A sequel to 2007's "Ragemap" has just been released, entitled Ragemap2012. The map, which was made by 22 different mappers, is based around the concept of each section being made in about 1 hour. The result is a very random map with a lot of creative ideas, and an epic boss battle that may not exactly be PG-13.
In 4.7 news, the work on the next version is proceeding at a good pace and the next release is not far off. Expect a status update with information about the new features and bug fixes in 4.7 soon.
We regret to inform you all that there will be no release of a DLC-based version of Sven Co-op. Our DLC packs should have been online by April 1st, but when they were not showing up, we emailed Gabe Newell from Valve Software and received the following reply:
From: Gabe Newell (Valve Software) To: Sven Co-op Staff Subject: Re:Sven Co-op DLC's
Hahahaha APRIL FOOLS! Wish I could have seen your faces, lol! Come on.. you guys didn't seriously think we would let you make that much money off a mod based on our work? I mean, SC is fun and all that, but Half-Life is ours, you know... I mean, I'm aware that you guys need to pay for company cars and expensive trips, but I got my eye on this new yacht that I'm just dying to have, so yeah.. You guys are in this industry as well, you know what it's like..
Now I gotta go golfing with EA's CEO.. yes, they were in on this too, lol! We're going to have such a laugh..
Tata! Gabe
There you have it. We were victim of a crude April Fools prank. It seems the plans for DLC's are officially cancelled, so Sven Co-op will remain completely free as it was before. Stay tuned for more free updates in the near future!
DLC coming to Sven Co-op! 1 April, 2012 | by Sven Viking
For the past 13 years we have worked very hard to make Sven Co-op the foremost enjoyable free gaming experience. However, with the decline of the Half-Life community and the rising costs of webhosting, as well as the continued bleak outlook of the economic climate, we have been forced to make some critical decisions to ensure the long-term future of Sven Co-op as a free Half-Life mod.
We would love to continue developing Sven Co-op for another decade, so we will be introducing the latest gaming industry model to our own mod: Downloadable Content (DLC)! This is a model that has long been enjoyed by luminary industry leaders such as Electronic Arts. The base version of Sven Co-op will of course remain completely free of charge, but for a small fee you can have more of the Sven Co-op experience! Our unique content will be purchasable through the Steam Store!
As you can see, you will be able to buy unique Weapon Packs, including the SAW, UZIs*, Sniper Rifle, and of course our lord of destruction: the Minigun! Monsters can be added to the game by buying one of our Monster Packs, such as our Xen Overlord, Tor, and the adorable Baby Garg! Beware! If you do not own one of the monsters, the monsters will appear invisible, and your bullets will go straight through them - but they will still be able to attack you! This makes your co-operation with other team members who have the monster DLCs even more critical!
Another feature we will be adding is Unlockable Map Areas. For a small fee, you will be able to unlock parts of maps crucial to finishing the mission! More than ever before, teamwork will be essential to win maps as your teammates who do not have access to the grand finale of the map are separated from your squad! Get your teammates to buy the Map DLC and you'll be able to experience co-operative play like you have never seen before! Don't have access to Area 2 of Osprey? Get someone who does!
Our extensive single player campaigns will also be available as DLC in the near future, so keep an eye out for the upcoming update. Because we care about our players, we will also throw in a free limited edition version of our Blue-Shift conversion pack when you buy the Half-Life and the Opposing Force packs!***
We’re sure all players will be excited about these changes and will support our development by purchasing our new DLC! Available from the Steam Store as of April 1st!
* Please note that all donors will lose their golden Uzis and electric crowbars** from the next version of Sven Co-op. In order to access them again, please purchase their respective DLC. ** Please note that in order to access the electric crowbar DLC, you will need to purchase the crowbar DLC. *** Note: all boss monsters will still need to be purchased through an additional DLC pack.
