Air Buccaneers!
<div class="IPBDescription">Arrr! We be sailin' thee high... winds?</div> Ahoy!
*Cough* Alright, enough with the Pirate act. Seriously, though...
Before I continue, let me just say this: This has been probably one of the best MODs (Second to NS, of course), I have <i>ever</i> played.
It's called "Air Buccaneers" and it's a modification for UT2004. Interested?
What..? No?!
Alright - then sit back, grab a bottle of rum you scurvy dog, and listen while "Scurvy Sid"speaks. Arrr!
To describe a MOD like this... it's quite difficult. And to say that this mod is original... is an <b>understatment</b>.
Each team starts in thier base - usually surrouned by a high wooden wall. Within these bases are numerous "docks" where many air balloons are harnessed.
"Oh? That's it? Air Balloons? Ooo... big whoop."
No, dude - check it out. They're not just "Hot Air Balloons" they're "Hot Air <b>ships</b>. <i>Pirate</i> airships, at that.
"Well... Pirates <i>are</i> pretty sweet..."
And, ontop of that - each airship has a huge bloody cannon! And before you think "Oh. I geddit. Just hop on an airship and blow eachother out of the sky. Woo. It's just like UT with airships." NO! Not even *close*.
Each Airship need a pilot, navigator, and a whole crew to load the cannon. First, you load the Cannon ball. Then you get your teammate to aim the cannon. Then, you get the guy with the torch to light the fuse. then BOOM! Of course, it is possible to do these things by yourself - just much easier with a team. And bielive me - this is a team game, and <b>everyone</b> knows that - and are willing to jump aboard and help.
Which reminds me... Boarding parties. There's nothing quite like seeing your team jump to another vessel; above 1000 feet of ground, and barley make it onto the enemy ship. Once there, mass swordfights and Musket duels insue.
There's nothing quite like scoring a hit from an old rickety Airship 1000 feet in the air, and watching the faces of your opponents as they plummet to the ground from a well placed cannonball.
And when I say Rickety - I mean it. I'm suprised these things even fly - even for a game! The sounds are superb, too. You hear your vessel creeeeaaaak and snap under the changing winds - which, if you're not careful - will carry you off.
And, there's different combos to load into your cannons. Flamethrowers, Rockets, Flaming Fireballs...
And the best part? Everybody acts as pirates! It's not unusual to hear the occasional, "Yeeeaaarrh, Mateys!" over the mic. And, you must know where you belong on the deck, because when the captain shouts, "HARD TO PORT, LANDLUBBERS!" you really got to scramble to avoid a flying cannonball and line up your own cannons.
This MOD scored third place in Nividia's "Make something Unreal" contest.
And, at version 4.1 - support from the developers are not going to end any time soon.
So, here's the <a href='http://ludocraft.oulu.fi/airbuccaneers/' target='_blank'>Webpage</a>. Check it out!
-Sid
(And here's a screenshot to tide you over.)
*Cough* Alright, enough with the Pirate act. Seriously, though...
Before I continue, let me just say this: This has been probably one of the best MODs (Second to NS, of course), I have <i>ever</i> played.
It's called "Air Buccaneers" and it's a modification for UT2004. Interested?
What..? No?!
Alright - then sit back, grab a bottle of rum you scurvy dog, and listen while "Scurvy Sid"speaks. Arrr!
To describe a MOD like this... it's quite difficult. And to say that this mod is original... is an <b>understatment</b>.
Each team starts in thier base - usually surrouned by a high wooden wall. Within these bases are numerous "docks" where many air balloons are harnessed.
"Oh? That's it? Air Balloons? Ooo... big whoop."
No, dude - check it out. They're not just "Hot Air Balloons" they're "Hot Air <b>ships</b>. <i>Pirate</i> airships, at that.
"Well... Pirates <i>are</i> pretty sweet..."
And, ontop of that - each airship has a huge bloody cannon! And before you think "Oh. I geddit. Just hop on an airship and blow eachother out of the sky. Woo. It's just like UT with airships." NO! Not even *close*.
Each Airship need a pilot, navigator, and a whole crew to load the cannon. First, you load the Cannon ball. Then you get your teammate to aim the cannon. Then, you get the guy with the torch to light the fuse. then BOOM! Of course, it is possible to do these things by yourself - just much easier with a team. And bielive me - this is a team game, and <b>everyone</b> knows that - and are willing to jump aboard and help.
