[v7.2] G59

[UB_]

G59 v7.2 -Full Campaign Download-

G59 will solely run under EXU2 OPEN BETA v7 and suited to run under v7.2!

G59 is a custom EXU2 campaign started from my own mind, which occurs several centuries after Batshit Insane's one.

G59 is generally aimed to fans of EXU2 or to players who have experienced the mod throughout campaign or multiplayer. Over years, G59's gameplay has become more and more streamlined, becoming more accessible and without forcing the players to tackle certain situations with extremely specific strategies.

Objective is simple: shoot, kill, clear map. You revisit maps from RTNP and the Unreal Beta, heavily converted with tons of new geometry. There are few full-blown new maps as well.
Mappack is strongly thematic - hell theme is still there, alongside new and known stuff. Every level always brings something unique from the rest; there is also an intricate story, all about survival of the fittest. The Unreal character skin "Bane" is used to represent G59's main character, the Hell Survivor.

Music tracks solely by Cybernetika, Xenofish and Mellow Sonic are featured. FULL CREDITS in the spoilerbox - the tracklist will reflect the final version of the campaign:

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• 01. Artificial Bloodline | Cybernetika | Solar Nexus | 2:44 | LINK
• 02. Rise Against Myself | Xenofish | Decoder | 8:53 | LINK
• 03. Sensor Disruptor | Cybernetika | Cybernetika.de | 8:33 | LINK
• 04. Devoid of Gravity | Cybernetika | Colossus | 12:14 | LINK
• 05. Thermal Overload | Cybernetika & Mellow Sonic | Cybernetika.de | 8:55 | LINK
• 06. Marker | Xenofish | Bypass | 6:14 | LINK
• 07. Bio-Magnetic Tunnel Transport | Cybernetika | Solar Nexus | 10:36 | LINK
• 08. Abandoned | Cybernetika & Xenofish | Cybernetika.de | 8:57 | LINK
• 09. Microchip | Cybernetika | Neural Network Expansion | 8:32 | LINK
• 10. Flotation | Cybernetika | Cybernetika.de | 8:38 | LINK
• 11. Megastructure | Xenofish | Distance | 11:05 | LINK
• 12. Meltdown | Xenofish | Bypass | 4:21 | LINK
• 13. Wasteland | Xenofish | Distance | 7:19 | LINK
• 14. Transferunit | Xenofish | Distance | 5:34 | LINK
• 15. Forged for Battle | Cybernetika | Cybernetika.de | 10:24 | LINK
• 16. Protoplasma | Cybernetika | Soundcloud | 10:12 | LINK
• 17. Sacrifice | Xenofish | Bypass | 8:28 | LINK
• 18. Distant Singularity | Cybernetika | Cybernetika.de | 9:47 | LINK
• 19. Tunnel II | Xenofish | Bypass | 6:41 | LINK
• 20. Monolithic | Cybernetika | Solar Nexus | 8:30 | LINK
• 21. Escape Velocity | Cybernetika | Cybernetika.de | 8:16 | LINK
• 22. Prismatic | Cybernetika | Cybernetika.de | 9:09 | LINK
• 23. Fragmented | Cybernetika & Xenofish | Cybernetika.de | 9:27 | LINK
• 24. Tower Of Isolation | Xenofish | 2015 | 7:15 | LINK
• 25. Skyframe | Xenofish | 2015 | 11:02 | LINK
• 26. Iron sea | Xenofish | Bypass | 6:28 | LINK
• 27. Reassembly | Cryomatter | Cryomatter | 4:47 | LINK
• 28. Atropos | Cybernetika | Atropos | 11:36 | LINK
• 29. Beyond The Surface | Xenofish | Flashback | 9:05 | LINK
• 30. Caliope | Cybernetika | Cybernetika.de | 1:47 | LINK

Centuries have passed and Na Pali looks nothing like it was before.

The whole planet is now filled with creatures of every alien kind, swarming over territories and modifying the environments at their own will. They like to be called Demons. And they like to call their planet Hell. Nobody knows how this possibly happened but going to the past is impossible; so, who cares?

Demons are divided into clans, either of different rank or element. Opposing them are the Saints, ethereal beings that have come from the skies. Battles between Demons and Saint are usual but more common are battles between Demon clans for conquering territories.

One of these clans was known under the name of GALGALIM. These blue, energy-based Demons, with their powerful leader, managed to bring order in Hell. One day though, they disappeared. The GALGALIM managed however to complete their peacekeeping job and the current King of Demons, named BaalBerith, was given responsibility to continue what the energetic entities achieved.

All fine, right?

One day, parts of Hell were swallowed by something which looked like a moving black cloud composed of organic beings. Demons defined them as Shadows; Saints suffered immensely by this invasion.

