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| Happy Fraggin New Year! |
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| Well with Christmas nearly done and dusted and a New Year waiting to be embraced the Team at First Strike continue working as hard as ever to get a Mod out for you guys.
Weapons testing is now in its final stages and with the exception of a few new grenades and weapons to be tweaked we are very nearly there we think.
The Team would like to thank all the Community sites for the continued exposure and wish all our Fans old and new a Very Happy New Year.
Now without further ado here are some Screenshots of our latest build along with some Video captured by FSDev| Preacher. Please bare in mind a lot of what is here is purely vanilla BF2142 some lighting issues still exist on the player models but this was as the news article states a Weapons test, these little glitches will be ironed out.
By the way theres still time to Vote For FS at the Annual MODDB Awards ! Thanks to all who have we DO appreciate it.
 
 
A Special Treat here's a little Video our very own FSDev| Preacher has compiled.
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| Just as a little treat for FirstStrike Fans, our resident demi-god of all things textures Ramseus has created a few desktop Wallpapers for your festive enjoyment.
The wallpapers feature our latest trio of finished Imperial Spacecraft namely the Imperial TIE Fighter modelled by Lord Bandu, Imperial TIE Bomber modelled by myself and the Imperial TIE Interceptor modelled by Nusirilo.
+ DOWNLOAD WALLPAPER 800 x 600
+ DOWNLOAD WALLPAPER 1024 x 768
+ DOWNLOAD WALLPAPER 1600 x 1200
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| Merry Christmas from FS! |
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| FS Mod Leader| Blitz writes "Merry Christmas everyone!! And a very Merry Christmas it will be for me as this year has many gifts...almost all weapons coded and in game, some key vehicles in game, and a team that just keeps suprising me everyday! There is a point in every modders life where you think to yourself "when will this end, and why am I here!", and then you wake up to find a little gift under your tree...tis a beautiful thing.
 
Over this last year, I have watched a team mature into a fully functioning well oiled machine. We went from seeing 1 or 2 models a week to 5-6 models in game a day. We went from have a small team of no more than 8 active people to now over 20 active people. I used to spend 5 hours a day talking to people about what ifs, and now I spend 5 hours of my day making it happen, all thanks to a very talented team.
 
This upcoming year will be exciting for not onlyl us but to an entire community of people, whether you are gamer, modder, SW fan or all of the above you will enjoy what we have in store. Without going into detail, I can safely say that within 3 months we will should have something playable for the community. Expect to see alot of updates of new content, but also realize that even though we are only showing you 3 or 4 things, there are almost 100 things happening daily, from animation, modeling, skinning to mapping and such. Soon you should start seeing some more in game shots of the weapons and vehicles we are currently testing, and yes we are in alpha testing phase, and its going great so far!
 
In closing, thanks for taking the time to read this and thanks for supporting us. Mods that have content like ours has a strict reputation to uphold and high expectations for the fans in the community, while we arent perfect we strive to meet and exceed every expection placed on us. Again, Merry Christmas and may you find a nice gift under your tree this year!
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| FirstStrike Fans Get Voting! |
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| The 5th annual Mod of the Year Awards is underway! Check out http://awards.moddb.com/to view the cutting edge of video game development and join us in casting your vote for the best mods and mod teams in the world.
Phase 2 has begun as 4,000 mods have now been narrowed down to the TOP 100. It's time to pick your TOP 3 as we continue the search for the best mods of 2006. | |
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| FirstStrike Firsts! |
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| Quite a lot has been happening here at FirstStrike the last few weeks. Alpha testing is going better than we anticipated, more on that very soon but for now we have a multitude of new renders for you and concept art.
Heres an update of the Concept works in Progress. FSDev| Hairwolf our resident artiste has been busy at work producing Quarren Fighter concepts, from uniforms to weapons he has really we believe captured the essence of the Quarren soldier. Heres some samples of his work.
 