Which reminds me... Boarding parties. There's nothing quite like seeing your team jump to another vessel; above 1000 feet of ground, and barley make it onto the enemy ship. Once there, mass swordfights and Musket duels insue.
There's nothing quite like scoring a hit from an old rickety Airship 1000 feet in the air, and watching the faces of your opponents as they plummet to the ground from a well placed cannonball.
And when I say Rickety - I mean it. I'm suprised these things even fly - even for a game! The sounds are superb, too. You hear your vessel creeeeaaaak and snap under the changing winds - which, if you're not careful - will carry you off.
And, there's different combos to load into your cannons. Flamethrowers, Rockets, Flaming Fireballs...
And the best part? Everybody acts as pirates! It's not unusual to hear the occasional, "Yeeeaaarrh, Mateys!" over the mic. And, you must know where you belong on the deck, because when the captain shouts, "HARD TO PORT, LANDLUBBERS!" you really got to scramble to avoid a flying cannonball and line up your own cannons.
This MOD scored third place in Nividia's "Make something Unreal" contest.
And, at version 4.1 - support from the developers are not going to end any time soon.
So, here's the <a href='http://ludocraft.oulu.fi/airbuccaneers/' target='_blank'>Webpage</a>. Check it out!
-Sid
(And here's a screenshot to tide you over.)
Comments
Yes, Im' hitting * repededly.
I want UT2k4... I need a ****ing job...
/me wants UT2k4
/me wants this MOD
-Online gaming
-Stuff that flies
-PIRATES!
I need it... i NEEEED it! I was going to wait until I got a DVD drive before I got UT2K4, but now i'm getting the 6 CD version, I CANT WAIT THAT LONG! AAAAH!!!
*kicks PC for not being able to run Ut2k4*
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<a href='http://ludocraft.oulu.fi/airbuccaneers/download/AirBuccaneersBeta4Trailer.avi' target='_blank'>http://ludocraft.oulu.fi/airbuccaneers/dow...eta4Trailer.avi</a>
:-D Classic stuff.
It's patched and as soonas the Community Map Packs are downloaded
(There's 2 of them at something 170 meg each!) then i'll download
Air Bucaneers and jump into a server.
Leave your X-Fire on if you're playing and i'll see you in the server.
EDIT: The video works fine in the DivX Player. Try that "Nil_IQ"
(It also has a big DivX logo in the lower right corner :-P)
Bah, same here. I've avoided it like the plague because it's just a Starsiege: Tribes wannabe, but the more mods there are the more it looks like I might need to spend some precious cash.
while on the topic of original mods, anyone try the Strangelove mod for the original UT? where you PILOT the redeemer (and usually try to jump off at the last minute)? it was awesome, you could even have a passenger to gun from the back of your redeemer rocket...
after doing some snooping, it looks like someone else remade it for 2k4...
<a href='http://www.strangelove.beyondunreal.com/' target='_blank'>Strangelove</a>
tell me if it's as good as the original!
This mod looks awesome, I am trying to start a mod for UT2004 but I am still looking for some good tutorials for programming in Unreal Script to get me started.
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Yeah, because Valve have done nothing to help and develop the mod community what-so-ever.
UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 IS NOT LIKE ANY GAME YOU HAVE EVER PLAYED. DON'T ASSUME IT IS, DON'T ASSUME IT AFTER AN HOUR OF PLAYING. ANYONE WHO ISN'T A COMPLETE IDIOT WILL SEE WITHIN A FEW HOURS IT IS A GAME ALL ITS OWN, AND IS JUST INCORERATING THINGS THAT *HAPPENED* TO BE USED IN OTHER GAMES.
Now go get the damned thing and stop whining.
*installs*
*downloads mod*
*acts like a pirate while it downloads*
*takes bird out of cage*
*tries to catch bird*
...
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ARrrrr!!! I mean, avast! Yeah this mod is great. I've played it bunches.
Anyone have a server they like so we can all meet up?
This is what we need.
/me wants UT2k4
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I dont even have a fast enough PC to run NS smooth...........
avg fps 10 - 20
avg fps by myself 30
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