ESF Cell games - Soaring in the sky

[flyboyissac1]

is it out yet it been 2 years since i seen another of these vidz

[SSJMegla]

@flyboyissac1 Nope. As for vids. I only uploaded the vids that were not yet on youtube. There is an official ESF youtube channel youtube(dot)com/user/EsforcesC­OM

There is also a Facebook page facebook(dot)com/pages/Earths-­Special-Forces/262237203800287­?sk=wall&filter=1

Just replace the "(dot)" with an actual dot ^^

[imruoll]

how did you extended the map like this???

its so awesome

just like a Sandbox game

[SSJMegla]

@imruoll We wrote our own map handling system into the Half Life 1 game engine. So we have potential to do bigger maps.

[imruoll]

@SSJMegla wow thats amazing

how come the open beta doesnt look half of this xD?

just to let u guys know

your doing an exellent job

and how did you made the graphics like this?

openGL only or more things?

is there an expected release date?

[SSJMegla]

@imruoll Cause the Open Beta doesnt have any of the switched systems.

The graphics are all Open GL shaders rewritten and forced into Half Life instead of its old Open GL functions. Everything from maps to models is Open GL handled.

There is no set release date for the Final. We are making it as fast as we can, but we dont want to run into a similar situation like the guys did with Black Mesa Source.

[imruoll]

@SSJMegla im not rushing u(not that youll listen xD)

take all your time to make this game good

id hate to see this project goin to hell..

good job on everything guys

im a huge fan of your work!!

[imruoll]

Cant you guys use another engine?

not that this isnt good

its awesome

but if u extended HL1 enging to this

than Rage engine or Unreal engine will be insanly good

[UnbornFamas]

That 1 dislike is the guy that made DBZ Burst Limit 2.

[Ultimatefiren]

Gohan is going to punch god out from the sky

[wisemasterj]

they got the graphics from dbrb

[MrGreenblur]

@wisemasterj Actually no, the wonderful people behind this mod made all the graphics by hand.

[itsjustnickwilliams]

@wisemasterj shutup douch! this was made WAY before then!

[wisemasterj]

@itsjustnickwilliams Oh sorry Let me rephrase that "The graphics look like DBRB"

[jacobbill]

Man, I'd love to be able to download and play this, but I've got the source engine. :C

[SSJMegla]

@jacobbill Dont worry. Its not released yet. And Valve is known to have special offers like dropping the HL1 price down to 1$ some times. So it pays to follow the news on STEAM.

[SeBaxD101]

@SSJMegla Did u maked an server?:D If u did tell us pls

[SSJMegla]

@SeBaxD101 Didnt i say that its not released yet.

[XxXpioschickenXxX]

Deberia tener el motor grafico SOURCE en ver del Goldsrc, es 70% optimo los graficos SOURCE

[SSJMegla]

@XxXpioschickenXxX And i have no idea what you mean with that. Not even with help from a translator program.

[Fenix0784]

@SSJMegla Epic hahaha Yes, I speak Spanish and it have no sense for me also.

He's saying that goldsrc engine is no good and you should use the graphycs engine called SOURCE because they are 70% optimized.

[SSJMegla]

@Fenix0784 We cant use Source. We hacked our own mapping system into GoldSRC. Source does not allow such level of customization. the only 2 engines that allow that and are still in use today are Quake 3 (which was released as Open source so you have access to all of the engine) and the UDK so the Unreal engine. Source is simply to newb friendly to be of any use for major overhauls.

[upperbluedragon]

it would be awsome if u could fly from the ground to the lookout tower

[mmasterson21]

I know this is a real newb question and I'm sorry to have to ask it but how do I go about getting this game, start to finish?

[SSJMegla]

@mmasterson21 Its not released yet. This is a promotional video. A teaser of what our new mapping system is capable of, if you will.

As for how you get it. The same as any Half Life mod. Install Half Life 1 on STEAM, download the mod and install. Restart STEAM and the ESF shortcut will be in your STEAM games list.

[thebole123]

you should be able to fliy like that it would be more fun for game..

[blade55555]

So I know on the forums its said that you wont' be able to fly that high. Well me and my bro like to just play on LAN and all that and was wondering will there be a way to remove the map boundry? As we think it would be really fun to just fly that high and just love how big the maps are.

Hope you respond and this mod looks soo good I still can't believe this is a Half life 1 mod!

[SSJMegla]

@blade55555 You will have to edit the map in order to remove the boundary. But removing the boundary may cause the beams to stop working and some effects to get messed up.

[blade55555]

@SSJMegla Ah I see hmmm maybe i'll find a way to make the boundry bigger or something if thats possible. Thanks for replying greatly appreciated good to know possible problems and mess it up before knowing :P

[SSJMegla]

@blade55555 Making the boundary bigger = editing the map itself. Not sure how that will go without the source files though.

[upperbluedragon]

@blade55555 i agree

[Fenix0784]

I was asking myself (looking that video) if it could be possible to swap maps from other games like "Oahu" from "Test Drive Unlimted or "burnout Paradise"... Or even Liberty City from GTA.

Anyway, I'm waiting to download it. It's an amazing mod and IMO, better than the actual Dragon Ball games.

[SSJMegla]

@Fenix0784 No. We are using our own file format for the maps. So unless you have access to the actual model files for the maps you cant port them. First you need to convert the models into OBJ format, then you use the converter we made ourselves to convert the OBJ files to our format.

But in the end i doubt those maps would run to well since they are made with an entirely different system. You would require heavy optimization on them before you could run them in ESF.

[Fenix0784]

@SSJMegla So it's finally not imposible at all but it's a lot of work.

I have access to some obj but from Dragon Ball Online and I work a little with files from Test Drive.

I never opened DBO maps but files are there and I never tried anything with TDU Oahu island.

Thanks for you answer. I'll take a look at this in the future =)

[NikitaRus]

can't wait to play it!

[TheChazas]

its feels like it never going to be released.

[TheChazas]

please song name!?!

[SSJMegla]

@TheChazas SILBERMOND - KRIEGER DES LICHTS

Not sure what exact version of that song it is though.

[TheChazas]

@SSJMegla huge thanks! and by the way when you gona release this awesome ESF. couse i see you making not a mod you creating a new game.

[SSJMegla]

@TheChazas Its still a mod. It still requires Half Life 1 in order to run. It just doesnt look like it ^^

And we have no release date set.

[thedbzmaster100]

yo is this grega?

[SSJMegla]

@thedbzmaster100 Did the map vids with the name give that away?

Yea its me :p

[thedbzmaster100]

@SSJMegla cool.

[blazer9636]

wow, this game is like the best mod I've ever seen.Keep up the good work guys!