MWLL Update

[DruidChiken]

Just a heads up on the developments over at Mech Warrior Living Legends

My biggest concern over this Crysis Mod was that the mechs would just be stock varients, but im happy to report that they are designing a pod based hardpoint system that wll give total customisation.

The vid explaining how it works is HERE (http://vimeo.com/1999292)

Reading on the MWLL forums they also say that all equipment, ECM. BAP, AMS etc will also be destructable possibly even heatsinks. For me being both a Mech head and and Crysis nut this mod really is exciting news.

So if anyone has been on the fence about getting the hands on Crysis then this is the perfect reason to take the plunge, release date for MWLL is winter 2008, thats probably unlikely to happen but this is mod will be worth the wait.

:)

[DruidChiken]

This is another vid MWLL released to show the tanks, but the part i liked was 2 of the maps... anyone else recognise Frostbite and Palace Gates :)

HERE (http://vimeo.com/1308164)

:)

[Minichiken]

awesome. how much is crysis runnin for these days?

[MoocherChiken]

BAWK!

Oilspill, and either MineHQ, Lunacy or another moon map.

[DruidChiken]

Really like their MadCat MKII

[LoneStarChiken]

BAWK!

That rocks!

[SmuttyChiken]

I am hoping the price of Crysis drops just before this is available ... it looks pretty good so far ... and appears a lot more advanced than many other Mech hybrids to date ...


... the Mechy Chikens need a new version ... or something that will bring the old MechChiks back to the hangar ...

... just hoping the new MP4 has a bit of variety in it that may make it new even if using the old engine ... I fear that they have made changes that will require several updates for them to get it right. The biggest draw back with MekTek is their inability to make a one download version i.e. Instal Mech Mercenaries ... install MekTek latest version .... install maps ...


... how good would that be ...

[DruidChiken]

This has the potential to be a huge success, it will bring in not only the Mechy fans but because of the infantry (Elementals), tank and air combat we hopefully will get the BF2 & 2142 people on board as well as the Crysis fans who are looking for a further fix.

There is a real buzz coming from the devs over at MWLL, they all seem excited by the project and a real desire to get it right, Mektek with all due respect to them now seem jaded and everything is done half heartedly, very few of them play mechy and they keep on saying that MP4 is being made by their traineese while they concentrate on bigger things (their quake wars project it seems)

True enough Jehosophat is still working behind the scenes but the public front of Mektek it is still the all talk and do nothing brigade of fanbois and forum moderators whose arrogance and distain for the average mechy player has not deminished with time.

MP4 when its finally released will have so many core changes to the current game it will be walking a tight rope and could potentailly alienate a large portion of an already tiny player base. Jeho has even started to conceeded to this and will make many of the new features turn offable (good word :P) server side. So what then of MWL? if half the players want the new changes on and the others refuse to use them because they dont want the leg damage and stuff from JJ's then we have split community and that will cripple MWL.

MP4 will be the make or break of MW4 i think, it will either breath new life in the game or hammer another nail in its coffin, personally my sights are on MWLL.

Long live Mechwarrior :)

[DirtPoorChiken]

Man I am out of the loop. I just reloaded Vengeance-BK-Clan Pack-IS Pack-Mercs-MP3 and all the maps. It took me two days (2 hours a night) just to get to the point I could play. I seem to remember being better at the game at one time....

[FreightTrainChiken]

BAWK @ DirtpoorChiken!

Good to cya on again, hope to cya in the opens.

[DirtPoorChiken]

I am going to try to start logging some hours at night (say 8-11pm CST), but I have to warn you I stink currently. Only time will tell if that changes or not I guess.

[SmuttyChiken]

Welcome back DirtPoorChiken ... it has been a long time ... in all my years a Chiken I think I may have seen you once or twice in Mechy ...

Will be good to have you ... rusty or not ...

[DysedChiken]

BAWK!! Dirtpoor

I am glad to see you back.

I have big hopes for this Living Legends game coming out. It could be pretty fund and start-up the buzz for Mech.

In the interim all the patches and stuff played hell (no pun intended) with your skills. It doesn't take long to knock the rust off though....kinda like ridding a bike after years of not riding one.

