The_One Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, brothers and sisters, friends and family - The Dark Forces MOD for Jedi Knight II (possibly Jedi Academy) is back! We have been down for well over a month, and now, we are back, better than ever! Due to the inconvenience of a hacker, and then some very un-helpful server admins, our site - and indeed many others, have been down for a long time. That is the short version. If you seek a more "in depth" explanation, head in the direction of the forums - a refuge for those MOD fans who could not live without regular updates. Anyway, all you need to know now, is that we are back, with a new site design - and hopefully for good. A bunch of stuff has been going on while we've been down. I won't spoil you with it all now, you'll have to wait for future updates to get the full scoop - but for now, we will spoil you with one update. More precisely, a demo update. Finally, after months of waiting, we are able to deliver a patch/update to the demo we released over six months ago. This includes: a completely new Kyle model simple EAX support for the Secret Base fixed shot effects for the Bryar pistol (including Imperial Officer shot) more sparkly helmet for the Imperial Commando new Blaster and Bryar pistol models and skins "correct" menu music some shader fixes one menu fix It's not much, but it's better than nothing! A multiplayer model release of the new Kyle will follow shortly. You can download the patch for the demo over in the downloads section. Enjoy! We also hope that you like the new website design. This was a collaborative effort between myself, and graphics "guru" Fracman. With our combined skills we hoped to create a great website, resembling the Dark Forces datapad, and other DF elements - this, I think, we have achieved. You can vote in the poll on the right, and tell us what you think about the new design. For now, that's it. Stay tuned over the next few days for a further update, and one of our fabled "what's been going in in every department of the MOD for the past month" updates. See you then, The Dark Forces MOD Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 WHEWT! *rolls in a keg of root beer* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Originally posted by Boba Rhett WHEWT! *rolls in a keg of root beer* Hey, bring some Root beer too. Great. I can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarn07 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Originally posted by Boba Rhett WHEWT! *rolls in a keg of root beer* Don't you got anything stronger than that? Glad to see the site up, and must post on this. YEAY! Cool banner by the way whoever did it (The_One?) I'm working out getting a new PC, but it ain't coming anytime soon.... Summer 2004 is the soonest I can get it I'm afraid. Once school starts up, I'm sure I'll have the chance to check out the site during my free period. Since it's 50 minutes, I'm sure I'd have more than enough time to do that and post here again if I can get past the filters this year like last year If not, don't count on it.... EDIT - Checked out the site. You've outdone yourself!!!! Very user friendly compared to the last design, and very cool graphically. Love the banner and the PDA affect of the place. Great job, The_One Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emon Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 The banner is cool, but it doesn't line up. I don't think it can handle my manly 1600x1200 resolution, arough! On another note, the forum banner looks cool, but I don't like the color raping. The blue text for forum doesn't fit at all, and the gradient for the URL isn't so hot, but the rest of the color os okay. And is that supposed to be blood or cloth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-8252 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! The website rocks! I just love the enemy animations in the bottom right corner. Especially the Ewok! Heh heh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Blade Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Originally posted by The_One A multiplayer model release of the new Kyle will follow shortly. Actually, I have already released the model for multiplayer, and have included an SP pk3 as an extra in it as well... for those who'd like to play regular JO SP with the model. You could add a link to it, or post the file on the site, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Count Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Hurray, I got a new Avatar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maullaney Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 I was really surprised to see the site up, so when I clicked on it it was like christmas or something. THe site is very cool, I like the Dark Forces sprites in the bottom corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fracman Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Katarn07: thanks, I was the one who did the GFX stuff while The_One was behind the HTML and scripting. Emon, do you have Opera? Just curious... a friend told me the banner was overlapping the forum a bit in Opera. The brown color to the left and right is meant to be some fake bantha leather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImmolatedYoda Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 i absolutely ADORE the animations in the lower right hand corner, they rock! i love the Ewok getting fried, i never saw that in the game . great job on getting it back up, cant wait for updates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fracman Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 The Ewok was kept imprisoned in the Imperial detention center I think, in a cell next to Crix Madine, but pls. correct me if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_One Posted August 13, 2003 Author Share Posted August 13, 2003 Originally posted by Fracman The Ewok was kept imprisoned in the Imperial detention center I think, in a cell next to Crix Madine, but pls. correct me if I'm wrong. It also appears in the Research Facility, but you have to cheat to get to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Linux Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 there's one in the ship on Ramses Hed as well, but it's extrememly hard to get to him after triggering all the blocks to move in the right sequence. The ewok appears in Research Facility not Detention Level btw, but it's easy to get those two levels confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fracman Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Heh, yes, Research Facility makes more sense to hold an Ewok for some experiments. Perhaps they tried new kind of food on him wok1 (Note: it seems the : ewok : Smiley doesn't work , use the "w o k 1" (whitout whitespaces and without leading and trailing ':' !! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris the cynic Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Originally posted by The_One It also appears in the Research Facility, but you have to cheat to get to it... Actually you don't. You can get to it without cheating, but that would end your game because you can't get back without cheating. The dark forces FAQ (wherever it is) tells you how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fracman Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Here it is, and it provides online html and downloadable offline versions: Dark Forces FAQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Linux Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Originally posted by chris the cynic Actually you don't. You can get to it without cheating, but that would end your game because you can't get back without cheating. The dark forces FAQ (wherever it is) tells you how. I've never been able to make that jump without cheating . . . could be me I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris the cynic Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Originally posted by Darth_Linux I've never been able to make that jump without cheating . . . could be me I guess. I don't think I did it too many times(i.e. I failed a lot.) Really not worth it cheating is far easier, and if you get there you have to cheat to get out anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Brien Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 It's possible to do, but no, it's not worth it. Once you get in there, there's no way of getting out alive, and no powerups, so effectively you've wasted a life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_collins Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 Aright barry Failte to the forums from another irishman, not very many ive seen here thou its good to have a small amount (too many and there will be barfights). Anyways welcome. PS im hungover disregard this post if you wanna and the website is much appreciated The One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Count Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 I was born in Dublin, and the majority of my family live in Cork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Brien Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 Hi Michael, I've been around these forums for a while, I just don't post too much. I did work on some of the textures for secbase, but I had to give it up due to a lack of free time. I have great interest in this project though, and I would like to get involved with it again at some stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasser Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 well I guss this theard going to be CHAT PAGE anyway thanks you The One But you know, the first site -the one with blue color- was preety cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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