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Perfect! Awesome!... ok Amazing! I want to see the Tal-Shiar on action (if it si that the Tal-Shiar or something like that operate...)
[Mod] Yesteryears Updates
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Perfect! Awesome!... ok Amazing! I want to see the Tal-Shiar on action (if it si that the Tal-Shiar or something like that operate...)
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Well, I don't know about the Tal-Shiar making an appearance. For those keeping tabs on this mod, there are now 2 race's fleets completed, with the other 2 race's fleets well under way. The 3rd race should have a complete fleet about the end of Nov. '06, and the forth race fleet completed shortly afterwards. Already, the 3rd race, the romulans, are shaping up to be a very powerful threat to the other races. The final race, I can't say too much about, other than they already are a force to reckon with.
Keep watching, I'm sure there will be some screenies of the rommies coming soon.
Keep watching, I'm sure there will be some screenies of the rommies coming soon.
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Awesome, can't waitSyf said:Well, I don't know about the Tal-Shiar making an appearance. For those keeping tabs on this mod, there are now 2 race's fleets completed, with the other 2 race's fleets well under way. The 3rd race should have a complete fleet about the end of Nov. '06, and the forth race fleet completed shortly afterwards. Already, the 3rd race, the romulans, are shaping up to be a very powerful threat to the other races. The final race, I can't say too much about, other than they already are a force to reckon with.
Keep watching, I'm sure there will be some screenies of the rommies coming soon.
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*Spoiler Alert*
Here's something I think all you people looking forward to this mod will like... A glimps at the secret race!
I hope I don't get into too much trouble for sharing this classified information.
Enjoy,
Syf
Here's something I think all you people looking forward to this mod will like... A glimps at the secret race!
Admiral John Majest said:What you are about to see is Classified "Top Secret". You are under orders to observe this information and discuss it with no one except your command staff.
At 0200 hours standard earth time, an Excelsior class starship was destroyed by an unknown assailant. Our analysts are busy combing over all the data right now. However, this is all we have to go on so far.
Your assignment is to discover who this new threat is, and bring back as much information as possible. Command wants to find out everything they can about this new adversary. Your orders are to engage them only if you must. Return as soon as you have any further information.
Go now, and Godspeed Captain Kirk...
I hope I don't get into too much trouble for sharing this classified information.
Enjoy,
Syf
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Vice Admiral Maxwell Syf, please have the USS Constellation and USS Endeavour join in the search of this unknown enemy. You are to take command of the Constellation by order of Starfleet.
Also keep an eye on Jim Kirk.
Warp speed Admiral.
Also keep an eye on Jim Kirk.
Warp speed Admiral.
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I will be getting the Romulan ones done after we have all the models hardpointed.
As I have a basic set up so in total for all the ships only 4 graphics are needed. So for each race including stations there should only be a total of 7 to 8 wireframe textures.
As I have a basic set up so in total for all the ships only 4 graphics are needed. So for each race including stations there should only be a total of 7 to 8 wireframe textures.
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This mod is making big strides towards completion compared to all those other mods out there. Already, the romulan ships are nearing completion. The final race will not take much more time after that.
Almost have the races ready for total war. And that means the "Beta Test" is getting closer... And the release isn't too far after that.
Almost have the races ready for total war. And that means the "Beta Test" is getting closer... And the release isn't too far after that.
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Update 15/12/2006
I received a two further models from Syf this week. Both Syf and I have been busy with other things in the last few weeks and have not been able to devote the time to Yesteryears.
That is now changing.
Expect to see the Romulans ship wise completed soon. Only one more combat ship for them to go. Once the Romulan dreadnaught is completed, expect to see a special something released in the downloads section.
Think of it as a little Christmas gift from Syf and myself. I won't go any further into this as I do want it to be a surprise.
As far as the forth race goes, it too is nearing completion ship wise. Most of the meshes are made and only a few textures are required.
Once the Romulans, the 4th race and the campaign ships are completed that will be pretty much it for ships for the mod. Then we will get to work on the stations and balancing the mod.
The mod is indeed getting close to being roughly 50% complete, my estimate is that it will be around 50% complete in early February, that depends on how much time I devote to it over my holidays.
