Desert Conflict Mod Update

[[MyIS]Spawndemon]

The Desert Conflict (http://www.desert-conflict.org/) mod team is back today with some great news about a release coming soon. Listen up:

Well were in the home stretch ya'll. Final build is being compiled in the next week from what I can tell.. Still on vacation so my contact is limited with everyone. Just waiting on a few things to get into it like some tweaks for some tank tracks and some icons and stuff and some animations for a few weapons.. Piddly little stuff. We'll go into final testing then to make sure everything is ok and that there are no show stoppers and you all can finally get your hands on the goods.

Just a heads up of sorts of what you will find. Dont go looking for A HUGE amount of content. The team has spent a good time generating content but as I've stated before. This is an alpha build.. There are loads of toys to play with so you wont have to worry. All the favorites are in there for the most part with more to be added for next release. We spent alot of time on coding stuff up like the gpms and most importantly the arty system. The arty system alone is a feat and a half of coding. We have alot of the classic maps redone. Some were given a face lift and modernized and they look fantastic. We've learned so much from the first alpha that making other builds should go faster. But we'll be discussing that after our release.

We've enjoyed doing this and its been alot of headaches both personally and jointly as a team but we're at the finish line. As I said in case you missed it all. Final build is being compiled some time this week or next and it will be tested thoroughly to see if anything major pops onto the grid in regards to bugs. If not, you all will have DCON VERY VERY SOON!

Glad to hear a release is right around the corner. Click here (http://www.desert-conflict.org/) to learn more.

[TheGuyWhoShotU]

Good news, I will totally download this mod.

[mojoman0]

Ffiiiiiiinnnnnaaaaaaaallllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! Whoooooooo

[xRAMBOx]

well done:D woot!:yay: :shock: :banana:

[ponton]

Where are some screenshots from DC? I can't find them...

[MAJORmk]

Where are some screenshots from DC? I can't find them...
Go on the french fan website and visit the gallery here (http://www.desert-conflict.fr/board/index.php?automodule=gallery&req=sc&cat=21) ;)

[Sauerkraut]

NIce cant wait for it, hope all works fine :D

[GMEM]

For the win.

[CATIA]

Hatha Hooah :D

[Dr.D]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[dznutz]

I can't wait!! Do it Do it!!

[Justito]

That is sooo great!!!!

Thanks!!!

[=CDU=Munga]

I'll believe it when i see it. Don't get too excited yet...patiently waiting........

[masterllama]

In a way i'm happy the mods getting released but in a way i'm a bit worried about it. If you look at some mods that have released alphas they haven't turned out very well but we will see with this mod.

[{HHx}b14ze]

I'm all about being all about it!

[kiff]

mods that have released alphas they haven't turned out very well but we will see with this mod.
Yea, it's not everything that we wanted to release, but I promise that you'll definitely enjoy it. We'll be adding more vehicles, weapons and maps in future versions, but we have a solid enough base to cover the gameplay for all the maps we're releasing. The gameplay that ol' DC fans missed in bf2 is pretty much restored. Shoulder fired stingers, one hit chopper kills for tanks, accurate hand weapons should be quite refreshing :) Oh yea, almost forgot, buildings you can enter lol

[{RR}SinisterCaesarSalad]

Prepare yourselves for the Media "Sandstorm" that will be commencing from my team soon.

MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!

:D:D

[steelcam]

First I was thinking: Aahh, first release is on the way, I can have a life again!

But then it came to me: I dont have time for a life after first release!!
Finally we can play this thing with all of you!
Enough of playing with the same testers over and over again, no more "Hey, stop shooting at me, I'm banging my head against this house to see if the material is set right" :confused:
or: "Dont shoot me! I want to make sure there's enough fuel in this tank!" :hmm:
"Watch out where you drive! I'm checking if the grass dont grow too fast"

I hope we get some good filled up servers so we all can feel that DC gameplay again!

(and after that whe have to work on the next release :cry: )

[*FMJ*Power]

cant wait, its looking great!


that French site had a ton a screenies ive never seen.

[masterllama]

Prepare yourselves for the Media "Sandstorm" that will be commencing from my team soon.

MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!

:D:D

When is the media sandstorm coming exactly and will there be videos?

[=DNC=SYSEX73]

When is the media sandstorm coming exactly and will there be videos?

There is a promo video just about ready, and Gaverty has outdone himself.

Compared with his past vids, thats not easy to do. :cool:

Damn I want to play, I think I will. See you all soon for some rounds.

[Mach10]

Prepare yourselves for the Media "Sandstorm" that will be commencing from my team soon.

MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!

:D:D

Not in any way putting down the mod or your hard work on the project in any way, but all the news releases, videos..etc. you want doesn't make a difference. Battlefield 2 community is all about ranked servers. If the mod doesn't have their precious unlocks or ranks they have earned in vanilla (or other rewards tied to it), no one will play it. Many quality mods have been released, and more to come, but the actual population of the servers running the mod will reach about 0 in 3-4 days.

