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RTCW Enemy Territory Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Aug 06, 2002 2:38pm CST tags: Activision, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
There's a Enemy Territory Q&A on Computer & Video Games, talking with id's Todd Hollenshead and Activision's Jonathan Moses about this upcoming Return to Castle Wolfenstein product. The Q&A starts off with an overview of all the new features, and then has some questions about things like bot AI, the fact that this is a stand-alone product, the squad-based single player part, the storyline and more.
"here's something they can do. 1) remember to put the fun in. 2) better AI 3) how about fixing ..."11 Comments

RTCW: Enemy Territory Screenshots

by Maarten Goldstein Jul 30, 2002 6:05pm CST tags: Activision, Screenshots, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Also released by Activision today: the first four screenshots from Enemy Territory, the upcoming expansion for Return to Castle Wolfenstein.


"Since when did bridges during world war 2 get built like that? Hell it dosent even happen like th..."34 Comments

Wolf Linux Source Code

by Maarten Goldstein Jul 02, 2002 9:33am CST tags: Activision, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
For all 2 of you who like developing their Return to Castle Wolfenstein mods under Linux, Activision released the Linux multiplayer source code for the game. It's based on the 1.33 code.
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RTCW Source Code

by Maarten Goldstein Jun 28, 2002 8:46pm CST tags: Activision, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Activision has released the latest game source code for Return to Castle Wolfenstein, based on code used in the recent 1.33 patch. You can grab the Wolf_133_src.exe file from FileShack, courtesy of Speakeasy. Update: this only includes multiplayer code.
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RTCW GOTY Ships

by Maarten Goldstein Jun 26, 2002 12:03pm CST tags: Activision, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Activision sent over a press release announcing that the Game of the Year edition of Return to Castle Wolfenstein is now shipping. The GOTY edition includes the original RTCW, Wolfenstein 3D, a "making of Return to Castle Wolfenstein" AVI and new multiplayer maps (also released online, see story). It has a suggested retail price of $44.99.
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RTCW GOTY Interview

by Maarten Goldstein Jun 18, 2002 11:29am CST tags: Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Interview
There is a Return to castle Wolfenstein Game of the Year edition interview on HomeLAN Fed, talking to Splash Damage and Nerve Software about the new edition of RTCW. JCal asks about the new maps, how former mod team Splash Damage got to work on the title, what Splash Damage plans to do with the expansion pack Enemy Territory, and several other things.
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RTCW Linux 1.33

by Maarten Goldstein Jun 13, 2002 10:43am CST tags: Activision, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
For all 10 of you who run the Linux version of Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Activision has released the 1.33 patch and map pack for that OS following last night's Windows update. We have Fileshack mirrors for the full patch, the 1.32 -> 1.33 upgrade patch and map pack.
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RTCW 1.33 Patch, Maps

by Maarten Goldstein Jun 12, 2002 11:16pm CST tags: Activision, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Activision has released a new patch for Return to Castle Wolfenstein, updating the game to 1.33. Also released is the Game of the Year Map Pack, which has additional multiplayer maps for the game (more info here). For a list of fixes/additions in the patch, check the readme. We have FileShack mirrors for the map pack, the full patch, and the v1.32 -> v1.33 patch.
"the map pack is insane 49 Meg over Dialup at 49.6 top end. I've downloaded it twice and when i tr..."38 Comments

QuakeCon RTCW Signup

by Maarten Goldstein Jun 10, 2002 9:45pm CST tags: Return to Castle Wolfenstein, QuakeCon
EvilJohn slipped me some $20s to remind you all that registration for the Return to Castle Wolfenstein tournament at QuakeCon has begun. There will be online qualifying games for this tourney. Registration for the Quake3 tournament as well general attendance will start in a few days.
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RTCW GotY Shots

by Maarten Goldstein Jun 10, 2002 7:35pm CST tags: Activision, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Activision sent along the first four screenshots from the upcoming game of the year edition of Return to Castle Wolfenstein. The shots are from new multiplayer maps created by Splash Damage and Nerve Software. A map pack will be released for owners of the original retail version, so you won't have to buy the GotY version for these new maps. Here's some info on the screenshots

chateau.jpg: a multiplayer reworking of the SP map "Chateau". Done by Nerve Software.
keep.jpg: a new multiplayer map also created by Nerve.
dam.jpg: a multiplayer reworking of the SP map "The Damned". This one is done by Splash Damage.
rocket.jpg: this new multiplayer map is done by Splash Damage.

