New HL mod

[Racer]

A few months ago (back in April) I started a Half-Life mod. Its kinda a cross between TFC (my fave mod), DOD and CS. We have over 10 maps under construction and thats plenty. But if you really like the mod and want to join our team and crank out a fast map that will pwn, let me know.

The mod is very close to Alpha just some last minute coding. Beta will follow within a week or two as no major changes are planned for beta, just fix the bugs and finish up any last minute map bugs etc.

Then as soon as the HL2 is released we will work on that. We already have all the changes planned, including all new weapons and player models, but with little changes to the actuall mod style.

Sands Of War (http://www.sands-of-war.com)
The mod is designed to play great in leagues as thats one of my favorite reasons for gaming. As I run a league (MLO) you know Sands Of War will have a ladder in no time :)

hey it's like ARM and CORE but AIM and CODE instead, cool :)

the weapon models look great though, even if they're the high poly versions... the player models and skins are... less great (I haven't been to many deserts but I don't think neon yellow and green camouflage works too well)

good luck with the mod :)

[Racer]

Yeah the weapons are mostly custom CS weapons as we haven found a modeler/animator yet. Same witht he models just reskinned Opforce and HL etc. I tired to find uniforms that loked cool and yet were easy to tell the two teams apart.
For our HL2 edition all custom weapons/players will be used. Im thinking changing the Aim unis to black and grey and red or something.

[mase]

spend your time doing something else, hl = dying, its not like your mod will be the next DoD, besides if its a mix between CS, DoD and TFC youre just ripping off TF2 =P

[Skeebz]

You could port it over to HL2, but then... You would be the same as the rest of the other 2 million people starting up a HL2 mod. If you do decide to make it for HL2, be very serious and keep a low profile.

Your mod sounds great, but isn't my style :)

[Racer]

Mase lol.
Thanks Skeez. Im a TFC addict so if you like TFC rest assured it will be your style. The nmod team has guys from Battlefield1942 and CS as well as several TFCrs. So it will be alot like im hoping TF2 will become.
As for our HL2 ideas most we havent said to anyone, we will just have to wait till the sdk comes out and see what our coders and crew can do with it. Ill give you one hint, our sniper rifle wont have a bullet.

[ElectricSheep]

Looks nice. I like the classes and weapons. Even the story is beliveable and sounds like it could happen given the current events in the world. But like Skeebz said, keep a low profile. A HL2 mod sounds like a good idea. The HL2 engine could do what you want to do with this mod. Adding some geeps or tanks could really make it a nice mod.

[Racer]

Yeah i just re read the old posts. Copying TF2? LOL i have no idea what TF2 is gonna be like, this is what Im hoping it will be like but ours will be unique I promise.
We are porting over to Half Life2 and we are alos gonna make aversion using another engine as well.
Lots of vehicles many custom just for our mod have been drawn up, just waiting on the modeler who can make them.

Regarding our progress we are holding small private alpha tests and are nearing our first mod team wide test. A few mappers added lately , none from TFC, but two of them pwn in CS. I love the mix our mod team is made up of Euros, Aussies and North Americans.

We dont need anymore maps for our HL version , but if you are interested in making one for our HL2 version or other engine let me know.

Where can I find you in IRC?

[Racer]

#sandsofwar

wOot we added two modelers, so lil by lil we getting more dialed in.
We now have a dedicated Alpha server.
Tons of new map pics put up in the map section as well as the news section.
We even started a mapping site for the mod, but just dont have time to really make it sweet, since ive done the webmastering its passable, but nothing more :/
Sands of War Mapping (http://mapping.sands-of-war.com)

[Acharne]

Sniper rifle = club. Forget bullets, I'll whack you BITCH!

Seems like a cool mod :)

[Racer]

lol not what i had in mind acharne, but hrmm that gives me a new idea.