hopes for mods or expansions?

(The_Jesus_Zeppelin) #1

i had kinda hoped for some kinda mod that you could pick up two rifles like 2 mp40s or 2 thomsons, but since your holding each with one hand its less accurate and you run slower, and maybe you could have one thompson and one mp40, i dunno, i just think it would be kinda cool to get to have two weapons like that, post your ideas for mods.

(damocles) #2

What’s the point? Activision are never going to release the source code to a free game - it would undermine any FPS they plan to release for the next couple of years at least.

(The_Jesus_Zeppelin) #3

what about an activision mod, like an activision expansion to et. im just wondering. i had heard activision was releasing 6 new maps and that got me thinking of what else they would release. and if they release, what would be included.

(damocles) #4

Where did you here this? Got a link? If they are releasing some more maps for ET, chances are they were either partially complete or nearly complete but canned for final release by Splash Damage. Then SD finished them in their spare time. Activision would never pay someone to make extra maps for a free game, they have nothing to gain from it. Likewise they would never pay someone to make a mod for ET. The only way a mod is likely to happen is if a known and respected modder such as Bani was to make a mod. Anyone else would be unlikely to be given the source.

(The_Jesus_Zeppelin) #5

i think i actually heard it from this message board, somone talked abotu it in some thread i read a a couple days ago.

(damocles) #6

There was a thread a while ago where someone suggested Activision should take soime of the better custom maps that are out already and make them into an official expansion pack, but as far as I know there is not going to be any official new maps.

(The_Jesus_Zeppelin) #7

ah, i heard somthing about 6 new maps, somone may have justy been bullsh*ting tho. isnt it possibile fopr someone to figure out the source code thought?

(damocles) #8

Possible…sure. Likely? No chance. There simply isn’t enough demand for mods for someone to spend the months of reverse engineering needed to make new mods.

(The_Jesus_Zeppelin) #9

hmmm, does it really take that long? i mean i know ut was broke and that game is way more complex. but i think this games demand is high enough for somone to do it.

(damocles) #10

It depends on the mod. To do simple weapon mods a good engineer could probably do it in a couple of weeks. If you want some form of total conversion, you’d be looking at a LOT of reverse engineering.

And what do you mean UT was broke? UT didn’t need to be broken, it was pretty much completely moddable from the word go.

(The_Jesus_Zeppelin) #11

from what ip heard ut03 was broke, they didnt release source code.

and would my idea for a weapon mod be possible to do in a few weeks? cause ive seen sntigrav and uber panzers.

(damocles) #12

Antigrav and uberpanzers were part of shrub mod - the guy who does that was given the source code because of the work he did modding RTCW.

UT2003 didn’t really need breaking. It uses UScript to write practically everything and so almost any mod was possible with the retail, unbroken version of UT2003. All the source control would really allow for in UT2003 would be to remove the UT2003 aspect of the game (eg the front interface, etc). Everything else is moddable. There are all sorts of mods in work for UT2003. There’s a racing car mod, a WW2 mod. And that’s just the ones I’ve heard about (I don’t like UT2003 much so haven’t bothered looking for mods)

A weapon mod requires very little code if you have the source, I can’t really give an exact amount of time it would take to reverse engineer the dlls though. It depends on the person who tries it really.

(WiGgLeRiCe) #13

I dont think we can expect anything for RTCW or ET anytime soon since Activision posted a 31 million dollar loss and has canceled 10 of their up coming games.

(The_Jesus_Zeppelin) #14

tru dat bro! :poke:

(Hewster) #15

A link to the facts:
NASDAQ link

Its not a loss per-say, ie they haven’t lost money… they just haven’t
made as much as they did last year, or what was predicted.

Their share price does look health though ?:
NASDAQ info
NASDAQ graph

presumably their share price will continue to drop for a few days…
maybe it would be a good time to buy some shares in Activision when they bottom out ?

Re: the topic of this thread… Such a mod would be relativly easy if one
had the source.
It would be just as easy to-do in RtCW(for which the source IS avalible)…
The biggest PITA IMO would be the new 3rd person player animations for
the duel weapons.

I originally wanted to port The WildWest to ET, but after some advise I
decided not to pursue this avenue of development :slight_smile:

Hewster