Lt. of the tower
Greetings esteemed commanders and welcome. This thread will be the up to date home, progress showcase and discussion thread of the "Star Wars: The Rise of the Clones Mod". The original thread created by Waraelm (Team leader) has been temporarily closed until his return so I (the Mod custodian and Acting Team leader) and can maintain and edit this thread so that effectively any news and progress can be give some idea of what is going on.
Obviously the Mod is based during the earlier Clone Wars period when Phase 1 clone armour was still in use.
You will be given the oppurtunity to either join the Galatic Republic and fight for democracy and the chancellor to keep the the evil Separatists at bay, taking control and command of the Republics finest Clone troopers. Alternatively If you want freedom of the Republics lies and promises of safety, fight them with legions of mechanical droids as a commander of the Confederacy of Independant Systems (or alternatively the Separatists). And if credits are a more important than either side's cause sell you and your men's blasters to the highest bidder and crush his enemies.
As usual the choice is up to YOU the player as to what course of action is taken. There will be a large amount of armours and weapons based of the movies and other games etc. The player won't be able to control jedi/sith troops but will be able to be a jedi/ sith general and use their items such as lightsabers.
The story behind the mod:
The infamous Clone wars are raging through the galaxy. Like a great fire, it has engulfed millions of lives on countless worlds of the Republic and CIS. The Republic, counting thousand of core worlds, has been presented the one of biggest threat to its existence since its founding.The CIS (Separatists), led by the mysterious Count Dooku and his council of Corporate heads, desire independance and are prepared to fight for it with an army of battle droids.The Republic must respond with the recently acquired Clone army, and the conflict goes on. Droids are produced faster, and with their numbers the separatists slowly gain an advantage against the core worlds.The Senate must take immediate action, and in agreement with the cloners of Kamino, the ARC clone troopers are being produced in larger numbers, in the hope of rebalancing the tides of war.The jedi generals must make new tactics with the given reinforcements. To strike hard at the separatists the Republic has decide to establish a base on a remote planet which holds a great droid factory so an edge in the wear can be won... The tides of this great battle may very well decide the outcome of the clone wars, as well as the fate of the galaxy.
Factions
The Galactic Republic:
The Galactic Republic:
Well trained military with better skills combat skills than most droids, variously equipped but more expensive. Lack numbers in comparison to the CIS's Driod Armies though.
The Confederacy of Independant Systems (CIS):
Larger number of troops at a lesser cost. Not as good combat skill as droids cannot learn and don't have the practical sense as an organic soldier. Higher tier troops are better.
Larger number of troops at a lesser cost. Not as good combat skill as droids cannot learn and don't have the practical sense as an organic soldier. Higher tier troops are better.
Other factions may be implemented at a later date but currently there will only be these two.
Progress:
Models: Underway. Youhou's Magna guard complete. Working on other droids.Texures: Clone armours seem done, weapons need retexturing. Still some droids to do I believe (?).
Quest dialogue: Mostly done.
Rigging: Clone armour and weapons done.
Characters: Under consideration, much dicussion has been done already.
Map: Basis desert textures are made, map still needs work as well as settlement names.
Scenes: Not started as of yet.
Buildings: Not started as of yet. Considering using HokieBT's as placeholders.
Misc and other: Unsure of other small things
Beta schedule: Few members are reachable so progress is really slow. BUT once everything done thus far is compiled together a beta should be ready.
Some pictures of armour and weapons (most of them are in other thread though):
The Team:
Waraelm - Leader and coder. (Inactive)
Lt. of the tower - Acting leader and research.
Telapicus - Coder.
Hank - Coder. [new]
Barf - Modeler.
Youhou - Modeler.
Thorgils - Modeler.
Uamadman - Modeler. [new]
Iputthefunbackinfuneral - Mapper. [new]
Waraelm - Leader and coder. (Inactive)
Lt. of the tower - Acting leader and research.
Telapicus - Coder.
Hank - Coder. [new]
Barf - Modeler.
Youhou - Modeler.
Thorgils - Modeler.
Uamadman - Modeler. [new]
Iputthefunbackinfuneral - Mapper. [new]
Code:
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Update 1: more pictures added.
EDIT 1:With all the changes in the team, people leaving, people busy etc. we are asking that anyone who has decent skill as a modeller or coding come and help out. If you are interested please PM me to talk about details. Modelers will be employed to help with creating scenes for the mod as that area is untouched and is in need of dire attention.
EDIT 2: Ok Hank is joining the team and will be helping with some coding and other small things most likely, though I will keep the offer still since the more coders the better but we still need a mapper
EDIT 3:Uamadman is joining the team to help with doing some additional models and hopefully some texturing.
EDIT 4:Iputthefunbackinfuneral is joining the team so help out with the mapping section of the mod, now that we have 3 new team members hopefully getting a beta to the followers is a little closer, though keep in mind we are all busy people.
EDIT 5: Progress updated (map).
EDIT 6: Update list updated. Tuesday, 21 April.
