Damn I am busy
1.27Blurry-eyed and tired I finally get around to updating today…er…tonight as it is almost tomorrow. I guess for my mates in Australia it is tomorrow. Oh well, its still today, so this is the update for the 29th. Why does 8 hours never go this fast when I am at work? I can sit in front of my rig for 8 or 9 hours, look up and say, “Holy shit, where did the time go and why didn’t I get anything done?” That has been echoed that last two nights, as Apoxol has been working on reducing the size of the Beta 1.27. Currently the new file comes with an installer which does all the work for you, just point it in the direction of your quake3/q3ut directory. Once the files install, you will be left with a single pak0.pk3 file. Kinda cool! Tonight, I am working with Yose on getting a Mac Installer together. And I actually entertained thoughts of working on ut_reactor [my new map for Urban Terror]. Oh well, duty calls, what can I do?
Some new screen shots of a few maps popping up for Urban Terror. First from Australia comes Charber’f and his latest creation, “It has an Arabic feel, with a lo-tech culture situated in a sandy desert. It is, as yet, unnamed, but that is but a small problem.” For some of the latest screen shots, visit CrossFire.
I received an e-mail from Devlin & KaZ, to check out their map titled, Kriegerhorn Bergstation!. Picture a cross between the Action Quake 2 maps, cliff, cliff2 and winter. The map was inspired by, “Snowy mountains and a trip to Austria!” I will feature some shots of this map soon, after I talk to the authors and provide them with some feedback their level.
Gerbil! who is still noted for the Urban Series from Action Quake 2 has been rather quiet over the course of the past year. His first level for Urban Terror was a bit of a rush job for the hasty release of the mod at QuakeCon 2000. But Gerbil! is back and is well into development of his next attempt which is far superior in quality and layout that feeble mbase. While his underwater submarine base is yet unnamed, the screen shots seem to get better with each passing day. I hear he will soon have fish swimming in his map. What other mod will provide you with that? Check out the Latest Action Fix for his newest screen shots.
NRGizeR was brought aboard here, as we host [that sounds funny] his Urban Terror Tutorials on The 6th Floor. Not sure how much you will get out of him in terms of updates. But I will try to keep you up to date on his level design. Currently he is beginning work on a map inspired by the movie, The Three Kings, which is based on the Gulf War in the Middle East. If you have seen the movie, then I am sure you know which scene I am about to describe. There is a small Iraqi town, with George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice-T storm into in search of Saddam’s gold. Thanks in part to about 40 screen shots I ripped from the DVD, NRGizeR now has some reference pictures to work off of. His map will be a desert layout, based around this scene. The map should be completed in time for Urban Terror Beta 2 and should be a featured CTF map. Hopefully he and the other level designers are provided with the necessary terrain tools, which would really make the level look impressive.
And it looks like I am back into that slump again. I will try like hell to get more maps reviewed. I have 4 in different stages of being reviewed, but with the last release of Urban Terror, I have been spending more time playing Mr. Answerman in hopes of providing information necessary to get all interested Urban Terrorists up and running with out latest build.