FSDev | Hairwolf has submitted dozens of concepts for this fighter taking into account many aspects of Star Wars Lore and locations.
This fighter will work alongside the Mon Calamari, here are some more of his concepts.
 
Next up we have more contributions from FSDev| Lord Bandu, namely the SE-14r Scout Trooper Pistol beautfiully textured by FSDev| JayBiggs, the Homing Beacon used for target acquisition and the T-10 a first for FirstStrike this gun is actually found on Hoth and never included in any game thus far! Watch this space more of these items will appear for the die hard fan as our quest for authenticity will hit new heights! Lastly we have the defibrilator every Medics best ally on the Battlefield modelled by FSDev| Dutch Razor and sublimely textured by FSDev| Pumbaa.
 
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| Are These The Droids Your Looking For? |
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Not one but two updates in one day! The following Droids will be included in upcoming FS Patches ready for testing purposes. These have been textured by our very own demi-god Ramseus and modelled by our resident crack team of modellers. Below is the MKIV Sentry Droid modelled by Sapper. This droid will be used as a Squad Leader asset for surveillance purposes. Next up is the Probe Droid crafted by Lord "I dont want to see another pine tree in my life" Bandu.
 
Next ups the Rebel Remote a prize possession for any Rebel Trooper and lastly the FX-7 modelled by Svenstaro this Droid will come in very handy in the close combat scenario that is Echo Base.
 
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| Ingame Testing Has Begun! |
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| FSDev| Woodrow writes "Well, as you can see we've finally moved beyond models and theory into the actual game. And not just any game, but 2142. For the last two weeks we've been steadily pouring content into the 2142 engine and trying actually playing with it. And to help us with it we've recruited a team of 12 'Alpha Testers' to assist us in testing and offer feedback on the direction of our work.
  
So far it's been almost nonstop with the updates, as we are constantly adding in new weapons and soldiers to try out. To assist us in it we've even developed a tool in-house to distribute patches. All our testers have to do to patch is open up a little app and press a big "UPDATE" button. The tool then downloads the latest content, merges it with their last build, and repacks the mod all without any further input by the tester. This way we don't have to build installers for each patch and can add content as it's ready, thus only sending the testers the new content rather than an updated .zip with all the original stuff in it (thus keeping the downloads extremely small).
 
