In preperation for the release of the mod on the 31st of this month the NS team has released the official manual. It has to be the most conprehensive manual I have seen for a game in a long time.

The manual can be viewed here, or downloaded for faster viewing here (recomended as the number of pages for differing info is huge).

Update: AusGamers Files mirror for the manual now online.

well, s***. I accidentally butchered all the comments to this post and blew away whoever posted it originally. If whoever posted it could let me know, I'll fix you up as the author. Trying to get the comments back now.

I started the thread trog :) I was wondering where it thread had gone...

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Damn this mod looks really nice. It's amazing to see just how far it's been possible to push the Halflife (quake) engine and the changes in gameplay that it allows.

Considering how indepth and professional their site and supporting materials are I'll definitely check this game out.

I just hope that it wont be lost on the gaming community. As long as enough people play it, then its bound to succeed... I hope so anyway.

Damn! There are some really nice screenies on this NS Fan Site.

It looks increidble... no two ways about it.

Here is an interview done on a radio station with one of the games creaters...
http://139.81.52.69/files/MonsE_NSradio_Interview.zip

Also it seems that the linux server file was to be released today some time. Might be helpfull for the admin folks. ?

I just got word from an admin that they expect the linux server patch to be out in about 12-15 hrs :(

man this game looks totally awesome, i cant wait to be able to play it, pity it doesnt come out toill late night on the 31st in australia :( i got an english exam tomorrow, but f*** it im stayin up late and gettin this mod! hopefully people will learn to play together as a team and not just screw around, but even in this mod it looks like it wouldnt matter if they did :) its got teh atmoshpere of alien vs predator and the gameplay of half life and war craft combined where can u go wrong! :D

looks pretty crap IMO, if they hadve put on the UT2003 engine it would look veeeeeeery nice, waste of a good mod idea on a craptastic engine.

Yeah youre right... they should've started programming this for UT2K3 two years ago, despite the fact that the UT2K3 sdk was only released a month ago.

who says they wont put it on the ut2003 engine after they test its popularity on half life, anyway i thought it was easier for people to mod on half life than ut2003, and seeing as they probably started way before ut2003 was out then we cant really say god damn them, plus they make the engine look good!

Graphics arent everything. They started this ages ago so its not as if they had a huge choice to start. I really feel that the HL engine has a sweet feel to it regardless of graphics.

i cant wait for this s***

i have to agree with Q tho, HL has a good feel to it, i prefer WWII based games,
DoD outplays MOHAA easily IMO the guys move and run round like complete gumbies on the Q3 engine compared to HL

i spose DoD and CS dont look thaaaaat bad on 4x AntiAlaising and 8x Anistropic Filtering :D *me hugs GF4*

but still UT2003 is eye candy to the max :)

So could I just ask the question:

What are the chances of ausgamers/gamearena hosting a natural selection server, at least for a brief time as a test for popularity?

cheers for any help, [Q]

darn it when is this game comin out, its about 10 or 11 am over there on the 31st and its late over here, i wanna get some play in before i go to bed!! :(

I think tycho from PA summed it up well in this news post:
http://qmass.ausgamers.com/nspenny.gif

PS: wiggett I doubt that youll be able to play tonight. I think that they are looking to release at around 3-9 tomorrow our time. (morning)

darn it, f*** it im stayin up all night then till i get it, f*** if i have my 3 hour 3 essay english exam tomorrow and even though i have a head flu, im determined!!!!!>:(

It looks great, i cant wait :D

Sweet, its good to see so many interested in this. It hasnt been advertised much so as a first release its getting alot of support. I must say though that the support by the US is heaps more :) I spose if it fails here I will be able to play it on their servers bad ping or not.

Q, this mod is probably going to go like Q3 Navy Seals.

It will be a kick arse mod thats better than most retail games but will have a very small or die hard faithfull few who will support it. sad but true.

Whens the damb thing coming out ?

31st is over in a few hours

According to their forum it will be released between 12 and 6PM EST on the 31st of october.

When you convert this to us you get a release at: between 3 and 9 tomorrow morning :( Long wait yet lads/gals :(

good, lets my netstats roll over then :D

hehe, same with me :) Although it would be available from GA... I hope.

Dowloading now...

must be like a million people trying to get this thing.. :/

36k per second is the best i can do -_-;