News Of The Week (22-28/03/2004)!
Important:
-> Battletech Generals - The Capelian Solution 1.0 Beta Released!: They've recently announced the release of the first, of the four releases of the mod. This version features all the units and a completely new Skirmish/Multiplayer AI. Check it out and have fun!
News At Project Perfect Mod:
-> NCM Revolution (TS/FS): Triforce has a new superb render of the NCM Helipad at this topic.
-> Command Imperium (ZH): Chantillas has recently announced that he has returned to work on it, although nothing new was showed yet.
-> BS SHP Builder: I've been working hard on this one to fully implement the Undo feature in all situations. Progress is quite slow, since my current task is being quite complex. This is certainly delaying its release a lot, but it won't take long to finish it.
Community News:
-> Petroglyph Grows: The guys over Petroglyph Games (a new gaming company founded by ex-Westwood Staff) announced that their group has expanded a lot and they will be moving again. The big news was the rumours that emerged with their appearance on the Game Developpers Conference. There are several rumours indicating that their publisher is Electronic Arts and that their next game is a Command & Conquer.... let's hope these rumours are correct
.
-> CnC Source is Back Online: CnC Source returned to be online in the beggining of the week after being hacked twice. However, their downloads database isn't back yet.
-> New Mod: Operation: Enduring Freedom: This mod has finally gained hosting at Planet CnC. They will try to bring a realistic simulation of the Afghanistan war (in 2001) to your Zero Hour. The mod will feature 3 factions: United States, Talibans and the Northen Alliance. They will try to make it the more realistic possible and even use satelite information to reproduce Kabul, Kandahar and other important places.
-> New Site: Dark Heart Studios: Mad Ivan, who used to run the Dragonhorde Studios is now running the Dark Heart Studios which is a site that will interact with gaming community and specially the CnC community. They might have an interview with the good people from Halo Generals Mod in few days.
Events:
-> Open Map Competition extended in 2 weeks: The DvD (from TiberiumSun.com) and I(from PPM) have decided to extend the Open Map Competition due to the great demand, so you still have 2 weeks to submit your maps... at least, we are accepting them until April 15th. Hurry up, finish it, do the final touches and good luck!
-> Operation: World Defense Map Competition: Devin has recently announced a new map contest for YR mappers! You have until april 15th to submit your map. Devin has posted details of this new contest here and you can inscribe yourself in this topic. You may need a registered account in PPM forums, but it's easy, fast, free, safe and spam-free. So, no need to worry about that
. He will post further info on this contest soon.
Interviews:
-> Planet CnC Interviews Andrew Lee: Stephen Cheng, from Planet CnC, has interviewed Andrew Lee, a long time visitor of Planet CnC with 7 questions. It's also good to hear opinions from C&C fans
. Check it out here.
TS & RA2 Editing Resources:
-> edited Terror Drone, Lunar Infantry, Rocketeer, Tesla Trooper, recoloured infantry pack, by Fenring at Editing Source.
-> Grasshoper, voxel with cameo, by ArgCmdr at Editing Source (submited last week to YR Argentina).
Renegade/Generals/Zero Hour Editing Resources:
-> DB Master, skinned model, by Creator at CnC Reneclips.
-> New Crusader, skinned model, by Just West at CnC Reneclips and GenDev.
-> Pre-Upgraded Radar Van, skinned model, by Just West at GenDev.
-> Infantry Accessories Packs, models of weapons to be used with infantry, by Trex238 at GenDev.
-> Supreme General Mod, Zero Hour modification, by Cedar at CnC DEN.
-> Generals Mod Pack 3.1, Zero Hour modification, by Brian McKinney at CnC Unleashed.
Tiberian Sun Maps:
-> TS 1V1, multiplayer map, by Spark2008 at CnC DEN.
YR Maps:
-> FlyingZ´s Moon, single player mission 3 (final mission) of his campaign, by FlyingZ at YR Argentina. Note: This Map Requires Terrain Expansion.
-> Cannis's Canyon Folder IV, multiplayer map, by CannisRabidus at Terrain Expansion. Note: This Map Requires Terrain Expansion.
-> Império do Fênix (translation: "Phoenix Empire"), multiplayer map, by [rBg]K777night at RADEN.
-> Lunar Landing, multiplayer map, by Ashcool01 at RADEN.
-> Urban Catastrophe, multiplayer map, by Ashcool01 at RADEN.
Zero Hour Maps:
-> Generals Gold Blend Mission #8-B, Den's featured single player mission, by RVMECH (Den's main mapper) at CnC DEN.
-> City Docks, Den's featured multiplayer map, by the G.o.a.T at CnC DEN, [http://www.planetcnc.com]Planet CnC[/url] and CnC Unleashed.
-> Dam Crackers, Den's featured multiplayer map, by Claymore at CnC DEN.
-> Stealth, single player mission, by Headcracker at CnC DEN.
-> Nuclear Revenge, single player mission, by Headcracker at CnC DEN.
-> No Rush, single player mission, by Jarmen Kell at CnC DEN.
-> The Silence Of The Sky, multiplayer map, by econobeing & AHHHHHHHHH at CnC DEN.
