Future of ET - New Version or new Mappack?

([MOAB]) #1

this question or topic might have come up a long time ago but actually it’s a very important one or even one of the most important. so will ET hace a future? will there finally be an official mappack or even a new version ever? any plannings for ET2 - it hasn’t got to be priceless (but would be awesome if it was) - already made? :???:

(puubert) #2

I think a mappack coming from the modding and competition community would be the best bet. SD won’t be putting anymore time into ET, considering they make no money from it, and they’ll be working on a new game. ET2 would be nothing but ET in the Doom3 engine. If a serious campaign is taken up to find 3 or 6 solid custom maps to be mass distrubuted, then the lifetime of ET would be extended.

(=DaRk=CrAzY-NuTTeR) #3

ET has only been out a year, but for a free game that will last ages if the producers give up, then who will carry it on?

(puubert) #4

The community that plays it. ET seems to have been given the stamp of approval by a large community, and the fact that there are two solid mods widely distributed supporting it. People outside SD are prepared to put time and effort into ET, and that’s where the longevity comes from.

(=DaRk=CrAzY-NuTTeR) #5

ok, i can sleep at night knowing that :wink:

but the producers are really the only ones who fully understand how ET works arnt they?

BTW wot mods? PoP is one what is the other?

(BSDman) #6

i would say ETPro and shrub are the most widely used ET mods atm, although i have seen a very interesting one based around UT’s powerball.

Personally i think that the game is going to struggle unless servers out there get more diverse. the fact is in the UK 75% of servers are vanilla only, making the game stale and boring, i mean who wants to play the same six maps over and over.
The current major problem with the ET download system is making distrubuting maps very difficult, remember in RTCW we had GOTY map pack that came with an official patch, so that all players had them, with ET there probably will be no official updates since the game made no money.
So to keep the game alive admins out there will have to attract players to servers with custom maps, there are already a good number of decent maps out there, if most servers were running say 5-6 customs the game would be alot more interesting.
I think the best possible thing for ET and the ET community would be to fix the www download bug, fixing this would mean only tiny waits for decent maps, and make large maps like venice and raiders alot easier to put on a server. it would mean that servers with good maps campaigns and settings would remain full and fun instead of empty and eventually turned off.

(=DaRk=CrAzY-NuTTeR) #7

wot bug with the www download thingy?

(BSDman) #8

errrrrrrr!!!

the one that causes 99% of clients to crash after downloading any map mod or campaign…

although odly enough some servers dont seem to have any probs

(=DaRk=CrAzY-NuTTeR) #9

hmm, never happend to me once

am i playing the right game?

(Blade_187) #10

You must be lucky then cos it’s a well known bug and I’ve definately had it happen enough on me :angry:

(=DaRk=CrAzY-NuTTeR) #11

no seriously, ever since i have installed this game it has never crashed after a download, maby a few times but thats wot u get for downloading 5 files in the background and running 3 music programs, boy that sure screwed my computer

(Salteh) #12

Downloading a map using ET…
ET server ---------map---------> you.

He’s not speaking about downloading mp3s / or anything… downloading maps / mods using the ingame downloader :x

(=DaRk=CrAzY-NuTTeR) #13

yes i know

(BSDman) #14

well, its a well documented and seriously annoying bug, it screws up clients colours so that everything is UBER bright.
When you want to host a server with customs on it becomes a choice of
fastdownload + crash
or
normal download + no crash

(jkr266) #15

the problem we have with custom maps is no one ever takes the time to download them. we have 4 mbit http server to download them. but whenever a custom comes up in the rotation 80% of the pubs drop instead of downloading it.

(Kiteless) #16

ET was an interesting experience for me. It was the first MP-only game that could really grab hold of me and just wouldn’t let go until months later, when I just didn’t have the time anymore to maintain my skills (if there were any in the first place ;)). Not a clue as to what caused this (too much free time? the game was really that good?) but it certainly made my hungry for more. A full blown RTCW2 by splash damage would be nice, and an ET2 would even be better. But I doubt there’s any hope of that happening any time soon. A part of ET was the mid-large maps and I doubt that the Doom 3 engine can support that with the hardware most gamers have at this moment.

First post btw, hooray!