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Welcome to the 33rd edition of the AR blog. We, the team, have loads of cool stuff to show you so take a look below <h3>Terror Drone Console</h3> Poggel recently provided us with a new set piece to appear in the Soviet Radar. The Terror Drone Control Console. Poke the console and you will be controlling a terror drone (either fresh out of the War factory or an existing one that has been left without an operator). Be careful though, Allies could shoot you whilst you are at the console and Allied Spies may be able to hijack your drones if they are left unnoccupied. <h3>Sidebar Icons</h3> endepende has been hard at work creating the templates that we can use for the ingame sidebar icons. We have a few examples of what you'll expect to see for each side's roster of units. As I said, these are just examples currently. The SEAL's pose will be redone for the scene and the Tesla Trooper will have the correct model implemented. <h3>War..... Harvester?</h3> You may be wondering what the title of this subsection is all about. Well the story is that danpaul88 needed the model for the War Miner so that he could try out his new War Miner scripts. I went offline before he got the file so he improvised with this, the fearsome War Harvester™! Compromised of a Nod Harvester and a Turret, this behemoth ploughed through a Humvee and tried to destroy the the GDAllied Chrono Harvester™ before it was stopped by Dan in his medium tank. ^^ Then when I sent the model over we got the full picture on what was happening with these new scripts. Camping the ore field In transit between the Ore Refinery and Ore Field Before you all start asking, yes the War Miner will be promotable, yes the AI War Miner will be promotable (spot the chevron) and yes when fully promoted it will gain the anti armour cannon, just like RA2. Big ups to danpaul88 for this new innovation Coupled with the target priority scripts, this should be an awesome beast. It would be a good idea to rush the War Miner in the early game so that it will shoot you instead of targeting your Chrono Miner <h3>Renegade 2 Mod</h3> You may have been wondering about BogdanV's thread here in the general discussion forums. Well, back in the days of Blazemods we agreed to a merger with BogdanV. Now we work alongside him. His goals at the moment are primarily with a Singleplayer campaign at the moment but to be able to achieve this, new logic must be created. Logic such as pushable boxes, radiation, crushable walls, custom vehicle/troop drops, destructable houses that you can drive through etc. All this kind of interactive scenery content is being developed currently for use in both mods. Having BogdanV and his mod onboard with us does not impede our progress on AR since any assets that we make or aquire, he is welcome to use. Note: Crashing whilst in the back of a C-130 has never been done so well on the Renegade engine Expect to hear more about BogdanV's project in the coming months. Moddb Link <h3>Competition Update!</h3> The competition is into it's third week and we have 18 entries so far! TagDaze with "Fall back to base!" Jupiter with "This is Dr Eintein" Iscream4pork with "Tanya in the Field" Westy543 with "I'm Gone!" TagDaze again with "Cillit Sniper" Iscream4pork again with "The Humorous Spy" chaos1219 with "Awaiting Orders" Godlord with "Mind Control" Iscream4pork again with "Want Flak with that?" Iscream4pork yet again with "Tanks and Vodka" TagDaze again with "Hayulp!" And CMDBob/MartynM with "CMDBob Rations" rm5248 with "Rockets in the Sky" Herr General with "Weather Control Device is ready" Herr General again with "Tanya: Final Take" Mammutpanzer with "Soviet News from the Battlefield" (Contact either me or Mammutpanzer for the uncut, unedited version) Tomatoslayer/cmatt42 with "Lets give 'em hell Allies!" And finally Jupiter with "Stealthy Whisper" Enter now for the chance to win a spot on our TESTING team and the privilage of your sound in the mod with your name on the credits list! 3 days til the competition is finished, get your entries in now! Enter The Competition Here! <h3>Closing Notes</h3> I'd just like to say thanks to all the people who attended the Live Q&A session on Sunday. It was really fun and I forsee another one happening in the near future so keep preparing the questions and me and the team will hopefully be able to answer them for you. Big credit to Ackart for broadcasting through his laptop and to drunkill for recording and editing. Also to The_Aces_Of_Razgriz for his ace Solid Snake voice DJBloodmoss and TruYuri have been made testers! DJBloodmoss for his valiant efforts on the radio and TruYuri because me and the team agreed that he was tester material, also being a regular APB Beta tester. The exam was tricky but in the end I crushed it with my knowledge of Tesla Technology. Huzzah! See you next week where we shall be announcing the winners of the competition!

1680x1050 version of the wallpaper.

Cheers Steppo, thats leet.

We havn't got it ingame yet....

The checker map is a type of skin. It shows you how even the unwrap is.

Moving

Check the blog again I edited it since your post.

