Desert Combat Is Officially Dead
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Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2634Banned
Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2634Banned
<div class="IPBDescription">I know it sounds off-topic but...</div> <a href='http://www.forumplanet.com/planetbattlefield/topic.asp?fid=5534&tid=1438043' target='_blank'>http://www.forumplanet.com/planetbattlefie...534&tid=1438043</a>
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Dear DesertCombat Fans,
I know most of you are upset about the recent rumors of DC being dead. As you
know, Trauma Studios has been busy working on future titles that will bring
the next level of gameplay to your PC. During that time, I tried my best to
find time to continue DC, but with no success. At this point, there are no
future updates currently planned.
DC however is far from dead; it’s the community like yourselves that make it
strong. With you, DC would have never existed. It’s because of you that DC
was popular, I just did my best to collect the suggestions you have all given
us. I would like to thank the DC testers, DC developers and the community for
doing so much for the DC team, and DesertCombat. I am confident that the
community will continue to extend DC and help keep it fun and exciting.
Sincerely,
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So what does this have to do with NS? As you may know, gamespy had these weird voting competitions between the top mods... it would always between NS and DC if I can recall correctly. DC always won (people thought they cheated <_< ) but the point is DC lost in the end, gg.
I for one am kinda happy for the mod makers who most of them have good jobs, other than that NS beat them in the game of endurance.
gg
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Dear DesertCombat Fans,
I know most of you are upset about the recent rumors of DC being dead. As you
know, Trauma Studios has been busy working on future titles that will bring
the next level of gameplay to your PC. During that time, I tried my best to
find time to continue DC, but with no success. At this point, there are no
future updates currently planned.
DC however is far from dead; it’s the community like yourselves that make it
strong. With you, DC would have never existed. It’s because of you that DC
was popular, I just did my best to collect the suggestions you have all given
us. I would like to thank the DC testers, DC developers and the community for
doing so much for the DC team, and DesertCombat. I am confident that the
community will continue to extend DC and help keep it fun and exciting.
Sincerely,
Frank DeLise<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So what does this have to do with NS? As you may know, gamespy had these weird voting competitions between the top mods... it would always between NS and DC if I can recall correctly. DC always won (people thought they cheated <_< ) but the point is DC lost in the end, gg.
I for one am kinda happy for the mod makers who most of them have good jobs, other than that NS beat them in the game of endurance.
gg
Comments
This is probably a nubish question but will NS be modded off of HL2?
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Thats a somewhat debatable point... <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' /><!--endemo-->
If you're actually being serious, then I'm going to <a href='http://members.cox.net/benkarcher/temp/3dpro-1.gif' target='_blank'>beat you to death with my joystick.</a> <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Game hasn't been updated for over 6 months
Trust me a mod with no updates and is left unbalanced will just die out, unless the community feels like contining to play the same exploits and unbalanced nuances over and over again, because nothing will ever change up unless a dev comes along and makes it different.
If charlie officially annouced his departure from this game and didn't give the source code out to anyhow to work on, I would leave in under a day
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Ain't that the funniest thing you've ever heard <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
(I still assume it was a joke)
If anything, this is a time to try to welcome some of those people into our own community, rather than try gloating over the grave of a mod we never directly "competed" against (except for one now-insignificant gamespy-hosted vote).
Hope they at least give a similar message with NS... whenever they come back from the vacation... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Games are about phantasy and creativity, not reality. That's what I like the most about NS: its fun mentality.
If anything, this is a time to try to welcome some of those people into our own community, rather than try gloating over the grave of a mod we never directly "competed" against (except for one now-insignificant gamespy-hosted vote). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
well said
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I play Desert Combat <i>a lot</i> and, while unhappy with the news, I'll continue to play it. Nothing beats piloting a UH60 low over a large city while having your two gunners providing cover and trying to stop the other team shooting you down with stingers. Think Black Hawk Down and you'll get the picture. Different maps give you different kinds of battles. Some involve large battlefields with tanks, planes and artillery. Some others are just troops in cities, their only form of transport being a crappy car found on the street or a hummer.
It's a shame to hear the devs are leaving. They left the game in a good form at least.
I was just getting used to using my A-10 to pwn everyone. That minigun oooooowns if you know how to use it well. And that is do, err did. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
If anything, this is a time to try to welcome some of those people into our own community, rather than try gloating over the grave of a mod we never directly "competed" against (except for one now-insignificant gamespy-hosted vote). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Who's celebrating?
I'm telling it like it is
Hence, ElvenThief, Voogru, MadMaxx, etc. These guys have been in the community a long time, and they're going to do a great job. I'm still handling the design and balance, but hopefully I can do that in 10-15 hours a week (ie, keep it as a 'hobby').
Good luck to Trauma Studios! We are both transitioning from into game companies, let's see how we do.
I wonder why they didn't do that... It's true that any random person can start editing Desert Combat files because of the way the BF Engine works (it's a nice game, but the engine is horrid). So, I doubt it will just stop. People will continue to develop it unnofficially.
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Standard good luck to the competition statement? Heh, either way the future looks good for gamers!
Even though it isn't trama's work it'll be a team that will try to continue DC, hopefully for the better.
I hope you're either a) joking or b) ya... joking
BF1942 has the <b>worst</b> bullet registry of any game I've ever played. It's sad. -- especially the pistols.
The BF1942 engine is old, so we decided to abandon one of the most popular mods for any game avliable. We hope you don't mind. We are busy working on a nearly-identical mod for some other engine that looks neat - probally HL2, doom3, or battlefield2. We hope you aren't mad, because we really don't care.
Be glad flay isn't like this.