Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Triple Post Coming Soon


Lots of tasty treats are cooking. CoD4 RSE v3, MW2 RSE v35, and BO Combat Training Patch v8 are in the oven and almost done.

Also, I might as well use the rest of this post to give my two cents on WWII and the state of CoD. Honestly I'm not impressed. I don't think it is bad by any means, and might even be the "best" CoD (although it is certainly too early to say). But even if it ends up being the best CoD to date, it wouldn't be by much of a margin. I don't see the point in spending 60 bucks on a game that is 5% better than the game I already have. I might as well keep playing what I have instead. And that is a big problem. There is a complete lack of innovation in this series. With the death of the only studio that truly brought innovation to the series, the old IW (now Respawn Entertainment who are admittedly making great stuff), the state of this franchise has been deteriorating.

And Treyarch's latest effort in terms of design was way too similar to AW to the point where I had trouble identifying which game was which. Scary. And I was a huge fan of Treyarch. I thought I could count on them to make an interesting flavor of CoD. From the unique Cold War era Black Ops to the super slick near future Black Ops II. One thing that really impressed me about Treyarch was their ability to create something that was visually unique and cohesive. Needless to say, Black Ops II was the last CoD I enjoyed.

And now WWII.

It's more of the same. And I am so so sick of it. Tap into your heart and let your imagination run wild. You know damn well it could be so much more. It's not the era, it's what they are doing with it. Or rather, what they are not doing with it. With so much money poured into development, representing one of the financial juggernauts of the industry, the best they can do is retread old ground? Are you ****ing kidding me? Give us destructible environments. Give us controllable vehicles that have a huge impact on the match. Yeah its a risk. Doing something ballsy might upset the formula. But ****, at least do something different.

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  1. Only thing i really like in COD WWII is sound design ,but thats about it.

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    1. good point, the sound design is good.

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    2. I actually thought the sound is terrible

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    3. not great compared to sound design in the frostbite battlefield games (which is amazing), but its still much better than the toy gun sounds that plagued treyarch's games. what don't you like about the sound in WWII? i noticed much more beef to the sound effects which is nice.

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  3. How about WAW bots will you update the one from Bot Warfare?

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    1. Nice. I'm waiting for Cod4 rse update. More power!

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  4. its call of duty what you are talking about... what do you expect? are you planning on starting a project to add bots to COD MW3? i think that game is the latest good game of the series. And bots could make it playable.

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    1. Us dumbos can only hope and dream...

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    2. Plutonium (plutonium.pw) is the only chance for now. GSC mod support, offline mode... I wonder how bots will work in MW3. MW3 indeed is a really good CoD. It has great maps and look at the DLC maps. OMG. They´re all wonderful. Just can´t imagine TDM or FFA against bots on MW3 maps. So lovely.

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  5. Hey Macporter, inside the bots iwd ( in the waypoints folder ) there is a "custom maps" file , will it work with the mod if I add there waypoints for maps like Highrise , Subbase, Fav etc ? I really love the mod btw and looking forward to the v3 !

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  6. Here is a link to a collection of waypoints for RSE COD4 . Unfortunately I cannot add them myself to the mod because I use a mac and I cannot alter IWD files . If you are on windows, on the other hand is very easy, just using notepad. Please post a download link to the IWD file once you add the waypoints so we can all enjoy! ;) http://www.mediafire.com/file/0eh01hxswh4qq6r/waypoints.zip

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    1. Hi Anima, you can alter .iwd files no problem on mac. you might need to right click on the file > Get Info, and then change the extension to .zip. then double click the file to extract. if you want to pack it up again, highlight all of the folders then right click and create a .zip. then Get Info again and change the extension to .iwd.

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  9. Hey Macporter, thanks for your useful help on how to deal with iwd files on mac! ( I searched this on google many times and no one cared to explain it....). I followed the instruction by Ineedbots ( on mod db site ) on adding waypoints to the mod and specifically the part regarding pezbots waypoints ( I have many of those for custom maps which I would LOVE to use with your mod btw.... ) . Sadly it doesn't seem to work. When I spawn the bots ( in Ineedbots mod ) the ones on my team all follow me around ( it's kind of funny actually ) and the otther team just stand there .... With your mod , using the same procedure , the bots won't even spawn. I really hoe you tackle this issue in the next mod versions .... Really looking forward to v3 , regardless !

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  10. do you know where i can get language files for black ops? english is a hard language for me

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  11. Yes, RSE is still evolving and supported. I can't wait to see which features you'll add next.

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  12. Hi Joe!

    Can You please help me? I have a problem with Black Ops 2.

