OWA Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Welcome (finally) to this special one year anniversary blog. I doubt we will be dying soon doubters. I'd like to to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped and contributed so far in a little list Special Thanks To: Westwood Studios, "TheKGBspy", James "Chronojam" Brodeur and everyone at Red Alert: A Path Beyond, "Assassin" and C&C Source, Joseph "Exdeath7/Spice/DeathAX" Strateger, "DarkAngel", "[NE]Fobby[Gen]", "Tankmaster", The Renegade Modding Community Special Coding Thanks To: Jonathan "jonwil" Wilson, Mark "Saberhawk" Sararu, Joshua "Neosaber" Kraft, "TheKGBspy" the Renegade Mod Scripts Team Renegade Revived: "[NE]Fobby[Gen]", "Sloth", Renegade Revived Team. Red Alert 2: Verge of Armageddon: "Svensmokavich", "Skierarc", "Darkangel", VOA Team Red Alert 2: Vengeance: "TheKGBspy", "Renardin", "AvroAero2", RA2: Vengeance Team Red Alert 2: Hell March: "Skulking Ferrit", HM Team Past Members "Retrocide", "Blkhnd112", "TTadvancer", "Mythdragon", "Guywithawrench", "Mathk1ll", "Assassin", Alexander "AxelSnog" Song, "Ionkill43", "TheCrow" And finally, thanks to all the fans who have believed in us so far. We couldn't have gotten this far without your support Now for a history lesson! <h3> The History of Apocalypse Rising </h3> Apocalypse Rising started out as a Renegade 2-based modification called 'C&C Untold'. We were shunned by the community wherever we went. My lacking knowledge of the internet apparent since I used texting language and abbreviations a lot. Our grasp of the story wasn't too briliant either, so we closed it down due to the lack of support, rest assured though, I still have some of the assets for it somewhere.... I was in High School, thinking about how awesome 'A Path Beyond' and 'Reborn' were looking, only to feel that something was missing. Like an unfinished painting, an ice cream sundae without the cherry or a missing third piece of the triforce. Red Alert had been done, Tiberian Sun had been done. Red Alert 2 had been attempted many times with each attempt failing miserably. Me and cfehunter decided to act on this. Now for the mod name. I had the word 'Apocalypse' firmly stuck in my mind but it sounded quite empty as just one word. Red Alert 2: Apocalypse. I thought long and hard about what word could accompany this. I saw the mod 'Rise of the Reds' and thought "Don't the Reds rise again in RA2?" I tried it out with 'Apocalypse' and put the word 'rise' in the present tense so it was then 'rising'. It worked well. You could say the mod really started then. Me and cfehunter started up a forum and I began to model. Retrocide also joined and taught me how to make models properly, thanks for that man. He left the mod soon after though. One of my first models was a combination of loads of different ones stuck together with a few boxes. I gradually replaced the stolen bits with my own and it finished looking like this. The Scorpion Hunter by One Winged Angel Soon after the first forums were setup we started looking around for dead fps RA2 mods to get a headstart on the mod at hand. I saw the mod 'Renegade Revived', the mod leader none other than Reborn member, [NE]Fobby[GEN]. I obtained assets from that mod and then went on the search again. The main bulk of our assets came from the BFV mod, Verge of Armageddon. Svensmokavich and Skierarc were happy to give us the assets from their dead creation. We stopped chasing assets at that point and focused on development. But later, other assets came from the inactive mod RA2: Hell March for BF2. Big thanks to Skulking Ferrit for that. Finally on assets, we make our way back to the Renegade community. RA2: Vengeance. I got into contact with ThKGBspy earlier this year and he has been a great help inproviding me with assets, useful insight on the mod and lots of other little things. Top man! The stage was set, we had just setup our Moddb page and everything was going well. We needed team members though. Paradox joined us willingly to lend a hand in the early stages and Nameme joined soon after with his knowledge of mapping at hand. Nameme blew us away with his island attack map for Renegade that was really fun to play. We were at Equinox Games, hosted by Xenon Wolf at the time. It was a mess sometimes as hosting was down, but other times were OK. We moved to Blazemods where Xenon Wolf somehow IP banned himself :S Big thanks to Blazedragoon who hosted us all through the summer ^_^. Soon after, we put out some PR recruitement on the various Renegade forums in an attempt to get members. I got emails from Merovingian and another guy called TTAdvancer (who kinda dissapeared). To this day Merovingian has been one of our single most important team members. Thanks for staying with us man, we love you. Soon after, unwrapper Chevy787 joined us and has been a great help with ideas as well as unwrapping. Another guy, Blckhnd12, also joined us and modelled us an AK47, but he left the team soon after because he didn't have enough time for the mod. Then came the driving force of this mod. Ric. His mouse moves at the speed of light and he is one of the nicest guys I have ever worked with. Ric, I take my hat off to you my friend. Danpaul88 came and hung around our forums a lot, we were looking for a coder and when he announced himself as being one, we gave him a place ont he team. He has been creating magical wonders with his scripts ever since. BogdanV also arrived around the same time. He was and still is, making a Renegade2 mod. We merged the two mods and he works alongside us. Some of his engine experiments are pretty radical to say the least. ReneCranes anyone? After Danpaul88 and BogdanV, came Mathk1ll, he did us a few textures but was then lured into the deathtrap that is Runescape. ionkill43 also joined and has done a few textures for us. He is a nice guy as well. A few more names that were relevant are Mythdragon and Guywithawrench, both were on the team at differant times but were then dropped from the hiring procedure for differant reasons. And we can't forget the testers! Phoenixx has been here since the beginning of AR time and has been a valuable friend as well as a valuable tester. Also, Spetznaz, one of our testers, now a tester/military advisor, has been here for a considerable amount of time too. Nameme introduced us to him and he has been here ever since. And