This blog is still getting hits, oddly enough, and I want to know by who, so leave a comment down below if you visit :)
To those who still stumble upon this blog by clicking on the link in my Crymod signature, I figured a short sitrep would be in order:
The status to the right has been set to dormant for many weeks now but, I’m afraid, during those weeks it has gone from dormant to dead. In fact, I’ve more or less given up completely on CE2, maybe while waiting for Crysis 2 even though Crytek seems to continue making the same mistakes they always have; naturally, since those mistakes are their foundation.
I could ramble on and on about Remod’s death, but you would have to ask me to.
Amazing, truly.
If you’d like to test Remod early, and are prepared to jump over a couple minor hurdles to do it, you now can, using SVN. That might sound unfamiliar and a little daunting, but don’t worry, the worst you’ll have to do is restart your system.
This is all unorganized and unfinished, dangling somewhere in between, but I figured it was better than doing jack shit in terms of pleasing the crowd. Consider it as-is; so no support promises. Nevertheless, I occasionally (sometimes daily, sometimes less) try to get playtests going on over at the Crymod IRC channel, and I might organize some more elaborate ones in advance in the future. Plus: fixing a game is really hard without getting proper feedback on your progress, and this can provide a solution to that.
What else can I say? I won’t get angry if you give me some of that sexy feedback, maybe I should finally put this on Crymod, and orange-purple gradient maps are the sex. Any questions are welcome.
To celebrate the extraordinarily high and important milestone of 500 blog views:
One night, a couple weeks ago, someone reminded me of this video of Crysis MP from back in early 2007, and it made me realize something funny: it’s actually not that different from Crysis or Wars, meaning just a few changes reverted could largely fix the game, especially if it’s built on Remod which has a lot of the other issues not seen or apparent in the video already fixed. I ended up going for it, reducing recoil and increasing movement speeds etc., while still retaining all the good stuff from Remod.
I will remember today as a glorious day, as the day… I created my first working sound from scratch and got it working in CE2.
After several minutes of exposing my ears to the sheer terror of a sound so high it sounds like your mother when I give her pleasure, I have finally crafted a new sound for the stealthy amongst us (or the non-stealthy depending on how you look at it): a new cloak sound. (Queue angelic “Aaaah”)
However, I remain doubtful whether this pinnacle of sound design will be appreciated to its fullest by you players, and thus have come to the conclusion a poll is in order. But first!
4 US Delta soldiers are sneaking up on you, cloaked, (some of them) from the shadows!
The first person to find them all gets a delicious cookie and a new car, a Cadillac. I fucking promise.
I’m sorry, I know I said I wasn’t going to do one but as it turns out I was lying without knowing it myself, so here’s a changelog from Wars to Remod 0.291, which might lack a change or two I forgot.
And yeah, that means 0.291 is now posted and available on the Downloads page. Changes include the removal of vehicle boost for land vehicles and pretty much nothing else; I know it’s silly, but it had to be uploaded for testing anyway.
Also, have a picture of the US suit helmet in speed mode (Note to those interested: we’ll probably get rid of the glowing red parts under the visor since they’re too narrow and we can’t get it glowing properly. It’ll probably become metal.):
You’re actually visiting my blog. I love you now, forever.
…Now, on the download page.
This is the first version I’ve posted on the blog here, and it’s very unfinished, but I thought “Fuck it!”. Everyone’s invited to test it. In fact, we might be playtesting tonight around 19:30-20:00 CET.
I’m announcing Remod on MyCrysis later tonight.
It might come as a bit of a shocker but, yes, I will listen to feedback. I know, blasphemous.
More so, I’d love (and by that I mean I would really, genuinely like to) hear your views and thoughts on things, also if you think I don’t, because every opinion is of at least some value. I can’t figure it all out on myself anyway, sometimes i need help. Anything from a single word (I’m serious, if you want) to an entire essay about how bed sheets are related to game design: I’ll read and reply, with pictures most likely.
You willing enough to say “Fuck it!” to real life for a few minutes and delve into the ocean of writing about game design, head here, brave sirs.
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