Latest Forum Threads
| · New Skin In beta stages by: Bry |
| · Major Forum Upgrade by: Bry |
| · Update your email address added by: Bry |
| · Small yet major NS2 gameplay change by: Bry |
| · New Natural Selection Interview by: Bry |
| · Random Questions Answered by: Bry |
| · New NS2 Interview online by: Bry |
| · Further Clarification on the whole pre-order steam issue by: Bry |
| · New Server Setup and Online by: Bry |
| New Skin In beta stages |
| Posted By: Bry On: 30 June 2009 - 06:01 PM |
The new forum skin is now in beta testing. At the bottom of the forums is a drop down selector where you can choose NS to change to the NS skin. This skin is as close to the official NS forum skin as I can get it with the changes to layout in IBP 3.0 Please post any bugs/comments/suggestions |
| Major Forum Upgrade |
| Posted By: Bry On: 25 June 2009 - 12:29 PM |
If you are reading this then you have probably noticed that we have upgrade to the new version of invision power board forums 3.0. This went extremely easy but, due to it being a major version release 2->3 a number of skin elements are no longer working e.g. forum ranks, smiles and the skin itself. [attachment=1902:logo.png] I will be working hard over the next few days to get this upgraded. I will proberly even rope Perpetual in to help 
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| Update your email address added |
| Posted By: Bry On: 25 June 2009 - 10:39 AM |
If you purchased NS2 with an invalid or unusable email address it is now possible to change it. Simply visit: http://www.unknownwo....com/ns2/change |
| Small yet major NS2 gameplay change |
| Posted By: Bry On: 22 June 2009 - 10:42 PM |
Latest update is saying: Ok it's looking official - aliens can't climb ladders in NS2. Now I must admit it was kinda ridiculous to see an Onos climbing a ladder and with the probable inclusion of destructible walls/doors to allow an onos an alternative route this is somewhat offset. But, what about gorges who can not wall climb and probably can not charge down a wall (one would hope). So, they must have an alternative in place... |
| New Natural Selection Interview |
| Posted By: Bry On: 18 June 2009 - 06:33 PM |
New Interview online with some actual new gameplay info  Quote There are many gameplay changes from NS1, although of course we want it to feel like the Natural Selection universe. We're toying with a Gorge ability that lets him protect himself by crouching down and crawling. When he's doing this, his damage would be taken off his energy instead of health. We also like the idea of the Onos being able to stomp the ground to temporarily disrupt marine structures - Commanders would have their screen shake and go black for a second, resource towers would stall, infantry portals would stop spinning (part of their new design), etc. We've also added alt-fire for every marine weapon. The alt-fire for the assault rifle (LMG) is a rifle-butt that can be used to knock aliens back, L4D-style. The trick is to improve every aspect of NS1, while still retaining the "feel" of NS1. |
| Random Questions Answered |
| Posted By: Bry On: 15 June 2009 - 06:41 PM |
A few useful tidbits of information here perhaps a little bit more useful than the previous news entry. Check it out  http://www.readyroom...ent/view/80/29/ |
| New NS2 Interview online |
| Posted By: Bry On: 15 June 2009 - 06:31 PM |
http://www.readyroom.com.br/vns2/?p=85 Not much new information however, there is some interesting news on the cinematic editor |
| Further Clarification on the whole pre-order steam issue |
| Posted By: Bry On: 12 June 2009 - 04:52 PM |
Natural-Selection2 is using steamworks. Steamworks games will automatically show up in Steam, you don't have to add it. The confusion actually comes from talking about a Steam version and a non-Steam version, but really there is only one version and it should be called the Steamworks version. Here's the breakdown: * Steamworks is the set of services that includes, friends, matchmaking, anti-cheat, anti-piracy, updates, achievements, DLC, etc. * The Steam store is a place where you can buy games * Steam is an application which gives an interface to the Steamworks services and the Steam store. Running Steam is required for any Steamworks game The right way to think about it is like Team Fortress 2. It's a Steamworks game that you can buy from the Steam store. You can also buy it in Best Buy in a box, but you're getting exactly the same thing and exactly the same services. Once you've installed it, you have exactly the same experience as if you bought it from the Steam store. A game that uses Steamworks isn't "linked" to Steam, it IS a Steam game, it's just not necessarily purchasable in the Steam store. |
| New Server Setup and Online |
| Posted By: Bry On: 12 June 2009 - 09:58 AM |
Ok after our last server host jacked up the price 300% for an idle server...... I naturally could no longer afford to run it and my search for a new host began. Weighing up all the options, I decided to go with a dedicated server rather than with a co-location. Mainly due to being able to get a faster server and the fact the old server was 4 years old so the hardware could potentially start failing. In the end I decided on a Dual Xeon 2Gb with plenty of b/w running windows server 2003. I had the option of server 2008 but am more comfortable with 2003. The server setup was a breeze (online within 2 hours of ordering) and the support system given is fantastic as well as probably the best control panel I have ever seen. Makes me wonder why I stuck with our old host for so long. However, it took just under 2 days for me to upload all the configuration files, custom maps, server programs and to do a full update and performance check. I am however now fully confident that everything is working right (although I bet Perpetual will either find soemthing wrong or break something on purpose just to prove me wrong on this fact ) We have 3 servers up and online: 78.129.242.81:27015 - Combat Only Server 78.129.242.81:27020 - Classic Only Server 78.129.242.81:27035 - TeamFortress2 2Fort Server I do not really want to run more than 3 servers as I see no need. With the coming of Natural Selection 2 I will probably close the Combat and TF2 server and put up two Natural Selection 2 servers. Enjoy
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