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New Seismovision

by Maarten Goldstein Jun 03, 2002 9:10am CST tags: Return to Castle Wolfenstein
A new version of the Quake engine games demo player Seismovision has been released. The new version fixes support for Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
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OSP for RTCW

by Maarten Goldstein Jun 02, 2002 10:46am CST tags: Return to Castle Wolfenstein
The downloads page on the Orange Smoothie Productions site now has the first release of the OSP mod for Return to Castle Wolfenstein. It's a 1.2mb download. If you don't know what OSP is, you don't need to download this.
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Returning to Castle Wolfenstein

by Maarten Goldstein Apr 13, 2002 10:50am CST tags: Return to Castle Wolfenstein
There are two Q&As on RTCW World, where they asked id's Kevin Cloud about plans for adding new multiplayer classes and what the future holds for the game. Kevin mentions that there should be another Wolfenstein game, and hopefully id will work with Gray Matter again. He says he'll be talking to them about the game later this year. Thanks Voodoo Extreme.
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RTCW Source Code

by Maarten Goldstein Apr 11, 2002 4:11pm CST tags: Activision, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Activision sends word that the game source code to Return to Castle Wolfenstein has finally been released. The game code for both the singleplayer and multiplayer part of the game is included. You can grab the 6.35mb file from Fileshack. A mirror can be found at 3D Gamers.
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RTCW Server Test

by Maarten Goldstein Apr 03, 2002 1:08pm CST tags: id Software, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Christian Antkow from over at id Software updated his .plan with news of a Dedicated Only Server for Return to Castle Wolfenstein. This 27mb program will allow you to run servers for the game without needing any game data. Christian is also working with Tony Ray of Punkbuster to get some server admin tools working through web browsers. Tests are going on at 192.246.40.45:27960 and 192.246.40.45:27961.
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Wolf Patch News

by Maarten Goldstein Mar 30, 2002 8:36am CST tags: Return to Castle Wolfenstein
It looks like several people have not upgraded their Return to Castle Wolfenstein yet (story). However in version 1.31, the new map Ice was updated as well so people can't play this map anymore. You can download the upgraded map seperately from Fileplanet or Battlefield Wolfenstein.
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RTCW v1.30 to v1.31 Update

by Steve Gibson Mar 28, 2002 4:30pm CST tags: Activision, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
The v1.30 to v1.31 updates for RTCW has been released by Activision now, you can grab it from our beloved Fileshack of course. If you want the full update, that was released last night.
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RTCW v1.31 Released

by Steve Gibson Mar 27, 2002 11:27pm CST tags: Activision, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
The Wolfenstein v1.31 patch has been released by Activision, here is the documentation on the file. It fixes a single bug that showed up in v1.30 according to the documents.

Teleportation and Reviving Players Bugs Fixed Bugs introduced in 1.30 related to reviving players and teleportation, or warping, on certain maps have been fixed. These issues were a byproduct of a fix for reviving players on and around script movers (the giant doors in mp_assault for example).

Download the patch from Fileshack

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More RTCW Testing

by Maarten Goldstein Mar 19, 2002 8:12pm CST tags: Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Nerve's Brandon James updated his .plan again, with news that a few more servers are testing the new Return to Castle Wolfenstein fix (story). Our own Shack RTCW servers are running the fix so get playing.
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Test New RTCW

by Maarten Goldstein Mar 18, 2002 8:28pm CST tags: id Software, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Brandon James from over at Nerve Software updated his .plan file with news of some problems in the recently released Return to Castle Wolfenstein 1.3 patch. These "problems related to reviving and the teleportation" are server side issues, and a fix is currently being tested. If you'd like to help test the fix, you can check out the id Software servers listed in the update.
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