Vox Clan Newsletter #2 – Fri 4th July 2003

 

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     others in the UT community. Please sign the Guestbook & visit the Forums.

     Well this week has been rather slow because I have been very busy, hence not many downloads. I have

     mainly been working on a site update. The newsletter would be more elaborate but textboxes, wordart

     backgrounds and pictures fail miserably.

    

 

Headlines:

 

     New Site:

     Well the page building tools for the new site are SHITE! So, I am go to try and use some yahoo tools to build it.

     This will take a hell of a long time. I have also been trying to acquire a shorter website name for FREE

     (voxclan.tk). If all goes well the site will be phenomenal by Christmas.

 

     Site Update:

     The website has been updated again. This time the fonts for the main text appear clearer, not mashed.

     This is yet another one of the little tweaks to make the site more efficient.

 

     Questionnaire:

     There is now a feedback questionnaire on the site. I would be grateful if you could complete it so that I can

     improve the site more.

 

     Newsletter Back Issues:

     All old newsletters will be published on the site. (on the Subscribe page) This is for your convenience and

     so that possible subscribers may preview the newsletter.

    

New Maps:

 

     CTF-DiamondSword:

     This is the first of the 3 CTF-Diamond maps. This map takes place on board a space station.

     Facing worlds type CTF (Outdoors, two towers) but much more cover a great map. The Redeemer

     launch tunnel is brilliant.

 

    CTF-DiamondScythe:

    This is the second of the 2 CTF-Diamond maps. This map takes place indoors. I haven’t played

     this one yet because I only got it last night. If it’s anything like the other two then this is a great map.

     I assume it comes with the bog-standard redeemer launch tunnel.

 

     CTF-DiamondSamurai:

     This is the final of the 3 CTF-Diamond maps. This map takes place Outdoors in a grassy area

     with two main buildings. There is great gameplay with bots and a goo level for online play.

     Not much room for snipering.

    

     AS-Siege

     In this map you have to siege a large fortress and several towers within. This is one of the best assault

     maps around. Assaulting the final tower is extremely difficult against skilled opponents.   

 

     AS-Annihilation

     This is yet another 8 objective Assault map. This is a great map to play, especially online, and has

     been designed to give the defending team a big advantage over the attackers. A hard map to play

     against skilled opposition.

Other New Downloads:

 

     Marilyn Manson Skin:

     This skin is used for my psychopathic chainsaw wielding bot. It makes killing him even more fun.

     This skin is for the male soldier model. Full team support.

 

     Lamb Skin:

     This is the first Warcow skin on the site. Other than the fact that Lambs have 4 legs, not 2, this

      is a well made and humourous skin.

 

 

Other New Content:

 

     Questionnaire

     (See Headlines)

 

Reminders Of Old Files:

 

     Umod Fixing Tutorial

     Many of our downloads are in .Umod format. If Umods don’t work on your PC you can use this

     tutorial to re-associate .Umod files. For UT2003 users, this can also apply, you just replace .Umod

     with .ut2mod

 

     UT Cache Cleaner

     This will sort out all your Cache files. All you do is select which files to keep & click “Run”. All maps

     will be put in the maps folder, textures in the texture folder and so on. This makes life a lot easier.

 

     UT Skin Maker

     Making Skins has never been so easy. Download this easy program. No programming required.

     All you do is select which model to make a skin for and apply a picture (MUST be 24bit .BMP) for

     Each piece of the body. I recommend starting with the Male Soldier model, it’s the easiest. A 3D

     Preview is available as well as the ability to use a wire overlay on your 2D picture, so you can see

     Where everything is supposed to be.

 

Essential Files:

 

     Valhalla Avatar

     Use Any Skin, Model or Voicepack on a server running this! As far as I know it MUST be a dedicated server

     Try it out. The only server I know that runs this is Deathmatch in “The bat cave…”

 

     Eavy Server Browser

     This upgrade to UT decreases the server pinging times tenfold! AMAZING!

     Lists are only downloaded 1 gametype at a time. To ping a single gametype, you just click on it’s

     tab. Assault, Domination & Last Man Standing ping INSTANTLY, blink and you miss it! Deathmatch

     Capture The Flag & Team Deathmatch ping 10 times faster.

 

This Weeks Bonus Files:

 

     Cluster Redeemer

     What do you get if the Redeemer explosion included a couple hundred grenades? Armageddon. The

     sheer force of the redeemer blast can obliterate most of even the largest outdoor environments. And

     setting it of indoors is not a good idea unless you can hide behind a closed door because stepping

     around a corner or behind a pillar won’t work. This causes a split-second freeze when the blast goes off

     but is well worth it.

 

     Nuke Death

     When someone dies, they go with one hell of a bang! They explode like a Redeemer warhead. No more

     close combat. This can be used to encourage camping.

 

 

What Is To Come Next Week?

 

     Mutator - Akimbo Arena & Instagib

     Mutator – AgentX

     Map – AS-Bridge

     Map – AS-SunSpire

     Map – CTF-Accelerator

     Model – Yoshi

     Model – Eight Legged Freaks

     Model – ED209

     Skin – Preyground (Abbey)

 

     More Maps (DOM & AS mainly)

     More Tutorials (Unreal Ed mainly, due to requests)

     Newbie tutorials (also due to requests)

    

 

 

Vox Clan Newsletter #2: Fri 4th July 2003   © Dominic “Terminator” Khan

 

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