    When i have tried the cracked Black Ops 2 skidrow, everything worked fine, but after i patched your BO2 offline package, nothing happens at all. It launches (task manager shows), but it closes after 2-3 seconds, and no black screen or anything.
    Before the package, everything worked, but i want to play with bots, and i can only play the campaign with the skidrow version.

    I have played a lot with your package on windows 7, but now i have windows 10 and i can't make it work.
    I have tried everything including redist, directx install, turned off firewall, antivirus, run as administrator etc...

    I have read somewhere that Black Ops 2 cannot work with directx 12.

    I have:
    - I3
    - GT 610
    - Windows 10 Pro

    Please help me, if you can.

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    1. In addition, offline package V3 works fine, V4 isn't working somehow.

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    2. It doesn't work on your Windows 10 because the Windows 10 Creator's Update broke the redacted client/files. I had it working on Windows 10 after I went to the redacted website and found the fix. Redacted.se is the site (it looks fishy but its legitimate. Search their forums for the fix. Should be a sticky'd topic.

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    3. Thank You for your help!

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    4. Got it working, you're a GOD, thanks!!

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    5. Just go to main site (redacted.se), there is a download button.

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  13. Hey Macporter, I have a question actually related to Black Ops , which iwd is related to the Bots animation ( specifically their movements and how they navigate the maps ) ?
    I hope this is not too vague a question LOL

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    1. great question! to this day I am still trying to figure out where animation and navigation data is kept. i do not believe they are in any .iwd file.

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    2. Hmm..... Wow ! Now I feel smarter just having asked that question! LOL
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  14. Nice man, I can't wait for new updates on RSE aswell for BO V8 dlc support finaly...

    about cod ww2, i dont like it at all, its a shit game, removed swastikas real ww2 flags, no soviets and they put too much american propaganda in that game

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    1. yea this PC/sjw bs is out of control. seriously they can't have historical accuracy? they are afraid kids will becomes nazis? wtf? its a game where you kill thousands upon thousands of people and you are worried about that? ****ing ridiculous.

      and the female call outs are really distracting. after spending more time looking at it, its kind of a mess aesthetically. wtf is with the red dot sights? they couldn't come up with something more grounded in reality like the aperture sight from WaW?

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    2. bunch of shit in the game, red dots in ww2 like you said lmao
      take a look at wolfenstein series, i mean, they are not afraid of nazi symbols, but ofc there are censored versions made for countries such as germany...cause otherwise they wont be able to sell it in

      i think bo1 was the last cod game to include real symbols and flags and there is bo1 german version with swastika replaced with heer
      thats how its supposed to be, make the game original, those who get offended and with their stupid laws just re-create couple of textures and sell it to them

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  15. I remember in ethanol mod for BO1 you can add a maxmimum of 30 bots instead of 18!
    Can you make it possible for next or future versions ?

    Can you make RSE for MW3 ?

    Keep the good work.

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  16. Hey Joe, could you make an offline client for the Black Ops 3 Steam version, and have it so you can play custom match and get XP and cryptokeys from bots? A reply would be much appreciated. Thank you.

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    1. I second this request. BO3 has bots implemented, and a dedicated server as well. Though, they may have it more locked down than it appears... The game itself is 100gb, which is just ridiculous. MacPorterJoe has also expressed distaste for BO3 on this site, so it's unlikely we'll be seeing a bots mod from him for BO3 when he has his plate full on the other mods (MW1, 2 BO1) for right now.

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  18. That unknown is the same account no idea what that's about.

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  19. Also, can somebody please link the download to the version of Black Ops 1 you use for the combat training patch?

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    1. sorry no links are allowed for what you are asking for

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    2. Alright, sorry I'm just lost on how to get it and I really wanna play BO1. Possibility for a Steam version?

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  20. How would i go about putting the new Bo1 v8 update (when you release it) on the skidrow version? I didnt put the Bo1 v7 patch because im not on vista.

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  21. Alright, so I know this is gonna sound ridiculous, and I really don't know any other place to ask this, so is ANYONE willing to make a mod for either Black Ops III, Advanced Warfare, or Infinite Warfare that allows unlocks from custom games bots, in an offline client so I couldn't get banned, like the Redacted client? Any help would be much appreciated.

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    1. I have BO3 no-steam version, I think, I would consider buying it on steam, if it´s the only way to play with bots and leveling up.

      I´m seriously when I´m saying I would pay guys who bring bot leveling support to MW3 and/or BO3.

      Or release a fixed version of Redacted BO2 and sending it via Skype or something, because otherwise they get legal issues.

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  22. Hello. I was wondering if it were possible to get all of the stock camos that were unlocked in v3 of the BO2 offline package in to the v4 release of the offline package? It's all locked in v4 but unlocked in v3. Although v3 gives me an error while playing multiplayer. Thanks.

