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**epileptick** · 04-11-2012, 06:27 AM

any videos?
i'm a counter-strike fan and i was waiting for a game like this
also, i would like to join beta test
and one more question: will u sell your game or distribute it for free?

**aRny** · 04-11-2012, 10:01 AM

Originally posted by epileptick View Post

any videos?
i'm a counter-strike fan and i was waiting for a game like this
also, i would like to join beta test
and one more question: will u sell your game or distribute it for free?

Hello epileptick,

We do not have any videos just of yet, although we are nearing a stage to show off ingame footage soon.
We have some videos of our level fly-through and some character close ups on a turn table, for that you can check out our youtube account:

http://www.youtube.com/user/TacticalAssaultChan/videos

For now we have no need for beta testers, we have a good intern group dedicated to this area working on our Alpha, before we are ready to go live with a demo, we shall then advertise for testers.

As for your last question, it was intended to release this as F2P however that is looking less and less likely with us looking to go commercial, sell through steam and other channels - but nothing is concrete as of yet.

**aRny** · 04-12-2012, 09:17 AM

Spectating, Ghostcam and gameplay Mechanics

presents you a CODE update for...

Dear Community,

we posted an exclusive facebook post and wanted to share this as an official update with you all here! This version is slightly different than that posted on facebook, so we do recommend to reading this one as well!

Travis aka "Rogue" has been busy coding the CP:I spectator, ghostcam and player ruleset systems. All are nearly complete, we'd say a good 90% done and ready for huge in-game testing soon.

We wanted to give you an inside view of what he has been up too and how we are progressing in general

RULESETS:
Everything you can imagine has been thought through, rulesets to handle player leaving when no damage and damage has done and how this affects player numbers, negative death scoring and so on. This will mean if your client crashes or you disconnect, you will be able to rejoin the current round as long as no damage is done, by any player or team.

Do you recall loosing all your guns in other games when you crashed or your internet dropped? Well don't worry as we are already planning to introduce a system that will remember your players inventory so when you rejoin you will return with the monetry value of the weapons held at the time of leaving. This still needs further definition, but rest assured we are really covering all areas to bring you a game both fun to play and minimising those annoying moments that made you rage quit as in other FPS games.

When joining the server for the first time, you are added as a spectator until you have chosen a team/ character from our selection menu.
- when selecting random team, swat, or merc. You join in-game changing from specator state to Player state.
- Admins can configure if the server joining is random "force teams" or manually selectable.

This takes into account what to do if a player joins, if the admin turns on "force balance team" option and which team to put them on too, first checking the number of players on each team, then if they have the same number of players, it checks the team scores and puts a new player on the loosing team.

SPECTATOR:
We have 3 sets of spectating, from "none" (which is turned off), to "view all" (can view players on both teams) to "view team" (your own team mates only) - all of these are server side handled, and every player can see these server options within our welcome screen.

Please note: this is not a REAL Spectator slot, this is just "ingame spectating" when dead.

--When Spectating is set to team only, not to all players
Left mouse click = cycle through team mates
MouseUp/Down = cycle forwards/ backwards through team members
Right mouse click = change to ghost cam, to fly around map

** ghostcam should only be allowed if the server setting permits this **

--When Spectating is set to ALL players/teams
Left mouse click = cycle forward through members ( all alive players of OWN team, then auto cycles through other team, then restarts cycle from beginning)
Right mouse click = change to ghost cam, to fly around map
Use Key = switches to other team directly

** ghostcam should only be allowed if the server setting permits this **

- if player following DIES, it switches to next available player automatically (depending on spectator setting)
- so far all player movements are replicated in-eyes, including hud elements.