I received a two further models from Syf this week. Both Syf and I have been busy with other things in the last few weeks and have not been able to devote the time to Yesteryears.
That is now changing.
Expect to see the Romulans ship wise completed soon. Only one more combat ship for them to go. Once the Romulan dreadnaught is completed, expect to see a special something released in the downloads section.
Think of it as a little Christmas gift from Syf and myself. I won't go any further into this as I do want it to be a surprise.
As far as the forth race goes, it too is nearing completion ship wise. Most of the meshes are made and only a few textures are required.
Once the Romulans, the 4th race and the campaign ships are completed that will be pretty much it for ships for the mod. Then we will get to work on the stations and balancing the mod.
The mod is indeed getting close to being roughly 50% complete, my estimate is that it will be around 50% complete in early February, that depends on how much time I devote to it over my holidays.
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I can't wait to find out what this 4th race will be, keep up your awesome work guys.Majestic said:
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Looking forward to it guys and happy holidays. 
Please check spelling and grammar before posting, thanks. - Majestic
Please check spelling and grammar before posting, thanks. - Majestic
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The last Romulan combat ship is almost complete. While Syf is working on that, I am working out the Federation campaign. I am going over my previous notes and many of the missions have been changed or deleted and new ones put in.
I am sticking to the 10 missions per campaign and I have to say, I think many of you will enjoy several of these missions alot.
I plan on redoing the Klingon and Romulans ones too slightly.
I am sticking to the 10 missions per campaign and I have to say, I think many of you will enjoy several of these missions alot.
I plan on redoing the Klingon and Romulans ones too slightly.
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Good news, I have gotten my video capture and compression software to work correctly again, there was a conflict between the two.
Expect to see some Yesteryears Romulan and Klingon videos hosted here very soon.
Expect to see some Yesteryears Romulan and Klingon videos hosted here very soon.
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Its about time for a public update, haven't had one for a while.
I haven't made any videos yet, I am waiting till I get the multiplayer music for each race completed first.
I have already completed the Federation, Klingon and 4th race music. That leaves only the Romulans and a map races music (which I am currently working on). I plan on having all of the music completed by Monday or Tuesday next week (Australian time).
Weapon textures for all races are pretty much completed, there may a few changes here and there but for the most part they are complete.
Syf is finishing up the Romulan ships and they should be completed within a week or two depending on his schedule. Then the 4th race will be completed ship wise (not much more to do on them ship wise), then a map unit race will be started on for their ships and then the stations will be started for whichever race Syf wants to start on first.
While all that is happening I plan on getting those videos completed, compressed and hosted here. Also as many GUI's that I can get done. I have revamped the Federation one for the most part, work still needs doing on it. I also have to revamp the Romulan one and start on the 4th race and Klingon GUI's.
Elevatormusic, the person who was doing the Klingon GUI for us hasn't responded to any PM's I have sent. He promised a Klingon GUI 3 weeks ago, he is still active on A2files so I have to assume he is no longer making it for Yesteryears, that or is busy with other things.
So I will also be doing the Klingon GUI myself, I think it will be best so it can match the other races GUI style.
The 4th race are pretty much ingame now, I won't be posting screenshots of them though, that would spoil it for you.
I have done some real early balancing, mainly bumping up the strengths of all ships that are being used in the mod, the stock units are too weak for my tastes. I still need to work on getting the hitpoints right but the balancing is in a real early stage at this point in time.
That pretty much covers what has been done on the mod. We are making progress, be it a little slow over the past couple of weeks due to technical problems, website problems and the usual real life issues and responsibilities.
Our aim is still for a winter (July 2007) release, as soon as we get a positive release date set we will let you all know here.
I haven't made any videos yet, I am waiting till I get the multiplayer music for each race completed first.
I have already completed the Federation, Klingon and 4th race music. That leaves only the Romulans and a map races music (which I am currently working on). I plan on having all of the music completed by Monday or Tuesday next week (Australian time).
Weapon textures for all races are pretty much completed, there may a few changes here and there but for the most part they are complete.
