I think the proper thing to do first off is to notify the community that we will be delaying the launch of 1.3 to a tentative release date of July 9th. Our set release date for 1.3 was due the 25th of this month, yet we added a few new team members to the Hostile Intent staff that have been contributing so much in such little time, that we want to make sure that their work gets noticed in Hostile Intent 1.3. I'd like to welcome Rifter to the Hostile Intent team, who will be working on our player animations. Expect to see a few changes in 1.3 because of him; and I would like to welcome long time HI beta tester and community member Bic-B@ll, who will be giving us a helping hand in the mapping department

With that out of the way, yes, it?s been awhile since we last gave you guys an update on the status of 1.3, but that doesn?t mean we haven?t been busy like always. Today I?d like to highlight some work I?ve been doing for Aurora v1.3. Last month I was able to go on leave and visit my parents house (the real hi_aurora) and do some texture work on that trip. I?ve redone almost every texture in the map using digital camera images I took from my parent?s house and imported them for use in Hostile Intent. So the walls you are looking at, the carpet, the tiles and so forth is 100% photo-realistic textures from the maps real life location. I'm planning on taking the trip again next week from Colorado to Washington to finish up some textures that I missed. Who says Hostile Intent isn't dedicated to its work?







Also the mapping department has been extremely busy lately which is largely responsible for the delay of 1.3; yet however expect to see new versions of hi_jungle, hi_russia, hi_majesty, hi_alandalus, hi_twilight, hi_hotel, hi_offshore, and hi_basque?