What people are saying about Sven Co-op DLC: The Sven Co-op Team have shown real vision and acumen to come up with this solution to their capital raising issues. This has convinced me that we should focus on more mini DLC packs, rather than releasing full games. Switching to this strategy may result in further irrecoverable delays to future titles such as Half-Life 3, but we think it's worth it. -Gabe Newell
As a champion for customer service in the video game industry, we are both pleased and excited that the Sven Co-op team have followed our lead in releasing DLC - or, as we call them, 'value' - packs. We encourage them to look more closely at their profit margins and see whether there is more content they can strip out innovate into DLC. -Electronic Arts
It's been a little over a month since the v4.6 release, and we're pretty happy with the progress we've made on the mod. v4.6 is one of the most stable releases we've had yet and also one of the most feature-filled.
To date, we've had almost 10,000 downloads of the v4.6 installer on ModDB.com alone. This number doesn't account for the other 10+ file mirrors that have graciously provided bandwidth for us. Many thanks to everyone that helped us mirror the release!
We've been working non-stop on Sven Co-op since the v4.6 release on December 24th. The next patch will be v4.7, and we hope to get it finalized and released fairly soon. It currently provides a wealth of new features and improvements, but I'm not going to list them all out today.
Today I'm going to talk about the most significant feature in v4.7: an all-new sentence manager integrated with our sound engine.
In prior versions of Sven Co-op, we relied on Half-Life's sound engine to handle all sentences in the game. Sentences, in Half-Life 1, are generally used by NPCs to speak, though they can be used for doors, the announcement system, scripted events, atmospheric ambience, and more. The new updated sound engine also handles NPC mouth movement for each word spoken in a sentence, as you would expect.
// BASE COMPUTER // C1A0 intercom C1A0_START dadeda vox_login
C1A0_0 dadeda (e95) agent(t0) coomer(t0), report to(e70) topside tactical operations center(e100) C1A0_1 dadeda inspection team, to(e70) radioactive materials handling bay(e100) C1A0_2 dadeda (e95) agent sixteen, report to(e70) administration sub level two(e100) C1A0_3 doop (e95) doctor johnson, please call observation tank one(e100) C1A0_4 doop (e95 p96) doctor west(t0), please report to(e70) lambda(s0) reactor complex(e100) C1A0_5 doop (e95) doctor cross, call seven two nine please(e100) C1A0_6 doop (e95) sargeant(s0) bailey(s0), to(e70) topside checkpoint bravo(e100) C1A0_7 dadeda (e95) cryogenic safety crew, report status at eleven hundred please(e100)
Above: An excerpt from the sentence definition file.
The new sentence manager was started over the Christmas break and it was finished a couple of weeks ago (having insomnia during the holidays helped out a lot). Our beta-testing team has already gone through to ensure our new sentence support is 100% backwards-compatible with Half-Life 1.
We've raised the maximum sound limit to 4096 sounds. In v4.0 - v4.6, the limit was 2048. In regular half-life, the limit was 1024.
Up to 2048 sentences can be defined per map. Half-Life's limit was originally 1536.
Mappers can provide their own sentences or replace existing ones.
Higher quality audio can now be used for sentences.
The sentence group limit has been lifted to 512, up from 384 in regular Half-Life.
Audio conflicts with the Half-Life engine have been eliminated now that we handle all audio in the game.
Environmental audio effects (caves, small rooms, hangars, underwater, etc.) now apply to sentences.
Sentence index mismatches no longer occur (NPCs speaking the wrong sentence). This problem would appear if the player or server's sentences.txt file was altered.
In our next update, we'll be talking about some other features you can expect in Sven Co-op v4.7. We'll also be detailing our plans for a new UI system in development.
Stay tuned!
Sven Co-op 4.6 RELEASED! 24 December, 2011 | by Sven Viking
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.
(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? Also remember to grab the Land of Legends map pack! Server ops: When running a 4.6 dedicated server, you must add "-num_edicts 3072" to your HLDS commandline or Launch Options.
Due to other responsibilities, I'm afraid this may be the last Sven Co-op release I'm heavily involved in. Many thanks to all the team members, testers and other contributors who made this release possible, and to all of the fans for their support over the years!! Sniper and the others still have a lot of plans for the next version, so look forward to that.
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