It  s not exactly guns, that i bring You today. It  s more like an Ork rokkitlauncha by Typheron and an Eldar grenade by ChromeAngel. You know, the Chrome did his regular great job und Typheron made his damn nice entry project. Welcome him as our latest addition to the productive team! Enjoy the works of our two heroes below.


And You know what? I hate writing news ... . So this is the rant. I  ve been searching for a PR guy for half an age now, without success. We are nearing a release, but we lack the testers to bulletproof it, guys to advertise it, lads to produce promotional stuff like a video, etc... . So what? You will see what... .

While the code for the new version is almost done, we are progressing on the content side. Today its showtime for joves Cadian Guard Sergeant! He has come to lead the fresh meat into the grinder, so go ahead and enjoy him, while you still can:

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bahl
07.03.2005 07:39:47
After a nice discussion on our IRC channel, i thought its about time to ask you about the future of RS2   . I do that with a poll, like every good web-community should do. So go here: http://www.rivalspecies.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=602, citizen and make your vote! Our future depends on it! Let not the vile chaos scum impurify your mind to disregard.

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bahl
24.02.2005 08:05:26
Its about time for a news update! and a good one indeed! Ohhh the eye-candy :-).  Jove recently finished his skin for the cadian trooper, and even more recently, he managed to port it over to the official camouflage! If you are a forum-regular, then you can see his green pattern on one pf the modelling threads. But here we go for the nice new render in city-camo:<br />  [nail]http://www.banntal.de/rspecies/models/cd/warriors/nail/cd_trooper_01.jpg[/nail]

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bahl
21.01.2005 06:30:21
It is about time to release a new version of Rival Species!  Our intended release date before the New Year slipped through our fingers. But today, after seemingly endless bug hunting,  we finally made it!<br />  <br />  You surely want to know what exactly we made. So without further ado, I shall go ahead right away with the list of new things in this version:<br />  <br />  Apart from hunting new bugs, we also fixed some old ones:<br />  -fixed that the bots laserguns have red beams<br />  -fixed the messed up bodyqueue<br />  -fixed that vehicles fall into too small areas<br />  -fixed that vehicles dont block doors<br />  -checked the weapon origins of missile weapons<br />  -stopped deploying on weaponswitch<br />  -stopped switch during grenade pullout<br />  -fixed that the player eldar laser tracers are red<br />  -fixed that there are no corpses for dead players<br />  <br />  While it is always nice, to get rid of an annoying bug, we still  more importantly added heaps of new stuff:<br />  -make energy and stamina recharge very slowly during running<br />  -added distinct class health<br />  -made the cheapest melee and the cheapest ranged weapon auto applied if they arent selected<br />  -added spawnpoint information to the scoreboard<br />  -added class member counts to the class menu<br />  -added team member counts to the team menu<br />  -added a special melee damage type<br />  -added radar functionality<br />  -added area control, capture location and artefact sprites to the radar<br />  -allowed the mapper to place a map sprite for the radar<br />  -added a progress bar for the areas<br />  -added a firemode display<br />  -added a respawns display<br />  -added an armor display<br />  -made the radar a drop down part<br />  -added an allied team property for the mission modifier<br />  -built a set of class-specific white shoulderpads<br />  -compiled and include the first ork weapons<br />  -compiled and include the world eater demonsword<br />  -compiled and include the world eater plasmapistol and demonaxe<br />  -did new class bloodletter for WE<br />  -added regeneration on damage for bloodletters<br />  -added in the orkish horde<br />  -gave vehicles seperate health<br />  -includeed the new stikkbomb<br />  -let the player takeover the followbot after death<br />  <br />  And to round this up, I shall list our changes to the gameplay:<br />  -removed freeze from grenades<br />  -removed the weapon switch from freeze<br />  -moved the bikers to the driver class<br />  -made farseer healing an area effect<br />  -made flag taking over an area effect<br />  -disabled friendly fire in close combat<br />  -made close combat slow down running away<br />  -made close combat undeploy weapons<br />  -made close combat cause double spread to weapons<br />  -created fitting sprites for the firemode<br />  -added client variables to disable autoreload, automelee and the upper hud<br />  -slowed deployed movement<br />  -hidden enemy lives display<br />  <br />  So this is the list of all the small and big changes and additions to the game. But where to get it? Right here:<br />  <br />  If you did already have the old version,<br />  then you can download the patch for it from one of the listed locations:<br />  <br /> <a href="http://gamag.t263.greatnet.de//downloads/?dl_info=273">http://gamag.t263.greatnet.de//downloads/?dl_info=273</a><br />provided by <a href="http://www.gamessource.de">http://www.gamessource.de</a><br />   <a href=  http://www.world-eaters.info/stuff/downloads/rs/1166_to_1200_patch.zip  >  http://www.world-eaters.info/stuff/downloads/rs/1166_to_1200_patch.zip</a><br />  provided by <a href=  http://www.world-eaters.info  >http://www.world-eaters.info</a><br />    <a href=  http://www.whgames.de/files/data/rs_1166_to_1200.zip  >  http://www.whgames.de/files/data/rs_1166_to_1200.zip</a><br />  provided by <a href=  http://www.whgames.de  >http://www.whgames.de</a><br />    <a href=  http://www.banntal.de/rspecies/files/rspecies_1166_to_1200.zip  >  http://www.banntal.de/rspecies/files/rspecies_1166_to_1200.zip</a><br />  provided by <a href=  http://www.banntal.de  >http://www.banntal.de</a><br />  <br />  Otherwise, you can also get the full version:<br />  <a href="http://gamag.t263.greatnet.de//downloads/?dl_info=274">http://gamag.t263.greatnet.de//downloads/?dl_info=274</a><br />provided by <a href="http://www.gamessource.de">http://www.gamessource.de</a><br />  <a href=  http://www.world-eaters.info/stuff/downloads/rs/1200_full.exee  >  http://www.world-eaters.info/stuff/downloads/rs/1200_full.exe</a><br />  provided by <a href=  http://www.world-eaters.info  >http://www.world-eaters.info</a><br />    <a href=  http://www.whgames.de/files/data/rs_1200_full.exe  >  http://www.whgames.de/files/data/rs_1200_full.exe</a><br />  provided by <a href=  http://www.whgames.de  >http://www.whgames.de</a><br />    <a href=  http://www.1st-catachan.de/Downloads/rspecies_1200.exe  >  http://www.1st-catachan.de/Downloads/rspecies_1200.exe</a><br />  provided by <a href=  http://www.1st-catachan.de  >http://www.1st-catachan.de</a><br />  <br />  And should you want to host a linux server, then you will need this file:<br /> <a href="http://gamag.t263.greatnet.de//downloads/?dl_info=275">http://gamag.t263.greatnet.de//downloads/?dl_info=275</a><br />provided by <a href="http://www.gamessource.de">http://www.gamessource.de</a><br /> <a href=  http://www.banntal.de/rspecies/files/rspecies_1200_linux.zip  >  http://www.banntal.de/rspecies/files/rspecies_1200_linux.zip</a><br />  provided by <a href=  http://www.banntal.de  >http://www.banntal.de</a><br />  <br />  So what is left to say? Go ahead, download, install and join the fray . WAAAAAGH! ( orkish battle scream ). 

