity to code, the mod gets mothballed until I can find coders with enough dedication and skill to carry the mod to conclusion. [66%]
2) Nothing more gets done [15%]
3) Basic things gets done, but it all remains a mess and the mod never reaches a point where it is worth posting about. [19%]
No campaign in the normal sense, but GC's that imitate the campaign. Light and darkside are available, which transition to the faction which follows that path at each era change.
Ahhh...you're now stand alone. That explains why it was so hard to find an updated NTW mod :P
Ive had a look at your work and would like to welcome you to the Forum Wars mod as a Modeller. If you would like to Map as well, either I or Sergeant Lyeman could show you what needs to be done to make your current style of maps okay for use in-game? Its just simple things left out, like all land maps needing to be surrounded by mountains [To stop a view over the edge of a map] rather than anything your doing wrong with them. You've definitely got the artistic talent to map.
Okay, I will contact you once I have finished building the Staff Site. Could you PM me a sample/pictures of your work until then?
I wouldn't say a coup, but apparently he does :P
No assignments were being issued, and Q declared his desire to kill the mod. So I took over, issuing new orders...whereupon Q changed his mind on running the mod into the ground and protested.
s-t-n
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