It has been a long time coming, but the moment you've all been waiting for has finally arrived.
Today we release the First Strike 1.5 Client Files a little earlier than expected as a gift to all those who have supported us over the years, and to give you all plenty of time to get this large file downloaded and up and running, so that when the official release date of the 28th does arrive you'll all be raring to go, and will have nothing to do all day but enjoy First Strike 1.5.
Now here is a little video taster of what you can expect to see and do in First Strike 1.5.
Listed below is the 1.5 changelog which I think you'll find to be quite the interesting read as you download the mod...
First Strike v1.5 Changelog:
Weapons:
- Enhanced AI tweaks for many turbolasers
- Enhanced AI tweaks for anti-starfighter turrets
Vehicles:
- MLC-3 added
- All Terrain Personal Transport (AT-PT) added
- Sentinel added
- Jawa Sandcrawler added
- Enhanced AI tweaks for Yavin X-Wings and Y-Wings
- Tweaks to Firehawke and T1-B for better balance
Maps:
- Jundland Wastes
- Strike at Parmel
Singleplayer Map Support added to:
- Bandomeer Refinery (dogfighting only)
- Bestine
- Endor Clearing
- Endor Strike Team
- Mos Entha
- Mos Espa
Co-op Map Support added to:
- Bestine
- Endor Clearing
- Endor Strike Team
- Mos Entha
Improved Singleplayer & Co-op Map Support for:
- Battle of Yavin
Visual:
- Cap ship destruction sequences enhanced, including longer wreck times
- new static objects for Jundland Wastes and Strike at Parmel
- Improved object population added to many interiors on Mos Espa
- Endor Strike Team visuals refined and updated
Gameplay:
- Scoring added for Deflection Tower destruction on Yavin
- Scoring added for successful Exhaust Port torpedo shots on Yavin
- Scoring added for Heavy Turbolaser destruction on Escape from Hoth
- Scoring added for Imperial Bulk Freighter destruction on Imperial Convoy Raid
Various bug fixes:
- Including the Rebel Medic's droid bug
Also of note, due to the sheer volume of new content it was impractical to produce an incremental patch from 1.4 to 1.5, so I'm afraid trying to update 1.4 to 1.5 with the current launcher will not work. You have to download and install 1.5 in its entirety. Think of it as a fresh canvas or foundation on which we will build. This just tidies things up a lot at our end, and will make future development and updates much cleaner.
Finally below is the important bit, a list of locations where you can download the client files. So all that is left to say is good luck with installing 1.5.
And that we all look forward to seeing you out there on the battlefield troopers!
fileplanet.com
moddb.com
Battlefield2.gamefront.com
woodat.com
blackintel.org
mediafire.com
Password for the Blackintel Torrent is 'marzipan'.
Awesome. Congrats devs and many thanks!
Hey even I can see that this is really well made mode, great work...;)
One problem Spawn menu isn't appearing on singleplayer, Multiplayer, or lan.
Running Windows 7. Never had problems with the previous releases so I wonder what it could be.
Head over to our forums Falleen9 and check out our Client Support Boards:
Forums.fsmod.com
Someone might have heard of your problem there and have a fix for it, have to admit that one is a new one to me.
Hope everyone else is having fun, and I'll see you all out there.
Wow, were the dynamic shadows really that low res back in BF 2142? I don't remember them being that bad.
nice,is there many servers up?
Download is at 99% cant wait!! Looks like an awsome mod guys, you did a great job!!
I love these long gameplay videos and the quality of the mod is outstanding! It's great how you got the map to feel/look really open and the animated skybox does a lot to make the scenario feel true to the movie. Great!
i cant see any server does any1 having the same prob or does noobdy play this untill like rly late time?
if you cant see the servers :
Img502.imageshack.us
WTF is up with your AT-STs?
Have to be more specific.
I think he's confusing at-pt with at-st
OMG I haven't play this mod in a VERY long time.
MOD NOSTALGIA!
too bad I'm just finding more or less empty servers, and just a few....(around 5 or 6)..
...but it's a great mod, it's a better feeling Star Wars Battlefront offered^^
You should find 20 to 30 people on the BI server right now.
I tried this - Img502.imageshack.us
but it just shows 4 empty serves is that right? BEcause I couldn't see most of the ones in that img on there..
PS brilliant news I love first strike, just wish that more people would see it and realise how fun it is and can be. I was there for alot of GC and then came to this with high hopes, not being dissapointed, however people need to come back or new people join in.
Spread the word and let more people know about the mod. You will usually find quite a few people about at around 8pm BST (British Summer Time), though we have been finding people on at all times since the release, just jump on a server and people will usually start joining once someone gets the ball rolling. Hope you enjoy the mod.
Also now the EA Master Server issue has been sorted things should run a lot smoother, should not be so difficult to accumulate players now the disconnect problems have been fixed.
I'm going to get on this game tonight. Everyone: Play this damn mod, it's the best.
Joining the BlackIntel server. Join the teamspeak server listed on the MoTD loading screen and let's play this game.
looks great only one problem i downloaded v 1.5 and i got the launch first strike i hit the launch button and hit goes away and nothing happens.....is there any fix to this?
LOL!!!! I just tried installing this mod on Star Wars Battlefront 2! Didn't realize that it was for a compleatly different game! Downloading battlefield 2412 from thepiratebay now :P
the maps: battle of yavin and a cople other maps dont work with me. DAMNED! the bots dont work and be the battle of yavin i get an error. can someone tell me how to get this away??? because i want to play these maps! THANKS