Syf is finishing up the Romulan ships and they should be completed within a week or two depending on his schedule. Then the 4th race will be completed ship wise (not much more to do on them ship wise), then a map unit race will be started on for their ships and then the stations will be started for whichever race Syf wants to start on first.
While all that is happening I plan on getting those videos completed, compressed and hosted here. Also as many GUI's that I can get done. I have revamped the Federation one for the most part, work still needs doing on it. I also have to revamp the Romulan one and start on the 4th race and Klingon GUI's.
Elevatormusic, the person who was doing the Klingon GUI for us hasn't responded to any PM's I have sent. He promised a Klingon GUI 3 weeks ago, he is still active on A2files so I have to assume he is no longer making it for Yesteryears, that or is busy with other things.
So I will also be doing the Klingon GUI myself, I think it will be best so it can match the other races GUI style.
The 4th race are pretty much ingame now, I won't be posting screenshots of them though, that would spoil it for you.
I have done some real early balancing, mainly bumping up the strengths of all ships that are being used in the mod, the stock units are too weak for my tastes. I still need to work on getting the hitpoints right but the balancing is in a real early stage at this point in time.
That pretty much covers what has been done on the mod. We are making progress, be it a little slow over the past couple of weeks due to technical problems, website problems and the usual real life issues and responsibilities.
Our aim is still for a winter (July 2007) release, as soon as we get a positive release date set we will let you all know here.
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Just to clarify, that release of Winter of 07 is in the Southern Hemisphere, That's Summer of 07 up here in the Northern Hemisphere. We may get it out sooner, or a bit later depending on progress.
So Mid '07....
And for those that think that's a long time, think again. Most mods take 1+ years to make. We started this mod in September '06. And this is a full, total conversion mod. Simply amazing speed really.
So Mid '07....
And for those that think that's a long time, think again. Most mods take 1+ years to make. We started this mod in September '06. And this is a full, total conversion mod. Simply amazing speed really.
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In the next few weeks, I plan to release some more information, updates and material (screenshots and videos) for Yesteryears.
All this material will be available here before I release any of it on A2files.
Keep your eyes open for some possible surprises hidden in the updates. 
All this material will be available here before I release any of it on A2files.
Keep your eyes open for some possible surprises hidden in the updates.
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Yesteryears Update, February 2007.
Hello all, it's been a while since an update was made for Yesteryears. First of all I would like to explain the lack of updates.
Both Syf and I gave Yesteryears a rest to work on some other projects (like Parallels) as well as to get a few things in our real lives sorted out. This is all an on going process but I am still determined to complete this mod as soon as possible and get it into the hands of you, the players to enjoy. So all of you that have asked me about this, rest assured I am still hard at work on this mod, which has taken top priority over all the other projects I am in.
Onto the mod, I am still trying to iron out the campaign to include all the races available in multiplayer. Talking about races, many of you know by now that Syf and I have been experimenting with adding a few more races to the mod.
Now here is the information many of you have been waiting for:
Yesteryears now has 6 fully playable races. All of them are TMP era races and fit in with the timeline and mod storyline. The races are as follows.
1. United Federation of Planets
2. Klingon Empire
3. Romulan Star Empire
4. The still classified 4th race
5. Terran Empire
6. Gorn Confederacy/Hegemony
The Gorn, the newest addition to the mod won't use designs seen in the SFC games, we are basing the Gorn off of a concept drawing we found on the net. Thus the Gorn will be completely different from what is accepted as Gorn in the fan community and will add more originality to the Yesteryears mod, while staying canon.
The Terran Empire on the other hand can't really be considered a completely new race as they use 98% of the ship and station designs that the Federation uses, just retextured in Terran colours. They do however have some strengths over the Federation and do use their own style of weapons, which are mirrors of Federation weapons.
We also have 2 map unit races. These two races will appear in the campaign and in some multiplayer maps but will not be playable in either single or multiplayer. The races are:
7. Cardassians
8. Tholians
The Tholians will be a little different compared to the rest of the races, one example is they like the stock Species 8472 have no crew so can't be boarded or captured. More details on that when we iron them all out.