Anyway, good to see ya back.

BAWK!

[FreightTrainChiken]

Druid, I was @ WalMart and there was 2 winter war and the org. Will they both work?

[DruidChiken]

Freight as far as i am aware at the moment it has to be the original Crysis, not the sequal Crysis: Warhead

[SpyderChiken]

:crying

I can't run Crysis need to get XP.
theres only two things that can make me feel better

:boobs

ok almost all better

[DruidChiken]

and just to remind people just why Crysis is still the most stunning gsme out there

[Crestline Kid]

So I'm runnin 2.7ghz, with 1.5 ghz of ram. Can I even run Crysis?

[DruidChiken]

So I'm runnin 2.7ghz, with 1.5 ghz of ram. Can I even run Crysis?
Minimum specs for crysis on XP is an Intel 2ghz or AMD athlon 2800, 1 gb RAM and Geforce 6800GT or Radeon 9800pro 256mb

The amazing thing about crysis is that it still looks good on minimum settings, but obviously to turn on all the eye candy u need more power

[GunslingerChiken]

but obviously to turn on all the eye candy u need more power

<remembers the days of Twisted Metal> MORE POWER!

[ClankChiken]

MWLL looks awsome. Looking forward to the release.

I might squeak by on the minimum Crysis requirements. 2gb ram, AMD 2800@2.1ghz & Radeon 2800 XT/256mb. I'll have to check it out. Might be time for a new computer.

One question does Crysis have a third party view or is it all FF? I did manage to get through Halo I and II but couldn't handle the online battle kaos. Motion sickness. I'll say it, I'm an old rinkled puss. ;-p

[SmuttyChiken]

Motion sickness. I'll say it, I'm an old rinkled puss.

I get motion sickness after about 5 hours of the current Mechy ... lets face it Clank we just have to concentrate way tooo hard on the screen ... now I might be in the nearly as old and wrinkled category but I will never say I am a puss ... you own your own there old buddy ...

[DruidChiken]

as the character u have to play FP but there is a toggle option for driving/flying the vehicles the same as in BF2 etc


In MWLL you will get to play as an elemental while on foot, then jump into a Mech, Aerofighter or a Tank

Something that always let MW4 down was that you never really had the sense of scale that you where driving a walking building, hopefully that will be addressed in this.

[ClankChiken]

Not to put to fine a point on it but, I'm not ashamed of my puss status. As time goes I have become softer but its all relative. (softer than what?) I've found it harder to do alot of things I used to do. I don't hit a golf ball as far as I used to but I do hit it alot straighter. :-)

I like driving a buildings with guns, as long as no one really gets hurt. :-)

It'a all good.

[Tarn]

I want to know if you can customize your mechs. For me that's a huge component of the mech concept and if it's missing, I'll still play, but I'll be empty inside.

[DruidChiken]

I want to know if you can customize your mechs. For me that's a huge component of the mech concept and if it's missing, I'll still play, but I'll be empty inside.

Thats covered :)

http://vimeo.com/1999292

[DruidChiken]

To answer the question on if your PC can run Crysis, EA have this tool

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/ea_usa?registration_option_id=5610

[ClankChiken]

Oh well. My system passed the EA test but after it loads the initial promo and begins to open game screen in the year 20XX my entire system goes bye bye and locks up tight. I need a video card and/or cpu upgrade or new computer. ;-(

[DruidChiken]

Clank this may sound basic, but try defragging your Harddrive it does actually help after installation

[ClankChiken]

Good news! After much downloadning and updating I got it working. I think it was the ATI Catalsyt 8.11 software update that finally did it. It was just posted on ATI's site Nov.12 and wasn't there when I first installed.

I was up way too late playing last night, after I got it working. Didn't get motion sick, at all, but I wasn't in full screen either. Got to drive my first Hummer. :-) My video only allows game resolution set to "Low" detail but even that looks good. Getting used to keyboard controls and commands but all is good. I'm not as quick as I used to be.

