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The basics are easy enough to wrap your head around. Two players team up to survive against an endless series of enemy waves. This can be done online or via split-screen on consoles. As you play, you'll unlock armories that can be accessed at any time mid-game to restock on ammunition, purchase new weapons, or call in support. All these options cost money, which you raise by scoring points for kills. Each wave is separated by a short break to give you and your partner a chance to regroup, reload, and wreck shop.

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Take the fight to "Hangar 18," located in the iconic military base Area 51, complete with experimental weapons labs, the SR-71 test hangar, and a disturbingly mysterious autopsy room. Pull up and get cozy with "Drive-In," a close quarters slugfest through a 60's American drive-in theater, classic arcade, and old school snack shack. Battle through the construction of a massive secret Soviet missile site in the multilevel "Silo," and then take off to a coastal golf course fit for a dictator in "Hazard," set on the cliffs of Cuba where stocked clubhouses and manicured fairways meet sand traps perfect for setting up ambushes.

Zombies return with vengeance in the mysterious land of "Shangri-La," a legendary shrine lost in an exotic jungle. Never before seen undead creatures lurk within a treacherous labyrinth of underground caverns. Step carefully through deadly traps and solve the dark secrets buried within the shifting walls of a long last land.

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That stuff comes a little later. I can’t confirm anything yet, but right now we’re having conversations about dedicated servers, mod tools and post launch support. I can’t give you an answer yet on what will be included. In Modern Warfare 3 we added IWnet, which was all about matchmaking–with the plan to eventually add in dedicated servers. My ideal philosophy on the PC is to have matchmaking for the ‘mass.’ Have matchmaking for the guys who just want to jump in, hit ‘play game’ and start playing. But let’s not lose that dedicated core audience that wants the dedicated server experience.

We’re looking at ways to on how to incorporate that into Modern Warfare 3. We’ve been listening a lot to our PC guys who have been very vocal since Modern Warfare 2 about what they want to see come back to our versions of the franchise. We’re having those discussions now. I don’t want to confirm, but we’re looking to support [dedicated servers] as much as possible.

In Modern Warfare 3, I’ve been trying to reach out to our PC guys. We had some of the [PC] guys come out to the studio a few weeks ago. We have them here. We brought them here so they can see the stuff we’re showing off. We’re putting a lot of focus there, to make sure that our PC community has all the bells and whistles. So, the guys that have the powerhouse machines, that they can crank it up and enjoy the game. It’s very important for us on the PC to make sure we have a solid min-spec base–so that the majority of our PC users can enjoy the game out-of-box, run it smooth, exactly how they expect. That’s very key for us. You’d be surprised how that can easily be overlooked. We’re making sure the PC is up and running from day one, and it’s running smooth on min-spec and beyond throughout the entire development process. As you get later on in the development cycle, you get to the point where you start focusing on PC-specific features. It’s the one platform out of Xbox 360, PS3 and PC that has specific things that go only into that version.

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So that's probably all new since May 29th, here are the original news from
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PLEASE NOTE THAT A NEW ARTICLE INFORMING ABOUT WORK OF OUR TEAM MEMBER FAINYANCE11 HAS BEEN ADDED. READ HERE.



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Poll
You, our fans have chosen the Mosin-Nagant M1891/30 + PU (with cloth in a final score cloth (14) vs. noncloth (8).



Those who wanted noncloth version, don't be sad! After the pre-alpha is out a noncloth patch will be released as well. Of course if we don't find a way how to include both versions with reasonable game
results...

Animation

There are some pretty good news. I have been recently experimenting with constraints in Maya and browsed several tutorials till I finally got it. I have found a way how to make, adjust and control the weapon's magazine using the player's hand. Simply said, you "stick" the magazine to the hand when you need it - so when player is reloading. This way you can save a lot of time because you don't have to animate magazine and hand separately, which is awfully
slow.



G-43
The result of these tests is G-43's animation. I didn't like the original CoD2 G-43. Not only it was historically incorrect but also ugly (both animation and model). I decided to make it nice and correct. Enjoy the (already presented) Back2Fronts G-43 model with brand new animation and sounds! Coming in pre-alpha!



G-43 videos - you can watch here, or use video section (go to Moddb.com).


CoD2 B2F G-43 (pre-alpha)

This video shows pre-alpha Back2Fronts version of G-43 (unscoped). Animation is pure new stuff, sounds as well, model uses original CoD2 G-43 UV scheme and has been already presented before.

