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The New Earth Defense

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:50 pm
by ShadowGorrath
In development since 2006, Earth Defense was originally started by a group of Polish modders trying to make the ultimate mod. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? But this wasn't just another overly ambitious project started by one person in a futile attempt to create FS3. This was a vision, a dream, a nightmare; it was the combined effort of a whole community working together towards one common goal - Creating one really bad ass mod.

Unfortunately, the fruits of their labour were plucked a little too early, before they had time to ripen. In a foolish last-minute decision in late 2007, it was decided that Earth Defense would be released on Christmas Day of 2007. What should've taken weeks or even months was compressed into a few days, and the mod was released as it was - On schedule, but incomplete. What the public saw was the release of the Christmas Earth Defense Demo, a mangled, incomplete and bug-ridden mess. This was the biggest blunder of the Earth Defense team. The Earth Defense Demo, for the numerous reasons explained below, should not be considered part of the current Earth Defense continuity.

Following the unfortunate mistake, Earth Defense entered a state of temporary limbo and no progress was made in the earlier part of 2008. However, in mid 2008, the team members got together and discussed a complete overhaul of the entire mod. Thus, in May of 2008, the 'true' Earth Defense mod was born. In the next few months massive work was done on the project, the entire modpack had to be built from the ground up. An entirely new storyline was drafted and work restarted. And that's not to mention all of the background art and music we've already lined up. Many new members were recruited, and the project soon expanded. We can't give a release date, but we can tell you that FREDing is well underway and most of our mods are already in-game.

And why was this thread created? Why, to show off this shiny stuff, of course. You can find more screenshots on our website and forum, linked below.  If you have any questions, feel free to ask :)

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Website and Forum

If you're interested, you can go check out our website too.

   Game Warden Earth Defense Website

And our Mod DB page:

   Earth Defense on Mod DB

Forum:

   Earth Defense Forum

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Teaser Trailer

We've also created a quick teaser trailer for you guys to chew on. It was created before the 3.6.10 Media VP release, though, so it's slightly out of date. We've got a lot of better effects now.

You can the teaser trailer watch it here:

Streaming - YouTube
Download - Game Warden

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Plot Synopsis

Once again, the GTVA is in turmoil. The aftermath of Capella, 20 years ago, has manifested in widespread unhappiness throughout the Terran and Vasudan populace. However, political strife and scheming have begun to decay the established government from the inside out. As a new Vasudan leadership emerges, a breakaway faction forms - the Vasudan Reformation Camp.

Immediately, the GTVA is plunged into yet another full-scale war against a well-equipped, separatist force intent on destruction on a galactic scale - But this is not even half the story. Behind the fog of war, hidden in the shadows, the Security Council plans its next move. And as the way back to the Terran homeworld is becoming clear, the end of all civilization rises up over the horizon.

And nothing will ever be the same again.


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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:37 pm
by Top Gun
Ooh, this looks great. I haven't really heard much about this project before, but it's very intriguing.

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:34 am
by Shiv_PL
If you're intrested go ahead and join Game Warden ;) You can ask questions over there.

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:24 pm
by Shiv_PL
Time for small update! GTCv Barbados with it's forward railguns in action!
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:37 pm
by Hunter
Now thats a beaut. How are the railguns setup? What is their velocity, rof?

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:50 pm
by Shiv_PL
Well, they can pretty much damage even destroyer, it leaves no chances for cruisers in some cases :) They're pretty fast and deadly :x

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:59 pm
by ghhyrd
This looks pretty great so far, I hope it doesn't go down the drain before completion.

And I know this is a little unrelated, but
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Why doesn't my FS2 SCP look like this? :P

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:41 pm
by FSF
Custom-made starfield, latest mediavps :P

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:53 pm
by ghhyrd
FreeSpaceF wrote:Custom-made starfield, latest mediavps :P
I have to say, it's looking pretty freaking fabulous so far, especially the Brabados.

I will eagerly await those railguns!

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:58 am
by Shiv_PL
Here it is! First ED mystery video.
YouTube Low Quality link

For better quality and downloadable video file check our forum :)

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:13 pm
by ghhyrd
Shiv_PL wrote:Here it is! First ED mystery video.
YouTube Low Quality link

For better quality and downloadable video file check our forum :)
I'd say... Without a shadow of a doubt... That that is an Orion debris field near a planet that resembles Sullust, with some eerie music playing.

But it's honestly good to see that work is being done, bravo!

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:41 pm
by Shiv_PL
And more...
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:49 am
by Droid803
All this zod-killing has made me wonder if Earth Defense is about a second terran-vasudan war.

EDIT: after reading the description, it seems so.

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:52 am
by Hunter
Sigh, I wish the Descent 3 team had released their source code like V. Still, for a 1998 engine it didn't do too bad and still holds up nicely. Here and here as examples.

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:20 am
by ngtm1r
Droid803 wrote:All this zod-killing has made me wonder if Earth Defense is about a second terran-vasudan war.

EDIT: after reading the description, it seems so.
This project sounds less and less interesting the more I know about it...