All the buzz

Yeah, bitch and complain all you want. I have been busy and it only seems to be getting worse as SID gets closer to releasing Beta 2 to the Quake III Community. Of course I cannot give any exclusive dates or information here…yet, but things are moving at a great pace. We have made big strides in the last week. With the completion of build_11, we look to finalized development on Beta 2.

With that said, you can look forward to awesome new environments on which to frag. We have brought you screen shots of some of the newly designed levels, like, ut_sands by NRGizeR, which is the first terrain level completed for Urban Terror. We will also feature levels which debuted in Beta 1, that have been completed retextured and tweaked, such as BattleCow‘s ut_docks. There is even an ultra-secret level being designed by WetWired which is bound to turn heads! OMFG! This map is like nothing you have ever experienced! Okay, so I am drooling over screen shots [which I cannot share].

Then we have Tub, level designer behind ut_village and ut_abbey. Here are some exclusive shots his latest and untitled creation which will debut in Beta 2:

[SHOT #1] | [SHOT #2] | [SHOT #3] | [SHOT #4]
[SHOT #5] | [SHOT #6] | [SHOT #7] | [SHOT #8]Tub is also asking for some help, to name this level for Beta 2. It was originally titled ut_vdocks [village docks], but since it was so similar to ut_docks he decided to change it. We are now asking for your suggestions. Send you suggest to oswald@planetquake.com and title your e-mail: Tub’s Map. Who knows, you might just get mentioned in the credits.

A bit about the level from Tub, “It’s got about 7500 brushes, and has an area of about 7000×3850 units. In other words it’s big, and detailed.. Thanks Tub, this level should provide many hours of fun for Beta 2.

Are you a texture artist? Do you think you can make textures? Good, because I know you are all shaking your head no. Well, meet Spear[Nsn], who is working on an Urban Terror level. Check out his request for someone to help create textures for an upcoming bank level. I do recall some of his work from my days over at the AQMD. So help him out.

Time to give Warhammer at ISPGN some love, seeing he has been a loyal supporter of Urban Terror from nearly day one. GO check out the ISPGN Forums and be heard.