It has been a long time coming, but the moment you've all been waiting for has finally arrived.
Today we release the First Strike 1.5 Client Files a little earlier than expected as a gift to all those who have supported us over the years, and to give you all plenty of time to get this large file downloaded and up and running, so that when the official release date of the 28th does arrive you'll all be raring to go, and will have nothing to do all day but enjoy First Strike 1.5.
Now here is a little video taster of what you can expect to see and do in First Strike 1.5.
Listed below is the 1.5 changelog which I think you'll find to be quite the interesting read as you download the mod...
First Strike v1.5 Changelog:
Weapons:
- Enhanced AI tweaks for many turbolasers - Enhanced AI tweaks for anti-starfighter turrets
Vehicles:
- MLC-3 added - All Terrain Personal Transport (AT-PT) added - Sentinel added - Jawa Sandcrawler added - Enhanced AI tweaks for Yavin X-Wings and Y-Wings - Tweaks to Firehawke and T1-B for better balance
Maps:
- Jundland Wastes - Strike at Parmel
Singleplayer Map Support added to:
- Bandomeer Refinery (dogfighting only) - Bestine - Endor Clearing - Endor Strike Team - Mos Entha - Mos Espa
Co-op Map Support added to:
- Bestine - Endor Clearing - Endor Strike Team - Mos Entha
Improved Singleplayer & Co-op Map Support for:
Battle of Yavin
Visual:
- Cap ship destruction sequences enhanced, including longer wreck times - new static objects for Jundland Wastes and Strike at Parmel - Improved object population added to many interiors on Mos Espa - Endor Strike Team visuals refined and updated
Gameplay:
- Scoring added for Deflection Tower destruction on Yavin - Scoring added for successful Exhaust Port torpedo shots on Yavin - Scoring added for Heavy Turbolaser destruction on Escape from Hoth - Scoring added for Imperial Bulk Freighter destruction on Imperial Convoy Raid
Various bug fixes: - Including the Rebel Medic's droid bug
Also of note, due to the sheer volume of new content it was impractical to produce an incremental patch from 1.4 to 1.5, so I'm afraid trying to update 1.4 to 1.5 with the current launcher will not work. You have to download and install 1.5 in its entirety. Think of it as a fresh canvas or foundation on which we will build. This just tidies things up a lot at our end, and will make future development and updates much cleaner.
Finally below is the important bit, a list of locations where you can download the client files. So all that is left to say is good luck with installing 1.5.
And that we all look forward to seeing you out there on the battlefield troopers!
Closed Alpha Test & Deth..
