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WC modder

Pedro

- of

Unknown Enemy

and WCP

OpenGL

fame - has released an image that shows off some of the ships for his WC4 remaster project. The

effort

has been

hinted

at for some time, but as more high quality assets are completed by DefianceIndustries, the project as a whole becomes more feasible. After some extensive planning, Pedro is ready to soon get started on the programming side. He's using the

Usagi

engine due to its modularity and ability to recreate the feel of the game. Despite their popularity, WC3/4 have historically had fewer directly associated fan projects than Prophecy/Secret Ops. It's great to see the whole

breadth

of the series getting attention these days!

Defiance has been passing me models for the WCIV remake. Not too much to report, I spent most of my time getting the engine ready for a new project but it's about time to start.

I was hoping to more closely match the lighting

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Captains, the Alliance is eternally grateful to you for your service to the galaxy, and for sticking with us even when not all seemed the brightest. Indeed, there have been times - recently - where we found ourselves facing off against waves of enemies who didn't seem to actually be there, or screaming at our turret gunners, wondering why they weren't firing, and we want to thank you for still defending the galaxy while we work to make everything smoother in the fight against J'ula and her minions. Therefore, the Federation, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Republic and the Dominion have opened their coffers to make the Phoenix Prize Pack and an Upgrade Weekend available at the same time to all Captains on PC! Here's the details: *** Still striving to get the greatest performance out of your equipment? This weekend will be the perfect time to apply Tech Upgrades to your gear, as we’re doubling

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The Lobi Crystal Consortium is pleased to announce their latest featured sale! From Thursday, November 8th at 8AM PST til Monday, November 12th at 10AM PST, shrewd Captains will be able to choose from their wide selection of wares, just by visiting the in-game Lobi store. All items in the Lobi Store will be 20% off for this entire sale! Now’s the best time to take command of a Kelvin Timeline Intel Dreadnought Cruiser, or get your hands on a Boolean Heavy Assault Cannon, or fly the stars in a Vaadwaur Astika Heavy Battlecruiser. Enjoy, Captains! .share-footer a { margin: 20px 10px 10px 0; background: url(d7afaaa14e96d0d973f76157ae31ec5b1466398539.png) no-repeat 0 0; opacity: .5; display: inline-block; height: 60px; width: 60px; padding: 0; border: 1px solid transparent; -webkit-transition: opacity .3s; transition: opacity .3s; } .share-footer .TI {

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General: Resolved an issue that would cause skills to become invalid once reaching tier 6 on any Reputation. Players currently effected will be able to respec their invalid skills for free. The cooldown timer for "Defense of Starbase One" has been changed to the standard 30 minutes. Removed the Energy Credit cost when transwarping to the start of a mission. Optimized matchmaking system to allow matches to be made quicker when players decline or timeout of a Task Force Operation. Resolved an issue that would sometimes cause enemies to not spawn in Task Force Operations. The Walker-class Prototype Light Exploration Cruiser has been added to the TOS ship vendor. Updated frequency for when mission auto-hails appear: Auto Hails can only appear once a player has completed the tutorial. Auto Hails only occur for the next mission available in the mission chain the player is

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The isolationist group Nova Imperium has broadcast a message to Imperial citizens via public media.

The organisation's leader, known only as the Imperator, said:

"Imperial citizens, your ruler's weakness has put you in great danger. If we are to survive the Thargoid onslaught, we must sever ties with the Federation and other, inferior powers, and concentrate on protecting our own systems."

"I call upon those who care about their Imperial birthright to support Nova Imperium. We vow to restore the Empire's purity and strength, and to lead it into a glorious future."

Senator Denton Patreus responded with the following comment:

"These extremists and their seditious agenda are not worthy of attention. So far we have been lenient with them, but this so-called Imperator would be wise not to test our patience any further."

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Bioware has been known to place small hints and teases of their franchises within each other, for example being able to wear a Dragon Age-inspired armor set in Mass Effect 2 or the mounted Krogan head that can be found in Dragon Age Inquisition. Now Mass Effect appears to be setting its sights on Anthem, subtly infiltrating the next big BioWare title with style.

