Urban Terror HD aka 4.2

[Tits_McGee]

http://www.urbanterror.info/news/texts/285/

Whatcha think?

[CaptainTrips]

we’ll be doing public QA testing with our new standalone game and engine sometime between now and Christmas.

Yay!

[White^lynx]

if we dont get it by  christmas ima cry.

[serialman]

My year is now complete

[sw00n]

new engine? will 1up still have super ts? 

[Shadow[1up]]

sure we will that why wher 1up wher the best clan in 4.1 and gone be that to in 4.2

[CuttyFlam[1up]]

Could run still running urban in my computer? Pentium IV 2,4 ghz, 512 ram, Video card 256 mb

[KD197]

If it does require higher specs, I wouldn't imagine it would be too much more, so you're probably OK.

[RonaldLee[1up]]

new engine? will 1up still have super ts? 

Here is my official post regarding the closed source engine. While many people who just play the game are jumping around and thanking the Dev Team, there are also many of us developers who are not happy about the closed source engine:

http://forums.urbanterror.info/topic/23841-a-new-era-of-urban-terror/page__view__findpost__p__287363

[LoveoftheDark]

I'm not terribly happy about it, honestly. I agree with those who are concerned about the closed source engine.
I am also concerned, because many are saying its going to be a pay to play game. I worry that if this is the case, we will lose many good players.

[KD197]

At first I assumed (like many) that this would mean UrT would become "better" in some way, but having read the entire thread that you posted Ron, I see that things do not look great at all. Making the whole thing closed-source means relying on FS to patch exploits, and we all know how long they take to release new versions.
I can't see that many of the "major" clans will transition to 4.2/HD, mainly due to the reasons you posted - they've all got their mods to make administrating their servers easier, and HD will take that away from what I can see. As you mentioned too, no /save and /load in jump servers? Only the most pro jumpers would ever make it through a map.
One question I have Ron is this: how does the game you're developing relate to Urban Terror and ioq3? Is it like a mod to UrT, or is it a game built to use ioq3 like UrT currently is? I guess what I'm getting at is, is it possible that your game can run directly on ioq3, and can it be modded so that it's not just Zombie, but rather a replacement for UrT, with all modes available? I know such a thing would be a huge undertaking, but at the moment I don't know what your vision is for your project, or if this is something you're doing or planning. If you can, I'd be interested to know where you think 1up can go from here, as running 4.2/HD servers seems to be out of the question at the moment.

[Shadow[1up]]

lol i got i bit higer cpu and mem but lower vid mem cutty

[Gemma]

I have no vidcard at all, and it would seem, i can't even upgrade it.  I mean, the pci slot is there, but it would require a bigger psu and I can't fit one in the tower.  Furthermore, i'm limited in terms of space in my tower for any card at all!

I.e. i have a hard enough time getting decent frames for 4.1 as it is, if everyone goes to 4.2, i'm going to PS3.

that is, unless pyrite can help me? *hint hint elbow elbow, nudge nudge*

[-[A].Jamie.B]

i am not happy at all 2 ron not one little bit

[RonaldLee[1up]]

One question I have Ron is this: how does the game you're developing relate to Urban Terror and ioq3? Is it like a mod to UrT, or is it a game built to use ioq3 like UrT currently is? I guess what I'm getting at is, is it possible that your game can run directly on ioq3, and can it be modded so that it's not just Zombie, but rather a replacement for UrT, with all modes available? I know such a thing would be a huge undertaking, but at the moment I don't know what your vision is for your project, or if this is something you're doing or planning. If you can, I'd be interested to know where you think 1up can go from here, as running 4.2/HD servers seems to be out of the question at the moment.

The source is ioquake3. I will not release the .qvm (game) code, but I will be sure to release the server end for clans and administration purposes. In my mod there will be a cvar to deal with almost any little change.[1] I will also not lock down player models, so clans will be free to add or remove player models.[2]

My game is urt rebuilt, but done with things working correctly. It is everything urt is (and was) and more because it will include a third team (the zombies) and some additional realism weapons, and zombie related game modes. I am closing up on the final project build outline. Once it is finished I will begin to hire a few modelers to get my player models done (the first modeler was fired for poor work), then weapons, then rework the zombies, then animations. At that point I will get back into the code of it. I was hoping that the "zt_radio" sounds would be recorded by SnKMaddog[1up] with his assistance. I was hoping that our mappers would develop high quality maps for the game. I plan to remake about 20 popular maps from many games (we take the best of the best), and I would like at least 10 new maps.

1.

For example, I had the walljumps coded with a cvar that allows for the server admin to decide the maximum number of walljumps allowed (sv_maxwalljumps); I had the player stamina coded for server admin control (sv_maxstamina  = how long before player gets tired, 0 = never); I had the player speeds turned into a cvar and many, many other things that are not usually made into an easy to control admin function.

2.

Allowing models to be replaced encourages people to make new player models or to reskin current ones.