Battlefield Pirates 2 Mod Update

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  • Spawndemon
    Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 6015

    #1

    Battlefield Pirates 2 Mod Update

    The Battlefield Pirates 2 mod team has posted up their latest update today which showcases a new ship and map. Here's what they had to say:
    Release 2 will feature several new open-water naval combat maps and will also contain much larger assault ships armed to the teeth, such as the Brig previously announced. Supporting your team's fleet with fresh supplies of ammo, repair parts and additional crewmen will be critical for maintaining naval dominance instead of having ships retreat to friendly ports to restock.

    To fill this tactical role, we present yet another ship into the mix called the Wherry - modelled, skinned and coded by 1/2Hawk. A wherry is a carvel planked, straight sterned cargo ship with a distinctive single gaff sail placed well forward of the ships centerline. It first appeared in Norfolk England and was also used in the Thames river to carry goods and ferry passengers from place to place, with a maximum payload of up to 25 tons. In Shakespeare's time, up to 2,000 of these ships could be found bringing folks into the theater district in Southwark. Later its use spread to North America where it became a particularly popular boat used for salmon fishing. Its very low profile hull made it easy to navigate the inlets and waterways of the Atlantic coastline.

    One of the naval maps where the Wherry will debut is on a new map called Sailors Warning - created by 1/2Hawk. This extremely ominous map is dominated on one edge by a towering volcano spewing ash and noxious fumes into the early morning twilight.

    <a href="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/wherry1qc0.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/thumb_wherry1qc0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/wherry5lx6ay2.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/thumb_wherry5lx6ay2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/wherry3yx3.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/thumb_wherry3yx3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>
    <a href="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/sailorswarning4gr1.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/thumb_sailorswarning4gr1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/sailorswarning1oh0.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/thumb_sailorswarning1oh0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/sailorswarning3pd3.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/thumb_sailorswarning3pd3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>

    To read this newest update in its full entirety, visit here.
  • Sir. Dosedmonkey

    #2
    Re: Battlefield Pirates 2 Mod Update

    Wow sweet volcaneo map. Hope it plays as good as it looks. If this mod works better with my graphics card next release it'll be great! I think I used to have the same problem as the CQB mod had to fix with the nemo map, although i never got a problem from that hehe.

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    • imported_Rhino
      Member
      • Dec 2006
      • 1341

      #3
      Re: Battlefield Pirates 2 Mod Update

      love the red sky

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      • -=4th=-1/2Hawk
        Member
        • Dec 2005
        • 213

        #4
        Re: Battlefield Pirates 2 Mod Update

        You know what they say... Red at night, sailors delight - Red in the morning, sailors warning.

        Inspiration actually came from one of my favorite songs, "Red Sky" by Thrice, which is suitably themed. Keelbasa, in proud BFP2 tradition, has composed a custom bit of music for this map which I asked to have based on this song too.

        Here's the original:
        [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-T_8Rt3MpU[/media]

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        • Tank_Man

          #5
          Re: Battlefield Pirates 2 Mod Update

          i like the mod but it is always pixelated!

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          • PanzerGhost
            Member
            • Sep 2005
            • 102

            #6
            Re: Battlefield Pirates 2 Mod Update

            nice map! and learning the fact that you now have battleships that you can move around in was icing on the cake. I can't wait to have naval wars as a Pirate, Arrrrh

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            • -=4th=-1/2Hawk
              Member
              • Dec 2005
              • 213

              #7
              Re: Battlefield Pirates 2 Mod Update

              We've got six classes of ships which serve the roles of individual transport, artillery, personnel carrier, fast attack, tactical support and the mother of all battleships. Many cannons have selectable ammo types - from standard cannonballs, chainshot and grapeshot. These do different levels of damage on various parts of the ships (and crew) depending where you can land a shot. Scoring has been changed to give captains credit for crew kills and vice versa to encourage working as a unit on the high seas.

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              • kysterama

                #8
                Re: Battlefield Pirates 2 Mod Update

                looking great guys. :salute: Quite the moody, disaster laced theme on the volcano map. Almost looks like another world! Are you sure the fleet wasn't sucked into the Philladelphia experiment? :laugh:

                Great work as always! :thumbsup:

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