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Relic and the DoWPro Team is proud to announce the 2nd Official Relic Mod Day, featuring the mod: DCPro. This event will take place on Friday, February 29th 2008 at Noon PST (8:00 PM GMT). Many Dark Crusade players enjoy the balance and features of DCPro. For those of you who have already tried the mod, the team would like to remind you that there are tons of new features in this release. This mod can be played and enjoyed by players of all skill levels. Join myself, Buggo, a couple Relic Developers, and the DoWPro team this Friday in the Eye of Terror lobby…
Prizes include: T-shirts, Relic shotglasses, and posters.

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Flash Tech Trees: Space Marine and Chaos Space Marine!

Instructions:

1. Download full version 3.0 (here)
2. Run the 3.0 installer package. It should auto-detect the location of your DC installation.
3. Carefully look at a couple features during the installation process. Carefully look at the Camera Mod, grid hotkeys (several types selectable at install!), with the option for an expanded soundtrack featuring additional voices, etc.
4. Download patch for version 3.2 (here)
5. Run the 3.2 installer package.
6. Start DC Pro. (Tip: Use the handy shortcut which will skip the intro movie and take you straight to the “Eye of Terror” lobby.)
If you are new to DCPro, the team recommends you read some articles which document the fundamentals of the gameplay changes to help you make the most of Mod Day.

Wargear in Multiplayer

Line of Sight, Models, and FX

Squad Scaling and Multi HQ System

If any of these pages don’t load up fully the first time, just click refresh a few times.

Get practicing!

If you are looking to get some practice vs. players online, you can find details of their xfire group here. You can also view a selection of replays here. Any replays from the Mod Day can be posted here. There will be a prize up for grabs for the best/most entertaining replay of the day (team excluded). All prizes and contests will be announced in the Eye of Terror channel at exactly 12:00 PST on the Mod Day.

See you there!

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“The Community Appreciation Day at Relic on Friday, March 9th, 2007 attracted over 65 fans from all over the world. Fans from Korea, Austria, Germany, Mexico, England, Australia, Yellowknife, and fans from all over the USA and Canada explored a full day of events at the Relic offices from 10 am to 6 pm…” — From last year’s event.

For those of you who haven’t heard about this event already, here are some videos worth checking out

Video Compilation of Last Year’s Community Appreciation Day 2007

Photo Recap of last year’s event

Last Year’s Biggest Fan Winning Entry by Goldo_O (100 MB video) AMAZING (Use VLC Player if you can’t get it to play. It’s worth noting that goldo_O got hired for being Relic’s Biggest Fan!)

Goldo_O’s recap of the event last year

See you there!

Congratulations to Finch49th1stAIF for his winning photograph! He wins his choice of concept art to be printed up huge.

Finch created an amazing Christmas scene with lots of little details. But what’s really impressive about this photo is he a created a CoH Cromwell Scale model himself, with all the little details of what’s available in game, right down to the kind of fabric used for the canvas rolls.

Awesome job Finch!

FIRST PLACE WINNER:

For more info on his tank, go here: http://www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php?showtopic=314044&hl=

To check out some of the other selected best entries, go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21944107@N04/sets/72157603486716165/

Runner Up: Emil for his Chaos cookies photo. He wins his choice of a Relic shirt.

Runner Up: skaffa for his CoH scene. He wins his choice of a Relic shirt.

All winners must e-mail ahenze@relic.com with full name, mailing address, and telephone number to claim their prizes. Prizes will be shipped out before the end of January.

Thanks to everyone for participating!

And… it’ll really be huge. I mean, enough to fill a large portion of your bedroom wall probably.

Any questions! Just post a comment here or e-mail me

Happy Holidays!

Check ‘em out!

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Also! Keep your eyes on IGN tonight for a new Soul Storm feature.

Relic Entertainment and one of our biggest fansites, RelicNews, are teaming up to support the Child’s Play charity. Child’s Play is a community based charity grown and nurtured from the game culture and industry. Over two million dollars in donations of toys, games, books, and cash for sick kids in children’s hospitals across the world have been collected since their inception.

RelicNews is running a raffle, auctioning off some neat Relic goods. At only $10 a ticket, it’s worth it.

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE DETAILS

When gamers give back, it makes a difference!

I’m turning 23! But the real reason of this post is to share this awesome birthday photo that Mike Moore drew up for me… I love his style!

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Enjoy! Thanks to Allan Dilks, Mike Moore, and Dave Cheong for the images! (respectively) They did this in their spare time! Thanks guys

Great fun! Thanks to everyone for coming out…

Thanks to the community… we had over 120 players come out for the very first Mod Day!

Thanks to the Relic employees that made it out… Nick, Sacha, Karl, Josh, Stefan, Chris, and Shawn!

Thanks to the amazing Inquisition Daemonhunt modding crew!