And as you can see, the results so far have been astounding. All those shots are taken in-game on medium range computers, as performance is just as important as looks here at FirstStrike. We also hope to have some in-game 2142 shots of our own custom built maps soon (we just started moving those over, and while they work they still need a little cleanup) but for now our testers get to enjoy the full star-warsyness on tweaked 2142 maps.
And for those still hoping to get a beta spot, I'm happy to say "Don't Panic!" We will be looking for at least 30 more beta testers in the coming few weeks and months. What we are looking out for in a beta tester will be someone who posts on the forums regularly, is sociable and willing to offer constructive feedback on what they see, is well regarded, and has a copy of 2142. Oh, and being on IRC helps as that's where most of us devs hang out, and where we run the testing centre anyway.
Anyhow, I'm sure I've used up enough space on this update so I'll let you all go. I guess in closing Live Long and Prosper mateys. And happy modding "
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| Commander Vocals Required |
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| We are looking for british speaking actors for our Imperial roles!
The roles we are currently seeking are...
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Lines to be spoken:
"Battlecruiser spotted!"
"You rebel scum!"
"Order restored..."
"You serve the Empire well!"
"You have failed us for the last time!"
"Return emidiately or face the consequences!"
Style:
Our goal is to get the feel as close to the original trilogy movies as can be. We would need a cold, snobby and heartless tone. The episodes 4-6 should have all the inspiration you'd need.
So you want to appear as a Voice Actor for FirstStrike ? Well if you apply we are looking for the following...
+ Able to speak with a British accent, preferably snobby
+ YOU MUST be available most nights.
+ Have acces to high quality recording equipment
+ Provide a soundclip of your voice in .mp3 format or rar/zipped wave files. No larger than 2 megs please.
And please add which part / parts you are going for PLUS a MSN Messenger contact.
The successful candidates will be included in the game proper and will get a chance to BETA test it!
SEND YOUR ENTRY HERE! soundfx@firststrikemod.com
Cheers! Ulversial | Lead Sound | www.fsmod.com
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| Sorry for the delay on an update, much has been created and animated and tweaked and well, put it this way the guys are still busting their backs with getting a playable game for you.
A few new faces have arrived to bolster the Team and they are gelling very nicely. Be content with these wonderful screenies for now but rest assured bigger, better things will come for your delight soon!
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| Firststrike are currently seeking 2 experienced modellers to join our prestigious team.
Modellers will help us perform quality control, tweaking current models, know about performance issues, be an experienced 3D Studio Max user (7 or 8) and love all things Star Wars.
You will ideally have experience in creating LODs and COL meshes and keeping polycounts to strict guidelines.
If you feel you have the dedication, initiative, skill and motivation then please apply to us.
There may be no pay, but we do offer a nice cup of tea, a biscuit if your lucky,...and one of Bandu's jokes (if your unlucky!).
Apply today!
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| FirstStrike Anniversary Update #2 |
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| FSDev| xEROhOUR writes
"Hi fans of FirstStrike! We are coming up to a year old on this conversion now and Id like to write a little about my time here as well as some of the new and olders faces on the team. It has been quite a journey, for someone like me who did not have the feintest idea about what goes into a mod let alone a conversion its been a steep learning curve. I'd like to thank Aquila for giving me the chance here and for that I'm extremely grateful.
Basically Ive just been the "glue" here holding elements together (including some team members as they have me) and helping out with the day to day, recruitment, website and background duties on the mod. I am creating the odd model here and there (although pretty dreadful), currently working on the HUD design with MUAHAHAHA and general lore occasionally.
It has had it's ups and downs but mostly the ups have outweighed the downs. Seeing what some of the guys produce on a day to day basis is breathtaking, the talent shines and WILL shine through for a very polished and meticulously detailed and playable end product. A lot has transpired in a year and with the addition of some very skilled and talented newer members this mod has cause for real longetivity.
We are at a position now were we are very soon to go into a testing stage. This is due to the relentless talents of all the team and their persuit to bring you, the fans, your ultimate SW experience. I'm proud to be a member of the FS Team and hopefully will be for another year.
For your perusal are some Work In Progress screenshots of Endor. PLEASE note the trees are by no way finished (I can hear Lord Bandu sighing)."
  
FSDev| Blitz writes
"In the words of El Guapo..
"What can you say about such good men!" I am very proud of this team, our progress and overcomings this past year. I will go into more detail about what I do when my turn comes for the Dev Diary, but I can say that in my position I have seen this mod come together with alot of hard work and dedication. I wouldnt trade my time here for anything as I have made alot of new good friends and I have learned alot about how the rest of the world lives. When you are trying to coordinate 20 some people in 7 different time zones, things can get hairy!
Many thanks to my team for not giving up and I can tell you community, that we have some awesome things for you! I look forward to killing all of you very shortly, so catch me if you can! Blitz TM, coming soon to a firezone near you!"
  
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"I was accepted onto the team in January and my life has not been the same since. I wouldn't trade my time here for anything. I have learned so much, and this team is so talented you can't help but to work your heart out. I see the stuff being done on a daily basis and it's mind boggling. In spite of the talent, I am still amazed at how the mod has gotten the attention that it has. We started out with high hopes for this project, when a lot of people thought it would fail, our perseverence has pulled us through. Not to say that there hasn't been rough times or tough decisions that had to be made, quite the contrary.
Whenever you get a group this big, made up of people who have never met in person, from all around the world, there are bound to be some creative differences. Our passion for the project and respect for one another has always prevailed, which gave us the strength to move past our differences and push forward. We are regular people after all. Just people with a unique labor of love. Our team has grown from a handful of guys, with almost no experience, into the multi-talented team we have today. That growth gives us all the sense that we belong to something that is going to be huge. We are constantly coming up with fresh ideas, and we now have the team to carry out those ideas. We have had our down times that felt like we were over our heads, as people would lose interest or become too busy with life to work on the mod. But now, things are moving along at speeds previously unfathomable.
The past year has been a hectic one. Has it been worth it? Absolutely. Although the real reward is yet to come. The day of our first release is a day I've anticipated for a long time. Mostly because then I'll know that we accomplished something as a team, which is a great feeling. I would like nothing more than to spend another year on FS, broadening my skills as well as continue making textures, as I know the next year will be even better than the last."
  
