Hey everyone on Splash Damage, its been long time since I last posted here.
For a very long time, I’ve been wondering about the Beta version(s) of Enemy Territory, back before it was released free multiplayer game (in November 2003 to be exact)
There was an Wolfenstein Enemy Territory Test Map release in November 2003 also, but this version reminds alot about the one we play today, it included the Fuel Dump map almost identical to the one we know now, (except for a different loading picture)
Here one of the pictures that made me wonder, a totally different and early version of the Fuel Dump map based on a RTCW Single Player map:
The classes also seemed to look different:
So I set out on a quest, I started searching through the google for any .exe files or beta information, until now I have found little.
Then I started searching the forums here, with success I found some really interesting threads, published before the release, from users coming with ideas and questions. Most of the threads back then were answered by the CEO(former?) of Enemy Territory: Locki. In one of the replies he writes:
[QUOTE=Locki;1447]Hi Creampuff, (hehe! what a greeting!)
One of the problems with RtCW was that it’s character class models used a large amount of memory which meant that having a lot of visual variation was difficult.
However, for Enemy Territory we’re developing a new model system that allows character class models to share animation data, which means that the character classes can be more unique, while saving memory.
The result is that (time allowing) we plan on having campaign specific uniforms for the different campaigns in Enemy Territory. This should mean we have around 30 unique-looking characters that are appropriate to the the surroundings for the different campaign locations, such as North Africa where it’s hot, Central Europe which is temperate and Northern Europe which is icy.
Paul/Locki.[/QUOTE]
Source: http://forums.warchest.com/showthread.php/228-Variable-Unis-and-custom-vsay
(You can check out the old threads from back then, by going to page 327 (the last page) on this forum section.)
So what do you think? Do you think it is possible that somehow, someone has the a beta version of Enemy Territory?
Tyrlop