REAL SPECTATOR:
This only works if enabled by the server admin.
- if in buytime OR end of round: spectator will continue to follow the last player selected (if he exists). This is good if an admin is watching a certain player, or someone is making a video using fraps or a demo (demo not yet integrated but planned). This means they dont have to keep selecting through the whole team players again.
- if no one is alive: it then returns to ghostcam mode. (ghostcam mode is always available for real spectators)

You can view all players, cycling through both teams, back and forward:

Left mouse click = cycle forward through members (all alive players of 1 team, then auto cycles through other team, then restarts cycle from beginning)
Right mouse click = change to ghost cam, to fly around map // see below
Use Key = switches to other team directly

** TO DO **
We just need to replicate the player hud you are spectating, their weapon animation and effects. After this the whole spectator area can be marked off as complete! We are then moving onto core gameplay areas, looking at the Team deathmatch type, team and player scoring, points, damage and general featues such as teamtalk, open say, game console, death messages etc.. not forgetting looking to revise our money allowance system in combination to our buy menu and weapons.

We hope this was a good insight into our development progress and gives you an idea where we are at the moment. We look forward to your feedback and any questions you may have.

Check our our Facebook & Twitter pages and click "like" at the top of our site if you want more media updates like this next time round too!

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We are still over on moddb, check us out at:

Best regards,

Your CP:I Team

**Derp** · 04-12-2012, 05:53 PM

Wow, this looks great! The weapon models are fantastic, please don't abadon this project

**aRny** · 04-12-2012, 08:23 PM

Hi Derp,

well the project started some 5 years ago, on ut2k4, then we ported to ut3, then udk came out.. and we had to start from scratch.
It seems like a snow ball effect, but we constantly saw what the new engines had to offer and when udk came out, despite loosing all work, assets and CODE it has been worth the battle.

So to answer your question, as you can see in the last 1.5 - 2 years since we started brand new on the udk platform (approx) we are not likely to give up, we are well motivated and sure of our project.

Come follow us on facebook and spread the word fans
http://www.facebook.com/#!/dominatingstudios

**aRny** · 04-25-2012, 09:27 AM

presents you a CODE update for...

Dear the "Epic" Community,

We thought we would give you just a small update to keep you informed on our progress, which is moving forward rapidly!

Our code base for all weapons is now in place, acting as a solid template for all guns! We have 2 weapons currently in-game and functioning as intended, including excellent looking bullet impact effects and muzzle flash effects from Jason "Midwinterdreams" to finish them off nicely.

We will gradually start coding the other weapons one by one, allowing us to start organising internal alpha tests and balance weapons and gameplay in-depth.

Here is a stunning UDK render of our MP5K which is eagerly waiting to be abused!

MP5K
Modelled & textured by Stefan “rockstar6” Groenewoud

WillyG has nearly finished coding the HE and Flash Nades, which we can’t wait to get in-game! James "Molez" has already put together an awesome looking effect for the explosion together with dust and smoke particles.

Travis "Rogue" has tidied up more gameplay aspects, concentrating this week on the buytime, round, and map time, allowing admins to customise and change these values on the fly.

Kolby has nearly finished our armour system, which for a user works brilliantly as expected, calculating which armour was purchased, the current "health" status of the armour and the player, and working out what % to reduce the first hit by, then calculating the second hit by the first hit impact. Internally we can only describe this as hugely COMPLEX in large letters. This deserves its own post later with some graphs to show you how it works.

Jason has also tidied up our welcome screen UI, which is pretty much polished, and we are then moving onto the in-game menus and HUD elements.

As you can see, there’s so much coming together from all angles, and as every week passes we are a step closer to being able to work on an in-game video! We can't say when, except that it is now our number one priority.

We hope our small updates keep your taste buds wet with excitement in the meantime

If you like what you're seeing, then "Like" our Facebook page!

Facebook:

Twitter:

MODDB:

Your Critical Point Team!

**XstreamTech** · 04-26-2012, 06:52 AM

Some of your work looks really good, I can't wait to get in there and "pwn some nubs", Your environments in the screenshot are rather detailed, Can't wait to see the upcoming teaser shots...