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"Being an FS Noob member, I can say that I am very lucky that they were kind enough to take me on. And not Only myself but Many of my Teammates from other projects. As you may or may not know, I was a member of Galactic conquest, after 3 years working on that mod, the team switched over to working on Shattered Faith, After a Year working On Shattered Faith, things fell apart, morale was Low, people lost interest, and I had to make it public that SF had died. And I thought that was it, Game over man, game over, My modding life has ended. In an quirky twist of fate, the day that I had decided SF was pretty much unsaveable, I was idling in #bfeditor on IRC as I always do, and our amazing Coder, Golden Dragon as in there, lsitening to me telling my Sob story about SF, and I think perhaps Jokeingly, he said,
Why not come work on FS. My reply bein a simple "LOL" thinking he was jokeing. We then got talking, and suddenly within about a day or two, I found myself talking to an extremely polite xero (most polite he's ever been since J/K), and I was on board.
However, Guilt started to creep in, I had managed to change teams, leaving behind Friends I have known for over 3 years, To which (many would consider Rude/Cheaky) I inquired to the FS Devs if it was possible some of my team mates would be able to come over and help. We were welcomed with open arms, and suddenly we all seemed to pile accross, and the strange thing was after say a week or two, it felt completely Natural. I felt like I had been working with these guys for years and years, we all got on so well. And this leads up to today, hear I am After finishing With Galactic conquest Swearing I'd ever work with Star Wars Again, The Love of the Films Brings me Full circle and Back to my roots as it were.
There is a Great Team behind this mod, with great ambition, and great Ideas. There is alot of Talent, Dedication to detail, and Lore accuracy (we check lore for the types of Chairs used in the hoth control room FFS! lol). I can say without a Doubt that Given time and a few releases (nothings perfect First time out), this will be an extremely polished, Accurate, and the Best Damn Star Wars based Game you've played for a Long time!"
  
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| Anniversary Update #1 |
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| FirstStrike is one year old today! And to celebrate we have two updates for you. The core of the team is still as it was and with the newer members joining us we are stronger and more determined to get you all the mod you deserve (and some crave). This update will feature some of our most recent work whilst tommorrows update will be a developers diary featuring some ingame screen shots.
On a side note we are still on the look out for experienced texture artists and 3DS Max 8 modellers. PLUS we are continuing our search for some Voice Over Artists to help us fill the following roles. +Imperial Commander + Rebel Admiral + Stormtrooper + Imperial Officer + Rebel Trooper (male) + Mon Calamari and + Wookie. Successful applicants will get a chance to BETA test with us!
Please visit our site for more details. Ok enough of the chatter on with the goodies!
  
  
  
