Comments - Sup

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All in all, we are extremely pleased with the outcome of the Mod and feedback that we received on it. We received mostly positive feedback from our fans both on the forums and all over the rest of the web, so I am extremely proud to have led such a fun Mod on such an outdated engine such as Quake III Arena. Just from our rating here on Moddb with an 8.7/10 rating (which echoes what is stated throughout the World Wide Web), its great to have led a very erratic, up and down project such as GU and create a good result out of it. Obviously like stated above, we didn't get around to implementing everything that we wanted to and the Full body animation system backfired on us a bit with the mess up of the beam sabre animations ONLY but other than that, everything went great and the results speaks volumes as to how proud we are of Gundam Universe.

Obviously, we can't please everybody like yourself. No game has pleased 100% of its audience and I realize that but we just wanted to at least appeal to the majority of our audience (3/4) and from what I have observed, we far surpassed this.

Congratulations to the team for an outstanding job.

P.S. We have updated our link slightly to: Gundamuniverse.poweredbylasers.com

This is due to IGN's recent shutdown of hosting services for Mod sites.

Simulere:

1) With the exception of the GP-01 FB, the animations were flawlessly done except for the beam sabre animations, which the Q3 engine could not support with the full body animation system because its too much of an outdated engine. However, all of the animations (boosting, etc.) were flawlessly done and we were praised for this. So I'm not sure what you're referring to other than the beam sabre animations, which was just explained above.

2) Actually we included everything we promised except for a few game-modes and the special moves. Other than that, everything we promised was implemented. Anything else that you heard us say about features for the Mod such as transformations, etc. were originally slated for Release 2 since the inception of the Mod. So you got this mixed up as well.

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Thanks to everyone who voted for us for the Top 100 Mods... Sadly we didn't get enough votes to qualify.

I'm hopeful though that this year if/when we release the next version with the bug fixes, then we'll resubmit ourselves for the 2009 top 100 mods... Till then, enjoy the game!

Aww.. too bad Gundam Universe for Quake III Arena didn't make it! But no Quake III Mod made it... its too much of an outdated engine, can't compete with the newer engines out there.. Oh well.

Congrats on the latest release! I've been following you guys since the old days and its a pretty good game that you guys created.. Come check out my Q III Mod Gundam Universe sometime (Though it was our first release back in May and still needs some bug fixes but otherwise mostly positive feedback regarding it and most like it).

Again congrats on the release. I'll be sure to play this new version and have a gander at it. :)

That's understandable, but most people loved the release. I know your position though..

Did you try my points though to have a bug free game? (e.g. my recommendation of suit selection, bot selection (1 Sandrock bot only in human against human games)), etc?

That would eliminate all of the bugs that are in GU.. Trust me, its worked for me, its worked for others and it'll work for you. Then you can have a bug free game.

And again if you bothered to read the buglist included with the Mod, then you'd understand what exactly to avoid to have a bug free game... So once again, you have given very useless criticism.

And that's not the reason they like it. They think its very fun, I have played with many fans online and they share my sentiment. You are one of a very few that don't like it..

But hey, we can't please everybody... No Mod can please 100% of their fanbase. Fortunately for us, the majority of our fanbase (90% and upwards) love the Mod because its a very fun game and they actually read the buglist before playing, and then avoided the bugs presented in the Mod. And they had bug free games from there on out..

So again, we have an 8.7 rating here on Moddb, which speaks volumes as to how our fanbase feels about GU. And I am very proud of that.

Sup
Sup 1min 28secs ago says: New Comment

Well most people didn't give up hope and we released.. and most people don't share your sentiment. They love the Mod, and we have weekend battles usually with a large number of players and you don't really know how fun it is.. Indicative of our 8.7 rating here on Moddb, most people really do like the Mod and wish to see more.. Once some of the major bugs are fixed, then we'll release version 2.0..

But again.. uncalled for comment by you with no useful construction criticism of the Mod.. We released 6 months ago as well, not at this very point in time. Go see what the majority of our fans have said about our Mod and you'll see why I hold their opinions much.. Much.. MUCH higher than yours, because they have actually played the Mod very thoroughly and love it. Please play the Mod first by looking at the bug list before making a comment such as that. Thank you.

Thanks but just in case you didn't know, GU has been released about 6 months ago.

Please goto our website for more details:

Gundamuniverse.planetquake.gamespy.com

Check out the main page for release information..

