Renegade X 0.40 Beta Released

[Sonic 296]

The Renegade X team have released another major update for their fantastic Unreal Tournament 3 total conversion mod. This updated version, 0.40, features lots of tweaks and fixes to the overall game play as well as a brand new recreated map, Volcano. Some preview screen shots can be seen below.

 

Click here for the download links. And while its downloading check out the rest of the Renegade X November Update that covers things like, the redesigning of Havoc, the GDI and Nod Rocket Officers, the up and coming Dev Night and of course the always impressive Renegade X November Launch Trailer.

 

Follow this link for more. The same update is also available on the Renegade X Forums (registration required).

 

 

[Gben 20]

Woot... good news. Something to do later tonight.

But are there more servers than players - am I looking in the wrong places???

[Sonic 296]

Best way to find that info is to use the much improved RenX Server Client.

 

 

 

[Gben 20]

Nice to hear it's improved, but I'm just commenting that almost every time I check all the servers are empty.

[[NE]Fobby[GEN] 10]

It depends on the time of day. I would say the peak playercounts happen between noon and 5pm EST.

[Gben 20]

So yeah that would translate to 4am Sydney time through to 10am.

Which would make sense... I'm not a morning person!

 

EDIT: Just read through the moddb post.

 

Unreal Development Kit

As some of you are now aware, Epic has released the new Unreal Development Kit (or "UDK"). This is HUGE news.

 

The UDK is essentially a free version of the Unreal Engine 3, available for developers worldwide. The kit includes the most updated version of the award-winning engine, with all of the necessary editors and tools to create standalone games. Everything from the ease of use and flexibility of the engine, all the way up to the visual elements have been greatly enhanced in almost every possibly manner.

 

With the UDK, any developer can make standalone games, without paying a cent. There is also a commercial version of the UDK: simply pay $99 USD, and you can create and sell your own games. The first $5,000 will go straight to the developer - after that, 25% of the proceeds will go to Epic Games. Not only is this great for small developers, but it's a very intelligent business move on Epic's behalf.

 

The usage of the UDK is totally free, and Renegade X, like many other mods, plans to take advantage of this great kit.

 

Since this is all new to us, we can't quite say much yet. But what I can say, is, there is a great chance Renegade X will become a standalone game in the future. Still freeware, obviously, this isn't going commercial due to its C&C themes, but a standalone Renegade X means you will no longer need UT3 to play it.

 

The process could take months, so our plan is to release one or two more versions of Renegade X for Unreal Tournament 3 in the near future (so don't worry, C&C fans, your UT3 did not go to waste ). We will then spend as much time as it takes trying to port everything to the UDK and building some of the coding from scratch. It may take some time, but in the end, a standalone version of Renegade X is entirely possible, and by the time that happens, you can expect a lot of new, cool features.

 

Great news, even though I bought a copy just to play, it'll be great to attract new players to the C&C universe.

[TheBlackOut 7]

EPIC is pretty damn epic. Also, woohoo for Renegade X update. I'll be sure to play since my favorite map, Volcano, has been added! YESH!

[Malevolence 6]

This is getting awesome! Downloading the new beta now.

[TheBlackOut 7]

Aurrgh, hardly anyone on at the present.. Maybe tomorrow.

[Publix666 0]

Man wish i had a computer to run Unreal 3, id totally pick it up just for RenX. Looks absolutely amazing, ill just have to wait and see if they'll release it for the PS3 version once they get things squared away for you PC folks.

[Mighty BOB! 5]

We're going to be switching over to the UDK Epic released recently, so you won't have to buy UT3 any more. However I don't know if the UDK has cooking tools for the PS3.

[Nmenth 291]

We're going to be switching over to the UDK Epic released recently, so you won't have to buy UT3 any more.

Yay, I hate spending money!