The following winners should E-MAIL me at ahenze@relic.com with the following: Full name, mailing address, telephone number. Please put your DC Handle in the SUBJECT of the e-mail. Thank you! You should receive your prizes within 4 weeks.

kais58: Signed Dark Crusade poster and signed Dark Crusade game
CheckThisDude: Your choice of t-shirt (specify size and shirt choice)
Tinkahbell: Opposing Fronts Game
DCPro|reeelax: Your choice of t-shirt (specify size and shirt choice)
Kendall2000: Relic pen
ILovePortal: Your choice of t-shirt (specify size and shirt choice), Relic swag
saobh: Opposing Fronts Game, Relic swag
Jianaran: Your choice of t-shirt (specify size and shirt choice), other Relic swag, and Opposing Fronts game

K4tz: Relic swag
[DowPro]Murph: Relic swag
DHmod|Cloud: Relic shotglass
Manimator: Relic swag
ColdConqueror: Relic swag
HashashinNL: Relic swag
JokiSteel: Relic swag
mel_danes: Relic swag
iron_marmot: Relic swag
Random|haTer: Relic swag
CZin|DHmod: Relic swag
Mecharius: Relic swag
Swiftmus: Relic swag
Ragnarok2504: Relic swag
Corsix: Relic swag

Thanks everyone for showing up! Please leave any suggestions you have for future mod days

What is Mod Day? It’s a scheduled day where everyone in the community gets together and plays a pre-selected mod with some Relic folks too.

Why? Well, to promote modding in the community, and a different way to play your favourite games.

Prizes? Why yes… I’m giving away some amazing Relic t-shirts. I’ll also be giving away a Dark Crusade posters signed by myself and the Lead Designer of DC. AND! Just to sweeten the pot… I’ll also be giving away some Relic stickers and a Relic shotglass! How do you win these? Just by participating… I’ll do a random draw at the end of the day and maybe award some prizes to people I see in the chat channels, etc.

So and without further ado… the mod we have chosen to play for our FIRST mod day is…

THE INQUISITION: DAEMONHUNT Mod, for Dark Crusade 1.2.

Friday, October 26th, from 12:00 pm noon until 1 pm PST (Pacific Standard Time).

MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE MOD BEFOREHAND!
This mod enables you to play a new race, the Daemonhunters. These are the troops of the Ordo Malleus, the branch of the Inquisition in charge of fighting the hordes of Chaos. The new race introduced in this mod is aimed at being balanced against the existing races in DC.

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Video Trailer

Click the link below to see download instructions!

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The new RelicRank website is now up and running…. you can see it here.

Thanks to Chris Becker aka biffy, it has some awesome new features like supporting clans. Try it out! (Check out the Co. Ladder page at the bottom to see this!)

In other news, I’ve been away from the community for a couple days because I’ve been stranded in the USA for a bit. I’ll write up the story soon… it includes such things as crazy people, hitchhiking, and possible sabotage! (ooh, the sensation!)

OF will be available on Steam and Direct2Drive… however, the date is TBA. It should be out very shortly.

Edit:  Game now available on D2D and TryGames.com!

You can start downloading the patches in advance of “0-day” patch day tomorrow…

DO NOT APPLY THIS PATCH UNTIL THE SERVERS GO DOWN TOMORROW. IF YOU APPLY THIS PATCH BEFOREHAND, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY THE GAME.

All of these patches are English-only.

CoH 1.40 - 2.101 (If you have the original CoH, not for OF) http://thq.vo.llnwd.net/o10/CoH/retail/EN_140_2101_Patch.exe 

CoH 1.71 - 2.101 (If you have the original CoH, not for OF) http://thq.vo.llnwd.net/o10/CoH/retail/EN_171_2101_Patch.exe

CXP 2.100 - 2.101 (You can use this with Opposing Fronts) http://thq.vo.llnwd.net/o10/CoH/retail/EN_2100_2101_Patch.exe

Thanks everyone, and enjoy!

Please vote (by posting) which day works best for you to play on..

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

And which time works best for you?
Between 8 AM PST - Noon PST
Between Noon PST - 5 PM PST

Thank you!

Our first Mod day will likely be 2 weeks from now. I will probably be selecting mods based on the order they were posted in the below blog entry, so if you feel your mod isn’t ready yet… no worries, make a post on the list when your mod is in a state you are satisfied with and you will still get a chance to participate!

Hi everyone, I’m working on putting together a really cool even (involving limited edition Relic t-shirts). I’m going to be running “Mod Days”, where everyone gets online to try out a new mod. Both the modders and people playing the mod that day will have a chance to win the t-shirts. I won’t post up what the t-shirts look like yet but I have them in my hands and they are awesome!

So, if you’re interested in getting your mod some playtime during these “Relic Game Mod Days”, please post the name of the mod, your role on the mod team, and a link to your mod in the comments of this blog post.

I’ll set something up soon!

YAY!

P.S. Any Relic game will work…. CoH, DoW, Homeworld, etc etc…

Hi everyone, I’ve just received word that the beta for Fileplanet subscribers will start tomorrow, Wednesday August 15th instead of today. Sorry for any inconvenience!

Hi everyone, I’ve sent out all the waiting list keys I’ve also managed to get some extra keys out to people who participated in the contest but didn’t get on the waiting list or winners list

I may be getting more keys on Monday so don’t freak out if you haven’t received one yet.