  
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Dont forget to check back tommorrow for some ingame screenshots!
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| DEV DIARY 9: TYLER 'rAMSEUS' BRENOT |
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| Hello, and welcome to another installment in the First Strike Dev Diary series. Sorry about the slight (6 month) delay since the last diary. I'll be your host today, my name is- <crackle crackle fuzz fuzz> -but you can call me Ramseus. I am one of First Strike's humble texture artists. I come from a small planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse... wait, wrong sci-fi. 42. Anywho, I've been with First Strike for just under a year, and I started texturing about a month before I came aboard.
Lately I've been tasked with texturing static buildings. We're not talking about dinky houses here, we're talking about 32 story tall technological terrors topped with massive satellite dishes! A daunting task, needless to say. On top of that I've had to learn the ins and outs of Battlefield's layered texturing for statics. At the end of the day though, it's a good feeling when you complete a... umm... for lack of a better word, thing.
Now I would like to show you some of what I do and how I do it.
You may remember the Endor Bunker from a few weeks ago (if you haven't seen the video go see it now!). I was responsible for texturing it. I started off with modeling high and low poly models, as seen in the picture below. For anyone who doesn't know what that means, a high poly model is one with a very high level of detail (lots of polygons) that is used to create normal maps, which are applied to the low poly model (few polygons) to give an illusion of detail. I guess that was step 0, since it's not actual texturing, but more just a starting point.
After that, I rendered out normal maps and shadows, which was step 1 (yes, the models in step 1 are the same low poly, basically flat models as seen in the above picture). Then I added some colour, step 2. To finish it off, I just "grunged it up," step 3. Simple enough, all that was left at that point was to copy and paste the walls into the already existing model of the bunker - aka the grunt work.
And finally, a peek at a currently unreleased asset. This is the turbo laser tower, lovingly modeled by our own senior Aussie, General Un-Co, and textured by myself. I've tried to show how battlefield's layered texturing works. The 3 images being "added" are 3 separate textures that get blended to form what you see in game... although it's multiply blending so they should be getting multiplied instead... meh.
The First Strike shall soon be struck. Will you answer the emperor's beckoned call? Man I'm cheesy. Until next time, this has been another First Strike Dev Diary (hopefully next time will be less than six months away). | |
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|  Our very own FSDev | Blitz, FSDev | Preacher and FSDev | Woodrow were interviewed last week for the latest Modcast special over at http://mod.bfpodcast.com
BattlefieldModcasts Tim and Dan met up and asked them some excellent probing questions concerning the Mod. For the full interview please head on over to their site.
The FirstStrike Team would like to thank Battlefield Podcast for the great interview and would be more than happy to be interviewed again in the near future. Thanks guys!
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| Coder required preferably has had experience in the Battlefield Series of Games but not neccessary, what is essential is being able to commit to the Team and have plenty of time investigating and delivering code to a pre-ordained system.
Work includes taking and coding models ingame, experimenting with special effects, adding clean and robust code to our existing code and working alongside our resident programmers to implement new code.
If you feel you want to be part of our team dedicated to getting this game to a very high standard then please apply HERE.
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| FirstStrike are looking for an experienced modeller capable of helping us maintain a high standard of model delivery.
Essentially you will be working on the Capital Ships to start.
To this end the modeller will help us perform quality control, tweaking current models, know about performance issues, be an experienced 3D Studio Max user (7 or 8) and love all things Star Wars.
You will ideally have experience in creating LODs and COL meshes and keeping polycounts to strict guidelines.
If you feel you want to be part of our team dedicated to getting this game to a very high standard then please apply HERE.
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| Aufgrund der enormen deutschen Fanbase hat First Strike nun deutsche Foren eingerichtet, in denen ihr Euch ganz normal in Eurer Muttersprache unterhalten könnt.
Wir möchten in Zukunft näher mit der deutschsprachigen Community zusammenarbeiten und haben vor, zukünftige Updates in Englisch sowie Deutsch rauszubringen.
Wir würden uns sehr freuen von Euch zu hören, was Ihr gerne in First Strike sehen würdet, was Ihr über uns denkt und was ihr sonst noch so für Ideen für die Mod habt. | |
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| A280 rifles at the ready Rebel Troopers it's time to take a little trip into the Endor Bunker!
The following Video was created by FSDev| Ramseus highlighting the sumptious modelling and detail that has been lavished on the Endor Bunker.
As you can see the Bunker is almost complete (barring the odd Generator or eight) and once ingame with some dynamic lighting and effects should
prove to be another worthy reason why you should be anticipating the beta of First Strike!
  