The Cardassians are a TMP version of the Cardassians we know from TNG era, it is unclear when they were first encountered by the Federation, but going by the Cardassian War that was in the 2350's, it's very plausible that first contact was made in or around the turn of the century (ie Anywhere from the late 2290's into the 24th century [2300's]).
For the map unit races, they won't have all the ship and station classes that the multiplayer races have, they will only have a few ships and even fewer stations. The Cardassian list goes as follows:
Construction Rig
Freighter
Destroyer
Light Cruiser
Heavy Cruiser
Battleship
Starbase
Mining Stations
Turret
Sensor Station
Shipyard
It's just enough to have then playable, but not enough to warrant a fully playable multiplayer race. Reason for this is it allows us more time to work on other aspects of the mod while still having races we want in the game. Of course the Tholian list will be different, as they play differently to the Cardassians.
A few weeks ago I started to do a fair amount of weapon testing and editing. I have used several of Rakes weapons as bases to have each race have a simular style of weaponry just different colours. There are a few races though that differ, especially in torpedoes like the Romulans with their plasma torpedoes. Also not all races use beam phasers, some like the Tholians just short beam phasers that fire in bursts, which I call burst phasers and others races only use pulse phasers/disruptors. I have yet to work out the Gorn details since the race was only just added to Yesteryears, but I will release details as soon as possible.
Also another thing I am working on is completing all the GUIs for all the races. So far the Federation and the Terran GUIs are complete and only require alpha channels. I have also redone the Romulan one I did a while back and I am now commencing work on the Klingon, Gorn and the 4th races GUIs. With any luck I will have all the GUIs completed within 4 weeks, as there is a lot of work to get done with them.
Once I have completed work on the GUI's, I will be going back to work on the music for each of the races, currently only the Romulans and Gorn require music (I’ve completed the rest) so it shouldn't take me too long to complete.
Now onto some screenshots. There is only one new model as there hasn't been much progress in the ways of models lately. I have though included images of the new Romulan GUI ingame.
Direct Links: For those who have trouble with thumbnails.
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/8218/snapshot000au4.jpg
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7955/snapshot001mn8.jpg
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5125/snapshot002gg9.jpg
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6661/snapshot003xg5.jpg
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7065/snapshot004st8.jpg
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/6425/yesteryearsmirrorinvasitl2.jpg
Hello all, it's been a while since an update was made for Yesteryears. First of all I would like to explain the lack of updates.
Both Syf and I gave Yesteryears a rest to work on some other projects (like Parallels) as well as to get a few things in our real lives sorted out. This is all an on going process but I am still determined to complete this mod as soon as possible and get it into the hands of you, the players to enjoy. So all of you that have asked me about this, rest assured I am still hard at work on this mod, which has taken top priority over all the other projects I am in.
Onto the mod, I am still trying to iron out the campaign to include all the races available in multiplayer. Talking about races, many of you know by now that Syf and I have been experimenting with adding a few more races to the mod.
Now here is the information many of you have been waiting for:
Yesteryears now has 6 fully playable races. All of them are TMP era races and fit in with the timeline and mod storyline. The races are as follows.
1. United Federation of Planets
2. Klingon Empire
3. Romulan Star Empire
4. The still classified 4th race
5. Terran Empire
6. Gorn Confederacy/Hegemony
The Gorn, the newest addition to the mod won't use designs seen in the SFC games, we are basing the Gorn off of a concept drawing we found on the net. Thus the Gorn will be completely different from what is accepted as Gorn in the fan community and will add more originality to the Yesteryears mod, while staying canon.
The Terran Empire on the other hand can't really be considered a completely new race as they use 98% of the ship and station designs that the Federation uses, just retextured in Terran colours. They do however have some strengths over the Federation and do use their own style of weapons, which are mirrors of Federation weapons.
We also have 2 map unit races. These two races will appear in the campaign and in some multiplayer maps but will not be playable in either single or multiplayer. The races are:
7. Cardassians
8. Tholians
The Tholians will be a little different compared to the rest of the races, one example is they like the stock Species 8472 have no crew so can't be boarded or captured. More details on that when we iron them all out.