we can't forget Mighty BOB! He has supported us for as long as I can remember. Pies, I mean, Kudos to you BOB. In the latter half of our times on blazemods, I recruited Tankmaster as a beta tester because of his work on an Unreal Tournament mod, RA2: Armageddon. He will be the guy to eventually do our installer when we get the mod released and he is currently working on the website. Expect a nice suprise. We moved to C&C Source in october. Thats where we got serious about making this mod. Soviet_Deso and Assassin joined us and Soviet_Deso has done wonders with our Apocalypse Tank as you have all seen in previous updates. I saw AxelSnog on deviantart and offered him a job. He accepted an our Colt 45 was textured. Thanks to him for helping us out. We also started doing blogs in october as well which, I find, gets us working towards great things much faster than we usually do. I also love writing them so that is fortunate for all of you After a few months at C&C Source, with various developments and dramas going on, Reborn broke away from A Path Beyond and we were in a bit of trouble over ftp space and forum downtime at C&C Source. In late March Me and Chronojam decided that Apocalypse Rising was a new "superpower" in the Renegade modding community and that we should join forces. In all respects to C&C Source, this was a good move to make. Since the Renegade community is a small place so there were not many good reasons for us to stay at a community that was made up of Generals and C&C3 mods. We joined up and everyone greeted us with welcoming arms wide open. This was a good feeling. I see no reason to type any more about this because you can read up on our progress and developments in the previous blogs Now for content! <h3>Guardian GI</h3> rm5248 has been furiously modelling the Guardian GI specially for this blog. Big big kudos to him for this. Let me remind you who the Guardian GI is. The Guardian GIs are Allied troops that are fantastic against vehicles. Unfortunately, they were not made available for deployment until the Psychic Dominator Disaster (Yuri's revenge). Once deployed however, they are shown to be worth being twice as much as a traditional GI, especially in the role of base defense. They can be deployed into fortifications like their GI compatriots, but they use steel plating instead of sandbags, and instead of a machine gun, they use a shoulder mounted missile launcher that could take down Soviet vehicles and planes with ease. In addition, thanks to the fortifications, vehicles cannot crush them, allowing ingenious commanders to use the Guardian GI as a 'Mobile Wall', moving them to different positions as needed and re-deploying them to fill holes in base defenses. Undeployed, they carry an Spectre Sub-Machine Gun that was effective against other infantry. Undeployed, they have light armor. They are easily killed by Conscripts, Tesla Troopers, Terror Drones and other Soviet troops. Their SMG, while effective, only fired in bursts that were a few seconds apart, meaning that even against an Initiate, the Guardian GI would be the slower fighter and probably die. This is why they were so much better in their fortified deployment. Here are some renders. <h3>Nighthawk</h3> Ric has had this done for ages, but we have yet to show it off. The Nighthawk transport is vital to Allied Trooper movement. It can rip infantry apart with it's front mounted machine guns, but it isn't too effective against heavier targets. Watch out for AA defences as this unit is taken down easily when under direct fire. The Nighthawk transport can carry 5 people includig the driver (so one driver and 4 passengers). Here are some images. Also, an extra bonus image of something else has been hidden in the blog, can you find it? <h3>Map Objects</h3> dtrngd, chevy787 and drunkill have been furiously baking cakes for you all. You'll have to check which flavour cake it is by clicking the images! Models: dtrngd Unwraps: Chevy787, dtrngd Textures: drunkill <h3>Map Development</h3> dtrngd has been busy like some sort of machine, working on updates for his new map, Rocky_Pass. This map was explained in a previous blog. Soviets have a coastal convoy road that the Allies must storm up the beach to attack. (Textures not final) Tom already tried out the current version of the map and he felt like this after playing it. <h3>Navy SEAL</h3> As a special treat for you all I have decided to release the Navy SEAL for use as a model replcacement in APB Beta as either the Allied Rifle Soldier or Tanya. Here are the links below. Allied_Rifleguy___SEAL.rar Tanya___SEAL.rar Instructions: Unzip either or both packs into your Red Alert A Path Beyond/Data folder and run the game. A readme is also included. <h3>End</h3> Team updates and Community Watch will return next week. Keep your eyes on Command and Conquer TV: Episode 3. I hope you have enjoyed reading this This is OWA signing off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cnc95fan Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 leet blog, well done m8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ShadowGorrath Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Nice . This time there's a lot of content here . Good job P.S. I'm taking the crate on the top - I need that one . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest =NX=VinGummi2 Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Nice blog, and very nice little easter egg, I found it before you hinted it. But I was a bit in doubt if i should place the seal texture in my APB or AR download folder, as it is kinda both And big lol at the "Tom picture" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phoenixx Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 (edited) l33t cakes for everyone! Edited October 24, 2007 by Phoenixx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fearless Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Nice man. Ric made some nice models, applause to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killboy06 Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 One year already. Congrats!!! Very nice easter egg. I won't say what it is. Question on the Nighthawk, will it be invisible on the radar like in RA2/YR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zizo Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 nice going m8 rofl crazy tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gufu Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 One of my first models was a combination of loads of differant ones stuck together with a few boxes. I gradually replaced the stolen bits with my own and it finished looking like this. DIFFERENT! Grammar comunism strikes again... The drinks should be a little more hidden inbetween of ammo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rufrky Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 (edited) Sweet stuff dude, even the Vodka crate , gotta have the Vodka. Edited October 24, 2007 by Rufrky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Herr General Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 ubercakes nice nice blog. good pics, good easter egg,good fun, good year. Herr is happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DJS5590 Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 thought id be here for the epic 1 year post Nice job. cant wait to play. Rocky_Pass is looking so much l33t with some colour and Tom so yeah, good job once again. im off to enjoy some Vodka Cake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rako88 Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 (edited) BLOG 52 FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EDIT: and the history part of the post hasn't changed.. Edited October 24, 2007 by rako88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scarabguy Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 nice. that hidden thingisnt very hidden. good job on your first year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deadpikle Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 (edited) I liek ze easter egg GJ on 52 blogs, hopefully you'll have another 52...or final release. Oh, and I lol'd at tom. EDIT: Oh, for those looking to see what the skins look like, here they are: http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x145/Deadpikle/tanya.jpg http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x145/De...kle/soldier.jpg Taken without shaders and the like, although that shouldn't change anything. Edited October 24, 2007 by deadpikle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danpaul88 Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 DIFFERENT! Grammar comunism strikes again... The drinks should be a little more hidden inbetween of ammo... COMMUNISM! IN BETWEEN! Ha, see, works both ways Now stop picking faults with a blog that OWA spent hours writing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EVA-251 Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 I can't recommend to you enough that you ignore Gufu. Great blog, although the history I believe I have read before. Congrats, and I am loving the look of the GGI and the Nighthawk, and heavens, that is some delicious cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallywood Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 hey guys great blog ..HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! and love it all as always ...btw not sure if i found the EGG but if its what i think it is ...its going to be a drunken easter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Major552 Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 (edited) make the night hawk a CH-53 super stallion Edited October 25, 2007 by Major552 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidoneus Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 You forgot to mention the most important event in RA2:AR's history... Namely when you met me in Westminster! CIDER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkill Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Hoorah for the blog. Also for anybody wondering the vodka crate is a bit of a joke, but RA2 wasn't serious right? SO it's all right. There may be a few other textures with colour changes to the wood and different writing on the crates, we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonsense715 Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 I'm looking forward for an updated GGI (yes his face isn't final) Pawsome model. Repeat history lesson = YOU WILL KEEP IT IN MIND And drunkill, are you sure you won't keeping thelul box? Just for fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Evil Alex Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Nice blog as always AR Team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scarabguy Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 in the next blog will you explain how the "easter egg" will work ingame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Srowell3 Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 nice one guys! i really like the renegade modding community the most out of any C&C thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cncra2 Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 (edited) Happy B-Day AR! Hope you get lots of cake! You've done some great progress in just one year. Good luck with your mod AR. Edited October 25, 2007 by cncra2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest =NX=VinGummi2 Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 hey guys great blog ..HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! and love it all as always ...btw not sure if i found the EGG but if its what i think it is ...its going to be a drunken easter No I don't think you found it, as the crates wasn't the easter egg that was the cake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xenon560 Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 (edited) LEET blog Love the NightHawk Transport. Hope it is invisible to radar. love the easter egg. it looks awesome. Congrats. on 1 year of blogs. shows how well the blog is doing. Edited October 25, 2007 by CnC rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theta123 Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Also, an extra bonus image of something else has been hidden in the blog, can you find it? Founded!!!Moehahaha!Its a (unfinished)model of the ДеÑантник укрепление колодки Anyway,nice blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest x-1234 Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 I wonder if its posibal to use easter eggs as wepons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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