Hello Folks! We're back again with an update on our recent progress. So lets get straight to business . Let me first show you the new prison parts! Remember those pics are WiP and the maps are not finished yet. Not fully detailed and not fully done brushwork wise. The old stuff first.

Here is the actual Cellblock A7 by damagefilter:


Now, Cellblock F5 by Pan Zwieracz:

Unfortunately we can't show you D8 this time, Modifier is still working on it. You'll see it on the next update.
Now here's our Island. It has new Color Correction and a lot of new plant models. We changed the light setting to make it look like it was just raining. I think we managed to get the feeling very good.
Here comes the Island by neahc:


And now, here's our awesome particle made waterfall. The particles were made by pfannkuchen_gesicht. He did some great work on it.

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Last but not least, our new weapon WiPs.

The Beretta:

The RPG Launcher:

The Rival Species team are pleased to announce the release of the first publicly available, playable, version of Exterminatus - Rival Species 2.

Exterminatus is a warhammer 40,000 themed modification for the Source engine featuring:

Team mission based game play

Two teams, Marines and Tyranids

Eight playable classes

Five maps set in the 41st millenium

Visit the Exterminatus website http://40ksource.com for details and downloads of the new public beta.

Over the years one of the most heavily debated topics within the development team has been the melee system. This system alone has required hours upon hours of discussion, design, redesign, re-redesign, re-re-redesign, re-re-re-redesign... you get the picture. Let's just say it's the reason that beer is now available on team meeting's menu. All of that aside, I am happy to announce that we have finally found a winner!

There were a few realizations made during the last round of the design process that have had a huge impact on the new system.

1. Players really enjoy simple melee
2. Melee is more about out maneuvering opponents than just mashing buttons
3. There needs to be a way to do complex moves in a simple way
4. ESF's mascot Phil the three headed emu will hurt us if the system fails

As a result, new moves have been implemented that retain the feel of simple melee, but offer players a way to string attacks together to form combinations.

Simple Melee: Mouse button 1
This light damage attack is similar to its beta counterpart with the exception that the knockback distance has been modified to allow average players to perform multiple melee hits more easily.



Combo Melee: Mouse button 2
A more damaging charged based melee attack that delivers several blows to an opponent. Holding a direction will send the opponent flying in that direction after the combo finishes. This is very handy for planning out the attack in the chain or for knocking opponents into objects that are to the left or right of the player.





Quick Throw: Mouse button 1+2
This attack is based on the beta throw, but with a twist. The ability for opponents to resist being thrown has been removed. Getting caught by this attack may result in your attacker repeating "who's your daddy?" over and over.



Grab and Smash: Mouse button 1+2 with turbo on
This vicious attack will remind players of that one time they had to stay the night in jail. It allows one player to grab another during swoop and drag them around. What the attacking player does from there is up to them. A couple suggestions are:

1. Forcefully fly the opponent around the map while giving them a scenic tour
2. Kindly smash their head into the ground and/or adjacent walls

...But, you said something about doing complex moves in a simple way?

In order to allow for the greatest flexibility and ease of use a framework was created where players earn bonus points through different actions, such as damaging an opponent, and spend those points on special moves.

Bonus System: Bonus button (C by default)
Bonus points may be applied to blocking, beams, and melee. Within each area there are three levels of bonuses; the higher the tier, the higher the cost and the more devastating the bonus. But that's really a discussion for another day. All you need to know for now is that once a melee bonus has been activated it's only active for a limited amount of time. It is crucial to setup your bonus attack using simple melee, combo melee, and throwing.

SSJ3 Goku - tier 3 melee bonus

Greetings!

Today we unveil the first gameplay footage from 2.3, due for release in December. The footage features first-person Gestir action, the new class joining the Viking team.



In the footage you also see a quick preview of te_sandstorm. te_sandstorm is a three-territory map based loosely on the old pvk_desertruin and being worked on by myself and Jahhur. More information and media will be available on that in the future!

In case you missed last week's post, be sure to check out the Full 2.3 Change Log!

Stay tuned for more media and information on 2.3 as we ready ourselves for release.

Well hello there!

Today, we have great news for everyone! Pirates, Vikings and Knights II beta 2.3 is currently in content lock and undergoing final testing and preparations for our first Steam release!

We have put together a full change log of what you can expect in 2.3. A few of the larger items in the change log include:

- New Class - Gestir
- Added Win system to use Medals now, Gold for winner and Silver for second placed team.
- Added over 100 achievements
- New Objective Score System
- Added kill assists
- Blocking direction is now chosen automatically according to the attack direction of the opponent closest to the blocker
- When attacking a blocker with a fully charged attack the blocker may be stunned and some damage will be delivered to him
- Reduced perfect parry effect
- Many balance changes
- New team and class selection menus
- Added a new GUI for the end of a Round that will display the top mvps for the winning team, or if its a draw, the top 3 from all teams
- Personal Score Breakdown now displayed on scoreboard
- Many map and game mode changes
- Many bug and exploit fixes
- and Much more!

For a full list of the changes in 2.3, check out our Full Change Log!

Now, as I mentioned at the beginning of the post, we are currently undergoing our final testing and preparations for getting 2.3 on Steam. As it stands right now, we expect to have 2.3 released by the end of this year, assuming nothing major gets in the way!

More information on our release date will be available throughout the month. Until then, here are a few screen shots to check out!

I know it's been a good two weeks since we've had an update. I wanted to make sure we showed some good progress on what some of our team members are working on. Also, I'd like to apologise for the web site being down. Don't worry because we've got it all fixed thanks to Sky and we'll be making sure it doesn't happen again.