[kiff]

I'm glad to see that you've been nice enough to spell out our demise, but most of the dcon's fans are against ranks and unlocks in the first place. That's yet one more reason people have been waiting for dcon. There will, however, be stats tracking available.

[dznutz]

i like the ranking system but i love my good ol' desert combat! if this is like it with the bf2 twist i'll be more then happy to play this!! you guys got big shoes to fill and im really hoping its as good as i think it will be!

[Doorstop[DCON]]

DCON isnt for everyone.. If you love unlocks and all that jazz and your into playing for badges we wont have that.. People will play DCON because they are missing something.. The feel of DC. The fundamental game play mechanics are there. So people will enjoy what we have to offer. More will be added in further releases of course but we spent alot of time giving it that lovin feeling..

[=DNC=SYSEX73]

How about actual Dog fighting bad asses, remember those guys? lol

How about taking out a chopper with a tank round, or a jet with a stinger. How about hiding "IN" buildings and holding a flag, not just attacking them?

I am a defense guy, and learned it from DC. In bf2, its attack and run. No one ever holds thier flags. Its just a cirlce of people looking for points. :rolleyes:

[*FMJ*Power]

Not in any way putting down the mod or your hard work on the project in any way, but all the news releases, videos..etc. you want doesn't make a difference. Battlefield 2 community is all about ranked servers. If the mod doesn't have their precious unlocks or ranks they have earned in vanilla (or other rewards tied to it), no one will play it. Many quality mods have been released, and more to come, but the actual population of the servers running the mod will reach about 0 in 3-4 days.



if the mod is good people will play it, the mod community hates stats, we despise them, they are the "insurgents" of this wonderful gaming world! poe2 is still going fine, it might not be record breaking server counts but its still got plenty of player base to thrive. the reason allot of the other mods failed was plain and simple, they weren't that good or polished. i can name 3 high quality mods off the top of my head for the bf2 engine and two were plagued with that massive polygon problem before the new mod tool got released. trust me, the DC fan boys have been waiting for this for years, you could just release a desert combat classic map pack with no new vehicles and it would still get massive play, people love and desperately miss those wonderful maps. stats be dammed, ill be in the desert!

gazala here i come!!!!

[Justito]

No more BF2, i got Really, Dcon and EoD, PoE and POK, thats best ever!!!!!!

I dont need stats, i just want to enjoy play, and people playing for fun no for numbers

[imported_HARMZ]

How about actual Dog fighting bad asses, remember those guys? lol

How about taking out a chopper with a tank round, or a jet with a stinger. How about hiding "IN" buildings and holding a flag, not just attacking them?

I am a defense guy, and learned it from DC. In bf2, its attack and run. No one ever holds thier flags. Its just a cirlce of people looking for points. :rolleyes:

You are completely spot on here, no bastard ever defends in bf2.

I consider myself a defense guy also and i find when i play karkand ill be the only one on my side defending the main factory base or even a cp on the east side.

Everyone else will be at hotel flinging nades or moving up and camping the usmc spawn points.

Players for the most part will ignore one of their flags that has just turned gray even and drive past in their tank or apc, they dont seem to care or want to defend.

[=CDU=Munga]

If you only play for ranks and that is all you care about then either you have a small penis or no penis at all.....(yes you have penis envy or a napolean complex - maybe even mommy issues)


Thanks DCON team, I hope the for the best, but damn its been a long time.

[Doorstop[DCON]]

If you only play for ranks and that is all you care about then either you have a small penis or no penis at all.....(yes you have penis envy or a napolean complex - maybe even mommy issues)


Thanks DCON team, I hope the for the best, but damn its been a long time.

It has been along time.. plagued with team troubles and what not in the start then you add the fact that we just learned to do this stuff and then you have to recreate the feel of DC and the game play aspects of it all.. Its alot of stuff to do and worry about. We're happy with what we've achieved so far and more to come.

[zuiquan1]

*giggle*

He said penis.....

[{RR}SinisterCaesarSalad]

The Great W3DG3 has given my team free reign to bring forth to the public view any and all promotional material I see fit. Brace yourselves, kiddies. You ain't seen nuthin, yet!! :D


P.S. If you don't know who the W3DG3 is, you really should visit our site more often. You're missing out on some soon-to-be classic moments in our forums. LMAO :laugh:

[imported_Snafu]

Hi,when DC came out I just about stoped playing BF.Than when BF2 came out I went with that now I'm trying to get into BF2142 but I don't like the unlocks and the weapons just don't feel right to me.So I am REALLY looking forward to DC.Its been a long time but I'm comeing back to DC.Also I thought that the DC team went to EA and helped with BF2.Then I've read that they started a company thats making a game called Frontlines:Fuel Of War.Anybody else hear that?

[imported_Casper]

This is not that DC team. They have nothing to do with that team. They are simply using a similar name...

