That is right. First Strike, the Star Wars mod for has been quiet for too long and it's to change that. A updated version of First Strike is ready for testing and will up on a test server soon. Just need some volunteers that want to play.
The test server will be hosted on a USA server, so it's best to if we keep it to USA players. The only requirement is a to be a fan of First Strike. The main thing we are testing is stability, looking for any bugs that cause the game to crash.
I expect that many of you are wondering, what happened and why did it take so long? Well, when EA dropped support for Battlefield 2142, it looked like it was the end of First Strike as an online game, so I started testing to see if the game could be still played offline in singleplayer, but found that offline singleplayer was buggy. I also explored the possibility to use parts of First Strike in fan made games being developed in other game engines. During that time the Revive Team came in and picked support for the game, allowing the game to be played online again. With renewed interest in First Strike, I enlisted a former First Strike dev to help update the mod. It was soon after that point that EA shut down the Revive Team accusing them of copyright infringement and at the same time shutting down free fan made Star Wars games. That sent waves through the Star Wars community which caused the the Galactic Civil War fan made Star Wars game, that I was helping to contribute with First Strike models, to voluntarily stop development.
Now that things have quieted a bit and the Reclamation team picked up to continue Battlefield 2142, it is time to re-look at First Strike again.
When EA bought the game development license for Star Wars, we did not know if we would have any issues with EA. However, with First Strike being around for over 10 years for an effectively dead game, it is not likely to run into any issues at this point.
Where do we go from here? I have few things I want to accomplish in two phases:
1. Phase 1: New full cleaned up installer that includes all previous patches as well as completely reworked Singleplayer/Coop support for Endor Clearing. This was all ready for final testing when the Revive Team was shut down. Now is a good time to dust it off, test it out and get it released to the fans.
New Launcher: Moddb.com
2. Phase 2: Clean up an add the best community made singleplayer maps into the mod, as well as expand the singleplayer support for existing maps, specifically to add move vehicles into Singleplayer and Coop.. This includes the Hoth Defense map. The team never got the AT-ATs be able to walk without issues, but they can be included in the map positioned in attack range of the trenches.
If your interested in helping to test, send me a PM: Dnamro
I would gladly do some terrain textures if needed ;)))
Thanks. I will hit you up once we get the current test version released.
I'm getting my private server backup so can test both single and multiplayer
Just CTD's for me at optimizing shaders
singleplayer client exe,will try files d'load next
will try putting a server up......
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Discord server please!
Thanks for the dedication. I discovered Reclamation, the Project Remastered and then First Strike again. I am currently installing the ZIP if the last version recommended by Reclamation Hub. I am not in the USA but could help with Coop/SP testing.
Just stumbled on ModDB and just out of curiosity searched for First Strike and what do i see? Twigs is back =))) If you still need testers, count me in.
Client files worked although no sounds for things like 'medic','man down man down' or yes/no to commander orders
couldn't join dedi server,invalid cd key.
2142CC couldn't seem to run the server properly,missing info in the gui etc
Not sure which mod caused the invalid cd key but it happens with all servers,had to reinstall 2142.