Hey guys and welcome to the latest Apocalypse Rising Blog! Due to the exam season and APB Beta nearing release, we have been unable to produce as much as we would have liked to over last month. We'll try and make a significant push forward in the coming months though. Stay tuned. Now comes the renders <h3>Soviet Radar Infernals/Inferior </h3> Our new model artist Poggel (or Aramour on msn) has made us some internals for the Soviet Radar. Check out the images below. (Click the images for bigger ones ) Do you see the radio apparatus on the table? That is going to be used to call in the Spyplane which will fly over the enemy base allowing you to see what they are up to. The spyplane also disables the shroud from the Gap Generator momentarily allowing the Soviets to spot the incoming rushes. In the basement there will be Terror Drone Remote Consoles which you can use to control the terror drones across the battlefield whilst you remain safely inside the base. <h3>The New V3 is being Unwrapped!</h3> Ric has been furiously unwrapping the V3 Rocket Launcher model that Spice made a while back. Here is progress so far. <h3>The First Apocalypse Rising Wallpaper!</h3> I was thinking about what we hadn't done on the mod then it occured to me..... wallpapers! So I made one up using Svensmockavich's Prism Tank being attacked by Ric's Terror Drone. I may do a load more wallpapers like this with more units in, perhaps on request for the future? We'll have to see. (Click the logo to see the wallpaper) So far it is only in 1024 x 768. I'll update this later with more sizes if people request it. <h3>Competition Update!</h3> The competition is into it's third week and we have 12 entries so far! TagDaze with "Fall back to base!" Jupiter with "This is Dr Eintein" Iscream4pork with "Tanya in the Field" Westy543 with "I'm Gone!" TagDaze again with "Cillit Sniper" Iscream4pork again with "The Humorous Spy" chaos1219 with "Awaiting Orders" Godlord with "Mind Control" Iscream4pork again with "Want Flak with that?" Iscream4pork yet again with "Tanks and Vodka" TagDaze again with "Hayulp!" And CMDBob/MartynM with "CMDBob Rations" rm5248 with "Rockets in the Sky" Herr General with "Weather Control Device is ready" Herr General again with "Tanya: Final Take" And finally Mammutpanzer with "Soviet News from the Battlefield" (Contact either me or Mammutpanzer for the uncut, unedited version) Enter now for the chance to win a spot on our TESTING team and the privilage of your sound in the mod with your name on the credits list! 17 days til the competition is finished, get your entries in now! Enter The Competition Here! Special offer!!! Since we are now into the last 10 days of the contest you are allowed to senda single new entry to me for editing if you wish. (sounds added in, radio crackle etc.) This offer is only available for one entry and it must be a new entry. Have fun <h3>Thats your lot!</h3> Thats it for this week. I've an exam on friday, wish me luck :X Happy birthday to AR community veteran and tester, Phoenixx! He is 18 today! Have a good one man! Tune in next week for more AR goodness! Perhaps even a video

Awesome, thanks Steppo I rofl'd.

Funnily enough, that is exactly how I feel about the APB blog.

Use Windows Media Player

Hi there. Welcome to another edition of the AR blog typed by yours truly. As per usual we have some stuff to show you. Two new models, an update of the contest and some other cool stuff. Look down for infos. <h3>New Grizzly Tank</h3> Me and Nameme recently had a modelling competition in which I was the victor. The challenge was to model a new turret for the Grizzly Tank. Here is what I came up with. Enjoy. <h3>Guardian GI's Spectre Sub-Machinegun</h3> Ric has been hard at work on the Guardian GI's Spectre Sub-Machingun. The results are hot and to top it all off, it is unwrapped and ready for texturing. Big ups to Ric for that. <h3>Radiation Test</h3> This was done ages ago but I dont think that it was ever formally anounced. Yes! Apocalypse Rising has proper radiation for the Nuke/Demotruck/Desolator. This is all thanks to BogdanV! The innovative genious that is always coming up with new ways to make the w3d engine perform properly. Get the video here. RadTest2.wmv <h3>General Infos</h3> Here we go! I have an exam next Friday :X I also have various things to do model wise, that includes sprucing up some of our older content. cfehunter is texturing the drill. It is a Bosch! No doubt about it! Although we may have to change the name due to copyright. Merovingian is back! Give him a warm welcome back readers! Nameme is starting work on Ric's Nighthawk Transport this Friday, finishing it up and adding little details that will make it look awesome. Expect the race of the century to occur soon. Flak Tracks vs IFVs who will win? This means more games of darts and hopefully a costom map for playing darts on. Ackart has been and taken loads of photos of the Alamo so expect our Alamo model to be really accurate when I set Ric on it soon. We have been coming up with a team name for the whole APB and AR dev roster. Expect this to be announce soon. DJBloodmoss has been pumping out the tunes on N00bstories Radio, go listen to it! For great justice! Oh.... and in case you didn't hear it.... Kremlin_Fried_Chicken_Advert.mp3 That was dedicated to drunkill for his leet signature that he puts up from time to time. Expect more updates than this during summer when everyone is finished with School/College/University. <h3>The Contest So Far</h3> The competition is into it's second week and we have 12 entries so far! TagDaze with "Fall back to base!" Jupiter with "This is Dr Eintein" Iscream4pork with "Tanya in the Field" Westy543 with "I'm Gone!" TagDaze again with "Cillit Sniper" Iscream4pork again with "The Humorous Spy" chaos1219 with "Awaiting Orders" Godlord with "Mind Control" Iscream4pork again with "Want Flak with that?" Iscream4pork yet again with "Tanks and Vodka" TagDaze again with "Hayulp!" And CMDBob/MartynM with "CMDBob Rations" Enter now for the chance to win a spot on our TESTING team and the privilage of your sound in the mod with your name on the credits list! 17 days til the competition is finished, get your entries in now! Enter The Competition Here! <h3>Finish!</h3> Thats it. See you next time for more stuff!

