[MOD] The Opera

[legacy-mainoffender]

http://opera.redeemedsoft.com/

whats the Opera?

this is a mod orignally on the half life engine until recently the team has decided to move to ut2003.

whats it about?

Dual akimbo pistols, diving and dodging shots,hong kong movie action.

max payne multi player without bullet time. could be another way to describe it

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if you have a copy of half life already you can try the mod

the ut2003 version is still a long time away but work on it has already begun.

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weapon list (oh boy there are alot)

S&W M-627 (.357)
Colt Python (.357)
Colt Detective (.38 Special)
Taurus M44 (.44)
Beretta Tomcat (.32)
Walther PPK/S (7.65mm)
Tula Tokarev 33 (7.62mm)
Beretta M92FS (9x19mm Parabellum)
CZ Model 75 "First Version" (9x19mm Parabellum)
IMI Jericho 941F (9x19mm Parabellum)
Pistolet Makarova (9x18mm Makarov)
Sig-Sauer P226 (.40)
Glock 22 (.40)
Colt M1911A1 (.45ACP)
Ruger P90 (.45ACP)
H&K USP (.45)
IMI Desert Eagle (.50AE)
CZ Vz61 'Skorpion' (7.65mm)
Beretta M93R (9x19mm Parabellum)
IMI Mini Uzi (9x19mm Parabellum)
H&K MP5K (9x19mm Parabellum)
MAC M10 (.45ACP)
Mossberg M590A1 Short (12g)
Franchi SPAS-12 (12g)
Sawed-off over/under (12g)
Thompson-Center Contender (caliber undecided, some long rifle cartridge)
Throwing Knife
Katana
Kung Fu (thats right martial arts heheh)

Most pistols and SMGs have optional silencers. All revolvers, pistols and SMGs can be used akimbo (yes, even the .50 DE). Many pistols and revolvers will have optional skins (for instance, Berettas available in both matte black and steel).

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game modes include

last man standing
mook match
single player mode !!!!
Duels
and more to come...

heaps of features and more to come check the site for halflife mod and the forums for updates and info

this isnt a mod that some kid thought up of and has no background on modding, so its unlikely they are looking for members (i could be wrong so if you have invaluable skills they wont be wasted with these guys).

they coded and implemented heaps of features that were originally not in the halflife engine.
(mainly diving, cloth physics for trenchcoats, 3d weapon muzzle flashes,and others)

[legacy-thesubwoofer]

sounds pretty cool. i dont have half-life so i cant try it, but i can wait.

[legacy-mainoffender]

its going to rock ;)

they have so many original ideas its not funny and most of them are being implemented right as we speak.

for example usually when you have dual/akimbo guns in a game you press fire once it fires starting from one hand then alternates to the other

e.g pressing fire four times would be left,right,left,right. or the other way around =P

well in the next version of the opera being released you will have left and right handed attacks.

two seprate buttons one for left, one for right.

thats right you can hold two guns and empty a whole clip from one gun instead of being forced to alternate all the time or you could fire both at the same time

this applys to alot of things in other words attacks wont just go in a linear repeating fashion.

due to this button layout it will open up alot of options with melee attacks as well :D


i think this and the star wars "troopers" mods are going to be the best first generation of mods that come out.

as in total conversions.


:)

[legacy-jby1chaos]

sounds cool, can't wait until you get a working product out :D

[legacy-mainoffender]

bump and links more opera related sites

maps.redeemedsoft.com - offical map site for opera

www.theopera.tk - a new site that recently opened for opera

[legacy-Bainesy]

I loved the mod Half-Life and I'm going to love the UT one ^-^
Did you know Gabe (from Penny-Arcade) done the Art for that mod? :D

[legacy-mainoffender]

yup they even did a strip on it as well

and two PA skins in game and that guy on the top left corner of the web page.

its amazing how fast the RA are working on this build as well,
in the offical forums they have screen shots of maps in progress and a shot showing the character doing a roll in first person perspective.

:)

[legacy-toolboi]

for example usually when you have dual/akimbo guns in a game you press fire once it fires starting from one hand then alternates to the other

e.g pressing fire four times would be left,right,left,right. or the other way around =P

well in the next version of the opera being released you will have left and right handed attacks.


Bah, Marathon had this back when it came out in the early 90s ;)

Ya, and this is probably going to be the most awsome mod that comes out for UT.

[legacy-FBMachine]

Originally posted by mainoffender

in the offical forums they have screen shots of maps in progress and a shot showing the character doing a roll in first person perspective.