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  23. Anyone know if it's even possible to edit emblems and calling calling cards in Redacted? Also is it possible to bind keys to commands, like "bind p xpartygo"?

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  24. Can you provide an option to customize MW2 bots as in disable bots shooting down killstreaks or making bots not walk through obstacles and walls etc? Thanks so much

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  25. You forgot to mention the DLC map in BO3 with garbage mechs. It was bad and not even decent.
    Also im looking forward to RSE v3 for cod4. Even though i dont like playing CoD anymore.

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  26. I'm hoping to see a fix with rse v34 on mw2, there are times that bots go afk in which I feel bad about it. :)

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    1. They do it quite often :/ and it sucks :P

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    2. Yeah lol, one time a bot in my team blocked the way to the upper bomb site on "Skidrow". Then a enemy bot come from behind and killed us both ahahaha.

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  27. Been checking the site twice daily since this post went up. Absolutely clambering for the new updates!

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    1. same! can't wait!

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    2. same! Waiting for the DLC support of BO

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  28. At this point the only exciting thing COD can do is remaster MW2 and I doubt it will happen. I wish playing against bots was more popular, as COD Ghosts had some awesome AI.

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    1. gotta agree with you! cod ghosts had the first bots who would control killstreaks

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  29. Dude thanks a lot you been providing us such good content for that I have great amount of respect for you I do have one request though is it possible if you could port RSE bots to COD World at War that would be so awesome anyways keep up the good work.��

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  30. for v35 of mw2 rse, can you lower the difficulty of all the bots theyre really op, they knife too much, basically wallhack, have too accurate of aim and dont need to ads, so could you maybe make it so they have a delayed fire when they see you by 1 second, and make it so they dont spawn camp the difficulty is roughly the same for the bots just more unfair as you go

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    1. The bots not ADSing is due to an engine limitation.

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  31. Hello Joe, I've got a question about the AI fmovespeed. How did you determine their movement speed? Did you guesstimate it or is there a value somewhere in the engine itself?

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    1. guesstimated, a lot of trial and error. its still probably not a 1 to 1 match but it is very close. i also incorporated the change in speed if you have the lightweight perk. but changes based on the type of weapon are not considered.

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    2. So you would run from one wall to another and count the frames it took, and attempt to approximate that value through trial and error?

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  32. Alright Joe, I really do like your work, but you need to release a ver. of the combat training patch for the Steam version of Black Ops 1, for legitimate owners. I'm sure many people feel the same way, considering it's extremely difficult and dangerous to download the Skidrow release. If it was available for Steam a lot more people would be able to enjoy Black Ops since the playerbase is low and bots are more fun anyways, besides piracy isn't really gonna help anybody in the end, you've alluded to that as well.

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  33. My words exactly, I totally agree. Unfortunately, as long as the CoD name itself brings huge profits without ANY innovation, there's not much hope for a change.

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  34. I just wanna say THANK YOU for everything you've done, me and my friends spent countless hours kicking bots' asses at lan parties. I tried my hand at programming in different languages and know exactly how much work and passion went in these projects. Don't feel pressured because of numerous requests, take your time and most importantly enjoy what you're doing :)

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    1. ^^^ Louder for those in the back, please. Yes, MacPorterJoe. You're doing a great job with these mods, and I'm patiently anticipating your next iterations.

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  35. All the respect I can give to MacPorterJoe, the dude's making miracles happen with software that is severely limited; However, I just gotta say... Soon (tm)

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    1. i know i know, it bothers me a lot. sorry guys. i've been swamped with work. as i said, the next versions are almost ready sitting on my hard drive. i will have them posted around thanksgiving.

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    2. Thanks for the reply, man. You're my hero. Take as long as you need, of course, you're the one doing us a favor. By the way, I bought CoD WWII and refunded almost immediately. God, that game is a total punch in the dick. The bots are good in it! Unfortunately the game they're in is a dumpster fire.

      Oh, and just a request if you can find the time for it; would you mind writing a few blogs on the gory details of your mods? I'm really interested to learn how you get everything working.

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  37. i ment to say without have to deal with the stress of the players formentioned in this post.

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  38. Joe, buddy! I don't mean to sound pushy, but, release........when?


    keep up the good work, buddy!

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  39. Can anyone let me know if there is a way to change emblems and calling cards permanently in BO2 REDACTED? Whether it's a console command or an edited save I'll take anything.

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    1. You can't. Redacted isn't developed anymore and its never going to be fixed

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    2. More annoying is the "Tactical" equip slots and some guns don´t save (KSG gets replaced with MP7 after match).

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  41. Activision doesn´t like taking risks. They knew, just bring the word "ww2" to the people and you will touch a nerve of them. As long as people will buy the games, nothing will change.

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