**aRny** · 04-26-2012, 10:08 AM

We have begun production on some flythrough videos to keep the appetites wet with hunger!
Thanks for the feedback, positive comments are far and few between since people tend to take the time to complain at something

Stay tuned

**Nando** · 04-27-2012, 06:18 PM

Nice work Arny :P

**aRny** · 05-07-2012, 10:55 PM

More code updates for you eager fans! Huge progress made in the last week with an ungodly amount of bugs and features added in.

- Springfield pistol added ingame
- KA-Bar knife now ingame : but has alot of tweaks to be done, hit dmg, decal, firing type
- SIG 552 now ingame : this is now complete except an animator issue with wrong bone named
- Basic Sound Announcers ingame : needs retesting
- Login Menu fixed : this took a **** load of man hours to fix for online, offline, using open command and the ingame menu
- Fixed player moving in pre-round
- Tidied up localisation on main menu titles
- Controlled how menus view on main menu, disabling and hiding menus correctly when switching
- Fixed a bug where no message showed if the game didnt find a winner
- Single and burst fire functions work
- HE nade is nearly finished and ingame, needs some fixing to adjust bounce, arc of throw and damage type/ radius
- Temporary Flashbang code added ingame. Needs a lot more work for effect and control when to show, to what brightness and so on.
- Fixed a bug in buyzone and objectives not working

TO

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Stuff next to be done mentioned mentioned above plus the below:-
- Hitboxes plugged ingame are so accurate that infact.. they are too accurate. sometimes a few pixels are not registered on the player helmet, so this is to be fixed
- Buy menu needs plugging in
- Money reward and point system needs plugging in
- Player Bomb and Bomb objective need doing
- We are waiting on dev commands to fix and tweak weapon aimerror and recoil values
- Flashlight torch and nightvision are also on the list to be done

We are recruiting, check out our post here:
http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/...ator-searched)

Regards

Drone * · 05-27-2012, 02:02 AM

I am looking forward to this! Very cool project!

**aRny** · 05-27-2012, 08:05 AM

presents you...

Dear Community,

Here we are again with some updates, just to keep you informed on our increasing progress! We see the light at the end of the tunnel and everything is starting to come together piece by piece.

This edition focuses on our code, weapons and animation departments, bringing you news about:

- Aim Error & Recoil
- Hit directional indicators
- Character Animation
- Weapon functionality
- Armour System
- Say & Teamsay chat facility

Also one of our latest weapons to be completed is our HK G3kA4, so we would like to show that off to you!
HK G3kA4
Modelled & textured by Joel “Flakk” Dabrosin

For the full update, visit: http://www.criticalpointgame.com

All the best,
Your Critical Point team

**aRny** · 07-01-2012, 09:30 PM

presents you...

Dear Community,

Summer is here, although the weather seems late in joining the party! Anyhow, we hope you are all enjoying the break if you're lucky enough to have leave from work or break in your education. We over at Critical Point: Incursion have been quiet over the last 3 weeks, taking a much needed vacation, but it's safe to say that the majority of us are now back on track with progress moving along as expected.

Some recent activity over on facebook will enlighten you with some "unofficial" pictures, movie and progress updates that should keep your taste buds tingling in between our official front page news.
Check us out over at Facebook Dominating Studios

Here is what we have been working on lately:

AK 47
Modelled & textured by Joel “Flakk” Dabrosin

Joel has done a brilliant job! He really came up with the goods on this awesome looking AK-47, which will be a Mercenary-only weapon.

With this update, it is our opportunity to thank Joel for his professionalism and help on this team. He has been a great addition and we will be sad to see him go. Yes, this is the last weapon he will be doing for Critical Point.
Why? Joel got hired by a major game company (which we cannot mention) and we wish him all the best in the future. Good luck, knock them dead!

Infidel
Level Design, Models & Textures by Joakim "karatekodden" Stigsson
Additional Level changes by Matt Lefevere, Pleun "Ssswing" Meuwissen & Peter Aldred
Additional assets below are made by Eugene Chu

READ MORE AT: CPi Official Site

All the best,
Your Critical Point team

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**Thazzrill** · 07-03-2012, 01:11 AM

Really looking great good job! Can`t wait to see the finished product

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