Topic: Few questions from a long time follower but first time poster!

First i would like point out im not english so im not that good at english.

Well what can i say this mod is one off the feew mods i have been waiting for, for ages;-)
also one off the reasons i baught BF2142 at all. It simply looks amazing! cant praise it tomutch but then again im sure alot off people already have done, and will ones its released.

I have a feew questions though that i cant seem to find answers for here on the forums or the actul homepage.

Classes: will there be only like 4 mainclasses and then people will be able to customize there class like in BF2142 you know iff you go spec ops with RDX/Machinegun or perhabs like to go sniper with the rifle/mines/scope stabaliser etc and get 2 or more totaly different classes out off the same basic one. (I think i saw somwere in the last update with the release date that you hade a alot off different roles for people to pick and well i would love to be able to choose the best gear suited for the different roles you can play.)

Will there be pick up kits at all on more or less secret places around the map or in mainbases.(perhabs a lightsaber hehe just an exsamble im not surgesting a JEDI class or enything the like its the weapon alone i mean either for fun/easter-egg or perhabs more serius wespons like a JAVA elektrical(looks a little like emp perhabs) gun to take out droids like seen in one off the movies etc, or perhabs just a stun gun to stun people with or the like the posebilities are endless in this universe)

is it possible to fly eny ship in the mod nomatter what class you pick or doo you need a pilot class for fighters capital ships etc.?

Will there be a commander role in this mod. i saw somwere that people would be able to deply different kind off UAV drones etc. so i whas thinking wouldent that make the Commander pointless more or less depending iff there is a arty strike or not. is the commander the only one that can fly capital ships etc like he is the only one that can move the titan in BF2142?

Maps: And i cuten see enywere howe meny maps that would be in the first release and witch i cut only find parts about what maps whas being worked on and not realy iff eny off them were done and witch one? (i would have to say im going to cry out loud iff the attack on Hoth isent there but im preaty sure it will be or atleast eventualy cause that part off the movies just screams for a map and it whas a greate map in GC mod)

And iff you are making a Endor map witch im preaty sure you will;-) with dense jungle like trees etc i hope you can reduce lag somhowe cause not meany maps in BF2142 realy have that dense kinda enviroment

Vehicles: Will there only be fighters bombers etc on the space maps or will we be able to fly enything else then the land speeders on the normal ground maps im preaty sure and can understand a capital ship only would be a static in the sky/ground/crashed perhabs on a ground map but i mean a tie fighter/bomber or X-wing/Y-wing perhabs?

Will you guys release enymore info perhabs a release video before the actual release day (wish thinking but i just cant wait either like the rest around here, hehe)

So far all i can say is from what i have seen off videos updates etc etc etc it looks to become a kick pie mod! and im impressed with the work you have done so far, i aplaud the Dev´s.

BTW will all the stuff from the mainpage under Game Features be in the first release?

Re: Few questions from a long time follower but first time poster!

I'll see what I can do to answer these questions:
There are 4 'main' classes which each have the option to change their primary weapon (we can't have completely customisable weapons due to engine limitations sad). We have also managed to rig up a 5th class, this class is the 'officer' class, only squadleaders can choose this class, this class can not be customised at all.

  There are no pickup kits in the 1st release.

  Any class can pilot any vehicle.

  There is no commander in R1 of First Strike (This may change in latter builds, but no promises)

  I have no idea why the maps haven't been officially anounced yet, but I can tell you Hoth is not included in R1, although it is already well under developement for R2, the testers are already running around in eco base.

  The maps haven't been officially announced yet so I'm probably not alloud to say wink, but our heavily forested map runs fine even on my old PC wink.

  The 3 ground maps in release 1 are primarily infantry maps, as such there are no pilotable star-fighters or capital ships on them. This will obviously change as new maps are added in future releases.

I was expecting us to release far more build up material before release, but the release date has had us all bukled down trying to get the mod finished none of us have had time to think about getting videoes/screenies to the public.

Not everything that we have previously stated (Including that part of the website) has made it into FS R1 as this is only our first release and we just wanted to get it out to the public before you all gave up on us, we should have a full R1 features list written up soon I hope.

General Un-Co,
                         Signing off
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3 (edited by Kayin 2007-09-25 06:01:04)

Re: Few questions from a long time follower but first time poster!

FSDev| General Un-Co wrote:

The maps haven't been officially announced yet so I'm probably not alloud to say wink, but our heavily forested map runs fine even on my old PC wink.

If this means that Endor is included.... wow... thats the one I've been waiting for, but didn't know it's going to be in first release (not saying that it IS but IF...) smile

FSDev| General Un-Co wrote:

We have also managed to rig up a 5th class, this class is the 'officer' class, only squadleaders can choose this class, this class can not be customised at all.

So the first guy I'm going to shoot is the officer. Thanks for the  tip wink

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Re: Few questions from a long time follower but first time poster!

Thank you alot for the quick response! and answers! alot off what you say make sense to me like i can see videos etc arent realy importent, and i can also understand why a map as Hoth needs longer to be worked on to make it absolutly greate etc, though i have to admit im wery envy on the testers in Echo base;-) But non the less Thank you for taking time to answer my questions:-)

And well im not going to start eny rumors but lets be honest here Endor have more or less been told now so that is 1 off 3 ground maps and the 2 im geussing a Tattoin map no ider whitch one or were its going to be but it would be my geuss;-) so were would the last one be? eny one have a qualified geuss:-)
(id like to point out this is only geusses i have no ider iff im right or not, eccept for what i have just been told here)

Re: Few questions from a long time follower but first time poster!

Endor? There are loads of different planets with trees on them.  It could be one with a very dangerous local species and massive trees. But I'm not telling.

6 (edited by Goblin 2007-09-25 07:23:10)

Re: Few questions from a long time follower but first time poster!

Ahhh I think i know what your thinking mate Kashyyk!!! Wookie planet;-)
And i cant remember the home planet off the Rancors but i know its a forest planet aswell;-)
And as far as i know both planet have a deadly local Species one way or the other.
But again iff im corekt the devs did say they would stay in the line off the movie nr 4,5, and 6 and the only forest planet we ever saw there whas Endor im almost 97% positive on that, but again the devs are allowed to make up stuff(i think) though im preaty sure they are also around doing those 3 movies but people whanner play the movies so to speak iff im not wrong.

Re: Few questions from a long time follower but first time poster!

Well there is always Dagobah... What if the empire is just hunting for Yoda? tongue

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