Dear Community,

We are back with another media release, and this time it's an updated version of the classic TO: Crossfire map, Anvil!  This popular bombing objective map has been completely remade in the UDK with next-gen assets and lighting.

Originally designed by Spin, the building and completion of this map has been taken over by Matt Lefevere, with our talented team of artists creating new content, led by art director Peter Aldred.

Other contributors:
Jason "midwinterdreams" Mathews
Stefan “rockstar6” Groenewoud
Chris Perrella
Armin "Akashius" Chaudhry
German "maquina" Benitez
Denis Baudin "Midgard" Chronos
Christopher "CDRose" Rose
Bram "Moody" Van Rompuy
Krisztián "FireFly" Lakatos

Matt and the team have really brought this level to life.  In comparison to the version shown in the August Autumn News Release, one can really see how much it has improved!

We hope you enjoy the pictures and look forward to playing this level as much as we do!



We have also made great headway on weapon animations thanks to several new animators we've recruited after last month's weapon media release. Headed by lead animator Alex "TheCounter", with additional animations from Serg "comicsserg" and Timothy "sikorsky14", we have been producing beautiful animations at a quick pace for in-game coding.  

Adam "drakklord" our lead coder has not only been working on our weapons system, but has been polishing up a dynamic music system together with lead music artist John "JTMarrin".

We have bulked up the team with a handful of additional programmers to help push our progress further and faster.

The overall progression of Tactical Assault has moved very fast over the last 2 months, with the team breaking some very big milestone plans and bottleneck issues, where we now feel we are "Over the Hill" and looking down the other side.

Just to finish off with some more amazing art, here's what some of our artists have been up to recently! Enjoy.

Dear Community,

We are back with another media release, and this time it’s all about the things that go BANG!
Tactical Assault is now at the stage where we need Experienced Weapon Animators with UDK knowledge!

We have been very busy the last few months concentrating on creating weapons, characters, and maps for our new shiny media page which has just gone live! Link: http://tactical-assault.com/tamedia.html

You have to agree, Macfrog has done a great job here and it’s a huge improvement over our old media page. Now most of the weapons are still a work in progress, however Matt Lefevere has done a great job in rendering our handful of approved weapons in a UDK Scene.  No, these are not in 3ds Max, Marmoset, or touched up in Photoshop.

These are all INGAME Screenshots!
Further details can be found on our media page, including all the geeky specs to give you a head start on the battlefield!

(Please note, specs and details may change on the fly without notification, depending on further weapon balancing and play testing.)


We hope you enjoyed checking out these beautiful weapons. In order to speed up development of Tactical Assault, we would like to offer eager game animators the opportunity to animate these weapons. This is a great chance for talented animators to build their portfolios by working on a fantastic project.

These weapons are already:
- modelled
- textured
- packaged in UDK

No screwing around required, they simply await your itchy fingers to bring them to life.

Essential Requirements
- Experience importing and exporting into UDK using the ActorX plugin (Max 2010 + 2011 supported only)
- Experience working on a Biped Rig
- Proven experience and making clean and quality weapon animations (with good tight grips and non-robotic movement)
- Can produce a variety of Animations, such as Idles, SwitchtoFireModes, Reloading actions, etc.
- Able to produce one set of animations for one weapon per week on average.
- Frequently active and very communicative on skype, working closely with our art director and coder.

If you fit the bill, dont wait around...apply today at: http://tactical-assault.com/wanted.html

More weapons are coming soon! In fact, 14 weapons are provisionally approved and are just going through our render process, being tweaked and tidied up before final approval.

Progress on Tactical Assault is moving fast, so spread the word and stay tuned for the next wave of weapons soon!

Best regards,

Your TA Team

Recruiting
- Experienced UScript Coder
- Environment Modeller and Texture Artist (with UDK knowledge)
- Weapon Animators as described above!!

For these and other roles, please hit the "Apply" button on our home page and drop us a message

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Dear community,

In June we released a teaser shot of our unnamed map, which was further mentioned in our Q&A Answers as Codename: Area 3.

This map is being developed by level designer Matt Lefevere with the majority of assets, environment art designed and created by Peter "pAldred" Aldred & Jason "midwinterdreams" Matthews.

We are very excited and proud to show you this level in its near completed state (90% developed with just Final playtests and Sound Assets to be plugged in).

All credits will follow.


Area 3

Scene Setting: It's early morning, deep in the forest of an American mountain range.  The fog is dense, birds are singing, and there's a crisp chill in the air.  The luxurious mansion, owned by one of the military's highest-ranking generals, seems deceptively peaceful from the outside.  Inside, though, is another story.

Scenario: Mercenaries have taken the general and his family hostage for $2 million ransom.  They demand to be paid immediately and threaten to execute the family otherwise.  With no time for a lengthy negotiation process, the SWAT team is sent in to handle the situation.  Their orders?  Rescue the hostages by any means necessary.  They pull their SWAT truck into the driveway and enter the lush courtyard, not knowing what to expect...



We are pleased to announce that this map will be shipped with the Tactical Assault public beta! However, since Area 3 doesn't sound like a fitting name for a map this awesome, we need your help!

We have narrowed down the choices to our top 5 and we are placing the final decision up to you, the TA community. This poll will remain open for the next two weeks (till 28th August) and the most voted choice will be revealed and become the official name of the level!


Retreat
Haven
Seclusion
Villa
Ransom


We hope you enjoyed the stunning work of our team and happy voting!

Regards
Your TA Team

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