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Last but not least we have FSDev| Rybots' and FSDev| Lord Bandu's wonderful Ewok Fishing Village.
Complete with Ewok Boats, Huts, Ladders and Fish! well after a hard day kicking Imperial butt you need somewhere to relax don't you!
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| Currently we are looking for a prestigous Company to help us with our testing phases in the interim namely a 64 player (non-public) server for the DEV Team and when the time is right possibly use for a QA Tuning Session for a Pre-Beta.
Primarily the server would need to be a Battlefield 2 Server with access to change configs and mods and then on release this server would be switched over the Battlefield2142 server config again with admin required.
Timelines for the BETA release of FirstStrike is around mid to late fall possibly sooner.
I hope the above sounds of intrest to you and we look forward in anticipation to your reply.
Please bare in mind we are a non-profit organisation and therefore we dont accept monies in any form.
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| The frozen wasteland of Hoth will soon be witness to many a courageous deed as seen witness by both the Rebel Alliance in their pursuit to hold onto their outpost on Hoth and the invading Imperial Forces seeking to crush all those who stand before them.
For your viewing and listening pleasure we have some WIP Video of the Hoth Rebel Assault and the Imperial Snowtrooper brought to life by our very own FSDev| Luuri. Music specially composed for the Video by FSDev| MaxRebo.
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| FS VISITS EA FOR MOD DAY! |
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| Hey gang! This year I was fortunate enough to be invited to mod day at EA headquarters in Redwood City, CA.I spent a little time before and after the actual event in the area since I had business clients near EA, so I got to see a lot of cool things. After spending the last 6 months or so of working almost 30 hours a week on this mod, it was time to take a break and enjoy some fun at EA. Im not much of a journalist, so I will do my best to give insight on my trip in my own little way. Also, despite several requests for nude photos of myself, I had to keep it clean for obvious reasons, so sorry Rybot you will just have to keep waiting
  
Thursday 8/31 at 13:00-Met up with Rob aka Muhahahaha aka Spiderman for lunch, was the first time we met in person and we had a really great time chatting about modding and life. After that I had a relaxing time by the pool, and then started some QC work on my laptop. I was working away when I heard someone trying to get into my room! After being a bit concerned I ran to the door to see who it was. As it turns out Brent "whos your Daddy" Dady failed to mention that I would be rooming with someone else! Turns out I was rooming with CJ from XWW2 mod, and he was quite suprised at the arrangement as well. We chatted for a bit and went our separate ways, it was now time for dinner with Rob and his girlfriend. We had a great dinner, although I think Rob's girlfriend was about to shoot us for talking so much about modding! After dinner I was privelaged enough to meet some more guys from XWW2 and even met ROK/FirstStrikes very own Sven!
  
A little tip for everyone, when in the bay area of CA you prob wont get anything else on TV except for surfing! So we chatted at the bar for a bit and went to bed to prepare for our next days events. I went over my list of things to ask the Dice rep, and then went to bed. Friday 9/1 at 10:00, we all gathered in the lobby of the Sofitel Hotel where we stayed. We were then met by Brent Dady from EA, and we walked a couple of blocks to EA headquarters to have some fun.After a brief stop at the EA store, we were shown to the North Pole meeting room, where we were greeted by almost 40 pc's fitted with excellent performance technology.
 
We were asked to split up and find a seat, we soon took to "Doing the death" as I like to call it! Only minutes past before my first outburst of "thats BS"! I was well on my way at that point of learning some new maps and being submersed in a fairly bug free environment compared to the tuning beta. After some good hours of playtime we went and had lunch courtesy of EA, I had a good time eating with Spawndemon from TB2142 and StrangerthanFiction from Forgotten Hope mod. Spawn actually has a really good article on the Totalbf2142 website, so you guys should check it out! After lunch we went to another room where we had a Q&A session with Kristoffer Bergqvist from Dice in Sweden, hes the producer of 2142. Before leaving I had the team compile some questions for such an occasion so I wasnt shy about asking lots of questions.
Not all questions were answered but I did get some face time with Kris and asked him to take the mod community serious when we say, we need their support. I was encouraged to hear his comments about a special mod team for the community and we can only hope the live up to our expectation. Again Spawndemon has more info on their website. Next we were shown the new console game Bad Company,which at this point is very Hush Hush. Now back to doing what I do best, killing the bad guys! I had a really great squad, and the gameplay flowed really well.
After sore eyes and an aching neck set in, we decided to call it a day. We had our goodbyes to everyone and Brent handed out some kool gifts including this T-Shirt, which my wife has banned me from wearing:) .
 
