Blog one. Originally posted by Nod Soldier:

Good welcome to the first Blog of the two now fused TD Mod's Dawn of Nod & Rise of Apocalypse.

Blog 1 (4/5/07) Rise of Apocalypse: The Dawn of Nod

Here we present you the GDI/Nod Helipad & the Nod SAM site by westboy13:






This is what would be our possible Infantry list:

Free Section:
Soldier (GDI/Nod) Cost: -
Technican (GDI/Nod) Cost: -
Grenadier (GDI) Cost: 160
Flame Thrower (Nod) Cost: 300
Minigunner (GDI/Nod) Cost: 350 ...with an Minigun


Buyable:
Rocket Soldier (GDI/Nod) Cost: 300
Sniper (GDI/Nod) Cost: 500
Engineer (GDI/Nod) Cost: 500
Officer (GDI/NOD) Cost: 600 ... with a Desert Eagle or another big pistol (big damage) and 1 free airstrike beacon/binocular.
Chemical Warrior (Nod) Cost: 600
Commando limted to 1 (GDI/Nod) Cost: 1200


NOTE:

Airstrike beacons/binoculars are buyable at the Comm.Centers.
The Officer get's one (maybe weaker version) for free.

I hope you like what you see here...



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Second Blog. Originally posted by Staude (hey thats me )

Note. Reason for the day it was posted was to explain a few things.

Hello. I am Staude.

First of all, its a shame to see all the hatred in here. It would be nice if you could all return to a prior state of mind, where we could try to solve the problems and differences. Anything regarding the mod, ideas, questions etc. Please. Even though you have already prior stated them. If i do not mention it, then please write it down again and i will do what is in my best to answer it.

I have to admit i havent read the full 38 pages of text, although i do have some responses to some of the things written.

First of all. The Raptor 50 cal gun showed a couple of pages back. Its totally badass ! and i wouldent hesitate giving the commando that one. So there are good odds for us to use that.

I would also like to use this oppotunity to welcome you all to the new forums, should you be interested.
you can find it here

Note that we will be using Rise of Apocalypse moddb and website you will also have to note that the website isnt fully updated, and that the link to the new forum havent been integrated in it yet.

The new name of the mod is Rise of Apocalypse: The dawn of Nod.

In the name of Tiberian dawn, i shall do my best, as i am sure the rest of the team will. To make this as close to the original as possible, while concidering its a First person shooter.

now. Ive taken the liberty to write down the current unit list.

GDI

Minigunner
Grenader
rocket soldier
engineer
commando

Nod
minigunner
flamethrower
rocket soldier
engineer
commando
chemical warrior

this is the original list.
we will probably add this:

GDI
Officer (this guy carries a pistol, however his a tactical commander with some special abilities.
Technician (i honestly dont agree fully on this one.. but sometimes you gotta bend. Basically his a shitty version of the engineer)

Nod
Officer (this guy carries a pistol, however his a tactical commander with some special abilities.
Technician (i honestly dont agree fully on this one.. but sometimes you gotta bend. Basically his a shitty version of the engineer)


Note. Rocket soldier for GDI is because they seemingly should have them in multiplayer. If im wrong, please correct me.

Regarding officer and technician. They are descussable.

Prices will be descussed later on as it will be calculated according to tiberium drops etc. (Income)

We will try to stay true to Tiberian dawn. Remember this. On the forum we also have a section where you can bring your ideas, if you dont know where else to put them

With the fusion of RoA and DoN the general pace of the work will hopefully be satisfying.

And again i would remark. Please put any previous grudges away. I will solve what i can.

I will update this post with some pictures later

EDIT: its now later and ill throw in a few pictures. Note that these varies in the time they were created and may not reprisent the final product. They should just give you a general idea of an area of which the mods current quality is.


Images of all the tiberian dawn units but which are replaced by ours. This was quickly made so its pretty much incomplete in some aspects and does not show the current result. Its just to give an idea of it.


This is the light tank. There has been made some changes since this render was done and the skin isnt final.


The buggy. Again its not done. Ill add the gunner although there is a chance it will be a "turret" and not a player for now.


ill have to exuse the current condition it is in and state that its not final. Just slabbed a texture on to give a temperary impression. You should also note that the front is changed and there are some unfinished areas in the model.


The flamethrower will probably work with a "coard" partly attached to the human model in a way so that it concludes at the weapon. Note that this is also unfinished. By jts.


a assult map im working on. The textures are not final... obviously. Also there are some billboards on it, like in some old westwood maps. Just to give it a better feel.. one such as the one posted below.



Now i would like to show you some more, but Nod soldier posted the same and stuff a few days ago, and you can check out the rest of the already made material at the moddb, site or forum (especially the moddb contains ingame stuff)

So ill head on out now and be back later with some more stuff when there is something to report.

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Blog 3. Originally posted by Nod Soldier

Normaly it's not more my job to post Blogs, but for internal reasons Staude wasn't able to post the Blog this time...

So here the Blog:

Blog 3 (19/5/07)


The Nod Gun Turret by westyboy13:



Two updated Pictures of the Nod SAM and the Helipad also by westyboy13:






I hope you like it....

Continued in another post.

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Blog 4. Part one. Originally posted by Staude

okay.. i would post a blog with a lot of really nice images but instead ill give you a few minor things today and then post the second half of it the 28th. Same day as roa turns two years.