CoD2 B2F G-43 + ZF-4 (pre-alpha)

This video shows pre-alpha Back2Fronts version of G-43 + ZF-4 (scoped). Animation is pure new stuff, sounds as well, model uses original CoD2 G-43 UV scheme and has been already presented before.




Tokarev SVT-40
I also adjusted some mistakes (not many) in my "final" Tokarev SVT-40/AVT-40 animation. In the pre-alpha, there will be a specially made Tokarev SVT-40 model using original CoD2 UV scheme. But pictures are worth a million words, see below how it looks...



Tokarev SVT-40 videos - you can watch here, or use video section (go to Moddb.com).


CoD2 B2F Tokarev SVT-40 (pre-alpha)
This video shows pre-alpha Back2Fronts version of Tokarev SVT-40 (unscoped). Animation has slight improvements, sounds have been presented before, model uses original CoD2 SVT-40 UV scheme (so it is different from the
"final" version).




Bot test
When I put stuff stated above into a test, I decided to capture some frames of it so you can see as well :-)


CoD2 B2F bot MP test (pre-alpha)

This video shows pre-alpha Back2Fronts bot MP test. I needed to test out new stuff such as G-43's and SVT-40's animation plus sounds so I captured it to show something from it. Note that the MP-44 still uses the original CoD2 animation schemes (yes a bit adjusted, but anyway). I had no time for making a new animation so far...



User's interface update

The Back2Fronts menu is undergoing quite heavy development. I must say that it is a true teamwork there. I am cooperating on it with our team's head scripter - Tomalla and our history seeker - Vassili_Tzaitsev who helped me with image searching. Thank you guys for your time!

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On the other hand we are still struggling with some menu issues (alpha channelled images). The save/load menu is under construction, hopefully successful. Also mission selections should be reworked. In short, quite a lot to
go...

All in all, I corrected some values in "MAIN MOD FEATURES" to correspond the present
state...

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Elite’s Free Features

• Access Elite through the web as well as Elite’s free custom iOS and Android applications for smartphones and tablets
  Communicate any way you want across mobile, console and the web with your friends
  
• Track and share thousands of stats with friends – k/d ratios, score-per-minute, win % and loads more, all represented in easy to understand charts and infographics
  
• Create your own custom leaderboards to track friendly rivalries – who is moving up and down in your group of friends?
  
• Analyze advanced heat maps detailing your match-by-match performance – where you killed or got killed, when it happened, and more
  
• Analyze your weapons performance – which weapons you are best with in which situations
  
• Upload and share videos of your greatest moments through our exclusive theater mode with the touch of a button
  
• After you analyze your performance to your heart’s content – Customize your loadout – search through all the weapons, attachments and perks, and push them directly into the game menu from the web or your mobile device with the touch of a button
  
• Join dozens of groups and find other players with common interests to play with and compete against – find people who make the game the most fun for you – TDM, Lakers’ fans, Weekend Warriors?
  
• Create a private Clan with players who share your interests and skill level
  
• Bring your Facebook friends right into the game, easily taking your existing network into the Call of Duty experience
  
• Seamlessly be placed into matches into Groups (sic) who share your affinities and interests based on your Facebook profile to elevate your in-game experience
  
• Career? Start tracking your Call of Duty career – everything you wanted to know about your performance across the franchise starting with Black Ops
  

Basically: Stats are free.

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The plot, as described, seems to be keeping with developer Infinity Ward's habit of delivering complex, short sequences punctuated by lots of gunfire and scene changes. The game also has players take control of several vehicles, returning gamers to the AC-130 gunship as a gunner and plopping them down in a tank as part of a U.S. Armored Division.

The Modern Warfare 3 Files: Exclusive First Details on the Biggest Game of 2011The single-player campaign, which appears to wrap up most of the unanswered questions and character fates of the first two Modern Warfare titles, also introduces new characters who appear to be destined for future Modern Warfare games, especially two Delta Force operatives codenamed "Frost" and "Sandman".

Multiplayer in the game returns with a chunky list of playable maps as well as two types of Spec Ops modes: "Survival" and "Mission".

Activision, the series' publisher, still hasn't officially unveiled any details about the game, though executives have said that a new Call of Duty game was coming this year. Last year's Call of Duty: Black Ops, developed by Treyarch, sold more than 7 million copies in the first 24 hours and within six weeks reached $1 billion in sales.