:)
Where? I looked all over the forums for this, found a couple weapon pics, and that was it. :confused:
Dan

[legacy-mainoffender]

sorry my bad should of gave a link for the pics i mentioned

http://forums.redeemedsoft.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?s=3dd2a71e0b28ffff;act=ST;f=2;t=1371

this post has the picture of the roll and a map in development with lots of corona overusage :p

most info is in the develpoers .plan files and general discussion


although im too lazy to find this but they have a picture of akimbo shock rifles :haha: :D

[legacy-mainoffender]

funny that i took my own advice and read the .plan files

a wealth of information is there.

like they already have an simple internal build done
:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :up: :up:

also heres a simple little mod that works well for dueling in mods
its made by one of the guys in the opera team.

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The "MegaPistol" mutator is NOW AVAILABLE!

http://opera.redeemedsoft.com/opera_web/UT2003_MPistol.zip

- Assault rifle is only weapon. Bullets only - no grenades.
- Firing rate of 0.7, or 2/3rds of a second between shots. Left and right mouse buttons fire.
- No spread. Bullet goes where the crosshair is.
- Damage is monumental: instant kill, even through shields or at long range
- When you kill someone with it, you regain ammunition

Drop files in to the UT2003 "System" directory, then go in to "Instant Action" and pick the "MegaPistol" mutator.


made by nighthawk

its fun for bombing run as well apparently ;)

[legacy-jby1chaos]

SWEET!!!!! :D
I love this mod!!!

[legacy-JaFO(JBE)]

It was one of the truly original mods for half-life ... so it's good to see that the original team has decided to move to better things ;)

Just one important question : will the bots perform the same crazy stunts that humans are capable of in that mod ?

[legacy-mainoffender]

its still a bit early to say but by the look of things i would definatly say you can look forward to the bots diving and rolling as well.

[legacy-mainoffender]

bump

[legacy-tUmAdRe]

THis is gonna be mad nice

[legacy-Eat Leet]

omg, this is going to be sweet. the HL mod owned.

[legacy-SmithBrown]

yeah, i played like 2 games on the half life engin, but after that, it just kept gliching out and just kept geting errors, same with my friend, like you messed up a code or somthing, i don't realy know, but from what I played it looked like a kick @$$ game. Looking foward to seeing it on the ut2003 engin.

[legacy-Blade0927]

this game sucked. action half-life's better.

[legacy-mainoffender]

well you said it sucks, fair enough you dont like it. it would of been nice to give a reason to why it "sucks"

although i have to admit that the halflife version has its share of flaws. alot of those problems if not all will be fixed in this version.

so im sure all the things that bothered you in the halflife version wont be in the ut2003 one
it wouldnt hurt to give it a chance.


;)





oh and to argue with your ahl vs opera debate....
TS is better :up: :p

www.specialistsmod.net

though im sure you heard of it as well since on the bbs of ahl they were talking about it.

[legacy-SmithBrown]

Hell yeah blade!! I love ahl, and im the king at it, whats your screan name?

[legacy-JaFO(JBE)]

Whee ! is all I can say ... because that was the only thing that annoyed me about all half-life mods : the fact that you had to find a decent server with ppl to play it.

I really liked that they tried to encourage ppl to 'go crazy' instead of simply shooting ppl.

btw : try to find the mutator called 'Matrix moves' for Unreal Tournament.
That mod allowed players to do stuff like walking on walls and various rolls etc.
It might give you some idea on how to do your stuff in the Unreal-engine.

[legacy-mainoffender]

JaFO - that sounds intresting and potentially quite useful
does this mutator have a site? and is it for ut2003 or the original ut?

:)

[legacy-§uper-]V[oose]

There you go. > http://www.planetunreal.com/reactor4/

[legacy-JaFO(JBE)]

yes, that's the one ... and of course it's for the original UT only.
Altough I think a good coder can get a few ideas from that even though UT'03 handles bots & players now as one entity with a different 'controller/brain' instead of 2 separate beings ...

[legacy-DFlor]

Much appreciated for this post - wish I had known about it quicker; perhaps we could have provided something more appropriate.

We will be making a news update and a "more than official" announcement (we've been keeping somewhat of a low profile since we did the engine switch) within the coming week. Look for bigger and better things to come!

In the meantime, visit our forums...
http://forums.redeemedsoft.com/

Tnx & Rgds...
David "Nighthawk" Flor ( dflor@redeemedsoft.com )
Lead Programmer, "The Opera" - http://opera.redeemedsoft.com/

[legacy-slyweazel]

I played this mod for HL.. and all i gotta say is these guys KNOW HOW TO MOD. It's amazing...