Monday, December 8, 2003 - 6:30pm ww
    Operation Jubilee map pics..., DC load screens  
    FSSF|Smitty has released some map pics for Operation Jubilee....here's what here's what he has to say...

I've added a couple of wrecks to the Operation Jubilee Map. These are static meshes that stay visible. The rest of the static wrecks will be included as native objects in Alpha2. I am also creating the lst file for battlecraft to make use of the new wrecks. This will be ready for download around the same time.

You can find those pics here... pic1, pic2 and pic3.

Desert Combat has shown us over and over again that they are capable of everything graphical and they never seem to stop! Here are two new awesome load screens! You can find them in our download area for downloading....

  

 
       
    Saturday, December 6, 2003 - 12:55pm ww
    Next Threat Update- Airstrike Feature, Tactical Warfare pics, DC Updates  
    I had really meant to have more updates this week but it just didn't happen.... so, as far as DC goes, there's quite a few things to update. But let 's first start of with Next Threat and their air strike feature. Here's what GRiMSNiPER has to say....( their release is on the 14th).

We have the airstrike box. No more "Requesting Air Support," because now you call it in. This is an easter egg as of now and will be a secret of some, but not all maps. Wanna know how big the boom is afterwards? Well, in ten days you can see for yourself!

  

Tactical Warfare also has some new pictures of the VBL in it's mod....

  

And DC keeps showing why it's the #1 mod out there so far.... check out these for 0.6!

  

  

  

 
       
    Monday, December 1, 2003 - 7:55pm ww
    Call to Arms releases Juno map pics... Next Threat Night map/load screens...Silent Heroes announces release date  
    Juno has been 'released'.. pics anyway ... it looks like a crazy bottleneck if you thought Normandy was bad, check this out....and once your done that you can check out the full array of photos here...

  

Next Threat releases continue with what looks to be a night version of their PushnPull map.... here's a preview along with several of their load screens....Dec.15th release! More loader screens here...

  

  

Silent Heroes will release December 19th! That's the official word.....and for more officialty we turn it over to Zarkow...

From starting developing this MOD, with research and basic modeling, back in February, we have come a long way - but we will go even further.

Our aim is not only to give Scandinavian the best gaming-experience we can with our MOD, but also to continue to be one of the leading teams when it comes to innovative coding-solutions, top-notch modeling and skinning - and absolute gamebalance due to a solid and well researched weapon and vehicle-design and well-though map-design.

The public release the 19th will be an 'selective limited release', meaning that it contains some on the regiments, vehicles and features we are currently working on. It will have the version-numbering of 0.30 - this doesn't indicate that it will contain exactly 30% of the vehicles or weapons, but that the overall aim for our planning of 1.0 puts it in that region.

  

 
       
    Sunday November 30, 2003 - 7:30pm ww
    Next Threat releases M16 Renders  
    With Next Threat release date nearing they've decided to release some renders and keep us on 'the tow' till then....

     

 
       
    Sunday November 30, 2003 - 12:25am ww
    Call to Arms map pics, Next Threat releases map pics, Tactical War releases BMP models, Silent Heroes Poll, BG42 video  
    Call to Arms has released some map pics which truthfully I find a little disappointing...the patrol boat looks good but I can't say I found much in the maps that hasn't been done before.... maybe when the map is fully completed ( it hasn't been released after all and the map isn't completed.... ) You can check them out here for yourself...

Next Threat has released some of their maps pics... and we've got the best ones here! Check 'em out!

  

  

Tactical War has also released some new photos of it's BMP......

  

And not to be outdone Silent Heroes and a pic of something I would not want to run into.... also there's a small poll running and for the initial beta it looks as though the most used units will be featured along with maps that are well know.... looking forward to it!

  

Battlegroup 42  has released it's download for 56k'ers.... several that is. You can access that homepage here and also of interest from BG42, or more specifically Lt Bricks , he's produced a video featuring BG42... downloadable here.

 
       
    Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 8:20pm ww
    EA releases Battlefield Vietnam video!!! ... Another new mod releases a video, Silent Heroes  
    Fileplanet has the video here but there's a real long wait, well worth it I might add. I headed over to EA's home page and streamed it in.... well, well worth it!..... love the F4!!!!