The Cardassians are a TMP version of the Cardassians we know from TNG era, it is unclear when they were first encountered by the Federation, but going by the Cardassian War that was in the 2350's, it's very plausible that first contact was made in or around the turn of the century (ie Anywhere from the late 2290's into the 24th century [2300's]).
For the map unit races, they won't have all the ship and station classes that the multiplayer races have, they will only have a few ships and even fewer stations. The Cardassian list goes as follows:
Construction Rig
Freighter
Destroyer
Light Cruiser
Heavy Cruiser
Battleship
Starbase
Mining Stations
Turret
Sensor Station
Shipyard
It's just enough to have then playable, but not enough to warrant a fully playable multiplayer race. Reason for this is it allows us more time to work on other aspects of the mod while still having races we want in the game. Of course the Tholian list will be different, as they play differently to the Cardassians.
A few weeks ago I started to do a fair amount of weapon testing and editing. I have used several of Rakes weapons as bases to have each race have a simular style of weaponry just different colours. There are a few races though that differ, especially in torpedoes like the Romulans with their plasma torpedoes. Also not all races use beam phasers, some like the Tholians just short beam phasers that fire in bursts, which I call burst phasers and others races only use pulse phasers/disruptors. I have yet to work out the Gorn details since the race was only just added to Yesteryears, but I will release details as soon as possible.
Also another thing I am working on is completing all the GUIs for all the races. So far the Federation and the Terran GUIs are complete and only require alpha channels. I have also redone the Romulan one I did a while back and I am now commencing work on the Klingon, Gorn and the 4th races GUIs. With any luck I will have all the GUIs completed within 4 weeks, as there is a lot of work to get done with them.
Once I have completed work on the GUI's, I will be going back to work on the music for each of the races, currently only the Romulans and Gorn require music (I’ve completed the rest) so it shouldn't take me too long to complete.
Now onto some screenshots. There is only one new model as there hasn't been much progress in the ways of models lately. I have though included images of the new Romulan GUI ingame.
Direct Links: For those who have trouble with thumbnails.
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/8218/snapshot000au4.jpg
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7955/snapshot001mn8.jpg
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5125/snapshot002gg9.jpg
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6661/snapshot003xg5.jpg
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7065/snapshot004st8.jpg
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/6425/yesteryearsmirrorinvasitl2.jpg
Lord_Trekie
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Woo hoo, glad to hear it This and Zero Hour are the two I look forward to the most.
This and Zero Hour are the two I look forward to the most.
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Once I sort out the alpha channel problem with the Terran and Federation GUI's I will post pictures of them. With any luck they may be available in the March update.
I plan on a major update at least once a month, once a fortnight if there is a lot of progress being made.
I plan on a major update at least once a month, once a fortnight if there is a lot of progress being made.
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Now that things are mostly back to normal on my end, this mod should get it's full speed back. I have set myself personal deadlines, and have high hopes of achieving them. Before I move on to the new games, I plan to give YY my full attention.
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Well, to keep the model under 2,000 polies, we had to sacrifice some quality of the model. Majestic started out with a much higher quality model. However, Our goal is to make the mod playable on just about any system that can run the unmodded A2. So, it's a trade off.
But just wait until you see the rest of the Terrans...
But just wait until you see the rest of the Terrans...
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Syf said:Well, to keep the model under 2,000 polies, we had to sacrifice some quality of the model. Majestic started out with a much higher quality model. However, Our goal is to make the mod playable on just about any system that can run the unmodded A2. So, it's a trade off.
But just wait until you see the rest of the Terrans...
Indeed, our aim is to try to make this playable for as many people as possible while still making it look good.
We enjoy replying to feedback, and would like to see more as this mod gets closer to completion. You guys and your feedback make us push forward and strive to improve the mod, like we did with adding the Terrans and Gorn.
Just to add a little more excitement for those of you really waiting for this mod I have a surprise for you.
The Terran Constitution Class Heavy Cruiser
http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/8486/snapshot003ql1.jpg
The Terran Miranda Class Light Cruiser in Battle
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Yes you have guessed it, we have started putting a lot of work into completing the Terran and Romulan ships.
Lord_Trekie
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Awesome work on the textures there guys, and I love the blue phaser 