F.E.A.R. - SDK now available

Husch

F.E.A.R. SDK is now available, read here:

http://www.fearfans.com/

Download here:

http://www.vugames.com/file_list.do?gamePlatformId=1833

eXpendabLe

Right on!!

Gmanx

Great! Now we can scare the livin' bejeezus out of EACHOTHER!

KDR_11k

Sure took their sweet time with it. Time that could have been used to create the first mods for it.

Downside: They expect me to turn on BOTH Flash and cookies for their stupid website. Plus their stupid FTP isn't responding to Opera so I had to use SmartFTP just for that.

I hope there's some way to get a model in there that does not involve Maya or MAX (or XSI, for that matter).

EDIT: Half the size of the SDK is the video tutorials. Nice but shouldn't that be a separate download?

EDIT2: Max 6/7 and Maya 6 only. No format specs

EarthQuake

so let me get this straight, you dont want to use max, maya, or xsi to export models into a game? What are you using, milkshape?

KDR_11k

Blender?

Lee3dee

watching the FEAR videos, i think i'll stick with using the unreal editor. hehe this doesn't look artist friendly, kinda like the doom 3 editor.

scanning_factor

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That's a good idea, it really isn't that friendly. Also the "SDK" is incomplete, it's more of a mapping toolset. Character and animation exporting is absent (even though its referenced in the documentation) and im not sure about props. Definitely not quite the complete package that Epic always releases Here's praying for a public release of the UE3 tools before next christmas

KDR_11k

The Maya scripts look like they include character tools, at least there's an mpLipSyncExport.mel.

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hehe, yeah, they also reference a plugin that isnt included with the SDK, i spent a good day going through the mel scripts line by line trying to get them to work

KDR_11k

That sounds REALLY bad. Is there at least a game rules editor?

ElysiumGX

I remember when this first happened. But, back in those days, we called it FarCry.

Honestly, I think more developers are doing this just so you won't uninstalled their game so soon.

scanning_factor

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That's the way it seems with FEAR, its like VU said, hmmmm. . .worked for HL and UT, let's do it too, so they slapped something together to try and garner a community. Problem is they didn't realize that UT had a really robust and well developed toolset. Once the UE3 tools get released publicly, the bar for mod tools is going to go through the roof. . .

Scary thing is that there are people on the FEAR forums that think the SDK is actually good and worth using.

eXpendabLe

Yeah, this SDK is absolute crap. The level editor is fine.. but there are no game assets included other that textures/materials/sounds. NO PREFABS!! go out and make empty levels, brilliant!

No documentation on MP/SP requirements, scripting AI etc.. I'm pretty because I really liked the game and could see making a level or two for it.

Kraftwerk

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Remember this one and that [easiest modable game ever] quote
from some Crytek devs, well at least there is now C++ Code
available, no XSI Exporter and others outdated ohh well. No
need to say i wont bother trying to do stuff in Fear.

diZzyWalnut

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. . . Problem is they didn't realize that UT had a really robust and well developed toolset. Once the UE3 tools get released publicly, the bar for mod tools is going to go through the roof. . .


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I hope (and I'm praying) that EPIC will not changer his great habit and they will realy realize all the UE3 tools with UT 2007.I'm waiting for.

...just do it , please !