Another preview movie among the many worth seeing would be from the mod creators of Silent Heroes....here's the story...

The year is 2003. The conflict in Iraq takes longer than the Allied forces have estimated. Civil unrest makes it harder for the forces to maintain normal security in the main cities and the uprising amongst the Kurds in the north puts strains in the relationship between the US-installed government and the NATO country Turkey. With Bush putting Syria on top of the 'Axis of Evil' list, the US government sends an additional 50 000 soldiers in preparation of a third invasion in the Middle East.

The sheer number of NATO forces tied up in the region makes it clear to military analysts that other large campaigns will be delayed or made impossible due to lack of resources. At the same time a group of high ranking military personnel in the Swedish High Command bring out a secret plan laid out in the beginning of the 20th century and begins to update it to modern standard.

A misty Sunday morning in the year 2007, five helicopters drop units from the secret elite special ops group SSG near a base at the border, while a battalion of tanks from regiment P7 enters the country, all according to plan. The Invasion of Norway is under way!

Not only have they released a video but the mod itself is set to be released this December... for a full set of screens head here.

 
       
    Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 10:45pm ww
    Call to Arms... Next Threat to Release !!!!  
    New mapper added to the group .... goes by Archer .... nothing other than that currently for this group.... ( yes I know it's slow...) .... meanwhile Next Threat has scheduled a release date of Dec.12!!!! Here's what Backyard Gnome has to say...

Next Threat is nearing its Beta Release date of Dec 12. and we need the Team members now more then ever to ask for work and luckily we are nearing completion of the beta. We only have a little bit of work left and this Mod has come farther than most others that have had the same basis principal. Soon all of your Hard Work will Pay off.

Here's some vehicles that should be available in the mod.... S.W.A.T. Vehicles ---------- UH-60 Black Hawk, AH-6 Little Bird Helicopter, Command Center, Transportation Van/Truck, XM Inflatable Dingy ------------ Terrorist Vehicles ---------- Dirt Bike, Minivan, Jet Ski, Commercial Helicopter. More about the mod later...

 
       
    Saturday, November 21, 2003 - 7:00pm ww
    Not much with Call to Arms... BG42 swamp photos  
    Nothing else really new with Call to Arms.. though the incorporation of aircraft carriers has been discussed.... yes we did have 3 apparently of Royal Navy vintage. No pics yet.....

Not much else really happening... the occasional update, EA is having a mapping contest ( find out details here ).

BattleGroup 42 has been working on some new maps and in fact the pics below are a part of their new release 0.9. Check out some pre-release photos of The Swamp.

  

  

 
       
    Monday, November 17, 2003 - 9:45pm ww
    Action Battlefield released ... Call to Arms updates  
Action Battlefield has been released as version 1.150 .... deemed as 'unrecognizable when compared to BF1942' AB sports 3 new classes ( commander, heavy arms, and support) and  weapons like a buildable bunker with rockets, ... with a grand total of 100 new features. You can visit their homepage or go directly to their download page.

Call to Arms continues to work, releasing their Royal Navy Corsair. Keep in mind is is a preliminary photo.

 

       
    Sunday, November 16, 2003 - 4:30pm ww
    Next Threat makes the movie, Call to Arms gets organized  
Next Threat has made a movie, of which you can can pick the DIVX version here and the Quicktime version here. They are flybys of the maps which they want to incorporate into the mod...unfortunately no action sequences here.

The Call to Arms mod doesn't have much to post besides some organizational duties.... below are the duties as assigned.

FSSF| Smitty.......Cofounder, Team Coordinator, Lead Mapper. Site Admin, Forum Admin
FSSF|iNgLi$........Cofounder, Site Admin, Forum Admin, Research
Torch..............Lead Modeller, Skinner, Site Admin, Forum Admin
Za_Goobinator......Graphics and Artwork, Forum Moderator
Yolande............Modeller, Skinner, Forum Moderator
Loser..............Graphics Consultant, Forum Moderator
lil_Tigga..........Research, Promotions, Propaganda, Forum Moderator