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Quake Wars - Castle Attack

2010-04-11T12:44:00.006+01:00

The latest pictures of current development on this new level.

Construction Site - A community built level.

2009-08-23T16:04:00.006+01:00

A long long time ago, well March. A few people had an idea to build a custom level for Enemy Territory Quake Wars. Joining forces, members of the Quake Wars mapping community started to create what is now known as Construction Site. Already the first Alpha version has been released. Having already received some feedback from other community members the consite team are already working on an update.

I have just received these leaked pics of the updated version. In which you can see some changes to the look of the level from the alpha.

The next shot shows a new area codename Docks. Whether this new section will have a playable objective we will have to wait and see. Although it does look rather nice.

A new version may be while yet so why not try out the Alpha and give some feedback over at the forums.

BattleStrogg Galactica Alpha 2 released

2009-03-19T09:14:00.008Z

Download BattleStrogg Galactica Alpha 2
Filefront Mirror

Release Thread at the Community Forums.

Next Poject QW Castle Attack

2009-03-15T09:38:00.008Z

I will start work soon on converting my "Enemy Territory" level Castle Attack to Quake wars.
I have been putting this off too complete other maps but its about time i started on this. Well thats not quite true as i had earlier converted the et source to quake wars and had already created a simple megatexture. The most difficult part will be to create spawn captures like ET. As the spawn caps are much different in quake wars. Hopefully it will be time to fight for the flag once again.

Full details of the old ET version can be found here a site dedicated to the level. Where you can find videos and lots of pics if you aren't already familiar with this level.

BattleStrogg Galactica Alpha 1 Released

2009-03-15T09:11:00.004Z

Download Locations.
Mirror 1 mediafire
Mirror 2 Wolfmap.de
Mirror 3 Quakewars.fr
Mirror 4 Filefront

The first Alpha has been released and is currently running on the Nirvana server. Also check here to see what servers are running it right now.

If you want to give feedback or suggestions for future releases go here to the community forums.

Coming Soon

2009-03-09T22:26:00.003Z

The battle is about to begin. discuss the new level BattleStrogg Galactica at the community forums.
Go there now.

Asteroid Hazard - BattleStrogg Galactica

2009-03-05T23:02:00.008Z

It's WAR

2009-02-27T22:33:00.001Z

Freespirit_pro Beta 3

2009-02-22T20:12:00.006Z

I've created a new version of Free Spirit City called Freespirit_pro Beta 2.
This cut down version only contains the last two objectives for a faster more intense battle. This should satisfy a few people who dont like the larger maps. So try out the new flavour now.

Download Freespirit_pro Beta 2b @ www.wolfmap.de

New Preview Video

2009-02-18T12:01:00.000Z

Free Spirit City Now with bots.

2009-02-09T09:38:00.003Z

The new update to Free Spirit city the custom level for Enemy Territory Quake Wars has just been released. Beta 3 has added many touches of detail as well as a few tweaks to the game play.
But the biggest addition has been the inclusion of full bot support. The bots will complete all objectives and use all the vehicles available to do so including the flyers. They'll plant mine traps at strategic points and use the artillery to rain death on their opponents. Setup deployables for defence and radar and even insult you occasionally.

So if there's no one on the server but you fancy a game of Free Spirit City you can now use the bots option to play whenever you want.

You can auto download the level direct from the game from the Nirvana server or use these direct links.

Free Spirit City Beta 3 pk4
Free Spirit City Beta 3 Megatexture

Make sure you down load both the pk4 and the megatexture. For more information go to the community forums and read the release thread here.

Landing site

2008-10-07T15:27:00.001+01:00

New Forest pics

2008-09-18T15:50:00.007+01:00

Rendlesham Forest -

2008-09-11T14:56:00.010+01:00

Here are a few early pics of my new level for Enemy Territory Quake Wars.
Based on the famous UFO incident in Rendlesham Forest.

Free teen Spirit

2008-09-03T07:43:00.003+01:00

A small video of my new level while running at the Sunday night Nirvana.

Free Spirit City Beta 2 released

2008-08-28T12:03:00.004+01:00

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download - Free Spirit City Beta 2
ChangeLog :

1. Added new capturable spawn for GDF at the first objective [bunker].
2. Adjusted territories to take into account the above change.
3. Fixed all minor bugs and glitches ie missing textures.
4. Moved Strogg first spawn to outside of bunker.
5. Reduced build time on first objective by half.
6. Added vo anouncement on first objective for a half build.
7. Added more cover in tunnel. Lorry traffic accident.
8. Fixed MCP route mask.
9. Adjusted deployment mask to restrict deploys away from MCP route.
10.Updated megatexture to include tree shadows that went AWOL in b1

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Big thanks to =CK=Funkymoped who already has it up on a server.
ip 91.192.210.59
Contractkillers Battlegrounds

Free Spirit City on Servers.

