JohnDoe wrote: I decided to start this poll as a feedback to all of those who asked me about "what's new on that field" and release date of
Vietcong 1.70
I hope that whole community will reply to this poll,and feel free to leave your opinions below.
Call your friends,mamas,papas,anyone who is 12+ to vote,please,this concerns all of us,guys...
John Doe do you know anything about the problem of the game crashing in win 7?
JohnDoe wrote: I decided to start this poll as a feedback to all of those who asked me about "what's new on that field" and release date of
Vietcong 1.70
I hope that whole community will reply to this poll,and feel free to leave your opinions below.
Call your friends,mamas,papas,anyone who is 12+ to vote,please,this concerns all of us,guys...
John Doe do you know anything about the problem of the game crashing in win 7?
Try to read these posts,maybe you find solution there :
1. It is necessary to have detailed info about weapon
2. Make models in 3DSMAX of weapon and cartridges
3. Define all parameters
4. Capture sound of the weapon
5. Make animations of shooting/reloading etc.
I think it is too complicated and we don't have team big enough to do it.
But are those new weapons "stand alone" ones? Or they just replace "graphically" weapons already existing?
The ideal would be to have NEW weapons in NEW classes, but this is almost impossible without the source code...!
Another thing, can I work for italian translation for 1.70?
It's really too early to think about this in my opinion...
Intruder: I think it is not impossible to add new weapons (not replace, but realy ADD), but as I said - it is too much of work. If anybody can make weapon models, record sound and give us some data about the weapon, it can be possible. But still - a lot of work with it and no time for more important things.
i have some models and recorded weapon sounds, but it would be too hard to implement them i think...the weaponsounds are stereo, the models scale wouldn't fit to the vietcong fpv arms and the guys that have haluz studio have to animate it.
Reasons:
- The patch only fixes minor bugs or glitches and makes merely cosmetic improvements to VC.
- The patch is not backwards compatible with 1.60. Players who install 1.70 can not play on 1.60 servers without closing/exiting the game.
- It has the potential to divide the player base (although IMO unlikely because I don't think many will use it).
3 Things 1.70 Needs:
- Self-updating Anti-Cheat and Admin Tool.
- Built-in Vista and Win7 compatibility (to fix DirectX-HradBa conflict, rather than running VCStarter each time).
- Backwards compatibility between 1.70 and 1.60.
I think these changes should be contained in an addon/mod rather than a new patch. I feel the only people who will realistically use 1.70 will be the dedicated VC techies/modders rather than the mainstream audience.
I am all for the bug fixes and improvements of v1.70. We need this.
I share AppleSinclair's concern about dividing the player base. Vietcong has a history of incompatibility. Red Dawn, for example.
V1.70 should be backwards compatible with v1.60. That's a no-brainer.
I will play v1.70. The {420} clan, now called nGG clan I think ... has a way to put Vietcong v1.01 and v1.60 on your computer and then choose which one you want to play. I assume that I can do the same with v1.70? So it won't be a problem for me.
However, not all players will have 8 years experience with Vietcong and know how to find a version (v1.01, v1.60, v1.70) with other players who are playing.
My two cents. Thanks to all the guys who are working to bring v1.70 to reality.
Personally,I appreciate all the opinions and suggestions you guys gave us,and,as far as I know,work is in progress on Hradba AC tool,devoted people still work on it,as well as *nGG team (meaning that it should be started without VCStarter),and it is still in consideration will 1.70 will be implemented as addon or patch.
About backwards compatibility,last time I checked,you never could play a game with some newer patch installed,you can have all the patches on same computer (meaning 0.98,1.01,1.20,1.30,1.41,1.60,and now 1.70)and play them separately,and you had to exit from current game to start patched one if you want to play it,but notice on that taken and will be discussed.
And,it's not just cosmetics,AppleSinclair,there are quite a few more things there done on engine,you want game to run smoother than it did,and that you can play on European servers without ping 200+.?
List of changes that should be in 1.70 (still in progress,some might be added,some might be removed) :
- upload speed for user created maps, changed from 256kb to 1024kb
- M16, fixed missed mesh on main object,fixed reload animation, when lie down
- PPS41, fixed bullet-slot, now is moving
- added new content to MP_Helper.ini (MedicBox)
- changed Multiplayer Menu Animations, US & VC
- changed HUD-Texture for new Game mode GTP
- changed Machinegunner-Class into Heavy Infantry
- added new Weapon M79 Grenade Launcher to Heavy Infantry-Class
- added missed sounds
- new Game Modes: GTP (Get The Point) / ADM (Assault Death Match) / ATG4x4 / CTF4x4 / CoopVC
- new Multiplayer Communication Menu: Finger Signs / Quiet Commands
- new Lightning Effects
- added Languages to setup / AME, CZE, GER, FRE, SPA (TEE)
- changed Menu for quick "Quit", "Yes" and "No" disabled. menu speed changed to 2500
- changed Menu Texture
- fixed under-water-texture-bug: M14 & M14 with optics / Tokarev SVT40 & SVT40 with optics
- new characters added (21 US/20 VC)
- new equipment added (34 US/10 VC)
- TAB Player Info added
- can be installed with original pterodon installer
Hope that this is answering few of your questions.
Stay Good,JD.
EDIT :
And,yes,I have versions 1.01 , 1.60 , and 1.70 on my computer,and I can play them separately.
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