First Strike Mod Update

[Spawndemon]

The team behind the First Strike mod have made an announcement today about porting over to Battlefield 2142. Here's what they had to say:

After our weekly meeting the FirstStrike Team have come to an agreement in that we will be porting over to the BF2142 Engine on its release. To this end we will continue with our developments and our projected Map releases. Gameplay will change but we can only see this being for the better with the additional functionality. This functionality will allow us to create the type of Vehicles, Weapons and Character Loadouts with Scenarios that matter to us and more importantly you the player. Sorry for the disapointment for the fans who may not be wishing to port, but we believe its in everyones best interests in the long run.

Overall I think this will be good for the mod due to some of the new features within BF2142. Visit their forums for more.

[lile20]

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Boooo.

[Greasy_Mullet]

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I really am looking forward to the mod. Sad to see them move to 2142 but they got to do what they feel is best for them.

[Psycho]

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so they gotta start all over again?

[FordMustang]

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Ah man I wanted to fly the x-wing soon Oh well, I'll fly it in 2142

[MyGamingServers]

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Hopefully there isn't too much more of delay with you guys switching over to 2142 but of course it is going to be well worth the wait, keep up the hard work and good luck!

[imoody]

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How is this sad? BF2142 will be the perfect game for First Strike - there will likely be very little porting involved as the engine is the same, and they'll already have the ability to use DICE's tools to implement AT-ST's and AT-AT's.

[Dangerdog]

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so they gotta start all over again?

BF2142 uses the same engine, so no. The ability to use the battle walker code and physics would probably be reason enough for the switch not to mention the ability to take advantage of all the enhancments going into BF2142. :)

[Jacky]

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So now i'll HAVE to buy 2142

[=DNC=SYSEX73]

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I was really looking forward to First Strike, I played the crap out of Galactic Conquest back in the day.

I wont be playing 2142, so I might not get to ever check out first strike. BF2 is the end of the battlefield series for me. Too many other great games comming, well have to wait and see I guess, good luck though.

[Dangerdog]

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So now i'll HAVE to buy 2142

Bummer huh, well if you wait till First Strike comes out I imagine BF2142 will be sold at a steep discount, I don't think it will be released anytime soon given BF2142 isn't even out yet and they have nothing to make maps with etc.

I wonder how far along they were on their BF2 version or if it, maybe just models, textures and a few test maps?

[Josh]

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I think BF2142 would be the perfect game for FirstStrike. Like a few guys already said, it would be better for the AT-ATs and stuff. Plus they would probably have more of an audiance too. Sci-fi game ( BF2142 ) Sci-fi mod ( FirstStrike )

[solodude23]

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Well, good news and bad news. Good news, a bit more possible do do things such as make walkers work correctly...bad news..now I am going to have to buy 2142..really didn't want to..Don't know if I am going to be playing this or not now...but we'll see.

[[FS]AQUILA]

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hey guys!

thanx for the positive/negative comments.

This was a tough choice to make. and has been extensively discussed.

as some of you have mentioned above the option of ATST and ATAT coding to be available is a great step. we did make great strides in these areas but feel that 2142 would look more realistic.

everything we have done is not to waste! a bit of planning has to be done to merge into the way 2142 works. (4kits for start) but we are still going strong.

we appologise for being so quiet lately. we have been doing so so much behind scenes coding, sorting palets adjusting models and map layouts, there hasnt been much to update on.

we would like to thank you guys who are sticking by us. we are hoping the 2142 will live up to the great game that it looks like it will be!

a NEW website will be up soon in addition to the porting news! so stay tuned for little updates within it

cheers once again to everyone!

Aquila

ps think titan mode/ISD should get ya juices flowing....

[solodude23]

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ps think titan mode/ISD should get ya juices flowing....

I was thinking to myself earlier, "Besides walkers working/working better in that game, what else could it benefit for the mod? Then i thought of Titan mode..and how it can be adapted to be used for FS. Well, I guess you guys just gained DICE $50 more dollars.