So how is everyone liking the game so far? Seems like the majority of you guys are finding it enjoyable, since we have a 8.9/10 rating.

Thanks a lot for the great video... Good to see Gundam Universe in there kickin' some ***! Nice job Henley.

The boost system is true to the Gundam anime... ESF is based on DBZ and thus organic characters. a Gundam's verniers cannot propel them straight downwards, thus we didn't put in that option.

For online play, look on the shoutbox for IPs made by Broken and you can join his server. We usually have 5-6 way DM or Last Mech Standing Matches going or even CTF or Last Team Standing games. It should work if you join that.

For the Beam sabre, press r on a target and time your slashes right with the sabre. If you do, you'll find that you'll destroy your opponent very quickly with the sabre...

Same with the beam rifle and bazooka. You can destroy your opponent in 2-3 hits with either weapon. Target the torso, not the legs, head or arms. There is a locational damage system in the game. If you destroy your opponent's head, you'll cause his/her vision to blur. If you destroy one of your opponents legs, then you'll immobilize your opponent. If you destroy your target's torso, then you kill your target. Its all about strategy in GU...

Play with other players and you'll see how much it is. Look for IPs on the shoutbox on the official GU forums at the bottom of the Forums.

Hmm.. Don't worry about that message that it says its unreachable during registration. Its actually wrong and the forums will send you an email despite what it says.

Plus you don't have to confirm your account to view the boards anymore so no worries.

I will host this on Moddb soon though, thanks for the advice.

Xencer - Read the buglist report on the boards first before playing. That pretty much goes for anyone.

The memory allocation errors have plagued us for a long time and we couldn't resolve it in time for the release and we are still searching for answers in regards to that.

However aside from the memory errors, play GU with another player and you'll find that its loads of fun... Played it today with a few fans and we had a total blast.

jnfviet - Have you tried using the beam sabre with the lock-on system? (By toggling r?). That adds another element to the game play.

Pichet_Goulu: I changed it so that you don't have to confirm your account through your email to view the boards. Now you can view the boards and get the links.

However, with that said, you must confirm your email account in order to post on the forums.

pvt.Johnson - I'll try to upload the .rar file of GU to File Front and Moddb later on...

Actually those news posts were fine before but they just messed up randomly.... Don't ask me why.

Anyway, GU is released.

I will make a news post that will hopefully hit the front page of Moddb. So there you have it folks!

Enjoy!

Due to real life constraints yet again for myself, GU will be released this Friday the 9th of May. Check the official Gundam Universe Forums for further details.

Thanks

Sorry about the delay... should be up by tomorrow or so..

Thank you guys for the kickass comments... Unfortunately due to real life (mainly finals in my last term of University), I haven't had the chance to clean the build up and release it as of yet. By the end of this month, GU should definitely be released... No doubt.

More details are on the official GU boards... Check them out for further progress.

And remember if you know of anyone that has been a staunch follower of GU over these many years, please them know of the news of GU's release this month...

Keep stickin' with us and you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Great news: A release date for GU has been selected! The last week of March 2008 has been set for GU's release!

Check out the site and definitely the forums for the full scoop! You don't want to miss this news!

We're still alive man, as I said before, please check the forums to see the full details as to what's going on.

I'd say we are about 95% complete, just a few things left... Sign up for the boards and participate in our community for the full details.

Thanks

No its not dead.. please make your way to our new URL and sign up to the Forums for the full details as to what's going on:

Gundamuniverse.planetquake.gamespy.com

Thanks! We'll be out soon!

Forums should be working now.. try again

Sorry my bad, we relocated yet again:

Gundamuniverse.planetquake.gamespy.com

I promise this will be the last time before we move onto a new engine for release 2... But bookmark this page folks!

Sup boys and girls..

This is Sup, project leader for GU.. I know its been a hell of a long time but the reason why there aren't any tangible updates is because there is nothing new visually to show. Its all in the code and let me just say that its progressing quite nicely.. HOnestly, there are only just a few more points to code and then we can polish it up a bit and then RELEASE. Yes thats right, sorry we've been keeping you in the dark but that's how its going on.

Our new website is: Gundamuniverse.modnmod.com

Keep it real and sign up for the forums if you have any specific questions.. I almost forgot about this place!

-Sup
-Project Leader
-Gundam Universe