2008-08-22T16:18:00.004+01:00

Contractkillers Battlegrounds server has Free Spirit City up and running already.

Thanks to =CK=Funkymoped

ip 91.192.210.59
Contractkillers Battlegrounds

Free Spirit City Beta 1 Released

2008-08-22T13:41:00.006+01:00

I am proud to present beta1 of Free Spirit city.

GDF - objectives

Repair the communications computer
Escort the mcp to the compound at the city limits
Hack the shield generator
Destroy the temporal field generator.

Strogg objectives

Defend, kill 'n' destroy the human scum.

The Story

The Strogg have taken over Spirit City
A small GDF force have been dropped outside the city near an old communications bunker.
They will have to repair the communications computer to call in an MCP.
Once they have escorted the MCP to the compound at the city limits an SSM will fire and attempt to create an access point to one of the buildings which contains a Temporal Generator.
It is likely that they will already have deployed some form of shield.
In this case covert-ops will have to hack the shield to enable the SSM to hit its target successfully.
Once this has been achieved the attacking forces must enter the building and destroy the Temporal Generator. With this Temporal field generator the Strogg intend to travel back in time and destroy humanity once and for all.

You must stop them, you must FREE Spirit City.

Notes.

Its taken me 4 weeks to convert the map from just a track.

Deployable areas are on all flat areas that dont interfere too much with gameplay.
So lots of options but some may have to be removed depending on feedback.

Known problems.

Some red ink warnings relating to models and the old null entity chestnut.
No role hint ie star next to engineer for build etc.
locations are sparse.
No bugs that im aware of.

future possibles.

bot support maybe.
oob area to be added

Feedback

Any feed back is most welcome to improve this.
Thanks all.

Watch out for my next map .... RENDLESHAM FOREST ;)

Discuss Free Spirit City on the community forums.

Targets

2008-08-17T13:40:00.008+01:00

Hopefully I can complete this map in time for next weeks Sunday Nights Custom Map Nirvana.
So these should be the last pre-release pics. Im concentrating on the final objective at the moment which is to destroy the Stroggs Temporal field generator. See previous posts for details.
So only a few days to go. err! I'd better get on with it then.

New intel on Strogg shield generator

2008-08-09T20:30:00.003+01:00

Some shots of an early build of the hack objective in Free Spirit City.
Location - Central Intelligence building.
Access - two from behind Strogg lines. One route is available through a shop located on the GDF side, to a first floor office in the tower building adjacent to where the shield generator has been placed.

The Bunker

2008-08-07T17:49:00.004+01:00

The bunker is the first objective of the map Free Spirit City. The GDF will have to repair the communications equipment based at the bottom of a disused bunker on the outskirts of the city. Or is it disused. There are reports of a heavy infestation of Strogg. Expect a heavy defense, unless the Strogg team is stacked with nubs in which case it wont be long until the next stage.
Once the communications are repaired you will be able to guide in an MCP and use it to destroy the Strogg. But dont do too much damage, we need that city.

Cov-ops field report

2008-07-29T18:24:00.005+01:00

One of our operatives has just sent back these grainy shots of a new Strogg device being built within one of the buildings of Spirit City.
Our scientists [boffins in white coats] believe the device maybe a ...
... Temporal field generator. If this is true there can be no doubt what the Strogg are up to..

They intend to travel back in time and destroy humanity once and for all.

The cov-ops last signal contained the blue prints.

Free Spirit City

2008-07-26T16:34:00.004+01:00

Free Spirit City is a objective map evolved from my race track.

The Strogg have deployed a class 5 Stroggo-ship near the centre and have started Stroggifying parts for their own fowl means.
A small GDF force have been dropped outside the city near an old communications bunker.
They will have to repair it to call in an MCP.
Once they have escorted the MCP to the city an SSM will fire and attempt to create an access point to one of the buildings which contains a new Strogg weapon.
It is likely that they will already have deployed some form of shield.
In this case covert-ops will have to hack the shield to enable the SSM to hit its target successfully.
Once this has been achieved the attacking forces must enter the building and destroy any Strogg weapons they discover.

Good luck soldier.

As usual for more intel press the link..
Free Spirit City attack plans

Spirit Speedway beta 1 released

2008-07-26T08:01:00.006+01:00

At last i have completed my first level for Quake Wars
and also my first level for the mod Wheels of War.

