Hi guys, cuddling here. Its my turn to do the blog this week

Before anything, I would like to thank all of you for still being active although there is not yet a map release. Thankfully, most of the level edit side (rawr Eggman) is more or less ready for RC1 so you might expect it at your doorstep soon.

---The Map-----------------------------------------------

As eggman has posted, the map layout is done. And a few minor balancing problems such as the flame tower unable to hit infantry at a certain area has been fixed. However, I am unhappy to announce that I have not done much progress on it since the last blog due to school. Been up all night doing homework and spending some time playing command and conquer 3 as well. So blame EA guys =V

---The Lighthouse-----------------------------------------------

The civilian Lighthouse is modelled by Archer, who once again displayed his amazing skills in 3D Studios Max. The lighthouse will offer cover for units when under attack and is a good spot to scale if you happen to be a sniper. I have been considering whether the lighthouse should be destructable, seeing that snipers can just camp at their base and pick off people one by one. The destruction of the lighthouse would be likely to reduce the sniper's ability to overlook the enemy base.



Lighthouse ingame with low detail textures (note that this is a test map, not Stormfront itself)


---Rawr!! Sounds!!-----------------------------------------------

Listen, do you hear anything?...
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Well, not now, but you will be experiencing the full peerawat9 sound effect upon entering the map. Most of the ambient sounds have already been submitted and I want to be the first to say (rawr! I copy eggman) that it is really sounding good. Other minor sounds include a surfacing submarine effect sound when a sub appears out of the water and wind howling on top of the hills and lighthouse, so be prepared to dig out those waxes in your ear holes

---Level Edit News----------------------------------------

Your beloved eggman has been doing a great job for the level edit part of the map. Parabombs, changing weather effects and positioning the sounds effects inside. Do thank him would you?

---Upcoming stuff----------------------------------------

Dont shout, we arent yet ready for a first release yet. However, we are very close to one. Everything is almost done, except for the map model itself. Blame EA and school =|

---Closing notes------------------------------------------

There is a subchannel in irc.mp-gaming.com network, created by |NX|chocko. If you have read the recent posts, Coolrock and myself have been banned from the irc.n00bstories.com network for spamming the #IdleRPG channel. I will not be able to access the #stormfront channel and the staff channel until sunday, for Coolrock it would be 30 days later. As we do not want anyone to miss out on anything, it is important to keep everyone in contact no matter what the circumstances.

Network: irc.mp-gaming.com
Channel: #stormfront
Password: stormtestlol

Please note that the channel at n00bstories is still our main channel for discussion on this project.

That would be all for now, and a few surprises has been added into the blog. Do look out for them However, they are WIP items, not the final release, so do not take them as the end product of the map. Peerawat would be doing the blog next week, so if you want music and sounds, make sure you tune in for that.

Regards,
cuddling & The Team

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Great to know that things are so far close to according to plan and hopefully it will be released soon =D

 

Oh noes, a quiz on current affairs. Sigh, got to do it now. Cya again Jimmy, I really do hope to.

 

Bye!

cuddling