Chaos ensued again; Demons fighting other Demons to conquer more territories possible, escaping from the walking black hole. The strongest ones managed to survive but will the greatest Demon clans be able to stop this collective of eldritch entities?

In the meanwhile, a human survivor is running amok throughout the wasteland. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of this new ongoing chaos and the only thing he can do now is to survive against enraged monsters and find a proper objective. Which position will he take? Driving the Hell into a never-ending abyss, or actually managing to fix up things?

However, seeing corpses that look like him and a certain Demon leader who is aware of his future actions, something is not truly right.

THE SCANNER OF ELOHIM: SPECIAL INFORMATION

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The Hell Survivor
We have applied this name for the lone runner who appeared from nowhere (possibly due to the mysterious teleport system of Hell) in the valley of Nebiros. He is recognized as a Grade S | Major threat to the Demon population, forcing even one of the High Lords to dispatch large groups of Demon soldiers to end his existence. It is known that his signal strangely disappears, sometimes; the human will attack anything on sight, and that may be the same for our race as well. We are following him but according to our computers, the target was already analyzed several times in the past, dates unknown. None of us has ever seen him before.

High Lord Morax
One of the 72 High Lords, Morax is one of the strongest. Aside that, he's nothing more than an annoyed entity because he simply can't find a duty which he would enjoy. He was supposed to guard the land of Nebiros but afterwards he was sent to rule over the Chemical Purifier Boundary.
There's no known info about his past; he's an energy-based being, and uses piercing laser bolts to disintegrate enemies.
His name means "to stop".

The Sun God Tonatiuh
The god of the Sun worshiped since millennia from the planet's original residents and who lives as long as the Sun shines. He is returning, alongside his cult, to reclaim his homeland.

Demon King BaalBerith
The current King of Hell. He carries the responsibility of bringing order to the world. BaalBerith and his Verflucht Legion live in a fortress which lies above an immense magma lake. He's insanely powerful, to the point of creating unstable phenomenons.
His greatest active champion is called Berith, a Black Knight, who has been recently ordered to cause havoc in one of our sanctuaries.

Jrath
Alongside a bunch of meaningless numbers and signs, this name often appears in our computers (and also in the ones of the Demons) after fatal errors that happen when we try to check some pieces of unknown data. No translators to decipher them exist yet. Nothing else is known.

Nebiros Crossing
An iconic Hell valley which is mostly forgotten by demons... but not anymore. A kind of magnetic firestorm is apparently passing near Nebiros; from that point, this place has become the shelter of many Demons who want to hide from the imminent - but not that catastrophic to our experts - meteor fall. Coincidentally, Nebiros is (or was) guarded by Morax, and where also the Hell Survivor appeared.
The biggest units protecting Nebiros are a Royal Skaarj Fiend sent by the Demon King and the Kerberos Gatekeepers.

The Chemical Purifier Boundary
The name of one of the biggest "Shit-Biological" bases. Living here if you're not a Bio or Shit based creature is just as bad as looking at one of those Brutes doing something inside a toilet. The master of this heavily protected facility is currently the High Lord Morax. "Shit" cannons are built here and some are already installed outside the structure for defense against enemy Demon clans, specifically the Hypers.
Morax dispatched his best Demon troopers throughout the place as he knows about the imminent arrival of the Hell Survivor.

The Ancient Scapes
The homeland of the incoming Tonatiuh. A divine land blessed by the Sun, found between the Chemical Purifier Boundary and the MANITOU dreadnought. Who will reclaim the scapes?

Universal Hyper Dreadnought -MANITOU-
Not much is known about this place: it is enormous, and the whole crew inside (generally Hyper beings) tries to be as reserved as possible. It may be nothing more than a nuclear submarine/starship, apparently powered by the residents' own energy. The level of alert of the Hyper demons is steadily at maximum.

GALGALIM Energy race
The group who managed to keep the Hell at bay from any local war. Highly advanced and reserved, they disappeared all of a sudden. They may still live somewhere.

The three Demon Heroes
While the Demon King can count on Berith, the Royal Demon Legion had in the long past three extremely powerful Devils - Vritra, Mikaboshi and Iblis - in the frontline for conquest and defense. Over time, misuse of power permanently weakened them down and due to this, they now rest in the Abyss below the Demon King's castle territory to preserve their own lives. Or to protect BaalBerith, before all.

The Magatsu cult
Hardly any information about this race. It appears to be related to the Shadows, or are at least allies. Magatsu means "corrupted"; these beings lure other entities into their homeworld, to then kill them and transform them into Magatsu. Very few can see the Magatsu's homeworld, this includes our blessed race and most probably the Shadows themselves.

Vorvadoss
The mirror of someone who wishes to be challenged. Only a legend.

