Well hello Hostile Community!!!

This news update will tell you a little about what is going on behind the scenes here. I got some stuff to tell you all.

I want to start with first giving everyone an apology on the coming patch. We have been working hard getting it together. I have to say the bug reports and the feedback from the community for the 1.3 release has been awesome. We are working on some minor tweaks right now as well as we are working on completing some map updates. We have had some sick dev team members and some more summer vacations over the past couple of weeks which has set us back a bit.

Now we are plan on releasing the patch soon after a mini-dev meeting in Canada. Charles, Fuse, MarmaladeMan, MasterMind, and a few others will be going to Toronto in the next couple of weeks to meet. (To my knowledge, this will be the largest gathering of HI developers since it started) We plan on wrapping up the patch while we meet, as well as discuss the plans to begin porting/developing to Half-Life 2.

Now what should expect in upcoming patch…
Rifter has given us some great new walk animations as well have been recompiled into the player models.

The Mapping Department has been working hard at upgrading and updating our current maps to show more of the diversity of the new FGD. Check out this image of the upcoming version of Aurora. We may expect to see an animated objective as well as a test in another map. (Bet you can’t guess what map it is…hehe!)
MasterMind is doing some minor tweaking based around the bug reports/feedback from the community and team.

One quick note…
The Hostile Report is still looking for some content contributors. Please contact Swatman via email or Private message him via our forums(you must register first) if you would like to contribute a development tutorial, custom map, HI related fiction, or any written materials like player’s guides or tactical overviews etc...

I would also like to thank the [MSA] Group for some great and diligent work on their part. For those who do not know, the [MSA] (Modeling, Skinning, and Animating) is a group of community members who are working on some projects for content within game by the community. This dedicated group of guys from the community are working closely with some of the developers to make new and improved models for Hostile Intent. If you would like to know more check out the following thread from our forums.

Well, that’s it for now.
Stay tuned, we will have more on the meeting and some more details of the patch coming soon.