June 2001
Interview with Jake Simpson Posted by Fragger on Saturday, June 30, 2001
Here’s one more interview. This time, it’s Jake Simpson’s turn. Here's so that you get a little taste:Today for instance I am fixing an old leagacy bug in SOF inside of CTF for the patch. Later on I'll be handling some Ghoul2 features that are required, along with a few optimisations. Go take a look. Click here for the whole interview.
New SOF2 Section At Ravensoft.com Posted by Fragger on Friday, June 29, 2001
Ravensoft.com has launched its SOF2 section. It lists some of the many cool features from the game.Go check it out here!
Soldier of Fortune II Preview - GBASE Posted by Za0oO on Friday, June 29, 2001
The Gamers Database posted a nice preview of Raven's upcoming shooter, Soldier of Fortune II. The game, previewed in no less than four pages, is also filled with nice screenshots.
Click here for the preview.
One More Interview for You Posted by Fragger on Thursday, June 28, 2001
Yes, we have another interview for you. This time around, it’s Jon Zuk’s turn. He’s the Project Lead for Soldier of Fortune 2. Here’s a sample:I think what we've seen in the last couple of years is a fragmentation of single-player and multiplayer into two sub-genres. Each is now working towards two different goals. The single-player FPS is working on making more engaging stories and really making the player feel like he or she is the persona in the game. Click here for the whole interview.
Raven Receives Recognition Posted by Fragger on Tuesday, June 26, 2001
Well, it comes as no surprise. Raven’s upcoming games and technology got some well-deserved awards and we have the story to prove it.
Congratulations Raven, and keep the games coming!
Raven Interviews Posted by Fragger on Monday, June 25, 2001
Go check out these little interviews:
Kenn Hoekstra.
Eric Biessman.
Cool games from cool people.
Diary of a sound designer-Part 3 Posted by Fragger on Sunday, June 24, 2001
SoF2 Sound Designer Zachary Quarles continues to keep us updated on the progress of his work for the upcoming game from Raven.
Here’s a sample:
" “Today I am reading the first draft of the script for the game, which, coincidentally was written by Raven's very own Kenn Hoekstra. I will start going through and making preliminary recordings for placeholder dialogue until we go into the studio with the SAG (Screen Actor's Guild) contracted Actors. “ For the whole story, go here. Also, there are some samples you can download.
Enjoy.
It's "Raven Day"! Posted by Fragger on Saturday, June 23, 2001
To celebrate Raven Software's 11th anniversary, the guys at jediknight.net are featuring a number of articles related to the new Jedi Knight game, and also, they have a preview of SOF2! Here's a little sample:"Graphically, Soldier of Fortune II is intensified. SOF used a modified Quake 2 engine, while the sequel uses the powerful Quake III Team Arena engine. Raven is also implementing ROAM technology for Quake III Team Arena to add gigantic outdoor environments. Literally miles of terrain are now fully explorable." Go check out the whole story here!
Quake Turns Five Posted by Fragger on Friday, June 22, 2001
Remember when id Software first released Quake shareware on the Net? Wow! A real 3D game! (It was compared with Duke). What a rush that was, being able to go on the net and join a game in progress. No lines, no wait. But you might think: Why is this guy talking about Quake? Isn’t this an SOF site?. Well, the reason for that is very simple: Without Quake, there would be no SOF. Here’s why: - Before Quake, we had Duke. And Doom before it. Those games were 2.5d at best, since all objects were sprites that turned to face you all the time, creating the illusion of 3D.
- You had to be lucky enough to play with another human being, since you could only join a game at the beginning.
- There was no Gamespy to help you find servers!
- What about net coding and prediction? It wasn’t until Quake that we could have something like Quakeworld.
Quake also gave us the following:· Rocket Jumping
· Custom models
· Skins
· Grappling hooks
· Team Fortress
· Quake 2
Yes, that brings us to Quake 2! One of the best engines ever created (in my opinion), wouldn’t have been possible if Quake hadn't been so good. Think about it… Half-Life and its add-ons, Kingpin, they're all cool games. Oh, and the KING of games, IMHO, Soldier of Fortune!
Quake seems to be a living, evolving entity that keeps bringing us our much needed shot of adrenaline. Now in its third iteration, we can see a lot more realistic models and environments.
Raven Software (Who also has its anniversary this week. Nice coincidence!), gave us our first taste of what they can do with the new engine by making Elite Force. The Q3A engine, in Raven’s hands, will bring us a new SOF game next year. Happy Anniversary Quake! Your legacy truly lives on, and I'm greatly looking forward to seeing what the future holds for all of us in your many guises to come!
