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Galactic Conquest Final Version Released

Posted by Zonk on from the circle-is-now-complete dept.

gonzoxl5 writes "The final verison of the excellent Star Wars Galactic Conquest mod for Battlefield 1942 has been released. This is the final release of Galactic-Conquest before the mod team (Prolific Games) moves onto a new and currently undisclosed project. A fantastic mod with over 60 vehicles and a host of maps from the Star Wars universe, this total conversion of the BF1942 engine plays better than most 'offical' star wars titles.

30 comments

  1. Hmm by Sinryc · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yay, First post.
    I played some version of this mod a while ago, but... It was slow then... Hopefully this one will be a LOT better. Sure hope so.

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    1. Re:Hmm by stpitner · · Score: 0

      what amazes me is what people can do to modify one game into something completely different. I don't know how many of the Starcraft mods actually completed way back when, but there was a Star Trek one that I'd still love to see to completion.

      I haven't even played Battlefield 1942 before, but from looking at the Star Wars mod on top of it, man, this might be something I'd want to check out! The whole thing looks fantastic.

  2. Objective Opinions? by Quill_28 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Have fun is it?

    Seems to be a 800MB download so I hope it is worth it.

    1. Re:Objective Opinions? by gonzoxl5 · · Score: 5, Informative

      PC Zone recently reviewed the R4 version of the mod, they gave it 85% and a PC Zone essential rating (two pages in the mag after they gave the SWG Jump To Lightspeed expansion 71%).

      The nice thing about this mod is that its not just replacing models and maps, its been built by a talented and committed team that know their subject matter really well (the project director recent won a major prize in the Atom Films SW fan film contest btw), the result is that this mod plays and feels like Star Wars.

    2. Re:Objective Opinions? by FortKnox · · Score: 1

      I, honestly, found it dull, boring, and slow (not laggy slow, but just a slow game). Not only that, but you rarely can find an active server with more than 10 people on it.

      Compared with other bf1942 mods (Desert Combat), this one is just flat out dull.

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    3. Re:Objective Opinions? by gonzoxl5 · · Score: 1

      if you consider it slow then thats your own personal opinion, however I'd disagree with your findings in terms of playabel servers.

      The lowest concurrent player count that I've ever seenw ith GC is around 35, with there always being at least 20 people on the AGSN server and at least 10 on the NOC server (both findable easily via ASE).

      Since the 0.5 release the concurrent player count hasn't been below 250 and there have been ovr 150,000 downloads (of this release) already from the major mirrors so you'd certainly have no problems finding a well populated server at the moment.

  3. Now... by mauledbydogs · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ...The Jedi are sure gonna feel that one when Lucas' lawyers catch-on to this.

    1. Re:Now... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They have permission from LucasArts: dumbass.

    2. Re:Now... by gonzoxl5 · · Score: 3, Informative

      Lucasarts are fully aware of this mod and have agreed the content with the dev team.

      Part of the agreement is that Lucasfiles is named as the primary download site.

    3. Re:Now... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If I'm not mistaken they aren't allowed to use "Star Wars" in the title of the mod either. Other then that LA is fine with it.

  4. Zim by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Galactic conquest is here. Galactic conquest is here...

  5. Lucus Files seems bad by Quill_28 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I get through about 50 MB and this it quits.

    Just a warning as I may be doing something wrong.

    1. Re:Lucus Files seems bad by gonzoxl5 · · Score: 1

      I had a problem with the Lucasfiles download site on day of release, it seems that they still don't have it sorted.

      I'll drop the devs an email about this to let them know that the problem still exists.

      In the meantime please try one of the other mirrors (eg. fileplanet), there are several linked on the mainpage of the GC site.

    2. Re:Lucus Files seems bad by Quill_28 · · Score: 1

      I did though it was fileplanet, firefox doesn't work with fileplanet it seems :-(

      But it did download and pretty fast: 1.86 Mbps

      So no complaints.

  6. Torrent? by ShawnDoc · · Score: 2

    Anyone got a direct link to a .torrent?

    1. Re:Torrent? by YellowCyclone · · Score: 1

      http://www.warumdarum.de/torrent/GalacticConquestR 5_Setup.exe.torrent - Full Version http://www.warumdarum.de/torrent/GalacticConquest_ R4X_to_R5.exe.torrent - Patch from v4/4.2

  7. Mac compatibility? by mrgreen4242 · · Score: 1

    Anyone know for sure if this works with the Mac version of BF1942?

    Rob

    1. Re:Mac compatibility? by gonzoxl5 · · Score: 1

      Mac support is I beleive there for the patch and the previous versions, check this thread on the GC mod forums for details :

      http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=395768

  8. My two cents... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    5 is a lot better than the previous releases. I actually uninstalled the release #4(?) because it was choppy and laggy when I played. I see the new one has better maps. I wasn't expecting it to be pretty (outdated BF1942 engine) as Star Wars: Battlefront, but it was fun. I actually got third place yesterday when I played on a new ice map.

  9. My 2 cents... by antdude · · Score: 2

    5 is a lot better than the previous releases. I actually uninstalled the release #4(?) because it was choppy and laggy when I played. I see the new one has better maps. I wasn't expecting it to be pretty (outdated BF1942 engine) as Star Wars: Battlefront, but it was fun. I actually got third place yesterday when I played on a new ice map.

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    1. Re:My 2 cents... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dude, someone else just posted that. That's plagarism, ya know?

    2. Re:My 2 cents... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dude, someone else just posted that. That's plagarism, ya know?

    3. Re:My 2 cents... by antdude · · Score: 1

      That is because I accidently posted it as AC earlier. :(

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    4. Re:My 2 cents... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dude, someone else just posted that. That's plagarism, ya know?

    5. Re:My 2 cents... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why should I believe you? You already stole someone else's work, why wouldn't you be lying to me right now?

    6. Re:My 2 cents... by antdude · · Score: 1

      Ask the /. staff for the IP addresses of the posts!

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  10. I tried it by DrunkenTerror · · Score: 2

    It's ok. The collision detection seemed a little hairy on the speederbike. I wish I had someone to play it with (MP only). Someone set up us a server and post it. I can't find any active servers with A.S.E.

    1. Re:I tried it by gonzoxl5 · · Score: 1

      there were at least 35 servers on ASE last night and over 250 concurrent players at 4pm eastern so there must be a problem with your ASE filters.

      Using ASE you should have a filter on Battlefield 1942 and the mod Galactic Conquest, I didn't have any problems finding a server last night with those settings

    2. Re:I tried it by DrunkenTerror · · Score: 1

      Thanks, gonzo. I reset all my filters and I see 32 servers, 170 players. My bad. Game on!

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