A New Zero is a combat flight simulator developed by Cryptic Sea (The game guy as Gish), it may not have realistic graphics but its one hell of a game.
They recently released a new version of it which includes more classes. There is now Cargo boat/plane, a bomber, a fighter, a gun boat and a missile boat.
They have also added a new map where each base owns one island and has to destroy the other team's buildings on their island.
There is multilayer but there is a lack of servers/players, I've managed to play on multilayer once and it was really fun, too bad there isnt a lot of people playing this game.
The game also has destruction in the world and on the plane. Bombs will blow massive craters into buildings and your plane can lose a wing.
For those who have played this before, this is a great update and you should all play the game again.
Also holy-low-size-usage batman!
[quote][b]Did you know...[/b]
Everything in A New Zero is procedurally generated at run-time, meaning the entire game fits in one 516 KB executable (1/10,000th the size of Left 4 Dead). All textures, models, music and sound effects are created using complex algorithms, or sometimes simple algorithms. Also all of the design and programming is done by one person: me. [/quote]
You can find the download here:
[url]http://www.crypticsea.com/anewzero/[/url]
Screenshots:
[img]http://ebo.la/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/scsht051.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.adrianwerner.x.pl/2009/freeware/newzero.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.gamasutra.com/db_area/images/igf/A_New_Zero/screenshot.jpg[/img]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQUhIWNfqw[/media]
^ From the old version
There is a new thread about this like every 2 months. It's awesome, but they barely update it.
If nothing more, it's worth to try. It gets a bit boring after a while tho.
Is the new one actually procedurally generated? Because the old one was the same damn map over and over. Also this is old.
[editline]05:29PM[/editline]
Yes, it is newly generated.
1. This isn't old. This has recently updated
2. I used the search feature
[QUOTE=Stickmna;18965700]Is the new one actually procedurally generated? Because the old one was the same damn map over and over. Also this is old.
[editline]05:29PM[/editline]
Yes, it is newly generated.[/QUOTE]
It was always procedurally generated in the way that there were no actual models consisting of points and polygons but just definitions of the objects. (like bullet = ball with x radius etc.)
Holy -motherfuckingsonofagun- shit.
This game has a gone a loooooooooooooooooooooo- -oooooooooonnngg way since I last played it.
Trade? Islands? Cargo planes? OH my gawd I love this way this is going.
too bad there is no servers
I will host, I'm in the UK but if you live in a far away land discovered hundreds of years ago by British pioneers then you are free to join.
[editline]06:08PM[/editline]
81.132.30.30
Er, what does the cargo plane do exactly?
Ferret are you still hosting?
[QUOTE=Kondor;18966671]Ferret are you still hosting?[/QUOTE]
Yes.
[QUOTE=Useful Dave;18966648]Er, what does the cargo plane do exactly?[/QUOTE]
Try landing the cargo boat or plane in a neutral teams dock or hanger, neutral is only available in duel.
[del]I think you can also capture neutral cities. Each city has a bar underneat depicting ownership.[/del] Did a quick check for the game manual.
[quote=A New Zero Game Notes]A New Zero 0.75
This version is intended to test the new features
of A New Zero. The new features include:
Islands
Islands can be captured by building a capitol,
which will influence the island in your team's
favor. Once a team owns an island players
can build other buildings, as well as refuel
and respawn. The game ends if a team no longer
owns an island.
Trade
Teams can make money by trading between islands,
each island can produce one type of good using
mines and factories.
Research
Doesn't work yet.
Goto [url]www.crypticsea.com[/url] for more information.
[/quote]
It needs land vehicles now. Like a light vehicle (ACP or jeep) and a heavy one (Tank or Artillery) and a cargo vehicle.
[QUOTE=Useful Dave;18966648]Er, what does the cargo plane do exactly?[/QUOTE]
Well I guess it carries cargo my dear sir.
[QUOTE=Rubs10;18967028]Try landing the cargo boat or plane in a neutral teams dock or hanger, neutral is only available in duel.
[del]I think you can also capture neutral cities. Each city has a bar underneat depicting ownership.[/del] Did a quick check for the game manual.
It needs land vehicles now. Like a light vehicle (ACP or jeep) and a heavy one (Tank or Artillery) and a cargo vehicle.[/QUOTE]
Yeah I was wondering if they would incorporate something like that. As you said probably a split between a fast vehicle, that shoots black bullets, maybe a slower one that shoots red ones, and a tank that can fire missiles.
Would be a neat way to defend islands. Although enemies would need a way to get on an island, would be cool if they could be dropped from cargo planes.
Although this would require that islands be made significantly larger.
Would be cool to have land combat, but I don't think that's the direction the guy is bringing this in.
Had a fun 2v2 then. Needed more people :/
We got raped :a2m:
Like really really terribly raped.
Yes we did. :(
Man, I love this game. And it keeps getting more awesome. Definately gotta try this new map out.
if anyone is up for a large coop game (10-12 ppl) you should post.
finally got the hang of the plane mechanics again, big change since the update.
[QUOTE=Stickmna;18974244]if anyone is up for a large coop game (10-12 ppl) you should post.
finally got the hang of the plane mechanics again, big change since the update.[/QUOTE]
Really? Ahh hell, had just gotten the hang of it too
[editline]07:15PM[/editline]
ugh. 5 minutes sitting at connecting and its still failing
[QUOTE=capgun;18974849]Really? Ahh hell, had just gotten the hang of it too
[editline]07:15PM[/editline]
ugh. 5 minutes sitting at connecting and its still failing[/QUOTE]
Yeah, everything is much father apart, it's much easier to lose control. and they are a bit more fragile.
As in this version, I was able to shoot the wing and tail of a fighter with a gunboat.
In a previous version you could make the underside of a plane black with bullets and it would only get a little tossed around.
[editline]12:52AM[/editline]
Alright, which one you just tried to host a server? Cause they sucked ass. Someone with a green and yellow snot avatar was hosting, and his friend had a pink and black dick icon.
I was the blue guy.
Anyone hosting? I'd love to play this again.
[QUOTE=Stickmna;18975721]Yeah, everything is much father apart, it's much easier to lose control. and they are a bit more fragile.
As in this version, I was able to shoot the wing and tail of a fighter with a gunboat.
In a previous version you could make the underside of a plane black with bullets and it would only get a little tossed around.
[editline]12:52AM[/editline]
Alright, which one you just tried to host a server? Cause they sucked ass. Someone with a green and yellow snot avatar was hosting, and his friend had a pink and black dick icon.
I was the blue guy.[/QUOTE]
I was the light blue guy there for all of 2 minutes since it was terribad. Ended up playing on my own on a private server.
You were right about the plane handling. It seems a little more sensitive now, I even managed to stall the bomber first time I took off and skid along the water till i got red ball sniped.
Little saddened by the loss of the constant bombsight. No more epic night time raids. The missiles on the missile boat seem a bit floaty and inconsistent as well. Seemed like a single degree could mean hit or miss.
4 bombs by default on the bomber are nice, especially since they've lost their dive and seem to go straight down pretty much
osht people are playing this again! FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF DLING
There appears to be an economy element added in since the last time I played. That's what the cargo boat/ship are for? But how does it work? HOW DOES I SHIPPED CARGO
How do I remove the horrid fucked up reflections? I CANT SEE JACK SHIT ANYMORE :(
And before some nimrod says 'durr options', I turned everything in there off dumbass.
Did you remember to plug your computer into the wall?
I see no servers online. Makes me sad.
Anyone still hosting?
I've set up a server, if anyone could see if they can join, please.
I can't get it to fit in my screen.
And I can't reach the buttons to confirm changing my resolution.
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