The Dark Angels Mod - "Repent! For tomorrow you die!"

[Praylak]

Hope everyone is waiting in anticipation.

Oh man, you can't imagine.

[thudmeizer]

And DA Advanced AI will be delievered likely tonight to own all dem Fallen byatches!

[ravenmorpheus]

Oh man, you can't imagine.

Yes we can. We can also imagine what you can't imagine that we can't imagine.

We've, er, kinda stalled for the moment due to summer hols and other bits and pieces but the mod is still in progress and Thuds AI is now in the latest build we have.

Dunno if I should say this but it ends in a A and starts with a B, you can guys can fill in the blanks...

Oh btw - our mod also appears to work in DC as is. We've been coding it for SS but so far I've not noticed any problems with it in DC, yet...

So it looks like we have a dual version on our hands and should be able to release a DC and SS version probably at the same time. Good news for those that would like this for DC.

Of course we'll have to ask Mr Thudmeizer if we can have some DC AI and we'll have to do further playtesting to confirm that we have no problems with the mod in DC, but I'm fairly confident it'll happen...

[wxyz]

BETA???

[RW Retribution]

NOTICE: everything posted here is subject to change!

Command Units


some elite unites


some heavy support units


and some... possible... Maybe if we include them... Special units.


Hope that keeps you hooked. I may replace them with better ones if I have time. I keep finding newer and better imagery all the time. So you never know....

[fuggles]

Is that a WATCHER?!!! OMG! ZOMG!

[thudmeizer]

There are some cool surprises in this amazing DA project thats for sure.

[wereturnip]

bleedin sick as always, sooooo. lookin forward to this. Everyting i have seen so far has been amazing.

[Ku'gath13]

This Mod looks Amazing i can't wate to play it.

[Storm913]

Mod is gonna be sick ^_^

[ravenmorpheus]

Ewww I hope not. It'll make an awful mess if it is.

[Storm913]

Oh Raven your so silly *Manly Giggle* XD. Im sorry it will be AWESOME

[Gorb]

Watchers . . . watching you.

In the dark.

Awesome stuff!

[ravenmorpheus]

Ok so slight update - we seem to have lost our 3d modeler, but hopefully he'll come back or we can find someone to fill in.

We're now in a beta test phase, not long now, hopefully...

[thudmeizer]

Anyone know what happened to Greensphero? We know he had some family issues back in July he was talking about.

[ravenmorpheus]

Well not getting his name right can't have helped.

Yeah if anyone has had contact with Greenphearo or has seen him around in the last couple of months please let us know. We'd love to know what has happened to him, even if it's just so we can say "hi, hope your ok."

[thudmeizer]

Bah.. people knew what I meant

[RW Retribution]

Who's Greensphero!? I bet Greenphearo will be upset someone tried to copy his name... (snicker)

[fenrisian_wolf]

Even though I've never really been a big fan of the Dark Angels, this mod is very impressive, and one worth waiting for.

Now, if we could get a Space Wolves mod of this quality, I would be one happy Wolf.

[thudmeizer]

Now, if we could get a Space Wolves mod of this quality, I would be one happy Wolf.

Thats in-bound.

[Khorney]

what happened to that 13th company mod? they had some really cool randomisation stuff going on

[thudmeizer]

Julian's or Grimnar42? Former is in-progress, latter is long since dead but Grim told me awhile back anyone could continue it as long as it keeps faithful to the original content. Its quite good stuff and I have his last internal build. Otherwise, there is another SpaceWolves project already underway. More details as they come about.

[fenrisian_wolf]

That's the sort of news I like to hear Thud. I forgot about the 13th Company mod as well. I haven't been on here for quite a few months, and had even considered creating my own SW mod, but never really got into it.

Anyway, we probably should leave this thread for the Dark Angels mod, and not hijack it for SW talk.

[thudmeizer]

@fenrisian - yer in good company. PM me if you think you have some DoW modding skills that could benefit the forthcoming SW/13th.

Back to DA discussions now..

[RW Retribution]

if you need Icons for that let me know. I can start some SW icons in my free time if you have a modeler who can keep up! Nothing worse then kick arse icons with no models to go with them!

[wolf]

hi guys im new here so if i make mistakes just let me know!!
any way RW Retributuion i was looking at your post where u say u created custom icons for fok,are those availbale to public?? as i have fok and would love to get a good icon set,and also any other custom icons you may have done?

[RW Retribution]

http://dawnofwar.filefront.com/devel...ribution;27393

Thats my FileFront page and all my icon sets are posted there. Not much honestly and those were some of my first attempts at icons so they are rough and vanilla. But so is DoW so I suppose that isnt all bad.

