Mare Nostrum, a mod for Red Orchestra

[Manstein]

I'm working with Sandstorm Productions on Mare Nostrum. We'll be adding the North African and Italian Campaigns, but we're considering expanding to other areas in the Med. Theater in the future.

Check out our website at www.marenostrumgame.com or our IRC channel, #marenostrum on gamesurge.net

[[BEF]-R!G4M0RT!Z]

I'm really anticipating this mod, I heard about it a while ago on the RO:O forums, and it sounds like its going to be great!

[OliverMarshall]

Also Lazlazlaz1 is on that. Yea it looks good, was thinking of applying for researcher but I can't remember why I didn't. Anyway looks great and I will probably get it!

[SgtH3nry3]

Looking hot. Just the idea of the Campagna Italiana team mixed up with the Burning Sands team totally thrilled me.

Finally the full potential of Red Orchestra is in sight! ;)


Btw, my own Holland mod is crippled for the moment, but we are about to strike back. ;)

[OliverMarshall]

Hehe, good luck to all teams!:D

[Zavaro]

I'm surely going to watch this closely from now on. Thanks for the link.

[2ltben]

Not sure if the fanbase would catch the "Our Sea" bit very quickly, but nice work with the title.

[xplosiv]

Been watching the burning sands mod (or Afrikafeldzug) for some time. Looking forward to playing as tommy atkins :)

[DarkOmen]

Looks really good!

[Tough Ombre 359th]

Nice! I have been waiting a mod for RO. It seem pretty good, anyone know how long they have been working on this project?

[Manstein]

I was hoping someone would get the Latin, that was my idea ;)

[2ltben]

The title suggests an Italian-centric base, though.

[Manstein]

yeah it does, but no one else could come up with a good name that brought up the Med. without limiting us to just NA and Italy

[Rapishorrid]

Very good mod indeed. I am quite a big fan of the merge between the two teams!:D

Btw, what do you all think of the website? However long it took, I finally finished it! :p The background is best viewed at 1280xSomething, lower than that and there isn't enough background to even worry and higher than that is a bit insane for a resolution! It would take the image years to load. :D

But anyway, Good luck to the team and I look forward to the next Tunis Telegraph!

[Psycho Sam]

Yeah finally! lol ;)

[Fallschirmjäger]

I herd of this mod,but need to get red orchestra first,those places sound good as the fallschirmjäger fought there,any chance of getting them in the game?,thanks.:cool:

[Psycho Sam]

Yeah they will definatley be featuring. Hopefully we should be able to cover crete at a later date :)

[BillSpargo]

...cover crete...
Insert concrete joke.:D

[EvilHobo]

Were it not for time constraints I would be mapping for these guys...

[Fallschirmjäger]

Thanks Psycho Sam i would like actualy tunisia and italy more than crete realy,ground fighting without the jumps is what i like better than them parachutes,though they did use them in sicily in 1943.

[Psycho Sam]

I doubt due to the constraints of the engine we have to work with we can get parachute drops in. So if we did cover the battle of crete it would start several hours after the landings. It would be fun to have only light equipment fighting against the waiting British!

However as I said we hope to cover crete but you will see the FRJ in Mare Nostrum ;) One of our skinners is part of a re enactment group so he will make sure we get them dead on! lol :D

[Fallschirmjäger]

Thanks again Psycho Sam for this info,i dont know why red orchestra did nto have FJ from the start realy,but they might i think at some stage later maybe.And this game is like red orchestra as its only online and not single player right and would it be able to be played at all on dial up speed or not?,thanks.
(Oh there is the bots i think on red orchestra i forgot for training or something).

[Psycho Sam]

There is an offline mode called practice mode where you can play with bots. As for if you can play with Dial up I am not sure about that. As long as the server in close and you have a ping of under about 130 you should be able to play as RO is quite forgiving on high pings :)

[Fallschirmjäger]

Thanks for the info Psycho Sam for now playing on aussie servers will be the best for me when i get the game.

[Fallschirmjäger]

Sorry Psycho Sam is this game out now or not?,and is this the first mod for red orchestra or not,like do you know some others that are WW2 based or maybe modern or other wars at all?,thanks.

