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The Official Word on Ballistic Weapons for UT4
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Author:  Arnox [ Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:36 pm ]
Post subject:  The Official Word on Ballistic Weapons for UT4
I sent some emails very recently to the guys at Runestorm and I figured some of you might be interested in hearing what's kind of going on so I'll repost the emails here. (With their permission of course.)

[QUOTE=Arnox]Is there any chance of you guys developing Ballistic Weapons for the upcoming UT4? Any word would be much appreciated!

I don't mean to bother you guys about past projects that I'm sure you guys have since moved on from a really long time ago, but Ballistic Weapons was so amazingly awesome that I'd hate to just see it all fade away with UT2004... I have hardly even seen such amazingly designed weapons. Especially the M50. That weapon's such a beautiful piece of work and by far my favorite of them all, even including the other weapons added from the amazing mods of BW.

Actually, I'm gonna say it right now. I would even go so far as to pay some decent money to have a shiny BW 3.0 developed for UT4.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Runestorm]Hey,

Yeah, good old BW :) To be perfectly honest, I really can't say if we'll ever see BW again in that form :\ What you might see are elements of it in some of our future stuff or, at best, a BW as a game of some kind. But we're not entirely sure if we'd ever be able to make something like that again.

Making BW for UT2004 had the advantage of a whole ecosystem already set up and ready (the whole game and all those mods). Remaking it as a mod is unfeasible now, because this is our full-time job and we need to earn a living, and making it as a game it won't have that whole ecosystem. So, a big ol' catch 22!

But as I say, I just can't say whether or not it's the last we'll ever see of BW :)

Cheers!
Arn Richert[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Arnox]Indeed! I completely understand. But also keep in mind, Epic is planning to start a system to where devs can now sell their mods/mutators for UT4 if they like. And again, I'd be personally willing to lay down $15-20 on an awesome BW 3.0 pack. Another option (that could be better as well for both the developer and the customer) would be to make a full BW game for sell but also have it be able to link right into UT4 so people can use the weapons from it in UT4 very easily if they so desire. Would you guys consider anything like that?

BTW, would you mind if I posted your email to me on the BeyondUnreal Forums and elsewhere to let people know what's going on with this?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Runestorm]Hey,

Sure, I guess you can post it there :) Just make it obvious (if I didn't) that there are currently no plans for BW. "Time will tell.. Sooner or later.. time will tell.."

Thanks!

Arn[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Arnox]Will do! Thank you very much for the responses and good luck on you guys' future project, whatever it may be.

- Arnox[/QUOTE]

TL;DR - It might happen or it might not. My personal guess is they are pretty interested but a couple things are keeping them from committing to the idea but I have no idea what those things could be.
Author:  Blade sword [ Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Official Word on Ballistic Weapons for UT4
While I think that's a great thing to see that BW can potentially be revived at least as a concept.
There rest is a bit speculation, in a way it can be a good thermometer to have some people feedback, but I think we need probably something complementary to measure the hype behind something BW related.
Though it's one of the most popular UT2004 mod, for many reasons.
Let's hope for the best.
Author:  jameschris [ Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Official Word on Ballistic Weapons for UT4
Its a good thing that you posted it here so that we can also know. Just like what Blade sword say lets hope for the best and wait.
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