That evening I went out with Rob (FSDEV|MUHAHAHA) , his girlfriend and Andy from Voodoo Extreme for dinner and a movie. We had a great time once again, it was saddening to say goodbye to new friends but it was time to get some sleep and prepare for our flight the next day. In closing, I would like to thank EA for allowing us this opportunity, and also to a great team I have at First Strike. You guys make me proud everyday. Thanks to xEROhOUR for designing a logo for me to put on some shirts for the event. Everyone liked the shirt and everyone had really good things to say about our mod including Kris from Dice. Keep your eyes on this mod people and keep up the encouraging words. We do this for you guys, so keep holding us up everyday!
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| TIE BOMBERS GOING IN! |
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| Some times its hard to update whilst theres loads of code to be worked on and tweaked and perfected. Golden Dragon one of our lead coders has surpassed himself with the latest in Commander assets.
The Airstrike features through the commrose and in this excerpt features a trio of TIE Bombers.
One of the many goodies we have instore for you come release!
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| Firstly we need to apologise over the lack of updates and material available on the new website. This will be changing and slowly but surely our back catalogue of work in progress and finished renders will appear.
Now on to the update provided below is a work in progress on the B-Wing bomber modelled by our very own Redmonkey999. The next Screenshots feature the Endor Shield Dish Generator modelled by Richmuel and skinned by the demi-god himself Ramseus.
  
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| We are back and independent!
First Strike is back with a brand new Website, and some juicy updates on the way.
As you may have heard by now, we are porting to the exciting new BF2142 engine. The new engine will allow us to create more exciting features, features that just weren’t possible with the BF2 engine. We are currently very hard at work producing new models, textures, and code. Not to mention steadily importing the animations created by our talented cast of animators.
Be sure to watch this space (pardon the pun) over the next few weeks as updates will be coming quickly! | |
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| From Endor and Hoth |
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| So much has been going on internally I forgot to post these updates, so apologies all!
A lot has happened in the past week and all for the good of the Mod. Some big changes and additions have been made around here.
More on this will follow in the weeks and without further ado heres the update.
Firstly we have the Ewok Tree Village or rather one portion of it modelled by RedMonkey99 and getting a sweet makeover from Rybot.
Next we have the Bunker which has been modelled by Nusirilo and textured by Ramseus.
  
Next we have the Snowspeeder, we couldnt resist but to post these even tho they are WIP created by Redmonkey999 and lastly we have the Speederbike Station crafted by Lord Bandu and lavishly textured by Ramseus.
  
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| Imperial Landing Pad |
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| Featured below are a few Screenies from our Imperial Landing Pad model on Endor. The model was crafted by Aquila and sumptiously skinned by Ramseus.
The Landing Pad features two turbo lifts in each central core and has walkway gantries and ladder access to both top and bottom.
  
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| Modeller Required |
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| FirstStrike are looking for an experienced modeller capable of helping us maintain a high standard of model delivery.
To this end the modeller will help us perform quality control, tweaking current models, know about performance issues, be an experienced 3D Studio Max user (7 or 8) and love all things Star Wars.
You will ideally have experience in creating LODs and COL meshes and keeping polycounts to strict guidelines.
If you feel you want to be part of our team dedicated to getting this game to a very high standard then please apply on the form left.
We look forward to hearing from you. | |
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| New Just In... |
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| Work goes on at a blistering pace here at FirstStrike (even without FSDEV|Blitz who by time of reading this should be in EA HQ for the Mod Day and picking some Devs brains and playing the latest copy of BF2142) so to keep you all updated heres just a sample of what we have been working on lately.
Firstly we have some fantastic renders of the Medical Room facilities found on Hoth created by Lord Bandu.
  