Meh, we <3 APB. We may be separate mods but we are all on the same side You may get PR crossovers like this from time to time.

It is an APB joke.

Well, it is time for Blog 30. We have various updates and announcements to make, so take a look below I'll start the ball rolling on a serious note. <h3>RIP Nicholas Worth, our beloved Premier Romanov</h3> Nicholas Worth, 1938 - 2007 From this day forth we dedicate this mod not only to our fans, but also to our departed comrade, Nicholas Worth, who was one of the key influences that is making this mod a reality. Rest In Peace Comrade. <h3>IFVs and a Gun</h3> I have been busy fixing up the IFV ready to show to you all and I must say, I think it has turned out well. I have the Rocket IFV and the Special IFV both pictured below Model by me, original model from the Verge of Armageddon Team. Ric has been working on the Guardian GI's SMG. Below is an early WIP. <h3>Grizzly Darts!</h3> Tester Westy543 has made a video for you to watch illustrating how the edit vehicle physics console command can be used in conjunction with the Grizzly Tank and some well placed ramps. This is a new found game called Grizzly darts. The rules are simple: See how many Grizzly Tanks you can stick to the wall Click on the dartboard for the video. <h3>The competition so far....</h3> The competition is into it's first week and we have 5 entries so far! TagDaze with "Fall back to base!" Jupiter with "This is Dr Eintein" Iscream4pork with "Tanya in the Field" Westy543 with "I'm Gone!" TagDaze again with "Cillit Sniper" And Iscream4pork with "The Humorous Spy" Enter now for the chance to win a spot on our TESTING team and the privilage of your sound in the mod with your name on the credits list! And now a word from our sponsors... A_word_from_our_sponsors.mp3 Enter The Competition Here! Act quickly! The competition ends on the 16th of June! <h3>Thats about it for this week</h3> Well thats it. Just a few notes before I wrap this up. I have ploughed through my exams leaving only one subject left, wish me luck! Progress with AR may slow down slightly due to the exam period and the fact that APB may request help from us to get their latest release out on time. If you haven't already, go and check out APB's latest blog with all their Red Alert awesomeness! See you next wednesday for another blog filled with RA2 goodness! Now in 3d!

Well I'm fresh out of a Computing exam and ready to write this blog. Here we are, lets tear it up. <h3>Rolling Thunder!</h3> I recently dug something up that I had been working on for some time. The mighty Allied Battle Fortress! This vehicle is going to be the Allies' answer to the Soviet heavy armour. Load up the troops and roll over the enemy! Here it is. Model by One Winged Angel and Skulking_Ferrit <h3>He is now ready to fly!</h3> Check this out. rm5248 has finished the rocketeer off. The end results are sweet, check it out. Expect to see him flying soon! <h3>RA2:AR and RA:APB Radio</h3> Recently, both mods have been featured heavily on DJ Bloodmoss' show over at UO Radio. He is currently running a competition to see who can produce the best AR or APB advert to put on his show. As most of you are aware, I have entered along with TagDaze. You may have heard our adverts of sheer awesomeness. Here is the full story. Put all of your submissions here if you wish to submit. <h3>Competition Time</h3> Here is the first contest from RA2:AR! We challenge you, the community, to act some lines (of your choice) and try and impress us. TagDaze has already set the standard high. Lets see if you can better it! The best acting wins the prize. Go here for more info. <h3>Closure</h3> That is about it for this week's blog. Just a few quick notes before I wrap it up. Merovingian is back and better than ever. Chevy787 and Mick have finished unwrapping the drill. I'm on exams. Saberhawk has been working on a special project that stops people ripping things with XCC Mixer and that DX Ripper. No more grenades are being stolen Thats about is. See you next week!