First ill start out by showing a early wip of the advanced communications center..


there isnt a whole lot to say about it, and what there is.. westboy13 can say

another thing i will show you are the various skins of the forum that ive made. A lot of people arent aware that you can choose different skins on it (roadon.proboards107.com)


there are also some announcements coming up soon...

So what are we working on ?

Me: I am currently sketching up some designs and creating some general concept art..
Nod soldier: Taking a look at getting us great sounds that will really add to the gameplay experiance.
Westboy: Well its shown above lol
Jts: Working on the normal communications center, i think. Im not certain if westboy has taken over that project or what exacly is occuring in that area.
Kane000: Mapping
Slavik262: will probably start skinning some of westboys buildings
Ionkill: texturing
Nameme: Working on the new obelisk

As for the rest, im not sure honestly. They havent reported back to me yet.

Anyways ill post the second part of this the 28th. Until then..

Beware the tiberium future !


(note that it is not a intirely new wallpaper which is why it doesent show the extention of the mod name)

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Blog 4. Part two. Originally posted by Staude

Hello. Heres the second part of the blog. 2day is the day where RoA turns two years old. It was may 28. 2005 that i (Staude) first came up with the idea of making it. If stories of such things interest you. You can read (most of) the full story here
(it havent been updated for a few months so the fuse and things like that are not included yet. Will be updated soon though )

So... lets get started.

Ive made the following, to celebrate this event. There should also have been something big, but itll have to wait for another time. Itll be worth the wait though.. trust me

If you are not able to see what this is.. then it will be revealed at a later time..
You will also see this.. in places you otherwise would not expect it to be... i will not reveal more.. but leave you in the "dark" for now

Dexxaboy has made a brand new wallpaper for this occation. Personally i really dig it


You can get it in 800x600, 1024x768, 1200x1068 and 1600x1200
you can find them all for download here

Dexxaboy has also made some Brand New Rise of Apocalypse: the dawn of nod signatures.
There is a Nod one


And a GDI one..


I will also show you a technicians tool (yes i know i misspelled that) that Jts has been working on.

more will be done in the future to have a array of work tools.

Note that its not the tool for the engineer.. that will be revealed later

Now at the same time. DarkLinkZ is working on a map to be revealed shortly.
Also... somewhere.. deep down .. rigging is taking place.. wuuh... more is again, to be revealed in a short amount of time.

Now i hope that you enjoyed this please leave a remark and.. until next time

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Blog 5. "Let the engineers have a look" Originally posted by Staude

Today is friday.

Today is also the day where i will release another blog. :dance: .. today there is also a easter egg in the blog.... Can you find it ?

On todays shedule we have a few things.

First let me start off by saying thanks to everyone who helped out, or showed support for RoA on monday. I really appreciate it thanks, yall.

Next. Thanks to all the fans through the times. And welcome to all the new ones.

Anyways. Lets get started.
First i have a Engineering PowerDrill to show off. This "Gear," is for the Nod engineer. (no it doesn't rime on purpose.. )


The "Drill," gives the engineering staff the posibility to repair vehicles. Unlike renegade, you wont see a blue ray of light while repairing, and the range will not be as far either. However. You do not have to stand halfway up in a vehicle to be able to repair it. It will have some range. Nod and GDI will have different drills.

Next we have a map. One which DarklinkZ is working on.

This is, like a map i am working on, based in a city. Note that this doesn't mean that all our maps are based in citys, they are not lol. We just like to create some variation which is why we are using most oppotunities to create different maps .. There will be standard looking maps though dont worry

Last. I've started wrtting a bit of a story, based in the tiberian dawn universe. Its related to the mod in the way that i am writing it as an addition to the roa story. I wont go into specifik details on how it is related. But it is. hehe. Below is a little snippit of the beginning, (i havent uploaded very much yet. And there are some grammer errors and other mis typings in it. But dont worry.. you can expect a lot more of those .. lol.. i will probably go through it sometime when i have the time to do so.) i hope that you will like it.

"I am prepaired.. I will do what I must. I will serve, for a global and united world."
Those are the words they preach, and those are the words you have to repeat,
when becomming a officer in the army of the Global Defence Initiative.
This is also known as GDI, an army put down by the rich countrys to defend their "Intrests"
These mostly revolve around making sure the "fanatics" of the brotherhood stays out of
the countrys who have formed this alliance. That, and bringing down the tiberium spreading.
Tiberium. The green crystalised material which seems to have cursed the very earth. They
say its origin is unknown, well thats what they claim. I know though, i know that this
plague has come from outer space. Probably carried to this very planet by an astroid.
All this propaganda, and all of these lies started by our very own leaders, makes me wonder,
am i fighting for the right course? Is GDI really here to protect us from evil. Or is
the very evil that we have been fighting, the true source to our salvation?

I know it's a pretty long snippit, but it should give you an idea of the overall flow of the text. There havent been a whole lot posted yet, but i will try to update it regularly. Anyhoot. If you would like to read the rest you can find it here

Well. Thats all for this time. I hope you enjoyed it. And i hope you will drop a comment somewhere

Until next time. Prepare for the tiberium future. -Staude


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In the future, blogs will most likely be posted on fridays. If this changes, we will post it in advance.

Have a good read
(and note that these are the blogs made after the two teams joined forces.)

Whoah. Info orgy!

Well its all of are previous blogs!

wow lots of stuff!

hey i have seen these before

Now where whas that

OLD STUFF for me