According to Producer Mike Gamble, the people of Fort Tarsis celebrate N7 day too and his Twitter account features the Interceptor Javelin sporting a N7 armor scheme. This hasn’t been the first time the Mass Effect-inspired armor was seen either. One of the multiple devs streams also showed off Shepard’s iconic armor on the Ranger Javelin.

It would appear that through the use of Anthem’s customisation options players will be able to create their own likeness of the armor or maybe even be able to recreate others such as Tali’s black and

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Today's new ships aren't necessarily the most popular, but they're amazing renditions of two trusty workhorses of the mid 2600s.

DefianceIndustries

has added the Scimitar medium fighter to fill the gap between the

Hornet and Raptor

, and they all have a Drayman class transport to escort now. Despite their unfair reputation as space slugs, both ships look super sleek here and the Drayman's turrets give it some nice teeth. We're looking forward to seeing where these pop up!

"I hope you all like flying Scimitars, because if you don't, I don't want to hear about it!" So sayeth Peter Halcyon right before sending you on a near death sentence of a mission in said craft. Personally though, I think the Scim gets a bum rap. Despite the fact that it's slow, can't turn well, and dogfighting Jalthi in it is tantamount to suicide, it can make quick work of the WC1 kilrathi fighter lineup up to the Krant. It can

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Priority One, a Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, sat down with Lead Designer Al Rivera a few weeks ago to talk about the launch of Age of Discovery! Here's what they had to say about the episode: This week we’re Trekking Out some #TrekNuggets from Destination Star Trek in Birmingham, England, and a couple new starships from the folks at Eaglemoss. And for you Worf fans out there, it seems that Michael Dorn wants in on new Star Trek, too. In Star Trek gaming news, we’re joined by Star Trek Online’s Lead Designer, Al “Captain Geko” Rivera, to talk about Age of Discovery and more! And as always, before we wrap up the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages! You can listen to the episode right here! .share-footer a { margin: 20px 10px 10px 0; background: url(d7afaaa14e96d0d973f76157ae31ec5b1466398539.png) no-repeat 0 0; opacity: .5; display:

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Art Director Ian Leyland and Environment Artist Luan Vetoreti discuss the process and elements of building Lorville.

To watch Reverse the Verse LIVE each and every week, tune into Twitch.

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Breaking news about upcoming releases and an inside look at cloud tech development in this week’s update.

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Here are this week's major stories.

A mercenary group has been intercepted by security forces in the Meene system. It is understood that the mercenaries' primary target was Phoenix Base, home of the engineer Ram Tah. Li Yong-Rui, CEO of Sirius Corporation, said the attack demonstrated the precariousness of Ram Tah's situation.

In related news, security forces in Meene are launching an operation to capture enemy agents. Security Chief Harper Vargas said his forces intended to detain any surviving mercenaries and interrogate them, so they could identify the individuals behind the incursion.

Meanwhile, Lieutenant Inspector Ramesh Thorne, who has been leading an investigation into The Mars Tribune, has been suspended from the Federal Security Service. The news came less than an hour after Thorne made a public appeal for information regarding admin robots fitted with secret surveillance programs,

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Shaggy

reports that he was able to get a pretty accurate looking Sabre flying in

Simple Planes

. The SP engine allows players to create or recreate various flying machines and see how they perform under power. In this case, the design seems like a winner! We report a lot about the fantastic major mods that fans are doing to well known space games, but it's also really cool when people branch out into other areas like this. Shaggy was previously imported WC ships to both

Kerbal Space Program

and

Beat Hazard

, which is pretty neat!

"Build airplanes by snapping parts together, designing wing sections, and attaching engines. At any time, you can strap yourself into the cockpit and see how it flies with realistic physics."

So I don't know if anyone here plays Simple Planes but for my first upload plane, on the SP website, I chose to do the F-57 Sabre. I picked it because, as far as I could see, there

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The family and colleagues of author Olav Redcourt have reported him missing. A police investigation has so far failed to determine his whereabouts.