How's the online gameplay Druid? I'll check it out after I get a few more hours of single play, which could take a while for me. ;-(

[DruidChiken]

Good to hear it Clank :)

Crysis multiplay type is Powerstruggle which is a capture and hold similar to BF2, but when you capture key tech buldings then it allows you to unlock bigger weapons and finally a Nuke launcher which u need to blow up the enemys base.

In MWLL there will be 2 game types, Trials of Annihilation (ToA) and Solaris Arena (SA).

Iim a bit sketchy on how ToA will actually work, but it appars it cbills based and as you play you will get more money as u kill , complete objectives etc and so will allow you to buy a bigger mech.

the other type which is called Solaris Arena is basically TD which is all lot more straight forward lol

Thers a lot of info in this thread http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/showthread.php?t=628718 as well as some great pics of the maps in MWLL

[SmuttyChiken]

So it is a solo game ... or is there teams going to be included?

I can see Kamakazi playing this more than me ...

[DruidChiken]

No Smut its Multiplayer only

The Solaris Arena game type will probably be the best for league play since its Team Destruction

[SmuttyChiken]

If it is multiplayer only then I wonder if the servers will be centrally run or whether there will be the chance to have our own The Way of the Bawk for this.

I can see us getting more than the current Mechy Chikens to play this ... it may be one of the best things to happen in Chikendom ...

At the end of the day though it will need a league to be set up to accomodate it or it will just become another of those individual Chiken efforts that are currently spreading the Confederation rather thin ...

[DruidChiken]

There will be indvidual servers, MWLL dont have the resources to support an official one full time so a TWOTB would be a good option, especially as there will se many settings that are server controlled like 3rd person view, its going to be FFP as default but server admins can change that.

I would think that MWL could start a TD ladder for it and its ideal for planetary in the ToA mode.

:)

[MoocherChiken]

I'm going to be looking at hosting a Crysis server soon, probably on the same box as the MW server. To be sure, if/when the mod comes out, I WILL host The Way of the BAWK II (or whatever I decide to call it) in MW Living Legends.

[DysedChiken]

Moocher is such a tease.

[SmuttyChiken]

Just call it The Way of The Bawk! ...

[DruidChiken]

Well they have said on their forums that they are looking at a december release date, its not clear yet if its going to be in beta or the full release, but it will be available...

:)

[SmuttyChiken]

Well crap ... I guess I will have to go get Crysis then ... i was hoping it was going to be a while so I could get the game on the cheap ...

[ClankChiken]

December? Looks like my Christmas list just got a little longer. :-)

[MoocherChiken]

Dru,

Before I go and try to wrap my addled mind around this, what's the difference between: Crysis, Crysis Wars, and Crysis Warhead?

And, more importantly, which will you need for MWLL?

Please say Crysis Wars. It has a Linux dedicated server.

[DruidChiken]

Its Crysis im afraid since MWLL was in development before Warhead was released, they may in future make a version for warhead but thats a way off i would think.

Crysis Warhead is a stand alone game not a addon to Crysis, Crysis Wars is the new multiplayer that ships with it.

Warhead has a tweaked graphics engine and sells for 2/3rds the price of original Crysis, but i can see their point al MWLL that at this stage they just need to get the game released without having to rework things too much.

[HotRodChiken]

ffp default... SWEET!
dream come true

[DruidChiken]

Yeh HotRod, they had a big, ohno3rdpersonislikecheatingcosucanseeoverhillsand roundcornersnstuff, debate and so 1st person is going to be the primary option.

1st person does add to the sim quality of a game when in the driving seat, and i brawler in MW4 i often switch to 1st person when up close and personal but i also like to see the panoramic effect of the mech striding into battle in 3rd.

[Clepto Chiken]

I can live FFP. Its the way I did play till Doc pointed out that there was a 3rd person view.

[SmuttyChiken]

I used to play at NBT for three and a half years ... nuff said ...

[Tarn]

Heck, at this point I'm so starved for a new mech experience that I would play this game even if the view was a locked anus cam.

[SmuttyChiken]

:shock

[DysedChiken]

Tarn, you need to move from where your living man........

[LoneStarChiken]

Is that the GerbalCam?

