The auction we announced on April the 1st was cancelled. At first the bidding went really well and at the end of the day we had collected a fairly large amount of money, enough to support development for another 10 years and to buy the entire team rather expensive suits and a case of vintage whiskey.
The morning after the celebration party we were not only faced with a massive hangover but also a crushing feeling of regret. When it came to packing the items into the shipping boxes, all team members broke down and admitted they did not want to part with any of their personal items, items that meant so much to them. Puchi clang on to his metallic object for dear life, Sven proudly wore his collar and Jpolito even tried to put his wisdom teeth back in. We came to the realization that wealth cannot only be measured in cold hard cash.
Therefore we decided to cancel the auction. All money will be refunded, unless you didn't read the fine print and checked the teeny tiny box at the end of the page, then all your money is ours, of course.
Sven Co-op Emergency Auction 1 April, 2013 | by Sven Viking
Hello fellow Sven Co-op fans. We would like to bring you good news of an update to Sven Co-op, though unfortunately the situation is very dire.
With the next version of Sven Co-op at only arms length, the team are heavily struggling on day to day funding to keep our development going. We have therefore decided to auction off some of our most treasured possessions and artefacts to raise funding.
Sven Viking's cervical collar
This is the very cervical collar Sven Viking wore during the release of Sven Co-op 3.0. It comes complete with his scent and hairs, in good enough quality for cloning.
Sven Viking's pen of deception
The pen shown is no ordinary pen, but in fact the very pen Sven Viking used to sign classic maps such as Rampage and Hostage out of Sven Co-op 4.0, causing general outrage from the community. It comes in fully working condition with 40% ink remaining.
JPolito's mega artefact blowout extraordinaire!
SPECIAL! Did you want some of JPolito's perfectly formed teeth? Well now is your chance! You have the opportunity to get your hands on 3 of these WITH the obligatory stench of limited decay. Open with caution.
Included FREE with this priceless artefact you will also receive JPolito's mostly used pad of offical branded Sven Co-op note paper!
Dead moth not included.
AdamR's hard disk collection
A baker's dozen of cheap hard disks ranging from 60GB up to 4TB is available for grabs. Many of these contain private development releases of Sven Co-op with some undocumented features. The 2.5" laptop disks also have a fully operational engine renderer replacement highly optimized for Intel graphics cards, offering an average of 90 FPS on his laptop!
Drives are provided as-is and are not guaranteed to work. No returns.
AdamR's electronics toolbox
This is Adam's highly prized and recently purchased electronics toolkit. Genuine leather and combination lock briefcase. You get the toolbox shown here, which can also hold a lot of extra tools not originally part of the kit.
Auction is for box only. Tools and other contents not included.
Also with this purchase you get this Sven Co-op branded personalized pen. Claim to be AdamR with your friends!
Hezus' legendary drink of mapping talent
Do you like cans? Then you're going to want to get your hands on this bad boy. It's only THE can of Cherry Coca Cola that Hezus drank during the mapping of such legendary maps like New Hope's Last Stand. Put this on your desk and everyone else will know how cool you are to have such a historical can.
Puchi's metallic object of many forms
Saving the best for last, this hand crafted multi-assembly device not only passed Puchi his final exam as a metal cutting mechanic, it was a key inspiration and thinking booster for Puchi's decisions on which new maps get included with each Sven Co-op release since 4.0. Hand crafted in Germany and made from 100% stainless steel it can be assembled in many different shapes, while doing so boosting your own mentality and ingenuity.
Should you eventually get bored of this finely hand crafted in Germany device, which will not happen, you could use it as an extraordinarily posh paper weight. Add some class to your work station!
FREE with this deal you will get a small container of stainless steel swarfs with a market value of around €180! Including outstnading materials such as:
X2 CrNiMoN 22 5 3
X6 CrNiMoTi 17 12 2
X2 NiCrMoCu 25 20 5
Container not included. Shipping weight approx. 200kG.
Upcoming Patch, New Indie Game 28 January, 2013 | by Sven Viking
Just to mention we've identified a problem which is unfortunately preventing some post-4.7 donors from accessing their bonus features immediately via the new auto-update system. We're planning to release a small patch to fix this and some other issues, plus add some minor features, within the next few weeks. So, keep an eye out.
In unrelated news, I've been working on an indie game for Amazon Kindle e-readers for a while now (the black-and-white E-Ink versions), and it was finally released on Amazon.com recently. It's basically an advanced version of Lemonade Stand with a comedic story, tons of random events, Lucasarts-style conversation trees etc. Here's the trailer -- featuring Primordia by Steve Blevin (composer of Cyborg), very kindly remastered just for this video!
Check it out if you have access to a Kindle -- and, if you do, I'd really appreciate it if you could post a customer review to let me know what you think! :)
P.S. - If you get a message saying the title is unavailable in your region, please send me a quick e-mail to let me know -- I might be able to get something done about it.
New Positions Available 13 January, 2013 | by Sniper
I don't know why we so often end up releasing on Christmas. We don't usually plan it that way... or at least, not at first.
In any case, Santa Garg is here again, bearing gifts! As you play, please spare a thought for Santa Garg's many enslaved minions, whose forced labour makes these releases possible.
-Sven
News post by AdamR and Nih: We've finally finished testing Sven Co-op 4.7, and now it's time for the rest of you to have a go. Spread the word! In this release you are going to be seeing fewer crashes, fewer bugs, a decent amount of new features, and a new map. Some of the more notable changes include:
New map: Quarter. In this map, the players must prevent a base from being overrun by enemies. Failing to defend an area forces the players to retreat further back into new areas.
Improved sentence handling: NPC's now use more sentences, mappers can specify their own sentences, and other improvements
Linux server binary now included
New console command called "stuck" allows players to get unstuck
Using the grenade warning automatically makes friendly NPC's seek cover
Spawn points are now randomly selected with no spawn fragging
On-line donor lookup: An online donor list now lets donors receive their bonus features without having to wait for the next release
trigger_load is now able to load data from other maps' save files, improving the ability to create map series where events in one map affect what happens in other maps.
New High-Definition remakes of HLDM player models
Bug fixed that prevented players from falling down when using the grapplegun.
(If you're able to provide permanent mirrors for the files, please e-mail the links to mirrors@svencoop.com or post them in this forum thread. Thanks!)
While downloading, why not check out the Manual? Coming soon: The Sven Co-op Wiki! Server ops: When running a 4.7 dedicated server, you must add "-num_edicts 3072" to your HLDS commandline or Launch Options.
4.7 has taken quite some time, probably more than it really should have, but we can assure you that we are not running out of Steam. Quite the opposite in fact. The next version, 5.0, is going to be a major stepping stone for the mod, and there are some very exciting improvements to the mod in the works. Keep in touch, as there's going to be some more info on the next version soon (in Sven Co-op time).
Remember, to play Sven Co-op you need to own Half-Life (NOT HL:Source). To play Opposing Force maps in Sven Co-op, you need to own Opposing Force. Both are currently on special.
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