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Heretic II Enhancement Pack Features

A Heretic II enhancement pack beta tester (legLess) sent along the following from Activision's Steve Stringer that gives the lowdown on the upcoming release:

We're close enough that you all can start talking about the beta and the program.

What's New:

  • Eight new deathmatch maps from Raven's top designers!
  • A3D 2.0 enhanced 3D sound support.
  • EAX enhanced 3D Sound support.
  • New defensive weapon: Whirlwind
  • New shrine: Boots of Speed
  • Custom skin and model support.
  • All-new female model: Kiera the elf!
  • Additional skins: Howitzer, SirLoin, and Domino.
  • Network download capability for skins, models, and maps.
  • Team deathmatch games with grouping by models or by skins.
  • Staff-only "Bladematch" mode.
  • Advanced swordstaff moves, including the back sweep and downward stab.
  • New blocking capability for more exciting staff-to-staff combats!
  • Keys can now be easily bound for quick defensive spell usage.
  • On-screen Armor meter.
  • All new death animations.
  • New ignore feature so players can ignore the chat messages other online players.
  • New modifiable welcome message on joining a multiplayer game.
  • Variable player model translucency.
  • Hidden "First-person POV" mode.
  • Diagonal jumping (Run+strafe+jump should keep diagonal momentum)
  • Prediction of player sounds and effects, for better-looking player in a high-lag situation.
  • Separated and releasable player code. This makes it possible to create as many spells/weapons/items as a modder wants. It will also allow programmers to completely modify animations, controls and add new sequences.
  • New easy-to-use deathmatch flag setting commands for dedicated servers.
  • New HTML-capable logfile for tracking number of kills and team scores in tournaments.
  • Enhanced water effects for swimming under the surface and running through it.
  • All-new extra-hard "Armageddon" difficulty level.

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