:scared

[SmuttyChiken]

and so does LoneStar ... :hmz

[Tarn]

Jeez, I meant the parking camera located in the mech's posterior, like the ones on gigantic SUVs. Dirty minds...




:D

[LoneStarChiken]

Yeah, sure. :slap

[SmuttyChiken]

In Sydney if you live in the Western Suburbs you are a 'Westy' ...

So as Tarn lives in the western suburbs of Texas we should call him a Westy from now on ...

Bloody Westy ... everything has an excuse ... :P

[Tarn]

I am on the West as in the coast of the US, but I'm in northern California not Texas. But I guess that makes the west thing even more applicable. Oh well...

[SmuttyChiken]

Bloody Westy ... everything has an excuse ... :P


See what I mean ... :P

[Tarn]

:D

[HotRodChiken]

found it cheapest at eb games
39$
was 49 at futureshop.

i am waiting until it is released before i buy. no interest inplaying crysis on its own, just mwll

maybe it will go on sale before that

[MoocherChiken]

http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/clshadowcat_4variantstextured_01.jpg

Stop drooling Smutty.

BTW, the cockpit is still a work in progress according to the MW:LL devs.

[LoogieChiken]

hubba hubba *drool*

Interesting variants... ballistics, hrmmmm.

[SmuttyChiken]

I want to see how that 4ERL gadget goes (has a med laser as backup?) .... damn that is a lot of Scat POWA ... in fact I can't see a 'bad' variant amongst them ...

It will be interesting to see how the Chikens approach this mod ... as picking any mech to play isn't an option ...

[DruidChiken]

... as picking any mech to play isn't an option ...

It is actually, in the SA (solaris arena) mode u will be able to pick any mech depending on how the server god sets up the limitations

so you could have a mix of IS and Clan mechs and a team and any variations it will then be played out as Team Destruction

This is the game type that would be best suited to MWL matches

[LoneStarChiken]

Sweet!

[GunslingerChiken]

Question if anyone knows: are they using the 3015 75 ton Vulture, or the 3050+ 60 ton Vulture?

[MoocherChiken]

http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/content/view/82

60 ton. And they're not putting in my Argus. I'm gonna cry now. :(

[MoocherChiken]

http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/textured_vulturemadcat_triplet.jpg

Textured but probably not skinned MadCat and Vulture. Well, at least I'll have the Kill Stealing Laser Bitch. It's still not the same as my Argus though.

:crying

:puppyeyes

[DunamisChiken]

OOOH AAAAAAH!!!!! What wonderful looking pictures. :)

[DruidChiken]

I think this pic sums up mechwarrior more than any other, scale has always been left to imagination in all MW games but this for anyone who has played crysis MP brings home just how big mechs actually are :D
http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/sizecomparison_wu26-01.jpg

[DunamisChiken]

That a atlas on the far left with some head missing? And a Jenner to the right of that? I am hoping I got them right.Raven and cougar look sharrrrrp!!!!
They still going for christmas or later on release?

[SmuttyChiken]

Atlas with a clear windscreen ... right of that is a MadCat MkII ... Raven ... Cougar.

Bawk! ... the detail is amazing in everything they are doing ... just hoping the delays in release aren't due to detail creep ...

[DruidChiken]

The MWLL Atlas currently has a clear dome head!!, (its their model and their artistic licence :eek2 )

Odd idea but I love the detail so i can live with it lol

[DruidChiken]

Watch out they have a flux Capacitor
http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/saclearcut_wu26-03.jpg
Hope to god there isnt a Delorean in the game as well lol :P .. could always use it for target practice i suppose lol

[DunamisChiken]

Will there be armored vehicles to drive?
Infantry to play as?
Battle armor?
aircraft to fly? Like helocopters and aerofighter?

[DruidChiken]

Yes
No
Yes
Yes

[DysedChiken]

<----would like to see Smutty in an AMC Pacer with a Long Tom strapped to it!

Now that would be target practice.

[DunamisChiken]

Cool.
Bummer.
Cool.
AWSOME!!!

[LoneStarChiken]

Nice.
Damn...I had RDX at the ready.
Nice.
Nice.

[DunamisChiken]

Yeah tell me about it lol.