The actual process of taking a map and making it compatible with WoW
was a fairly simple one. Just a case of inserting the gate entities into the
world file. Plus 16 special WoW spawns. For future simplicity i created separate world files for each gate and one for the spawns. These were then referenced into the main map and positioned. Alongside the entities for each gate, two spawn entities were added to each gate, so incase of a damaged car you spawn with a new car at the last gate you passed through.

You can download the files needed below. But server owners be aware there is a bug in the wheelsofWar mod at the moment which prevents you from running any WoW custom levels alongside the official QW levels. Which means if you want to run this level on your server it must be without the official levels. The Wow team are hoping to rectify this issue.

If you have any problems or just want to discuss or point out any issues you
can do so at this link at the community site.

Spirit Speedway beta 1 thread

Download Links:
Download Location 1 @ mediafire
Download Location 2 @ Wolfmap.de
Download Location 3 @ eprison.de

Discuss Spirit Speedway

2008-07-19T00:02:00.004+01:00

Come and join us at the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Official Community Site
and discuss the level and generally probe around.
The level is almost ready for release.

The end is nigh

2008-07-11T15:51:00.006+01:00

Drive Test

2008-07-08T23:52:00.008+01:00

With the full route now passable its time for some badger testing.
Including here some examples of Parallel projection on the megatexure.
The light coloured rock on the cliff surfaces used Parallel projection, with a lot of adjustments the results were good on a 32k resolution texture.

City Heat

2008-07-06T18:53:00.005+01:00

Old Cliff Road

2008-07-05T13:00:00.001+01:00

An 8k Megatexture and Renderview in Editor shot.

Spirit Update

2008-07-03T14:59:00.013+01:00

Megatexture Update

2008-06-16T13:01:00.009+01:00

Here are a few renders of the current terrain mesh. I completely redid the megatexture as the mesh had changed so much I needed to create a whole new set of flow masks. These were created with WorldMachine.

Spirit Speedway

2008-05-24T17:27:00.006+01:00

Spirit Speedway is my new Quake Wars mapping project. It will be available for future Quake Wars racing mods. The map area is divided into two halfs. Country & city.
It started out as a quick creation in Terragen. I then converted it into an *.obj file for editing. I quickly created a rough track outline white on black and used it to sculpt a roadway into the terrain mesh.

The Country

Spirit City

There is also the possibility that a cut down version with just the city area will make it as a standard objective map.

SDK Released

2007-11-24T11:55:00.000Z

Finally the quake Wars SDK beta has been released. At last we can start to shape those ideas into actual custom battlegrounds. There are lots of download links over at the community site here.

The Splash Damage Editing Wiki has also been opened to help mappers get started with the basics. Here you will find tutorials to get you started. If your having any problems with the SDK remember to check out the threads for feedback also at the community site here.

Quake Wars SDK is coming

2007-10-29T19:44:00.000Z

Prepare your mice, clean those monitors and get the gunk outta da keyboard because the SDK is coming. The news has just hit the Enemy Territory Quake Wars community site that the eagerly awaited SDK is within reach. In a new dev blog entry Jared 'jRAD' Hefty reveals new information about what exactly will be included. Numerous tools, textures, editors and also several tutorial maps plus lots more. Along with lots of documentation in the form of a wiki.

jRAD adds ...

We plan to launch the ETQW Editing Wiki alongside the full Software Developers Kit, Tools, Media, Tutorials, and Documentation after the ETQW 1.2 update is released. Keep an eye on the developer blog for the latest on this.

Read the full low down Here.

Google Maps to Terrain Mesh

2007-07-17T10:00:00.000+01:00

This tutorial will show you how to select a section of terrain from Google Earth and convert it into a usable terrain mesh for further adjustments within a modeling package such as Maya and then for inclusion into a Quake Wars level.

Software required.
Google Earth
SRTM3
Microdem
Wilbur

First download and install the above programs. To install SRTM3 just double click and it will open Google Earth, just save to my places when you close the program. This is an overlay file which enables you to directly download the data files for the the area which you would like.

Selection
The next stage is to select a part of the the earths terrain that you which to use.
In this example I will use an area of Scotland. We zoom into an area we like to identify a specific location or smaller area of terrain. Tilting the view at an angle will give you a good view of the terrain. Now we are happy with our selection we can move onto the next stage.

Retrieve Data
Now select SRTM3 on the left of the screen in Google Earth . A grid will appear over the terrain identifying the different areas. As you can see in this picture the area we need is labeled "Data for : srtm_36_01". Select this and a box will open. Scroll down to the bottom. Select preview the tile . The smaller sub-sets of data will be highlighted. On the left of Google Earth move down to Elevation preview and open, then select Global or local legend. Now you will see the sub-sets. You will see download locations for the files you need. When you select one of these you will see the option "Download the data for subtile :".

