The coming patch for Battlefield 1942 version 1.2 has some great fixes including:
• General Stability
• Remote Console
• Sound bugs
• Map load times
• Grenade effectiveness versus tanks
• Map editor
yup... they said map editor :).
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A new group dedicated to mod support rises in the Jedi Knight II community:
"We are an editing group called NRG (New Revolutionary Gaming). NRG is a community-friendly site dedicated to the progress of both established and aspiring editors. Our team consists of a wide variety of members, from Graphic Artists/Designers to Programmers.
People can register for free. They benefit from a wide range of tutorials and advice on different aspects of game editing. The tutorials will ... [
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I thought I should point out this cool little utility that I found on the web.
IESpell is a program that runs from a button in your internet explorer. It will spell check text in the text boxes of the current webpage.
If you want to check it out, the author website is located at
IESpell.com.
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Needs help in the making of this eagerly awaited mod:
"NwO Reaper1576 sends word that the Dark Forces II Total Convertion is coming along, but they are still understaffed. The current need for positions are as following:
* Positions Still Open:
o Mapping Team
o Modelling Team
o Skinning Team
o Scripting Team
o Coding Team
o Shaders, Textures and artwo... [
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I have had a couple people ask me about this already, so I guess it is an important issue. Some users of Windows 98 and ME experience crashes when using the editor. Epic has posted a fix for this that can be downloaded right
here.
As far as random lockups in the game, this too has been looked at by Epic. They report that this is not a software or driver issue. This is most likely a hard... [
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Now available is the Unreal Development Environment (UDE). Contained within are many of the source files precompiled for the modder in you. You can grab it at
fileplanet for now.. until
ut2003files.com gets it uploaded to their server.... [
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Seems that the web servers I work with in California are all having connection problems this evening. Hopefully the problems will pass and things will speed up. I appologize for any problems you are experiencing.... [
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A book by Marc Mencher titled "Get in the Game! Careers in the Game Industry" should be finding its way to a store near you. The book tells you how to make your way into the gaming business with tips on doing it.
You can find out more from
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The demo for Breed has been delayed. There is no projected release date or enough information to really say why it was delayed.... [
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Raven has just released all of the original map files from the original release of the the game (not any updated materials). The map files are excellent for disecting and learning how to do all those things you see in the official game.
All you SOF 1 mappers... this is a must.
Grab this package of goodness right
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