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Dharmasala, India
New York, New York
A plane transporting the president of Russia
A town in Sierra Leone
London, England
Mogadishu, Somalia
Hamburg, Germany
Paris, France
Prague, Czech Republic
A castle in the Czech mountains
Berlin, Germany
The Kremlin in Moscow, Russia
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Washington. D.C.

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A fictional leader, Al-kab-dir, wants war on the friendly nations, the US, Britain and Russia. The friendly nations, have declared war on Iraq first.

A special forces group is called in to scout the city to advance the attack so the armies can have tactics on how to control the city and kill Al-kab-dir.

The special forces group belongs to Special Elite Task (S.E.T) organization. This organization consists of many groups of soldiers, such as U.S. Army Rangers, Airborne, S.A.S, etc. This group is very diverse and is the largest ethnic organization.

There are 4 parts to heroes 7.

Heroes 7 part 1 (outside the city and inside the city)

Heroes 7 part 2 "The Great Escape" (Prison)

Heroes 7 part 3 "Fall of Man" (Part prequel, part sequel, outskirt of city to inside of city)

Heroes 7 part 4 "Endgame" (You have to wait and see)


I have improved on my mapping skills and scripting skills. So in part 1, it's not great. Part 2 is better, part 3 is awesome. Part 4 should be the greatest of all parts. It's the endgame, so there should be a big bang to finishing the storyline.

Heroes 7 is about 7 characters trying to save the world. There are 8 but 1 of them(the leader) is killed tragically and you will found out in part 3.

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Finally after feeling I've progressed enough to release a trailer I am pleased to bring it to you guys. This is a short trailer and the sound is work of MW2. I used several tracks and edit them for trailer. The map itself is still not complete. I am still working on it and hope to get it done close to/by/after the summer. Without any longer await please watch the 34 second trailer. Check it out and don't forget to leave any comments either here or on youtube. Thanks.

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Hi all!

At last I have finished off the Mosin-Nagant 3D models. I can proudly present a true Russian M1891/30 variant which was the most frequent and used of all Mosin-Nagants on the Eastern front. I did it because the original CoD2 Mosin-Nagant model was completely wrong, it was a hybrid between Finish (M28/30) and Russian (M1938) variants.
I made three M1891/30 models in total: an unscoped version, a sniper version with cloth cover and a sniper version without cloth cover. Both snipers have PU scope with x3,5 magnification.

Now to the poll:
Which Sniper model of Mosin-Nagant is better- with or without cloth?
Please write your optinion into comments the winner will be used in the mod.

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Sniper version without cloth cover:





Sniper version with cloth cover:





Unscoped version:



Additional pictures from Eastern front:
When testing the Mosin-Nagants I took also pictures of some other weapons...

Parabellum P-08
New model, reshaped, reshaded, remapped UVs, added a lot of detail (grip, locking mechanism, barrel, various pins). The new model naturaly goes with new skin in both DX7 and 9 modes. I took my attention especially to the DX9 mode which enables lights and bumps.




RGD-33
The original CoD2 model for Russian hand grenade - the RGD-33 was really low detail plus it had low resolution skin. Now we can enjoy skin with double resolution and more detailed model. I had to remap the UVs because the original model had quite a lot of glitches there. Model is reshaded as well and I improved the DX7 and 9 performance.



Tokarev TT-33
The remaking process of the Russian pistol started with the fact that it had an error when reloading - there was a clipping glitch - you could see the magazine going through and out of the grip. So I corrected it. When corecting this mistake I decided that I will fresh up the whole thing a bit. So it has a new skin with better contrast and detail in both DX7 and 9 modes. I had to remodel the whole slide because its geometry was messed up. There were errors in shape of the grip too. Reshading and remapping UVs was done as well.




Mauser Kar98k
I showed the Kar98k on Rhine map before. Here you can see how it looks in Russian winter. The whole model was adjusted a lot. I moved the bolt forwards a bit because in original CoD2 animation it was too backwards. Missing surfaces were filled and the whole model was given a more "Mauser" feeling. But the main work was done on skin, I took several photos to give myself an virtual image how I want the gun to look like. So the wood was completely changed. DX9 maps were heavily adjusted to give as perfect performance as possible.

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