Battlezone 2 Community Project for 1.3?

[Nielk1]

Hoohah's story seems best for for shortly after FE before the EDF gains any power back after saving the Earth. Remember, you can split off the time line and make your own.

[General_Hoohah]

I hate to be negative... but I've always had a thing against alternate time lines. I'd rather be part of the main story. So thats why I'm trying so hard to work it in somehow. I was thinking that the ISDF could remain mostly out of earth's solar system at the end of my story, and go off adventuring in space, keeping earth's enemies at bay. Fighting anyone who wants to start anything with earth, and rip them a new one.

[Nielk1]

I hate to be negative... but I've always had a thing against alternate time lines. I'd rather be part of the main story. So thats why I'm trying so hard to work it in somehow. I was thinking that the ISDF could remain mostly out of earth's solar system at the end of my story, and go off adventuring in space, keeping earth's enemies at bay. Fighting anyone who wants to start anything with earth, and rip them a new one.

Well, you have a small problem there. BZ2 has 2 alternate timelines spanning from it's own two endings.

[Clavin12]

I always assumed that the scion one was the one everyone used because its the one your supposed to have. but anyway hoohah is this going to be a story for the 1.3 community project?

[AHadley]

I think Hoohah plans to follow FE, which seems logical to me.

If you want to broadcast your story as the 1.3 BZ2CP storyline, which I'm sure everybody will agree with, make a thread about it, broadcasting it as the Official 1.3 BZ2CP Storyline or something. Maybe an admin could create a Subforum under the TA5 board.

[General_Hoohah]

Posted it as a submission. Go read it. Its in this area of the forum.

Okay, lets stop screwing around and put it to a vote. Who here can contribute something and wants to help with a new community project?

*raises hand* I do!

I can write, proof read, and edit (I almost majored in English), 3D concept designs, textures, mapping (painting, terrain, the artistic stuff, etc), weapon research, testing, vehicle tweaking, odf weapons creation and testing.

[Nielk1]

I would love to but I'm just plain too busy.

On my list:
Dev Lead:
Mutator Recycler Variant Pack
Nielk1's Recycler Variant
aRc Mod - Apostles/Exodus (Yes that is 2 mods planned)
Factions
Reactor Wars (Game Mode)
King and Queen (Game Mode)

Contributor and/or tester:
Steeveeo's Recycler Variant
TheJamsh's Recycler Variant
Hidden Enemies
Cerberi Revenge (I think there is still work to be done)
BZTron
Serenesis
ZE Mod 1.3

Not to take thunder away from your plans, but personally I would love to see Factions turned into a community project. It has a very loose story line, no SP missions planned or otherwise, tons of races/factions that are barely started and few have definite plans.

It seems community mods are unlikely to ever occur again here. The community has too few members and too many talented members. As a result what is most likely is for a large number of mod groups to spring up and make individual mods. For example, EPIC, BZClassic (BZ1's NSDF and CCA, TRO's BDOGs and CRA, BZn64:ROTBD BDOGs, Ancients: both sides, Extended:BZ1-BZ2), FleshStorm 2, and Serenesis.

An attempt was made at a Community DM mod. Literally just a DM mod. It failed. Horribly.

[AHadley]

I most certainly can, though I may at times need to trail off to work on Perfidious for a while. I need to split my time since I have three projects if I work on this too, PF and the TA5 e-Pack being the others.

I can provide the following skills:

- Texture editing
Jamsh says my files seem to be smaller than everybody else's, must be my method

- Sound engineering
Got me a copy of GoldWave, I'm good to record and edit voiceovers and source sound effects

- Mapping
Only done a few, but the map editor is pretty easy

- Storywriting and in-game text writing
Scored an A* in Creative Writing Coursework at GCSE, full marks. Should be able to take some of the load off Hoohah.

Probably modelling too when I get Wings3D, but I'll leave you guys to that for now.

[Nielk1]

Jamsh says my files seem to be smaller than everybody else's, must be my method

That seems to be at a loss of quality, though it seems to be more something I notice then anyone else oddly. As such there is no issue.

[VSMIT]

I'd like to put forward the aRc mod series for consideration as a community project.  We've (Nielk1 and I) worked on the story for about a year and a half now so I'm reasonably sure we've got it down pat.  For background, PM me, since I'd rather not post it on a public forum.

I know it sounds like I'm tooting my own horn here, but it's really nothing more than what Cheesepuffly's doing. (And is probably less)

[AHadley]

That seems to be at a loss of quality, though it seems to be more something I notice then anyone else oddly. As such there is no issue.

Probably down to all the conversions... PIC > TGA > PNG > PIC... sheesh.

I'd like to put forward the aRc mod series for consideration as a community project.  We've (Nielk1 and I) worked on the story for about a year and a half now so I'm reasonably sure we've got it down pat.  For background, PM me, since I'd rather not post it on a public forum.

Yeah, go for it, though if we have more than one storyline we'll need to vote on it. Speaking of which, I'd quite like to hear (I've got the basics down though)

[General_Hoohah]

Ooooh yeah, I forgot I can edit sounds and voice act. I was told by a radio person that I have a great voice and should definately be an announcer. I've done voice acting for games before, so I'd love to be a unit!

[Feared_1]

Think about maybe somehow intertwining incomplete mods by one or few people into a large commmunity project (alternate ending or more technology/races).

[General_Hoohah]

There is a point to that. I don't know whats going on. I'm not familier with whats going on or who exactly is working on what. But I'd like to ask if everyone is splitting off in their own direction working on too many different projects? If you guys are doing that... nothing gets done that way.

[Clavin12]

Or maybe people should submit ideas for mods, or an incomplete mod, and they all would be put up for vote.

BTW, I can do a little modeling (not very good at getting them in the game though). I've never done voice acting but I think i can do it. I can write and edit too. Not map making or dll scripting though.