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Nuclear Dawn Memorial Thread

  • FMPONE
  • August 14, 2021 at 3:34 PM
  • FMPONE
    • August 14, 2021 at 3:34 PM
    • #1

    Hey there,

    So I wanted to archive what I felt is the finest unreleased Source mod, Nuclear Dawn. I know it was eventually released, but the team had changed so much that I don't feel it matched the original team's vision. There may be more media out there, but this is the stuff I was able to find and wanted to archive. I may want to do this for Nightwatch as well, since that appears to be the finest unreleased Half-Life mod.

  • Seldoon182
    • August 14, 2021 at 9:06 PM
    • #2

    I was so excited to play this mod back then! Very beautiful at the time.

  • Minos
    • August 14, 2021 at 11:41 PM
    • #3

    So fucking good

    Robert briscoe has some great stuff on his site too: https://littlelostpoly.com/nuclear-dawn

  • Buddy
    • August 15, 2021 at 7:24 AM
    • #4

    Shame fuck all was finished except for Rob's map. The japan level was basically two rooms they used for the screenshots :D

    Please make one for Nightwatch!

  • FMPONE
    • August 15, 2021 at 2:03 PM
    • #5
    Quote from Buddy

    6 hours ago, Buddy said: Shame fuck all was finished except for Rob's map. The japan level was basically two rooms they used for the screenshots :D

    Please make one for Nightwatch!

    I somehow got my hands on a leaked version of the Japan level back in the day. I was so bummed when I saw there really were no meat on the bones lol. But it did look nice!

    It also blew my mind how complete the Russia level was. I have very confidence they would have finished the levels.

    I would like to do a Nightwatch one next, but will need help as it was before my time, and unlike with Nuclear Dawn, I won’t know what is missing unless someone else points it out.

  • will2k
    • August 15, 2021 at 5:48 PM
    • #6
    Quote from FMPONE

    3 hours ago, FMPONE said: I would like to do a Nightwatch one next, but will need help as it was before my time, and unlike with Nuclear Dawn, I won’t know what is missing unless someone else points it out.

    I think @Squad could help you with this as he was involved in it.

    You can also scavenge the defunct moddb page if you haven't done so already

    https://www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-nightwatch

    (last update Aug 28 2004 )

  • blackdog
    • August 15, 2021 at 8:26 PM
    • #7

    Fantastic job on this one! This was one of the prime sources of content when I was web mastering HLItalia ?

    In terms of content to post I might have something to add… I used to collect all of these shots for reference/inspiration. I should have a bunch of shots from Nightwatch @FMPONE… I need to find in which HDD they’re stored (and hopefully the disk is not bust, I know one backup drive seemed definitely fucked).

  • FMPONE
    • August 16, 2021 at 12:14 AM
    • #8
    Quote from blackdog

    3 hours ago, blackdog said: Fantastic job on this one! This was one of the prime sources of content when I was web mastering HLItalia ?

    In terms of content to post I might have something to add… I used to collect all of these shots for reference/inspiration. I should have a bunch of shots from Nightwatch @FMPONE… I need to find in which HDD they’re stored (and hopefully the disk is not bust, I know one backup drive seemed definitely fucked).

    Yes! that would be helpful. I'm just as excited about the Nightwatch content, but no idea where to end.

  • Minos
    • August 16, 2021 at 6:02 AM
    • #9

    Don't meant to hijack the thread but here's the Nightwatch .wad, some great old school goodness in there :D https://gamebanana.com/mods/6735

  • Squad
    • August 19, 2021 at 6:09 PM
    • #10
    Quote from will2k

    On 8/15/2021 at 10:48 AM, will2k said: I think @Squad could help you with this as he was involved in it.

    You can also scavenge the defunct moddb page if you haven't done so already

    https://www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-nightwatch

    (last update Aug 28 2004 )

    I still have a bit of NW stuff, although not nearly as much as I once did :( You could also check with @KungFuSquirrel,@Campaignjunkie, @Sa74n, @Mazy, @MagnarJ, @von*ferret, @-Stratesiz-, @Crackerjack, Adam "Who?Me?" Foster (just listing some people as a starting point, some of these will very likely be inactive accounts).

  • Panther Modern
    • October 13, 2021 at 6:16 AM
    • #11
    Quote from Squad

    On 8/19/2021 at 10:09 AM, Squad said: I still have a bit of NW stuff, although not nearly as much as I once did :( You could also check with @KungFuSquirrel,@Campaignjunkie, @Sa74n, @Mazy, @MagnarJ, @von*ferret, @-Stratesiz-, @Crackerjack, Adam "Who?Me?" Foster (just listing some people as a starting point, some of these will very likely be inactive accounts).

    I really cant believe ive found this post - really bringing back a lot of memories seeing these names again. crackerjack here - I havent used that name handle since the project died Would love to talk to people who apart of nightwatch again - anyone here using discord? In terms of content from that time - everything is gone on my end. I have been searching the net for bits and pieces of it - glad I found this

  • General Vivi
    • October 20, 2021 at 8:24 PM
    • #12

    I remember when I met Mike for the first time, Zach Ford introduced him to me. "This is Mike, he works on Nuclear Dawn" , I almost shit myself. Fun to be working on Prodeus with him 10+ years later.

  • Squad
    • October 20, 2021 at 8:45 PM
    • #13
    Quote from Panther Modern

    On 10/12/2021 at 11:16 PM, Panther Modern said: I really cant believe ive found this post - really bringing back a lot of memories seeing these names again. crackerjack here - I havent used that name handle since the project died Would love to talk to people who apart of nightwatch again - anyone here using discord? In terms of content from that time - everything is gone on my end. I have been searching the net for bits and pieces of it - glad I found this

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