Announcing...Project Relay Modification for HL-2

[Loki]

Hello everyone. I am pleased to announce the birth, and hopefully very long life, of the new mod for HL-2, Project Relay.

Project Relay will be a futuristic warfare mod set roughly 40-50 years after the present day. So far we have got a fair idea what were going to have, some of the main interesting features being the 'Class' system. Now we are aware this has been done before, but were striving to make an incredibly involving teamplay experience, so far our list of classes includes such professions as Medic, Engineer, Scout, Support, Saboteur, amongst others.

Each class will be fitted with their own set of abilities and weaponry, for example..
The Saboteur class will most likely be fitted with a Disguise Kit to allow him to infiltrate an enemy base, a silenced pistol (maybe, else a normal pistol), a knife, Leeches which will allow the Saboteurs friendly team to view the enemies camera monitors (set up by Scouts), and also Jammers which will let the Saboteur jam the enemies radar stations.

We intend to have team-based game modes such as CTF and Team Deathmatch, along with a few Objective based modes. But this is only the beginning, god knows we may have at the end of this a plethora of modes to bring every single aspect possible for team work we can think of to life. The mod team is at the moment unfortunently small, and we would like you, your friends, or anyone else with the skills to help us bring our dream to life.

So far we have vacancies in : -
Modellers
Mappers
Skinners
Coders (VERY important and VERY needed!)
Concept Artists
Texturing
Graphics Design
Imaginative Thinkers (Just need an imagination for this folks..)
Everything else you can think of that maybe I've left out.

Our site is currently hosted by the great hl2files.com and can be found at..
http://projectrelay.hl2files.com

You can contact me or a fellow co-leader by the following email addresses : -
[email protected] - Loki, Co Leader, Lead Skinner
[email protected] - Neptar, Project Leader

I hope you consider joining the team and help us build what we hope will be one of the most enjoyable upcoming mods for HL-2!

Note : If for some reason you cant get in touch with myself or Neptar on MSN, please feel free to post on our forums that you are interested in joining the team.

 

[Loki]

By the way.

Oh...I forgot to mention. It has been said in a number of other forums and such that this mod will be a TFC rip off. Here are two summaries by myself and Neptar which are designed to destroy any idea that this will be like TFC. It may be based on similar ideals...but..anyway.. here we go.

''This game is absolutely nothing like Team Fortress, I am very happy to say, it is to begin with going to be much more realistic. Its game types, although they may appear similar in name, will be absolutely new compared to other games, CTF will not be standard in any way, but you'll have to wait til we release more than that, if your really interested.

TFC is set WAY into the future whereas Project Relay is not. Project Relay features a much deeper storyline than simple, unexplained Red vs Blue combat. At a time of high political tension, a rogue politician has formed an uprising against the vicious republican senate formed in the United Nations at present. Volunteers from all over the world join forces into a powerful Militia, and its up to the UN Marines to try and quash the uprising before it shakes the very balance of power itself. Anarchy is the cause of much strife and war in each country, and in every map we will have a story behind the cause of the battle.

Believe me when I say this is nothing like TFC, so please do not make such harsh judgements so quickly.

I can see your point, of course, as the spy class in TFC has a silenced pistol, but thats where the similarities for the most part will end. A silenced pistol is an obvious accessory for any espionage-style class. In TFC can the spies perform highly acrobatic manouvers? Can they paint out targets using an advanced GPS system for their team mates to hunt down? No I do not believe they can. ''
- Loki, Project Lead
''Hi, I am also a member of the mod team,

Now i don't want to sound rash defending the mod left right and centre.

But I'd liek to clear the air, Project Relay will not be like tfc, give us a chance and you shall realise. This mod is an action mod, with realism, team play, and alot of unique features. Obviously features like classes and things have been taken from other games, but thats because they are top quality features which enhance the game.

If you look at a lot of mods, they copy all the good ideas and add their own to create better mods, it also happens alot with retail games.
You could say games are losing originality. Is that a bad thing, does a game have to be totally original to be a good game?

We are taking ideas from other games, and yes i give the creators of those ideas full credit, even edison for creating sound.

Anyway its meant to be fun, we are in this for fun, creating a fun playable mod. I am thankful for the comment about tfc, as it was quite true and correct. And i did not mean to argue with you, in any way. I was jsut simply answering the question, as was loki. ''
- Neptar, Project Lead

People who enjoyed TFC will love Project Relay, but it just aint a rip. Trust in us

 

[Dasparov]

Sounds a bit like TFC

 

[GonzoBabbleshit]

Sounds a bit like TFC

exactly what i was gonna say.

good luck though