[Diego96]

Nice. How is it that the music files will be different? Higher quality maybe?

I'm currenly playing Project Xenome and I'll eventually try this one (preferably updated) so I stop being a coward. This is probably the most hardcore campaign there is.

[UB_]

Nice. How is it that the music files will be different? Higher quality maybe?

Music changes.

[editor Dave]

Be patient for the release as I've just started development. Hopefully I can get things done before the end of 2017.

After all that talk about huge and mind blowing changes I thought you'd take years to accomplish them! Well, never judge from myself to others, I guess? Good luck!

[UB_]

Be patient for the release as I've just started development. Hopefully I can get things done before the end of 2017.

After all that talk about huge and mind blowing changes I thought you'd take years to accomplish them! Well, never judge from myself to others, I guess? Good luck!

emphasis on simple changes lol
I mean I'm now dealing with complete levels which is a huge difference compared to before where I was dealing with 3+ undeveloped levels. The changes I will be doing won't be that time consuming on the larger scope - last time I ported and upgraded G59 from v5 to v6 happened extremely quickly once I started working on it.

Well I've stated "hopefully" before 2017 ends haha.

[Sat42]

That poster looks unbelievably good

Hmm, I missed the chance to play the last release, will definitely download the upcoming one though. I am settling in a new place for a longer period than the previous place so I am going to find time for this

Good luck with the massive but simple updates!

[UB_]

Just a heads up: since development is taking longer than I ever expected, I've decided that once I'm done with the current map I'm working on and after having tested them all, I'll release a preview demo containing the first three maps (plus the intro). Then I'll spend my time finishing the rest of the campaign. Late levels should take less, especially the last few ones as they were already quite overdone as of v6.

[UB_]

G59 V7 EPISODE 1 IS ALIVE IN THE MAIN POST
GET IT AND PLAY IT
AND BE SURE TO POST FEEDBACK ON EVERY POSSIBLE DETAIL IF YOU CAN
THANKS!!


HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY I didn't screw up something in one of the last edits.
Resources are nowhere as plentiful as before, and I hope the game is more challenging and balanced now, with less obtuse situations that kill the fun flow.

FYI the Hell Gun damage stacking is incredible. The damage buff also carries to the secondary fire (I'm not sure though if the secondary fire itself also debuffs the enemy resistance but it at least gets the primary fire bonus).
I haven't died once in my first Unreal-difficulty run, though there have been crapload of cases where I've been near-death.

Again, please play it, have fun, say what you want. Thanks.
Screenshots will be posted in a later date because too spoilery.

[UB_]

Quote from other thread which could be extremely useful

"The savegame bug is one of the most known persistent bug in EXU2."

Here goes the fix:

I always save (WITHOUT LOADING THAT SAVE) before going to next level, so after going to the next map, you can save and load successfully.

Or alternatively, just use three save slots every time.


Also I realized Map 1 is a bitch on Easy difficulty more than I expected, especially the boss. It'll eventually be nerfed late this month.

[UB_]

Turns out the Gatekeepers in map 1 have become massively strong. Tomorrow I will quickly nerf them to the shitstorm.

[Diego96]

Yay. I hope you add this to Moddb since everyone there is running around voting for the new MOTY.

[UB_]

Get the patch HERE

• Base health of the three bosses in Map 1 has been decreased from 160000 to 80000.
• Boss of Map 2 now only resists 25% of Hell damage instead of 50%.
• The Demonlord's Vest in Map 2's boss arena has been moved next to the Ultra Belt before you descend to the boss.
• Always in Map 2, the EXU Shield Belt in the arena has been moved next to the boss activation panel.
• Bosses now have the AutoRetarget tag: in Coop mode, they'll seek for new targets as soon as players die or spawn.

Note that the main G59 download package in both mirrors has been already updated, so if you get it now you don't need this patch.

If you are already playing Map 1 and don't wish to restart it just for the boss changes, use the following command "set g59gatekeeper health 80000". You can use it any time (until the battle starts, at least) since the Gatekeepers are technically already in the level, they are "invisible" instead of spawning throughout creature factories.

Have fun, please play it if you can and keep feedback-ing.

[Diego96]

I'm now having trouble with dodging. Works 1/8 of the time but it's also present on BI v7.0.

[UB_]

I'm now having trouble with dodging. Works 1/8 of the time but it's also present on BI v7.0.

Are you using the Unreal 1 characters? They are also bugged for me on EXU, can't dodge. UT chars work fine however.
This started for me in past EXU2 iterations (v5 I believe) and once it happens it's permanent but ONLY within the EXU2 gametype.

[Buff Skeleton]

That's certainly an odd bug. I'll check in to it. I've had something similar happen, I think, but it was more to do with somehow my dodging getting disabled rather than a problem with the player class I was using.