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bahl
05.01.2005 01:00:06
yeah, i know im late with this . but i wont apologize for it. so just imagine that its still late december and you expect a nice orky santa to come down your chimney and light up the fire hehe. and he will do that with his brand new sparkling.. err rusty burna   . chromeangel just recently finished modelling and skinning this hot new weapon for the orks. <br />  by this you can see, we are already producing for the next version after the upcoming release.. UPCOMING RELEASE? yap. you read correctly! <br />  just today the current alpha finally passed the mapcycle test! that means it is stable enough for a release! i will talk about the new features and content  in the newsletter that announces the release.  just a little hint here: waaaaaagh   . well before your get mad by anticipation, ill hand the screenshot of the new burna for your distraction  o).<br />  [nail]models/gf/wargear/nail/gf_burna_01.jpg[/nail]<br />  <br />  and no... that is by FAR not everything that we have in store for you! as said, we are already pushing forward towards the next version and today is also the day to show of the progress for the imperial guard! jove finished some damn nice guardsmen, who desperately search their virtual costumes   . enjoy the skinmeshed models below:<br />  [nail]models/cd/warriors/nail/cd_trooper_01.jpg[/nail][nail]models/cd/warriors/nail/cd_trooper_01x.jpg[/nail]<br />  aaaand on with the imperial goodness! we wont stop this so soon... . colonel straken from the 1st-catcachan clan has finished the model of the basilisk! that is a fearsome piece of artillery. we are have not yet decided on how to bring this vehicle into the game, but when it comes, be sure it will cause utter destruction! <br />  [nail]models/cd/vehicles/nail/cd_basilisk_01.jpg[/nail]<br />  which species will the cadian guard kill first with that evil weaponry? well, chances are, that their first encounter will be the vile necrons! and guess which character model range has just been finished... . yep! correctly.... chromeangel has been slaving away on the player-mdoels for this species and i ahve to say, he did a great job. his latest addition is the necron lord who .. no THAT will lead his fellow combat-robots into battle. take a close look at him below... take a look into the face of your nemisis.<br />  you will see a second necron model below: the flayed one. that is a conversion of the original necron warrior by bloodyharry. he has transformed the common fighter-class into something wicked: a horrifying monster with bits and parts of human skin and flesh all over his body and a pair of razorsharp, long and bloody claws. these afst attack troops will bring terror to their enemies.<br />  [nail]models/nc/warriors/nail/nc_lord_01.jpg[/nail][nail]models/nc/warriors/nail/nc_flayed_01.jpg[/nail]

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bahl
20.11.2004 01:38:40
Bahl completed the skin for the Cadian Guard Comissar which was modelled by Jove. This class will be a leader of the Cadian Guard. The Comissar  s role is to keep up the morale of the other Cadian classes (by force if necessary). As a leader class he gets equipped with quite a powerful set of weapons, enabling him to deal lots of damage at close range. Take a look at his shiny uniform below:<br />  [nail]models/cd/warriors/nail/cd_commissar_01.jpg[/nail]