Some more Kwisatz Haderach news (at last!)
and URL change---------------------Dune
news
4th of may 2002---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--17:00 CET
There's a good reason why I haven't posted anything
in 2 months (honest, there is :) )... There were serious FTP problems and
I wasn't able to upload anything at all. Even now the FTP isn't working
properly, so I'm lucky that I managed to upload even this. I'll soon move
my site to a new URL, www.westwoodrts.com
(actually it's not new at all - I've used it before, if you remember).
But until then, I'm not sure if I'll be able to post anything...
Now onto the x-pack "news". I've received countless
emails asking about the release... so I realized that many of you don't
know it has been released, or where to download it from. Well, the first
version (there will be several new versions in the future) has been released
quite a long time ago, and you can download it from here.
There's also a patch
for it. It fixes some bugs and balance issues.
Emperor x-pack news and domain trouble...----------------------------------------------Dune
news
27th of february 2002----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--20:20 CET
First of all, the expansion pack news: I've just
uploaded a screenshot of a Corrino base under attack by the Harkonnen.
You can see it here.
The mod is done, but there's a rebellious freezing bug that we need to
squash before releasing Kwisatz Haderach. Please be patient... ;)
Second, there's a small problem with my domain
(www.westwoodrts.com)... Namezero
has decided not to support free domain names any more as of March
1st. I didn't tell you this earlier because I hoped I'd be able to upgrade
to their paid service before the deadline, so you wouldn't notice anything.
But since I didn't manage to do that, westwoodrts.com won't be active for
some time (until I get the money to get it back, which will be sometime
in March). Until then, you'll still be able to access my site at the usual
address:
http://www.fortunecity.com/underworld/cole/1027/index.htm That's pretty long, so you'd better bookmark
it. :)
Winamp skin and x-pack stuff ----------------------------------------------------------------Dune
news
10th of february 2002----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--23:00 CET
As you might know, I made an Emperor Winamp
skin, the only one in existence... And I forgot to upload it to my own
site. Bad Edric! :) Well, you can download it now from WWRTS. Click
here.
Also, expect to see the x-pack released within
a week! Let the fireworks fly!
I've updated the Emperor
x-pack page. It now contains info on all the units.
More x-pack news -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dune
news
25th of january 2002--------------------------------------------------------------------------------17:00
CET
Time sure does fly, doesn't it? I haven't posted
any news in... quite a while. :)
Well, there are some problems with the x-pack,
because a virus made ghosty lose all the mod files. :( However, he
was able to recover most (but not all) of them. This setback won't delay
the release (hopefully), because we already had a margin of error.
The release date of the unofficial Emperor expansion
has been set: February 2nd. Also known as DunesDay, because of all the
Dune events planned by FED2k on that
day. When Mahdi asked me if the release of the x-pack could be delayed
until DunesDay (to add one more great event to D-Day), I couldn't say no.
;) As it turns out, this delay was a very good thing, because it gives
us time to recover from the virus attack.
In the mean time, take a look at the short intro
that ebmonkey made for the x-pack! It will replace the animated EA and
Westwood logos. Click
here to go to ebmonkey's home page to download the intro. It's only
3.4 Mb
Note to EA/Westwood: The movie does contain your
copyright notices.
Server Downtime----------------------------------------------------------------------------------site
news
11th of january 2002--------------------------------------------------------------------------------19:50
CET
Like they say: "When everything's going well,
chances are you missed something".
I just received an email from Fortunecity
(this site's hosting service) saying that their servers will be down
from Sunday, January 13th through Wednesday, January 16th. They
are relocating all hosted sites to a new data center. The URLs won't change.
They're just doing this move to provide a better hosting service. However,
it means that you will be unable to visit this site from Sunday until Wednesday.
I'm really sorry, especially since I was looking forward to giving you
move info on the Emperor x-pack these days...
And another one! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dune
news
8th of january 2002----------------------------------------------------------------------------------20:05
CET
We have a new x-pack screenshot! This one shows
a Corrino
Windtrap. Although the mod is progressing well, the beta release will
be delayed, for reasons we can't make public. However, I can tell you that
the cause of the delay is actually a good thing. I just can't tell you
what it is... yet. :)
Btw, I've also done a few minor updates on the
x-pack page. Expect me to reveal some more secret units soon!
First screenshot! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dune
news
6th of january 2002-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------19:40
CET
Here it is! The first screenshot from the unofficial
Emperor x-pack! Click
here to see it. It shows some Ordos D-Troopers in action. Also, I've
updated the x-pack
page a bit, with 2 new unit descriptions (the Bashar and the Saboteur).
4th of january 2002-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------20:48
CET
The developement of our unofficial Emperor expansion
is going well! Expect to see the first beta around January the 13th. Also,
I recently updated the x-pack
page with the unit descriptions. I still decided to keep some of them
secret, though. :)
Community news------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C&C
news
4th of january 2002-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------20:48
CET
The guys over at RA2 Map Center now have their
own domain! So go check them out at www.ra2mapcenter.com Besides loads of RA2 and YR maps, they also have
an impressive collection of gameplay hints.
2002 is here!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C&C
news
1st of january 2002-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------01:30
CET
Happy New Year! *lots of fireworks*
*kabooom*
Cough... cough... ok, now that we got that settled,
my master Yuri ordered me to give you some fresh news... fresh from last
year, that is. :)
First, Yuri's Revenge got Gamespot's Expansion
Pack of the Year (2001) award. Click
here to read about it and see YR covered with glory. ;)
Second, the first official YR map pack is available!
It contains 2 maps, "Transylvania Trouble" and "Irvine, California". Click
here to download!
A very happy Christmas! (and some site news)--------------------------------------------site
news
26th of december 2001-------------------------------------------------------------------------------22:00
CET
Merry Christmas! And to the non-christians out
there, a very happy >insert holiday name here< !
I know this is the 26th and I'm a day late,
but I've been away for Christmas. Besides, just a day before leaving (I
left last Sunday), I had to format my HDD because of a virus that had kept
me off the computer for over a week.
...and that's why I haven't posted any news in
such a long time. Now I have some file recovering to do before starting
to post news again.
The sleepers must awaken---------------------------------------------------------------------Dune
news
11th of december 2001-------------------------------------------------------------------------------21:25
CET
Announcing... a new Emperor: Battle for Dune
mod!! The
Sleepers must Awaken - the unofficial Emperor expansion pack. Yeah,
I know the name sounds like bragging, but hey, nobody thought of it before!
:) This mod is still under developement. The creators are ghostysquare
and Edric O
(yours truly). Well, most of the credit goes to ghostysquare actually.
We want to make a "proffesional" mod - something as similar to a true x-pack
as possible. You'll notice that I haven't posted the unit descriptions
on the mod webpage, because many of them are still uncertain and will most
likely change. The mod has no ETA - yet.
In other news (RA2 community news): RA2
Mod Makers has a new layout, with all new pretty colours. :) (a Yuri
colour scheme). They also need staff to help them on the Tech War 2 mod.
Head over to the site for more info. And here's the best part - I should
have posted about this on Saturday. Bad Edric. ;)