So onward with what everyone is interested in. First I'm going to show you guys the Buu model that Enix has been working on. He did an excellent job with the detail. Enix is a team player and he always comes to the table with excellent creative. Take a look at the screenshot below to see for yourself


The newest addition to our team Vassago has been hard at work with the new Buu Insides Map. I have to say that he is doing an amazing job and it's great to have professional experience on the team. He's no slouch when it comes to detail. Unfortunately we only have a wire frame of the map at it's current stage. We'll update you soon when he gets the finished product in our hands. Until next time folks!

Today is the 1st of October and it certainly is a good day. Eric Murphy has lately been putting in some extra time to pester the developers into helping him out with a special plan.

Well, we have one heck of a treat for you today! The plan was being put together, but we then made a last minute change to the 1st of the month update. Through Eric's nagging, he managed to get a hold of some sneak peak screen shots from a brand new map. I can't tell it what it is, but I'm sure you can figure it out.




Stick around for the October 15th RTTF posted on the forums for more news and information on the plan.

Hi guys, many of you don't know me, im armdude101 the site manager over at mohfiles.com and i brought you guys a new video. It's my first team fortress video so it's not that great but it'l still get a couple laughs out a you.

Anyway im goign to try to start making some skins for half life 2, team fortress 2, and other source based games. So you might see my name up here a bit more.

Here is the video guys...

Hello, I'm SFC3.

I'm making a mod and I need your help. Here's a short description.

Half-Life 2 Leak: The Mod is a total conversion for HL2. It takes everything back to step 1, Before HL2 was leaked. Are goal is to transform HL2 into the beta that never was. In order to do that, We need to form a team. Sign up today.

We need the following roles:
Voice Acting
Mappers
Retexturers
Modelers
FX
Music/Composer
and etc.

Positions taken:
SFC3 - leader
M | plecy - beta tester/basic skinner
jamzzster - mapper

Post in
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=961132 if you want to join!

You may or may not have noticed this, but all the categories in the Half-Life 2 section is being re-done. Currently, It's quite a mess and unsorted. As you can see on the main HL2Files Category system, there are quite a bit of sub-categories which needs to be sorted out. All those categories within "Mods" will be moved to "Modifications" under the correct sub-category. This means from the modifications category, you can either go to Singleplayer mods or Multiplayer mods. All the Garry's Mod and Left 4 Dead files has been moved as well to the root of the Half-Life 2 Files File Section which can be found by clicking on this text link.

I can guarantee you It will look so much better when it's finished. This is also the reason why the recent Left 4 Dead files being added are duplicates as I had to re-add them from SteamFiles to the HL2Files section. If you have any suggestions or comments before the completion, please feel free to share it.

As of yesterday, I'm adding Prettyphoto images in the latest news as you may already have noticed. prettyPhoto is a jQuery based lightbox clone. Not only does it support images, it also add support for videos, flash, YouTube, iFrames. It's a full blown media lightbox. You may still wonder what is exactly does.. But instead of me explaining it, I might as well show you. Click on one of the images below:




Have some patience while it is loading the screenshots. The image will expand perfectly within your current browser/resolution size so you no longer have to scroll to see the whole sized image if it is bigger than your current resolution.But once loaded. If you prefer seeing the whole image instead, simple click on the top right expand icon.

You can also actually move forward and backwards by either clicking on the left side or the right side of the image. If it doesn't display anything, it means there are no more images in that direction. Feeling a bit lazy to click? You can also use the arrow buttons on your keyboard to move from image to image.

Have you seen the orange round cornered boxes around the news lately? Yea, that's the roundbox. Was used within the mod profile center, but I found it a good idea to use it for the news & files as well.. Why? To make it look better and to make it more appealing. There are also some modifications that will be made in the left side menu, new things being added and removed as well. But that information will be shared later on in the future. I'm sorry if this is a bit short on info, but It's 4AM and it is quite.. .well, early in the morning and I really have to get some sleep. If you have any questions or suggestions or comments, feel free to share them below in the comments. I really appreciate it!

Kind Regards,
Skyrider ~Site Manager.

Haha, I'm back! This time I have something new for you! But before I say anything about that, just a word on what's going on with the team. Recently a new member, Micah, joined the team. He will help by doing some modelling and graphics. Another graphic artist may follow Micah by joining soon. Hopefully that will move ahead the mod a little, I want to play!

And now, I'm going to talk about something that you've never seen. A new map: Luigi Raceway! This map is a race map, easy to run just because there aren't lot of curves here. Two big curves, with a long road and a tunnel, where players usually put items like fake item boxes. Not hard, huh? A great map for beginners. I successfully got some screens of the map, still WIP, it's why it looks like models and textures are low quality.


Wait! Do you know what the fake item box is? It's simple: it looks exactly like those real item boxes you use to collect items. You just place the fake one on the road, and if another player who thinks it's a real box takes it, they will just crash. It's very funny to see opponents falling for it, muahaha! Any way to know if an item box is faked? Well, there are a few differences between real item boxes and fake item boxes, like the question mark. But you will see that when playing (I want to see everybody crashing into it, I know I'm evil. *huhu*).

I'll continue with a few words on another character: Luigi! Luigi is Mario's brother (another plumber...), and if Luigi didn't dress himself in green clothes but red ones, we could totally mistake them, even if Luigi is taller than Mario. It's why that on the road, their characteristics aren't so much different.

And for finish, some details on the controller support. I often see people asking if their control pad will work, if the Xbox 360 controller is good.... The team can't tell you if your controller will works just because they don't have it. To know, just try to play any Source game/mod with your controller: if it works, it will also works with Mario Kart Source!
(by the way, the Wiimote works using GlovePIE!)


This is it for today. Come back in two weeks for more information! Thanks for you attention. ~ Page Piranha ~ The MKS Team (contact us at mariokartsource[at]weaven.fr )