Next we have the awesome new Ion Cannon skin created by JayBiggs, followed by MistaMischifs Mon Calamari delicously skinned I hope you agree and lastly the Rebel Remote 1 model created by Lord Bandu! Thats it for now but more updates will be coming as soon as we recieve word from our Bothan Spy!
  
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| FS Gallery |
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| The following pages contain the Models we have been working on since the Mod began. Some are still work in progress and some have been finished and ingame.
Not all the Models below will make it in for a first release but in time we hope to see them all ingame. As you can see our level of detail and authenticity is high.
We hope you enjoy them. Should you feel the need to copy any of the images on here for your website please be gracious and place our web address at the bottom by way of a reference. We may do this purely for the love of it but a little respect never goes amiss.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE GALLERY SO FAR!
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| Texture Artist Required |
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| The Team at FirstStrike are seeking an experienced Texture Artist with sublime attention to detail, photoshop and of course UV Unwrapping skills to help craft our Models from plain meshes and bring them to life in the exciting universe that is Star Wars.
Are you up to fulfilling your destiny ? Can you deliver top notch skins ? Want to bolster your Portfolio ? Are you a dedicated problem solver ?
If you answered yes to the above then we want to hear from you now! Complete the form located HERE and send examples of your work and past projects and we will get back to you as soon as the next shuttle for Coruscant leaves! | |
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| Incoming Transmission from the Hoth Sector |
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| Greetings FirstStrike Fans!
Work as usual at First Strike is gathering pace once more! Below are the latest visual from our Team all taken from our upcoming Hoth Map...lots more in progress too including a full size Echo Base, equipped with the usual Bacta Tanks, Droids, rigs, pulleys you name it we will hope to have it in there oh and a few Ships too!
  
So whats been happening lately at FS ?
The Team has got bigger! The Galatic Conquest Mod Team has joined FS!
New EXCITING Gamemodes planned for FS!
Old and New Maps in production and pre-production!
Gearing up for a BETA release!
Come join us on the FS Forums and have your say!
 
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| TOTALBF2142 INTERVIEW |
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| Recently the Team where asked for an interview regarding an insight into game progression and some of the many asked questions that frequently pop up here on our forums.
For the full interview be sure to head on over to www.totalbf2142.com and for some exclusive never before seen screenshots!
We are at present still looking for texture artists to help us in the lead up to our first release so if you have texturing talent of nore (and of course be a Star Wars fan thats obligatory btw) then sign up here!.  | |
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| LOOK SIR, DROIDS! |
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| Another juicy update coming your way courtesy of the FirstStrike Team and whats more additions by our newer Members The Preacher and Luuri!
First off its the new Character Models designed and sweetly textured by Luuri. These are WIP but as you can see there sublime.Then we have the EWEB skin lovingly detailed by The Preacher.
  
Next we have the Lambda Shuttle modelled by HarryB and accuratetly brought to life by Ramseus. Following that we have the MK4 Sentry Droid by another newcomer Sapper, who has been creating some other breathtaking ingame models with Lord Bandu who modelled the I-TO Interrogator Droid.
  
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| Animators Wanted |
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| Like Star Wars ?
Well we only want talented Animators WHO LOVE STAR WARS! Know your Max 7 or 8 ?
Do you know your baf from your fbx ?
Are you willing to donate most of your precious time to us ?
Then we would like to hear from you as soon as possible and it would be greatly appreciated if you have some URL;s to recent work and better still a demo reel available. So what are you waiting for ?
If you feel you want to be part of our team dedicated to getting this game to a very high standard then please apply HERE.
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Closed Alpha Test & Deth..
We are currently looking for voice actors or our Star Wars soldiers!