-> Uhill Valley, multiplayer map, by Darby Jack at CnC DEN and Indews CnC.
-> Pacific Peninsula, multiplayer map, by BurtonBoy at CnC DEN and CnC Unleashed.
-> Nuclear Treath, multiplayer map, by rOtring at CnC DEN.
-> Land Of War, multiplayer map, by WNxAntrax at CnC DEN.
-> Spring War, multiplayer map, by WNxAntrax at CnC DEN.
-> Dusty Ambush, multiplayer map, by Claymore at CnC DEN.
-> Sunset Beach, multiplayer map, by HellHammer at CnC DEN.
-> Tactical Ground, multiplayer map, by R&R Design at CnC DEN.
-> Bunker War Titus, multiplayer map, by titus cats at CnC DEN.
-> War Titus Cats, multiplayer map, by titus cats at CnC DEN.
-> Tropical Paradise, multiplayer map, by OvieLord249 at CnC DEN (submited last week to CnC Reneclips).
-> Cold Oil, multiplayer map, by Freedom and modified by Lion at CnC DEN.
-> Smackdown, multiplayer map, by Headcrackerx at CnC DEN.
-> City War Night, multiplayer map, by mystrymapr at CnC DEN.
-> No Man's Land, multiplayer map, by the Funkelchen at CnC World.
-> Snow War, multiplayer map, by the Funkelchen at CnC World.
-> Artic Harbor, multiplayer map, by Claymore at CnC Central.
-> Artic Base, multiplayer map, by G.o.a.T at Planet CnC and CnC Unleashed (submited last week to CnC World).
-> Area 52, multiplayer map, by G.o.a.T at Planet CnC and Indews CnC.
-> Paradise Lost, multiplayer map, by G.o.a.T at Planet CnC.
-> Heartbrake Ridge, multiplayer map, by G.o.a.T at Planet CnC.
-> Oasis, multiplayer map, by G.o.a.T at Planet CnC.
-> Alps Carnage, multiplayer map, by G.o.a.T at Planet CnC.
-> Sniper Haven, multiplayer map, by Kalpesh Patel at CnC Unleashed and Indews CnC.
-> 12 other maps added at Indews CnC.
Generals Movies:
-> CnC Wars, Chapter 1 - Meeting of the Armies, multiplayer non-playable map (just to watch), by Chris Martinez at CnC DEN.
Zero Hour Replays:
-> 16 new replays submited by Dragunov (2), lil9, Grayfox (3), thor (2), [-EW-]Capt.Clit, thor, WNxAnthrax (2), LoSeR (2), MortifeR, Capt.Colesterol at CnC DEN.
-> 4 replays at Planet CnC.
TiberianDawn/C&C95 Mod News:
-> C&C Meet Star Wars: Nyerguds has posted a screenshot of the new radar he is working on. He will also convert Star wars sounds to .aud and he will add some sounds that Puma² made at his mod.
RedAlert2/Yuri'sRevenge Mod News:
-> C&C Reloaded: FS-21 has recently reported that his work on improving the GDI buildings is taking more time than he expected, due to the animations. He has also plans to release the improved GDI buildings with new TS converted maps and an improved AI in the next beta.
-> Internal Destruction: MadHQ has showed some screenies of a city in Zorgon (quite interesting), Rontonvanna's Refinery with its miner and Zorgon's Refinery.
-> RA Revisited: T34 Sam has now released screenshots of several tanks that Soviets will have at their disposal. It's also a very nice job, like the allied ones he posted last week, check it out!
Generals/ZeroHour Mod News:
-> Blitzkrieg 2: They've reported that they are currently working in the version 0.30 of the mod and it won't take long to release another beta for beta testers and there will be a later version for public which is currently being called "release 2". This language might support english, german and french... maybe they will include more languages. And today they've included few new screenshots showing the unit Go229 in action.
-> CnC Holland: They've posted a screenshot of the Power Center and Dutch Assault Bunker. Check it out in their screenshots section.
-> Generals: Ground Zero: Just West has posted info about the new Nuke General that will be available in his mod, as well as screenshots its most devastating unit, Siege Overlord.
-> Only War: Another week roundup has been posted and this one includes an animation of a Kroot unit attacking, a Dreadnought walking and there are also pictures of Broadside battlesuit.
-> RA3: Allies Last Stand: They've posted a screenshots of the Soviet MLRS, Soviet MLRS with other soviet tanks, and a reskin of the soviet standard tank. Good stuff!
-> SecondWave: They are now in need of skinners to work on the UK side. If you wanna help, make sure your photoshop knowledge is good and email them at: webmaster@cncmatrix.com
-> Star Wars: Imperial Assault: They've posted loads of models, infantries and map teasers of their progress... They are progressing really fast and doing a great job! I really hope to play this mod one day.
-> WW3: Call To Arms: They are in need of Coder, Skinners and Modeller. If you are interested on helping them, contact bryan@neronnetwork.com . They also have a screenshot of Harrier GR7A that was modelled and skinned by Orcapilot26.
(anyway we wont go there 
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