Conversion
The next stage is to run Microdem and load in the file that you have just downloaded.
File>Open>Open DEM
If you get an error try this updated exe file.
http://www.usna.edu/Users/oceano/pguth/microdem.exe
At this point you can right click on the map and select Legends and uncheck all to give us a clear image. Then find the area you need and choose "Subset & zoom" (4th icon from the left). Drag your mouse over the area you want. When you have the area you want, right mouse and choose "Display Parameter" and then "Elevation". Next choose "Gray scale" and press "z Range". Choose your min, max values or leave as default and press "ok".
Go to "File" and "save image".

Option 1
Next step is to run Wilbur and load up the image you have just created. Then go to "File" and "Save As". Under "Save As type" choose "3D Wavefront OBJ (*.obj)". Give it a name but also add the suffix (.obj) as it wont. Now open a modeling program that can import .obj files. You will need to rotate the mesh -90 on the x-axis.

Option 2
I'll point you to another option which is to bring the height map directly into Maya. Check out this tutorial by Hakuryu at ET:QW-Maps.
You could use a low sub-division like 32 instead of 128 and then use smooth in areas for higher detail.

This tutorial was based on one by MGSteve at the Transport Tycoon Forums.

Enemy Territory - The past to the future

2007-07-16T23:34:00.005+01:00

MannsReality - ET Mapping Site

Castle Attack
Nice to see Castle Attack still on the servers and lots of people still playing it. Never know I might do a QW version. The site is still open with a couple of prefabs and info. B3 is still available as it plays a lot differently to B5. All the play is forced through the castle gates and makes for a more chaotic battle.

Mary Model
Also ET related here is a Mary model I created for MrFin & Fireflys map Vesuvius. The final has been released and you can find out all about it here. Marys a little hard to find. Its a good sized map with some nice touches. I'm sure she will make it into a future map.

Castle Attack movie II from []v[] on Vimeo.

Gangs 4 Life

2007-07-10T10:30:00.000+01:00

In the first of a round up of mods in develpment for Quake Wars. Here is Gangs 4 Life. This mod is based in the 50s, Oh those were the days .You will choose to play as either the Mafia or Les Bandas. Fighting for control of the city. Yes there will be weapons and possibly some harsh language.
In this interesting setting for a mod, if not unique. I expect urban maps to rule and of course being set in the 50s will add an extra challenge to mappers. With varied game play modes the mod is expected to launch with four maps. I will be watching out for updates and posting them here.

The four maps expected at launch are:

- Casino ( Las Vegas, United States )
The Bandas will have to steal money from a safe and escape with it in a truck after taking the truck to the paint shop for a new spray job.

- Fish Factory ( Lausanne, Suisse )
The Bandas discovered that the Mafia had a headquarters based in Suisse where they export drugs and other money making activities. The Bandas have to infiltrate this building and steal plans with all their routes where they export the stuff to. They have to escape with the documents in a boat at the other side of a lake and then make their escape by plane.

- Haçiènda ( Tepic, Mexico )
Mafia spys have discovered that the Bandas have a diamond which means a lot to them. They have to steal it from the Bandas so they can sell it for lots of cash and make the Bandas poorer. They have to get in the haçienda that is secured with guards and then they have to disable all security and get the diamond in a tractor.

- Hoover Dam ( Arizona , United States )
The Bandas have a large area of land where they plant drugs to make money and the Mafia found out. If the dam is destroyed, the Bandas can't plant drugs anymore on their land and can't make any profit.
The Mafia has to destroy the generators and a turbine and they also have to disable the power in the control room. After that they have to till up the handle of the intake and all the land of Bandas will be destroyed and no more drug plants. Increasing the Mafias stranglehold on the city.

If you would like to be a part of this mod why not head over there now as they are looking for team members.

Terrain Mesh Preview

2007-06-14T14:51:00.000+01:00

This is a preview of a mesh I created for use in a future map.
Animated in terragen.

World Editor

2007-03-29T11:27:00.000+01:00

Pics of the the Quake Wars World Editor.

Doom 3's Radiant provided a major improvement over its predecessors: level designers could simply press a key to see exactly what your world would look like in the game. editWorld takes this great time-saving ability and extends it to include real-time preview of the MegaTexture, sunlight, ambient lighting (for setting mood and filling out dark corners in rooms) and atmospheric effects like haze and clouds. Some designers work almost exclusively in this view (called Render mode).

Quote taken from Splash Damage Dev Diary #5.