Needs unwraps and textures now

Well it has been quite a busy week filled with coursework deadlines and other such nuisances, but never fear! The blog is here! With some new eye candy for you to gaze upon. Also today is a special day for one of our team members. Thats right! It is Danpaul88's birthday! Happy 19th my friend, have a good one! <h3>I can go anywhere!</h3> Thats right, we have a Rocketeer in development right now thanks to rm5248! Here are some previews. This isnt final yet, just some proportions to modify and a visor to remove, exposing the face. <h3>AR Front End</h3> cfehunter has been busy coding up a shiny new frontend for the mod. This will basically check for patches, maps and other nice things that we decide to put on it. It will also link you to the APB/AR main site so you can check the news. How cool is that eh? Here is an early WIP. <h3>Stuff what we is doing now... k?</h3> Well, I'm doing some new sounds and fixing up the IFV. cfehunter is working on the front end and some texture work too. danpaul88 & BogdanV are busy with other matters until the summer. Ric is working on a new weapon for you to see along with some new gun hands. Soviet_Deso is texturing Ric's Chrono Miner. Let RA2 fans everywhere rejoice! rm5248 is finishing off the Rocketeer Nameme is working on the level edit core and the Nighthawk transport. Coolrock is doing PR as usual. Merovingian is deciding whether he wants to continue today. I'll update this later. We have a new team member! Big round of appaluse for Poggel! He has joined us recently to do some 3d work. One of his renders is hidden in this blog. See if you can find it That concludes the blog for this week. See you next week after my first exam D:

Certainly not.

Heh, I was joking. I'm fairly confident in my abilities to do voice over work. Studying Drama & Theatre Studies helps. Maybe if we need more people nearer the time I'll ask you first TagDaze

This is only present in testing at the moment. We shall probably make the tank heavier so that it doesn't handle like a marshmallow.

A bit like this.

I think people can wait til next week. We can probably get a bigger video with more people playing at the weekend or something.

Welcome to the blog! Not much has happened this week but I'll try and dig some stuff up to show you. <h3>Digger</h3> I have been working away on some civilian map objects, one of which is this digger. You will be able to find this around some of the more urban maps. Whether the bucket will move or not is still to be decided. Model by Me <h3>Core</h3> Good news for all of you. The core for the public release is shaping up nicely, here is just a quick snippet from the presets list. All of the units here, apart from the Apocalypse Tank, the Mirage Tank and the Demo Truck, will hopefully be in the first release. <h3>Happenings around the place</h3> I've been gearing up for my final exams which are set to take place in two weeks time, after that I should have a lot of time for the mod. My first job is to fix up the IFV. I also recently bought a new modem and a router which is being a bit of a pig to setup. I'll have it setup eventually My good mate Pete (or cfehunter as you know him) sold me a router for £5 which was a nice bargain. He has also got into C&C3 and has only just recently finished the campaign. Back to mod work, amirite Pete? Merovingian is back on the 9th and will be posing an important question to the team. Nameme should be back soon after his holiday with some new models to show. Expect to see them appear soon. danpaul88 has a lot of university work to knuckle down to, however he will be applying the final touches to his mod scripts and his map during summer, ready for the first release. Ric and Soviet_Deso have been folllowing each other lately and both of them have joined up with Aprime at http://www.tiberiandawn.info . Watch out for this mod. Trust me, it will be good. A big Happy Birthday to rm5248 for a few days ago! He is now 18! He is currently working on the Rocketeer, expect to see some shots soon. Staude has been doing various pieces of 3d work as well as working on the RoA:DoN mod. Best of luck to that team. Coolrock has been keeping our moddb gallery up to date and keeping the fans over there in the know about what is happening. Coolrock has also been learning how to restore cars so he can take and restore his own 1971/1972 Chevelle SS. Good luck to him. Bluesummers, one of our testers and the leader of the Renegade mod, 'Sunart' was lacking 3d artists for her mod. I offered to help so now I am doing various little bits and pieces of work for them. I will also be doing some voice overs for the mod, so if you find the voices annoying, you'll know who to blame! This should also be a great mod when it is done. Westy543 in his new tester role has taken the liberty to test the Grizzly Tanks's jumping ability. It flys of the ramps quite nicely at the moment. He even got it to leapfrog another grizzly tank! And so the Apocalypse Rising Tank Olympics were born...... Mammutpanzer is absent from testing for a while due to personal issues. *Gameplay is Pending* Thats just what a few members of the team have been doing. <h3>Thats it...</h3> That concludes this week's blog, see you next week when I shall, hopefully, have more pictures and maybe a video to show you. Ciao!

The driver gets promoted, whatever vehicle he is currently in gets promoted to the same level. (Doesn't apply to passengers in transports)