Redcourt recently hit the headlines when he terminated his relationship with his publisher, Bonespire Publishing, midway through a promotional tour.

In the wake of the author's disappearance, Bonespire released the following statement:

"We can only assume that Mr Redcourt is trying to avoid paying his fine for contract violation, which runs to several million credits. Of course, should he agree to continue writing the bestselling Corsair King series, we would be happy to waive the damages."

Literary critic Kayla Shah offered an alternative explanation:

"Obsessive readers of the Corsair King series have sent death threats to Redcourt for not delivering exactly what they wanted. Now that he's turned his back on the series, might he have been

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Entartika

posted this look back at a physically distributed patch for Special Operations. Apparently in regards to an autopilot glitch, the team at Origin modified the SO1 executable and sent it to people to copy over their existing WC2 installation. Origin did have a BBS in the early '90s with a few things like this, but relatively few people had modems to access it, so they had to send out updates in the mail. We've sure come a long way! Thanks to JJ2078 for the tip.

How games used to be patched, in the olden days

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The

WC1 sprite refresh

that Unnamed Character, Goliath and Howard Day are working on was a big hit last month, so here's a closer look at one of the stars. These are the full 1024x1024 frame shots used for the upgraded Bengal. They're higher res than the upgraded assets in engine so you can really get a good look. It's been more than a

decade

since Howard first debuted this model, and it still holds up amazingly well. This iteration also has some updated light effects that really make it pop. These are just six of the 62 frames that make up a WC1 ship - you can find the rest at the

CIC Forums

.

Re-renders with some material tweaks for goodness

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Last week, we released Star Citizen Alpha 3.3 to the live servers! If you haven’t had a chance yet, make sure to check out the patch notes, download the latest patch, and jump into the game. We’re also happy to announce that Alpha 3.3.5 has been published to the PTU for our Evocati testers. So far, things are looking really good, and we’re excited to open up the PTU to more backers in the very near future.

Thanksgiving is next week so prepare your fleet and keep a weather eye out for more information regarding some fun celebratory contests.

And with that, let’s see what’s going on this week:

Every week on Calling All Devs , designers, engineers, and other developers from our five offices around the world answer backer questions submitted on Spectrum and voted for by YOU. This week we talk about unwanted guests, voice commands, death of a spaceman w/ Scramble Races, and more!

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Here's a really cool find that LOAF recently came across. From the outside, it might look like a nifty WC1 Special Edition autographed by Chris Roberts, but it's what's inside that's pretty rare! The set was originally purchased directly from Origin in 1990, and the included Secret Missions were special mailed in a WC branded envelope instead of the standard slim black box. Not many of these were produced like this, and even fewer still exist today!

I lucked into one of my grails! It’s a copy of the Special Edition of Wing Commander with the Secret Missions mailer! This version was only available via mail order from Origin in 1990. The mission disk came separately in the mailer in December when it was finished.

They hadn’t originally planned to release Secret Missions at retail at all, it was an extra mailed directly from Origin. But there was so much interest they ended up doing a boxed

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If you’re an active subscriber, these items will be added to your account on November 19th.

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A report compiled by the Imperial Internal Security Service on isolationist group Nova Imperium has been leaked.

The Rewired news service broadcast the report in full:

"This document compiles our latest intelligence on Nova Imperium, as requested. Although the group has not yet committed any crimes, its threat potential should not be underestimated. Its isolationist message resonates with those fearful of Thargoid invasion, and its rallying cry of 'Empire for the Imperials' aligns with the more conservative citizenry."

"We have identified the group's leader, the Imperator, as Duke Kaeso Mordanticus, a former naval admiral from a long line of decorated veterans."

"Evidence suggests that Mordanticus still has contacts and influence in the Imperial Navy. Nova Imperium's ships are mostly run by ex-naval crews, bound by loyalty to their former commanding officer."

"We will continue to monitor Nova