I’m off to the Relic 10th Anniversary party this afternoon so I’ll catch you guys next week… have a great weekend

I just received this note from MS…

As developers harness the new graphics capabilities in Windows Vista, some changes in how Windows Vista manages video memory have resulted in sporadic issues in graphically taxing games with high-end video cards. Working closely with our hardware partners, we have developed a fix which is currently available online. We encourage users to go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940105 for the update which will resolve this issue.

Q: If Windows Vista was built from the ground up with games in mind, why didn’t you foresee the issue and address the 2GB barrier before?

A: As developers harness the new graphics capabilities in Windows Vista, some changes in how Windows Vista manages video memory have resulted in some issues in games with high-end video cards. We have been working very closely with our hardware partners and have developed a fix which will be available online.

Q: What will gamers experience to know that they are dealing with the video memory issue?

A: Often times this will manifest itself when a user tries to play the game when pushing the limit of the game capabilities in terms of texture quality and screen resolution.

Q: Will this be an issue with every game I play on Windows Vista that requires running a high end video card?

A: No. However, we have been working very closely with our hardware partners and have developed a fix which will be available on line. Once you have installed the fix, there should be no additional issues.

Q: Where can we obtain the fix?

A: The Quick Fix Executable (QFE) will be available for download at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940105 on 8/23. Prior to that date, anyone can call PSS referring the KB number (KB940105) and ask for the QFE package which will be made available free of cost to the consumer.

Q: Will this QFE be included in Service Pack 1 and when can we expect the release?

A: There will be a Windows Vista service pack and our current expectation is that a beta will be made available sometime this year. Service packs are part of the traditional software lifecycle — they’re something we do for all Microsoft products as part of our commitment to continuous improvement, and providing early test builds is a standard practice that helps us incorporate customer feedback and improve the overall quality of the product.

Service packs are just one example of the work we do to constantly improve the Windows experience. We also deliver improvements to Windows via Windows Update, which is an excellent channel for providing our customers with the most significant updates as they happen. And, since Windows Vista launched, we have continued working with partners to improve overall device coverage and application compatibility. There are now more than 2.1 million supported devices and more than 2,000 logoed applications for Windows Vista. We think customers will have a great experience using Windows Vista today.

Thanks everyone!

The good news…

Here are the list of winners who are getting keys from the last chance contest. No need to e-mail me, I’ll be sending them out until the end of the day:

1. LtdWinters
2. Docholladay13
3. Mr JeburtO
4. Strategery
5. piratepilates
6. Atican
7. Lightbringer
8. dtkozl
9. incom
10. sighman
11. HELLBOY
12. Mainwaring
13. mugo
14. Zwebbie
15. scousejohno
16. 17eadbolt
17. Emberstrife
18. battleboysen
19. Goldo_O
20. m1cHi
21. ZombieRommel
22. draggaN
23. Lafi
24. goose1984
25. SBSabre
26. some1one
27. cfnz
28. BeSerKa
29. Ruff
30. TechieZero
31. CONWAY
32. Dangchang
33. Stranger
34. Iron_Legion
35. Shingouki
36. sekiselu
37. Kadreal
38. zephirum
39. Buho
40. StaffBert
41. paradogmatic
42. Hadlow
43. edwin
44. zimzum
45. Dragoon
Here are the list of people who are on the WAITING LIST… this means that I don’t have any keys for you right now, but if I get more, you’ll be the first to receive them. This could take up to two weeks… but hopefully better than nothing!

1. Panzerfault12
2. TheHandofPain
3. Saunders
4. blauerbrief
5. GeneralDiscord/Lemke
6. Pestifer
7. lazyboy99
8. Oatz
9. ECcwo4Evil
10. RandomlyAwesome
11. Pendaricc
12. MaximumJon
13. v0dnik
14. clarke86
15. Jodsalz
16. DasUberSoldat
17. infelix
18. Shawn A (rigpig999)
19. EARTHAU
20. slapdashdr
21. Urban
22. ACPureRage
23. HerFox
24. BluntWeapon
25. antelope
26. FallenSolider57
27. ludwig_van
28. Thomascaen
29. Hunter C8
30. mbamber
31. Pliskin762
32. killerbob
33. Two
34. foxbat69
35. jerrylcy
36. Spittfir3

Everyone else who applied for the last chance contest, you still have a chance. If I receive any more keys after the waiting list gets them, you’ll get keys too. This may mean waiting a long time… so, sorry for the bad news if you’re not on either list but there may still be a chance! I wanted to post up the lists in case people were waiting on getting a Fileplanet subscription.

Relic is now looking for approximately 8 participants to take part in some all-day Opposing Fronts action.

Players will be paid for their appearance, have snacks and lunch provided and experience an all-around good time.

We are looking for the following player types:

1. Experienced RTS players.
2. Experienced Gamers.
3. Casual Gamers.
4. Experienced CoH’ers.

If you are interested, please e-mail ahenze@relic.com with your contact details including level of experience, full name, phone number, and e-mail address.

Our current dates planned for this are August 8 & 9^th. Participants will be here all day from approximately 10 to 5 and must be willing to sign an NDA.

Thanks!