"Woe to You Oh Earth and Sea
for Joker{eXtreme+} sends the Beast with wrath
because he knows the time is short.
Let him who hath understanding
reckon the number of the beast for it is a human number...
its number is six hundred and sixty six."
- Jock Yitch
A BASHandSlash.com exclusive.
No other destructive technology in human history has been able to cause the overwhelming fear and respect that "The Bomb" has been able to instill in the soul of its intended targets.
It ended World War II and stopped World War III. Those that have atomic weapons are feared. Those that don't - are not.
Now, in a history-making Call of Duty 4 modding effort, the scripters over at mycallofduty.com present us with a WMD-capability that equals the might of the nuclear-equipped nations on earth: X4, the Call of Duty 4 mod, has joined the nuclear club. Move over America, UK, Russia, France, China, India and Pakistan...Joker from mycallofduty.com has put our finger on the nuclear trigger.
The Nuke
In an online modding-first for the Call of Duty community, you the player can now drop nukes onto your enemy. The nukes are completely configurable by your server admin - and their lethality can be constrained (the tactical nuke) or amplified (the theater weapon).
Never before have gamers had this power in Call of Duty.
Without a doubt, the admins will set the Nuclear-strike achievement threshold high. It will take a long kill-streak to get one of these babies I'm sure. However, once you reach the configurable kill-streak "magic-number"...the X4 in-game menu prompts you to select your map co-ordinates for the nuclear airstrike. And when that baby lands...*WHAMMO!*. The blinding flash and percussion will take your breath away!
Here is a youtube video taken in-game showing the features of the new mod. Watch for the nukes being set off to get an idea of the power that will be at your disposal. The AC130 gunship, now player-controllable can be seen in the first few scenes.
WARNING: The nuclear flash may cause epileptic shock in some individuals. It is recommended to use welders glass to view explosion.
Youtube video:
The before and after story (Bob, our cameraman was regretfully, fatally irradiated in the making of this montage):
The "BANG" a Flash Video
This is an in-game flash video of the Nuclear Explosion from the AC130. Use your browsers flash player to play it. Turn your speakers up for this one. Way up. Oh...um. Stand back.
RIGHT CLICK THE IMAGE and click on PLAY
Ground Zero:
The destruction is immense when you set one of these puppies off - and sometimes, you simply can't get out of the way.
The AC130
The nuke is not the only spectacular add-on in version 2.0 of X4. The AC130 may be over-shadowed by the mother of all WMD's; however, the gunship circling high over-head in the battlefield will be just as deadly. What is different between the CoD4 chopper and the AC130 is that *you* are in the AC130. Yes, *you* direct it's fire as it circles lazily over the battlefield below.
The mycallofduty.com crew has now modeled the AC130 and will be adding realistic aircraft sounds to give you the "you-are-there" experience. Check out these amazingly realistic screenies:
Listen to the webcast
In BASH 60, {PST}*Joker and I talk about X4. You can listen to it here.
Gametypes supported:
Obviosly all the gametypes that come with the stock Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare game are available:
Stock Death Match.
Stock Domination.
Stock Headquarters.
Stock Sabotage.
Stock Search & Destroy.
Stock Team Death Match.
In addition, you get these retro-games that have been proven in CoD over the years:
Custom Capture the Flag
Custom Capture the Flap Back
Custom Hold the Flag
Features:
Of course X4 is more than just the CoD4 mod that brings you the AC130 gunship and the almight nuke. X4 is incredibly feature-rich and comes with all these really cool, variables:
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UAV, Airstrike, Helicopter
- Napalm
- Nuclear Warhead Airstrike!
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Ability to set the amount of streaks
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AC130 Gunship 25mm Gattling Gun
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AC130 Gunship 40mm Cannon
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AC130 Gunship 105mm Cannon
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Fix Maprotation
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Random Maprotation
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Rotate map if empty
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Map Rotation Stacker
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Healthbar
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Drop health
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Bleeding with messages and sounds
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Firstaid system
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Turrets On or Off
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Turret Overheating system
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Detailed Helicopter Settings
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Drop Grenades
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Weapon Damage Modifiers
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Drop Weapon on Arm/Leg hit
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NameChecker
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Unknown Soldier
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AntiCamping system
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eXtreme Obituary's
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Vote Menu Delay/Limiter
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Laserdot
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Spawn Protection
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Hardcore settings
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Hardcore UAV
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Invisible Spawn Protection
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Live Player Stats
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eXtreme Logo
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Announcement Sounds
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Firstblood
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Player connect/disconnect
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Range Finder
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Welcome Messages
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Server Messages
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Display Map Rotation
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Next map and gametype messages
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Teambalance Messages on or off
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Bots for developers
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Redirect
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Multiple Forced Clientside Dvars
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Various Hiticon
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Jump Height Limiter
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Fall damage Modifiers
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Bob Factor
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Dead Bodies Sink After death
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Hardcore mode with Forced UAV
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Old School MW
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Enhanced URL redirect
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VOIP display
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Hip Shooting Monitor
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Antirun monitor
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Closekill Protection
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Of all the features above, here are some details on a few of the quirkier items:
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Air-raid sirens now announce the arrival of the AC130 over the battlefield.
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X4 now has a "Favorites Button" where you can add the server while in-game. Finally!
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"Dead-body search", {PST}*Joker's whacky staff have included this innovation from CoD UO: search the dead for loot! You can find all sort of useful things. LIke what you ask? How about: weapons, nades, playboy magazines, condoms...you name it. There are 40 things that you can find.
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Player stats right on the screen! Players get all their stats up front on the screen - no waiting until the end of the game. Find out how bad you suck in real-time!
The mycallofduty.com crew
Kudos go out to all the mycallofduty.com staff for this excellent mod. Here are the principals:
Release date
We have been told that the full release of version 2.0 will be in early June. Currently the mod is being Beta-tested live.
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