***Official Squad Thread***

craptakular said:
Are there vehicles in the current builds?

PS: what part of Lowestoft are you from? My folks are in Oulton Broad, I had to move away a few years ago as there are no jobs within 60 miles of the place. I was back up in Lowie at the weekend, Hanks on the seafront has closed down !!!> Where do the youth go to nowadays? It was a ghost town Saturday night...
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Vehicles are not in the builds that you have guys seen in game but they are in! The main focus is getting the infantry combat spot on before really focusing on the vehicles though.

I think the youth go around Oulton Broad these days, the main town is pretty rubbish now!

Thanks again for those that have supported us!
 
I don't think we will be implementing OR any time soon unfortunately. Shouldn't be too difficult to achieve given the tools available. Loads more things to get done first but like TrackIR, it's on the list!
 
Swifty55 said:
That's crap. It is a game at the end of the day and they should let us have a choice of weapons to use, regardless of roles.

Just have to wait and see.
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It's a game that has some realism involved so it makes perfect sense how it is currently. Having said that, we've still not decided 100% how we are going to handle enemy weapons...
 
ColdAsIce said:
Well the Jack Frags video looked bloody awesome even for a really early Alpha build. The sounds were fantastic, like some of the better Arma 2 sounds that existed.

I haven't gone back to Arma 3 which is a shame but I was silly to think they would do anything to resolve the terrible animations that existed in Arma 2 and the de-sync as far as I know is as bad as ever.

Is the kickstarter finished? Good luck if not, i'm sure it will hit the target required.
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The Kickstarter has only been going a couple of days. It finishes on June 27th.

Of course medics will be the best class. "PRESS E TO FLAP!" - Achievement Unlocked! You successfully reached 40,000ft!
 
Project Update #1: Squad by Offworld Industries

First Objective Secured!

Posted by Offworld Industries

Big Thanks! We hit the ground running thanks to you, there are so many gamers out there looking for a return to the classic tactical FPS, and now we know we are not alone when we decided to start this project.

A little over 40 hours in and we're at 1350 backers and over CAD$130,000 pledged already, we're well on our way to bring our dream of a standalone successor to the beloved Reality Mod to not just all of our friends across the modding communities but also to the wider world of FPS gamers.

With that in mind we'll be updating our FAQ in the coming day, we hope to provide a longer list of answers to the questions that often first come to the mind when finding Squad.

As many of our friends and early followers know, the Squad Dev Team is on our forums everyday talking with the community, we've been at it since we went live in October and we'll continue to do so. We're enjoying seeing people newly interested in Squad posting in the comments section, and we'll try our best to keep up with the conversation, we're excited to see fresh voices from gaming communities outside of our corner of the gaming universe, you're asking the right questions and we're going to plan our development strategies with your insights in mind.

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One point we want to emphasize is the scope of combat and the scale of our maps. We're going to preview our WIP Map Kohat, made by veteran mapper AFSoccer on our team, to show off the size we're aiming for on standard size maps, about 4km^2, 1.5 Square miles, to better explain the scope of our 'combined warfare' game design.

Interesting side effect of having had over 300,000 people play our Mod over the last decade, lots of them went into the video game industry, including many writers, video content creators and even owners of press sites, Check out our press kit at press.joinsquad.com and please do reach out to the team.

To all our gamer buddies out there, please spread the word to fellow gamers and friends, give us some help amplifying our message through your social media accounts, give us the best chance to turn Squad into a reality as soon as possible.

Many Thanks for the great attitude towards supporting the game we've wanted to make for years.

We're loving the response so far,

The Offworld Industries Mob.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/offworldindustries/squad
 
Spot on, neoboy.

In PR news, the master server has been taken down today. We could be looking at 1.3 sometime tonight...If you're wondering what sort of gameplay/assets Squad will be aiming for then get it downloaded...it's going to be Standalone!
 
Welcome to the Weekend!

Project Update #2: What's This All About?

Hurling towards funding goal one at an amazing pace, we're looking to bring much more of the game to you much quicker with your help today. We have guys chomping at the bit to build Squad fulltime, but it will take your support to put these guys to work
building out the game as fast as possible.


We’re working on updating the FAQ, but sometimes a picture is all that’s needed. So what’s this Exclusive Skin for the M4 that early backers will receive? Are you guys going the dress up doll route and adding glitter stickers and tattoo sketch art to receivers and buttstocks? H E double hockey sticks NO!

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WIP Alternative M4 Skin

Taken from references we’ve received from veterans of the recent combat theaters, (thanks guys for all the help!), fieldcraft in the US military is an art of war not often represented properly in modern FPS games, so we present our vision of these guys’ trusted firearms during their tours overseas.

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WIP Alternative M4 203 UGL Skin

The Squad Development team and their mod fans didn't leave the Battlefield series, we didn't leave the tactical FPS genre, we didn't agree to the casualization of the genre and the shutting off of modding and engine access to existing franchises. This left the core of Offworld Industries and our fanbase in the cold, with no choice but to strike out on our own and bring a reactionary evolution to the industry and spearhead a return to the classic meaning of tactical FPS gaming to the PC gaming world. As a completely indie studio we ask for your help today, to pledge support for Squad's Kickstarter and give the developers of Squad a show of support in our journey to bring the genre back to the people.

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Teaser of first 4km^2 (1.5 mile square) map

Hear us tell our story:

Our Developers Z-Trooper and Merlin sat down to a podcast interview with the incredibly interesting Luetin09 for an extended in depth look into the foundations, philosophy, gameplay design and future goals of the Squad Dev team, and it’s been hidden away for the last day as we’re trying to keep up with the media inquiries. For those with some time on your hands, Here is Luetin’s interview on Soundcloud, available for download:

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Lurtin09's Soundcloud Page

And a link to the Youtube version:


Keep spreading the word, keep giving us feedback in the comments here and on our forums, and give us more questions. We want to include your questions in future Updates and answer them throughout the Kickstarter!

From the Developers of the thinking man's tactical large scale FPS, Have a great weekend!

P.S. This is what we have been working on adding to the nightly builds and kept us busy this week:

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February WIP Humvee unskinned

To get all the latest info about Squad's development, feel free to visit our website and subscribe to our various social media pages:

Official Site: http://joinsquad.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoinSquad

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoinSquad

YouTube: https://youtube.com/JoinSquad

Press: http://press.joinsquad.com

Offworld Out!
 
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