Raven Gets Old! Posted by Za0oO on Friday, June 22, 2001
This coming Sunday, June 24th Raven Software will be a decade-and-a-year old! From Kenn Hoekstra's .plan:All this talk of Quake's five-year anniversary reminded me that this Sunday is Raven Software's eleven-year anniversary! In 1990, five men and one computer in a basement started Raven Software with a vision: to create an RPG for the Amiga. That game was Black Crypt. Eleven years and fourteen titles later, Raven Software has expanded to more than 50 employees and is working on not one, but three game titles. Pretty cool stuff... Pretty cool indeed! Congratulations, Raven! Here's to many more!
Get Ready To Say Buh-Bye To Pop-Ups! Posted by wmull on Wednesday, June 20, 2001
That's right! Those of you who visit this site are going to have to start doing without some things.... but I'm 100% sure nobody's going to miss them! At the end of this month, no more of those ultra-uncool, perpetually annoying (or is that annoyingly perpetual?), maniacally-multiplying..... ever-evil pop-ups! That's when the campaign is set to end, and I'm upholding my end of the bargain by holding out until then before I get rid of them. But that little experiment gone wrong will be a thing of the past! And there was much rejoicing......
The Green Wall Mod Released! Posted by Za0oO on Monday, June 18, 2001
The Green Wall has finally released their beta. It is still in the beta stages which means there are some bugs that need to be worked out, but you can play it online. The mod is based around custom everything and takes place in a jungle.
Click here to download.
Also, the first update for the MOD, is available right here!
Find Yo' Buddies Online Baby! Posted by Za0oO on Monday, June 18, 2001
There's a new program out for SOF. It will track your buddies that are in games and tell you where they are playing. It's called The All Seeing Eye, and it seems to be an awesome proggy. I haven't personnaly tried it yet, but i will surely try to find your ass someday :)
Click here to download.
Files Section & Review Center News Posted by wmull on Thursday, June 14, 2001
Although our new files section isn't completely set up (for instance the login / registration hasn't been implemented, uploads aren't turned on quite yet, and the review center features haven't been integrated yet), you can now download SoF files from our trans-network Files Section, of which Soldier-of-Fortune is of course an important part! We've still got a long way to go before it's truly ready for prime time, but we wanted to let everyone know they can go ahead and check it out at files.mindlessgames.com.
Soldier of Fortune Patch News Posted by Za0oO on Tuesday, June 12, 2001
Activision sent out a brief statement announcing that Raven Software will be releasing a patch for Soldier of Fortune in the near future that contains multiplayer fixes and switches the game's multiplayer setup from WON.net/Flipside.com to GameSpy. Here's the statement we received:Last year's critically acclaimed action game, Soldier of Fortune, is moving to a new multiplayer home. Activision and Raven Software will soon release a patch that will switch multiplayer to GameSpy. The switch coincides with multiplayer server fixes that Raven has implemented.
All users of Soldier of Fortune are recommended to download and install the patch. On August 10, WON.net/Flipside.com will cease hosting Soldier of Fortune multiplayer. The patch will be available at Activision.com, Ravensoft.com and FilePlanet.com, as well as other sites on the Internet.
Soldier of Fortune II Video - Simactu.com Posted by Za0oO on Tuesday, June 12, 2001
Simactu.com, a gaming french site, posted a kick ass footage of the upcoming Raven Software sequel to the press-acclaimed Soldier of Fortune. I've personally seen the footage and i can tell you that it rocks!
Click here for the goods!
Soldier of Fortune II E3 Video - De Spelletjesgarnaal Posted by Za0oO on Monday, June 4, 2001
De Spelletjesgarnaal just finished a new movie from E3, showing Soldier of Fortune II in action and a little Q&A with Jake Simpson, lead programmer of Raven Software. You see the Jungle mission in action wich demonstrates the graphical abilities of a heavily tweaked Quake III Engine. You can watch the movie at http://www.spelletjesgarnaal.be. Enjoy this beauty!
Files Section / Review Center Downtime Posted by wmull on Monday, June 4, 2001
I apologize for the Files Section / Review Center's downtime the last few days, but we're in the middle of switching everything to a new, much improved Linux server (the old server was using NT), and we also discovered a nasty memory leak in the asp code the Files Section had been built upon. So, we're rewriting the Files Section / Review Center in PHP w/ mySQL database (the old code had no database), so as you can imagine, this opens up a whole new world for us! Hopefully by the end of the week, we'll have these sections back up and you'll begin to see some of the fruits of our labors! In the meantime, feel free to vent in our Forums :)
Interview With Raven's Kenn Hoekstra Posted by Za0oO on Friday, June 1, 2001
We got something big here, and shall i say, exclusive? We at Mindless Games & Entertainment, conducted an interview with Raven Software's Project Administrator, Kenn Hoekstra about their currently in developement titles, which means Soldier of Fortune II and Jedi Knight II. Killing two birds with one stone, we also got six exclusive screenshots of Raven's upcoming shooter, Soldier of Fortune II. And to add more suspense, the only word i can tell about those shots is, awesome.
'Nuff said, click here for the exclusive interview & screenshots.
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