Anyways. There ya go. I may remake some of the packs with miniatures but without the models to go with them its a wasted effort. I'm lucky to have found an awesome mod team who is working on awesome models so that the icons fit their units. I'm pretty stoked to be quite honest.

[wolf]

i bow to you!!! these icons are fantastic quality,i just downloaded the bl;ack templars for my fok game,one quick question how do you install them??

once again man i bow to ur skill!

[RW Retribution]

You need not bow to me. They are teh suck. I shall make them better.

Installation is pretty easy although some people have sent me e-mail saying they cant figure it out. In any regards just follow the folders that are in the .rar and it will tell you where to put them.

-edit-

I should also add that the FoK team has added many a new things to their mod and my icons may be out of date. in which case I should release new ones!

[wolf]

cheers!! well im using the fok beta 3,so we shall see how it goes!
has any one ever tried to mkae some sort of program for icon swapping??
so you could be playing using the black templars icons,finish the game then go to main menu and swap to ultra marines?
i dont know if it would be possible but i think it could be very helpful

[RW Retribution]

I would take that to the request forum and see if one of the code junkies can make something of the like.

[wolf]

wow thanks! i didnt think of that,i shall give it a shot,well im just gona try and install the templars pack so fingers crossed i get it right lol

[thudmeizer]

@RW - I can put you in contact with the right people to make the 2d/UI side of it for SW/13th happen.

[wolf]

hey guys,hows the dark angels mod coming along? last i heard we could be getting close to a beta or release??.....

[horusheretic]

the mods coming along fine dont worry

i have been working on a few units. thats all i am at liberty to say

[wolf]

you have officialy made my day horusheretic! cant wait for the finished(or a beta release hint,hint) release of the mod

[ravenmorpheus]

Yeah well I hate to say it but we're far from releasing anything to the public.

There is a lot of graphical stuff to be sorted, which HH is kindly lending a hand with and until we get the mod "polished" in terms of how it looks I don't think there will be a release to the public, I'd certainly not want to release something that looks half-assed...

Having said that, and despite AE coding having reached pretty much the end of it's cycle, the mod is still progressing.

[KOKO]

and thats sounds good to me.Patience....all the good things need patience.

[Andreaz]

Wow this mod looks real pro. Mods like these will keep me playing Dow for the rest of my life.

[Chaplain261]

Take all the time you need, anything this good takes alot of work and some time to finish. You know I can't wait to play it.

[ravenmorpheus]

Yep well it's not up to me how long the mod takes to get done anymore, my skills are limited to AE coding at best so we're in the hands of the 3d modelers and OE experts now.

Anyway we're still alive and I heard from a valuable, but missing, member of the team today so business will hopefully pick up soon, the mods just on a bit of a go-slow at the moment though. Damn 3D modeling, why can't it be easy and quick?

Anyway I'll keep y'all posted about what's going on, if anything, with the mod and I'm sure RW and Thud will keep updating us all as well.

[Storm913]

If I may be so bold as to say that either way this dude is gonna kick ass, Only criticism from me is to maybe lose the helmet and give the dude a robeish thing. Other than that its sexy ^_^.

I posted this about that ravenmaster guy on the landspeeder.... maybe I posted this in the wrong spot... if so I blame tabs >.<

[RW Retribution]

The new art and model work is top notch. I myself am excited to see what these guys can do first hand and the quality of the project has gone stratospheric.

Dark Angels fans rejoice. The judgment of the fallen is approaching on the black wings of retribution.

[Chaplain261]

Long awaited.

[ravenmorpheus]

Might be even longer...

We appear to have ground to a halt, I'm still coding the AE (or Corsix Mod Studio in my case) side of things, Thuds still doing his AI code updates for us, but we really need to get some more guys in for the OE/FX and 3d side of things, we also need a taskbar...

HorusHeretic is helping out with the 3d model side of things but he has a 1001 projects on the go at the moment so it'd help greatly if Greenphearo could come back to continue his fantastic work and if we can recruit some more, experienced and fully committed 3d modelers of the caliber of Greenphearo to help him out.

So progress may be slow from here on in, and we may not be able to release the mod before DoW2 as I had hoped but it will be released.

Anyway as updates go that's not sounding too bright, but, I will not let this mod die (I've invested too much time coding most of it for a start), and neither will Thud. And hopefully neither will the rest of the team.

[Chaplain261]

Good news I wish you guys luck.

[Storm913]

Aye, really hope this mod can keep going look forward to seeing it released.

[skillz]

Guy's this is a fantastic mod and the unit's look hot.

Great work.

[LoneHero2008]

Awesome mod dudes, just one thing....Will this be out for SS? I don't have the others so yeah :/

[thudmeizer]

@Ravenmorpheus - plez check on the private forums. There is someone waiting to assist the team.