[zuiquan1]

Hey casper!!! :D

[imported_Snafu]

OK,thanks.I'll be looking for this mod,I need something different than BF2142.

[CATIA]

What an angry ghost :|:

[masterx]

This is not that DC team. They have nothing to do with that team. They are simply using a similar name...

we do not pretend to be Trauma, we merely liked what they did and decided to remake it for Battlefield 2,

If you thought we were playing off like we were the original DC team you are mistaken......

We are.....

DESERT CONFLICT

and we plan to do just what your "siggy" implies!!!

[{RR}SinisterCaesarSalad]

Howdy all!! Nursing the sore muscles and bruises I got from my game this weekend. Just wanted to give ya a heads up on whats going on in the mod. Animations for the weapons that are needed so we can put rc9 together are almost done. SNM has been busting *** on this stuff and it takes some time to get them right. I'm glad he's as thorough as he is. Great job SNM. I believe its just the anims and a few minor little things that are left and we'll have RC9 ready for testing. The PR team is preparing a media blitz for you all shortly, but they are really waiting for RC9 as well. They are, however, prepping for it with the current RC8.2. They can use some stuff from the current RC to prepare some media. Matter of fact, they are meeting this evening to flesh that all out.
When we recieve the new RC we'll be testing the heck out of it trying to break it of course, and if its good you all will have it. Most of our bugs have been hammered out over the previous versions so we just had a smaller number to deal with this past go round. Hopefully, 9 will be virtually bug free and we'll be good to go then.
The media blitz, as I said, will be flowing shortly culminating with a preview trailer at the end. Just to make it clear. Server files will be released earlier than the mod so that server operators can prep them and have them up and running for when the mod is released. No date has been set as of yet and I probably wont. But its VERY soon. Hang tight. We'll be back with more news over the next couple of days and weeks. Dont want to miss it!
SOURCE (http://desert-conflict.org/forum/showthread.php?t=5538)

[Sir. Tasty]

Ey just in time ! im glad that this mod has made steady progress and is coming out relativly early in the bf2 mods :)

[[4TA]S|Pvt.Dronetek]

So, this isnt coming out this week as earlier stated?

[Doorstop[DCON]]

What also delayed us is that we wanted the game play mechanics there. We went through alot of crap to get it similar to 42's mechanics. Some instances are left in from bf2 namely the sprint and afterburners on the planes. Few other things as well. We have to cater to both sides. However it plays so well as far as gameplay is concerned.Its so weird to be playing with dumbfire again. But yet such a relief to be using skills again as well to make kills in a plane or with your rpgs and what not.
As I said we spent alot of time trying to get it to this point and that took up alot of our time for this development cycle. Kiffs arty coding is just a feat of python coding in this engine. Its amazing! Plus all the other game play modes that you can run on the maps to keep them fresh. LV domination is an utter blast.

I REPEAT NO WHERE WAS IT STATED THAT DCON WOULD BE OUT THIS WEEK! We are testing an expected test build over the next few weeks which was supposed to be ready this week but its not. We're waiting on a few things like a couple animations.. We have couple weeks of hardcore testing to do before we release and if no major bugs that would be detrimental to game play are found then we'll be golden.


Well were in the home stretch ya'll. Final build is being compiled in the next week from what I can tell my words from the intial post that this thread is started from.. It is the final build being compiled.. and it needs testing. No where do I state that next week this will be released.. Please pay a bit more attention to avoid confusion for yourself and for others in the forums. You'll stir yourself into a frenzy along with the others. LOL

[+DNC+BongSquad]

I am so excited about dcon that I am creaming my pants. Thanks!

[xRAMBOx]

my words from the intial post that this thread is started from.. It is the final build being compiled.. and it needs testing. No where do I state that next week this will be released.. Please pay a bit more attention to avoid confusion for yourself and for others in the forums. You'll stir yourself into a frenzy along with the others. LOL

its funny how many got that impression maybe choose your words more carefully.:rolleyes:

the release of the release is almost released but in teaser form and not for you :laugh:

[Doorstop[DCON]]

No.. I think it was quite abundantly clear. I even expounded on it to make it fairly clear.

[[4TA]S|Pvt.Dronetek]

No.. I think it was quite abundantly clear. I even expounded on it to make it fairly clear.
My friends and I all read it as saying "it will be out this week or next for sure". That was last week. What was the point of this announcement if youre just telling us that you're still testing?

[xRAMBOx]

I came back and thought i was a bit rude sorry:) we appreciate all your teams hard work and us aussies are easy going:p

[dznutz]

ok ive seen a few versions of el alamein but this looks dead on and bada$$!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xA3vzSnZnU

[Osis]

el al doens´t look good. a lot sand, no tire tracks, no texture work. Sand under the cattles... looks like bf42. :hmm: not like BF2.

[zuiquan1]

Not when you play it......BELIEVE ME ;)

[{RR}SinisterCaesarSalad]

http://www.desert-conflict.org/forum/showthread.php?t=5551 :D