October Update - Exodus-topia!

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October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby urinal-cake » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:22 am

Things have been slowing down here on the team, and not the bad type of slowing down that you hear of. We're getting close to the end of 1.2's development life cycle, and nearing a very special milestone date that we have all had in our head. Team members are now communicating much more than normal, and helping with other’s tasks to meet this deadline.

As always, the IT/Support team has been busy chipping away at a new navigational menu for everyone. Now, a re-written website has a perfect companion of expanded navigation, you’ll notice a drop down menu in place of the older menu that opens up the overview, team, awards, irc and supporter page. The team page has been updated to include proper links to forum profiles for those who need to get in contact with us. Also, on a special note, please take the time to congratulate Spire on being Dystopia’s new art lead! Spire has displayed a large amount of skill and dedication in regards to art on Dystopia, and has proven every confidence. He has a difficult job ahead of him, and walks in very difficult footsteps.

Lastly, when speaking about the new navigation menu for the website, the third party map page is now available for everyone! This long overdue page is a source for anyone looking to get that extra feed of Dystopia through more maps, and incorporates the winners of the third party map competition and the team’s hand picked favorites. Wrapped up with a bow in a nice installer for everyone, you'll get community favorites and competition winners like like Tower, Infect, Racetrack, Desert, and Fusion.

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Be sure to stop by the third party map page, get a heads up on the maps featured there, and grab the installer. We will be sure to update the installer as often as possible, and provide the community with the best levels available. The media gallery has been updated with screen shots from each of these great maps as well as an album of the upcoming 1.2 release.

On the development side of 1.2, as mentioned, we are nearing a very special milestone date. One of the tasks to get to that milestone, is completion of one of our upcoming maps, Exodus. Exodus, based on a later iteration of an older map called Abandon, takes place in a depleted urban area with rampant criminal activity. Fight to protect what little order is left in this exhausted inner-city, before all hope is lost here and the last presence of a corporation vanishes!

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Originally a testbed for movement and low-level code during Dystopia's pre-release development, Abandon slowly came to fruition over the last few years. Now called Exodus, a highly collaborative map, many have given their all to make this level very fun and balanced! Exodus is now available in our latest RC, Release Candidate 4, be sure to check out the Exodus media gallery. Also featured are plenty of in-game and level screen shots from in-game, check em out! RC4 brings changes and fixes, as well as this awesome new map!

  • Energy no longer drains while holding sprint in cyberspace.
  • Medi-plant turns back on when decking out, if decking in disabled it.
  • Added a fade in to grenade IFF.
  • Fixed a bug where Supporters would get kicked.
  • Fixed cyberhands showing up in meatspace, and the subsequent crash they caused.
  • Updated Assemble.
  • Updated Broadcast.
  • Updated Cybernetic.
  • Included Exodus.


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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby Bunnies :3 » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:25 am

GJ Devs, can't wait. ;;

Exodus looks sexy indeed, I think a video walkthrough is in order? Please?
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby MarvintheParanoidAndroid » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:44 am

NEWS! Awesome news, at that! And it's not even the 31st yet!

Also, the website is really, really great now :D
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby Cin » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:04 pm

MarvintheParanoidAndroid wrote:NEWS! Awesome news, at that! And it's not even the 31st yet!

Also, the website is really, really great now :D

It'll get better :P
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby . » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:21 pm

AWSOME!!!!
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby Alex » Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:12 pm

urinal-cake wrote:On the development side of 1.2, as mentioned, we are nearing a very special milestone date. One of the tasks to get to that milestone, is completion of one of our upcoming maps, Exodus. Exodus, based on a later iteration of an older map called Abandon, takes place in a depleted urban area with rampant criminal activity. Fight to protect what little order is left in this exhausted inner-city, before all hope is lost here and the last presence of a corporation is vanished!

Unfortunate typo there.

Everything looks good. I'm especially fond of this business of providing a 3PM installer for the newbs and the promise of more announcements to come. It makes sense because of the cryptic comments made earlier compared to discussing the already-announced Exodus, but still good to hear.
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby Juan » Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:53 pm

oh boy oh boy

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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby Rellek » Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:01 pm

Great work guys, keep it up! I can't wait to see how everyone reacts when 1.2 is finally released.
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby aerozero » Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:14 pm

oooh infect
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby Overflow » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:51 pm

I think dys_drilling would serve as a candiate for 3rd party maps as well. Some of the maps might need to be recompiled to take advantage of the 1.2 changes and resolve conflicts/issues.
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby Charkles [UK] » Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:04 am

Agreed, drilling is an excellent map.

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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby radz » Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:33 am

*Added a fade in to grenade IFF

in my mind Small tweaks like this ooze professionalism.


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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby dE » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:47 am

http://www.dystopia-game.com/media/main ... temId=2430
zOMG Lasereyes!

I liked the rail on the second Assemble Objective and of course the new map which looks really great.
Injection looks sniper heavy, hm.
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby Aurion » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:25 am

dE wrote:I liked the rail on the second Assemble Objective and of course the new map which looks really great.
Injection looks sniper heavy, hm.


To quote urinal-cake: "Hahaha, I love when people get really, really close to right."
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby Furtal1ty » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:19 pm

urinal-cake wrote:Fixed a bug where Supporters would get kicked.


? lolowned by the devs you pledged to.
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby Clippit » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:42 am

[strike][strike][strike][strike][/strike][/strike][/strike][/strike]

I read this update and was pleased :)

I patiently await the public release :)
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby Aurion » Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:22 am

Time2Die wrote:
urinal-cake wrote:Fixed a bug where Supporters would get kicked.


? lolowned by the devs you pledged to.


If i remember correctly, as this didn't happen for some time now, not only supporters would get kicked.
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby KindredPhantom » Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:10 am

It did effect devs and testers but it was mostly supporters being kicked.
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby Sathernut » Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:02 pm

Hi guys, never posted on the site before but ive always followed your mod very closely as im also from australia its nice to see some aussies making a good mod lol.

Most probably the most polished HL2 mod out I would have to say, its incredibly good looking, and gameplay is really fun.

Thanks for the updates, cant wait till release!
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby Naph » Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:50 pm

It'll be my early Christmas present.
But if it's late! ;<
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Re: October Update - Exodus-topia!

Postby aerozero » Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:15 am

Wow I might actually still get to play 1.2 before non-supporters do >_<
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