New HL2 Multiplayer Mod

sniffy · 7 Jan 2007 at 10:26

Hey lads

The beta 1.0 for Pirates, Vikings and Knights II came out on Jan 1st. It's a multiplayer mod evolving mainly around melee combat. For a beta, it's quite solid and very enjoyable. It obviously has a few issues but it clearly has got potential. It can get very action packed at times

. If you check out their site here, you can view a short trailer which shows a bit of in-game footage. It doesn't really capture the feel of the mod but gives you a general idea of the game play. I really recommend giving it a go

A few direct links to the download for you lazy sods

The file is around 230MB. You do need the Source SDK Base installed though. If you open steam and go to tools, you should see it in there.

ftp://hubbjubbclubb.com/pvkii/pvkii_beta_1_0.exe
http://files.filefront.com/Pirates+Vikings+and+Knights+II+v10+Beta+Client/;6460426;;/fileinfo.html
http://pvkii.flyingmongoose.net/pvkii_beta_1_0.exe
(If someone with a good connection could recommend a good mirror; that would be great. I'm only on a 1mb connection so I don't really notice a difference.)

sniffy · 7 Jan 2007 at 10:38

There are objectives, just nothing major at the moment.

You have the Booty game mode.

"The objective of booty mode is to infiltrate the enemy bases and bring back as many chests as you can to your own base. Every chest at your base will lower the counter. The first team to reach zero on this counter wins the round. "

Booty tag

"More simplified version of Booty, there are no bases. Instead you must find the chest and hold it for as long as possible. Holding the chest reduces your teams counter, and the first team to reach zero wins the round."

Territory

Like "king of the hill", the objective of territory mode is to reach a particular place (the territory) and remain there for as long as possible. As your team holds the territory, the counter will go down. The first team to reach zero wins."

And of course, good old team deathmatch. Territory is a right laugh I think

sniffy · 7 Jan 2007 at 14:40

Just a little heads up for a good server recommendation for PVK.

88.198.18.48:27090 - "Primefarm PVK II Server - ARRRRRRR"

It's full most of the time, has FF on to prevent the pirates from completely spamming those barrels and I have admin access to keep the teams balanced and the morons out

Primefarm does some lovely deals on HL2 mod servers, web hosting along with a few other services. The bloke who owns it is a top fella too so good to send your business there if you decide you want a server.

I hope this little recommendation isn't against the rules. I've seen similar posts and they seemed to be OK. It seems just when clan's pimp their own server or owners of businesses pimp their website/servers. I don't own the server nor does affiliating primefarm benefit me in any way (I don't work for primefarm, just keep an eye on his server). Obviously feel free to delete this post if it does break the rules and I do apologise in advance.

sniffy · 7 Jan 2007 at 15:02

Down to the person I imagine mate

Give it a try, 230MB isn't too large of a download.

sniffy · 7 Jan 2007 at 19:46

The gameplay is awesome! You should just try it out for yourself.

SpunJ99 where did ya go?

sniffy · 7 Jan 2007 at 21:04

Spunj99 said:
Wasn't a massive fan of that server mate, 21 players is a bit more than my PC can handle on a couple of PVK maps it seems!

Prefer around 15 players max.

Shame

I'm keeping an eye out for people to recommend for admin positions as the owner wants the server admined reasonably well. Had you in mind :/ From playing net soccer with you it seems you ain't some power hungry moron who is going to kick and ban people for dumb reasons.

Get through to me on MSN at sniffy15 at hotmail dot co dot uk if you're interested mate.