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BCFiles.com has a cool mod for the game demo, Bridge Commander. This mod, Bridge Commander Selector (v.1.0.0.1), allows you to select the ships and bridges not meant to be accessed by the creators of the demo.... [ There's more ]

Posted by foyleman in Gaming News on Feb 17, 2002

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Though Soldier of Fortune II is not yet out, mods for it are already popping up all the time. PlanetSoldier conducted an interview with still another one of these, called "Battlefield Heaven". This mod lets you immerse into an outer-space conflict between 3 different interstellar races. Read the interview here.... [ There's more ]

Posted by RambOrc in Soldier of Fortune II on Feb 15, 2002

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PSOF interviews Zackary Quarles who is heading up all that we hear in SOFII (and most of SOFI). He fills us in on where he got his sounds and what he did wit them after he got them (yuk)... (lol). He usually fills us in on his daily routine on GameSpy with the SOFII Sound Designer Diaries.... [ There's more ]

Posted by foyleman in Soldier of Fortune II on Feb 12, 2002

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GameSpot has a nice, but long, but nice preview of Unreal 2. The game is due out this year... spring I think. It will be a MMOFPS I guess. I like the sounds of that. (Massively Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter). The first good one for the PC and I think it will be a high point of the year.... [ There's more ]

Posted by foyleman in Unreal on Feb 12, 2002

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The Toolkit includes DEdit (world editor), ModelEdit (modelling editor), LithRez (program for (un)packing AVP2), SoftImage 3.7 exporters, Maya and 3D Studios Max exporters, sample map files and is chock-full of documention and a list of online resources. All that for just 8.5mb! The update includes a new dynamic lighting tutorial and changes to the map and model files. They also contain additional documentation.... [ There's more ]

Posted by in AvP2 on Feb 11, 2002

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ReverendTed on PlanetSoldier reports another SoF2 preview. Unlike many others lately, this one is rather informative and interesting to read, dealing not only with gameplay issues like weapons, foes, terrain and weather effects, but also with relations of game and real world, be it the concept of "bad guys" used by US politicians or the so-called effect of shooter games on real-world violence. Read it all at

Posted by RambOrc in Soldier of Fortune II on Feb 11, 2002

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3D Action Planet has an article entitled "The Future of Action" and the 5th part, Modifications, has been published. It discusses the future of gaming and a brief history of some mods. Check it out here.... [ There's more ]

Posted by in Gaming News on Feb 10, 2002

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This interview seems to be very coding related and is answered by Don Moar- Lead Tools Programmer for Never Winter Nights. He discusses the extent to which the games engine can be modified.

You can find the interview here on the BioWare Forums.... [ There's more ]

Posted by foyleman in Coding News on Feb 8, 2002

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The 6th issue of Jedi Knotes is now out on the official LucasArts site. Written by Mike Gummelt, game programmer at Raven Software, it talks about enemy AI in Jedi Outcast. What he reveals about stormtrooper and Jedi AI sounds truly fascinating. Be sure to read the full article here.... [ There's more ]

Posted by RambOrc in Jedi Knight 2 on Feb 7, 2002

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Kenn Hoekstra has published the final page of his on going series on getting a job in the game industry. This one is titled, "Take Me There and Make Me a Part of It, Part III: Foot-in-the-door skills for the games industry and beyond". This seems to be written for someone who has a contact and a first interview in the works for a gaming company. Aht to expect, what to prepare and how to prepare it is discussed. You can find the article on

Posted by foyleman in Gaming News on Feb 7, 2002