[EvilHobo]

I'm now a proud member of the Mare Nostrum team, serving as a mapper for the Afrikafeldzug portion of the mod :)

[OliverMarshall]

Nice, I applied for researcher but there was no more room. And the BETA is only for over 18's.:(

[[BEF]-R!G4M0RT!Z]

Pish and Tish, do they think that 16 year olds cannot help BETA test correctly, without beign leetist... Oh well, I'm not bothered, I just can't wait for this amazing mod to come out!

[2ltben]

No, its that those under 18 cannot legally agree to a non-disclosure agreement and they are obligated to school primarily. And those still in high school would not normally have the access to the resources a college student or history grad would.

[Manstein]

Our September edition of the Tunis Telegraph has been released!

Check out our website for the link to it, and our forum for renders of the new weapons.

http://www.marenostrumgame.com/

[Fallschirmjäger]

I checked the german media on the site,but see nothing is this right?,thanks and i have joined the forums there too now.

[Psycho Sam]

Sorry Psycho Sam is this game out now or not?,and is this the first mod for red orchestra or not,like do you know some others that are WW2 based or maybe modern or other wars at all?,thanks.

No the mod is not currently finished. And as far as I know we are the only active mod for Red Orchestra.



-R!G4M0RT!Z;42361']Pish and Tish, do they think that 16 year olds cannot help BETA test correctly, without beign leetist... Oh well, I'm not bothered, I just can't wait for this amazing mod to come out!

Unfortuneatley like 2ltben said under 18's cannot sign legal documents. So unfortuneatley we cannot except anybody under that age. Further on in development we may drop the age limit as there is less for us to loose should somebody go astray :)



I checked the german media on the site,but see nothing is this right?,thanks and i have joined the forums there too now.

The media pages on the front page only showed textured models ;) Look in the media gallery within the forum to see all our WIP's.

[Fallschirmjäger]

Thanks Psycho Sam for those answers.

[Psycho Sam]

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/51/mnlogosy1.jpg (http://www.marenostrumgame.com)


SEPTEMBER PRESS RELEASE
Friday, Septmeber 15, 2006

In this months issue we have screenshots of our skinned 1928 Thompson and PIAT models. The map highlight features what we can expect on Daschewy’s map “Fort Capuzzo”. We also introduce a new feature this month, the ‘Developer Spotlight’. Each month we will be talking to a different developer asking how they started modding and what they have been working on for Mare Nostrum.

Along with this months issue we have decided to reward all the MN fans with a "Fan Pack". Inside the fan pack you can now have all the materials to make your very own signatures. There is a step by step tutorial to run you through how to make the perfect signature along with all the needed templates.Along with that we have included 6 wallpapers, each in 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x960 resolution!

However that’s not all! We have also released a "PR Pack". Inside you can find Banners, Logos, Information, Media and the Tunis Telegraph Issues. This should allow any webadmins out there to include MN news should they wish to.

These downloads are of course available from our website.



OCTOBER PRESS RELEASE
Friday, October 6, 2006

In this months issue we have screenshots of our skinned Boys Anti Tank Rifle and Pattern 14 Sniper Rifle. We also have some sneek peeks of various skinned vehicles which you will be seeing in game.
Elsewhere we have the ‘Developer Spotlight’ focusing on one of our main 3D artists, Tman. He gives us a few insights at what makes him tick and how he does it!

Along with this months issue we also have a some more wallpapers made by Aeneas so you can customise your desktop further!


However thats not all! Due to the amount of stuff we have we were not able to cram it all into one issue. Therefore we are releasing a second edition later in the month, so keep those eyes peeled!



OCTOBER PRESS RELEASE
Friday, October 27, 2006

Earlier this month we told you that we were going to be publishing two Tunis Telegraphs due to the amount of content we had.

Well as promised here is the second October edition. In this issue we have some good news along with previews of the Beretta 1934, Panzerbüsche 39 and the Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb.

Elsewhere we have the ‘Developer Spotlight’ focusing on our main coder, Uncle Drax. He gives us a few insights about his past and why he got into coding!



NOVEMBER PRESS RELEASE
Friday, November 24, 2006

In this months issue we have screenshots of our skinned Lee Enfield and Browning models as well as the re-skinned Universial Carrier.

We In other news we also unveil a new look for all of our new media. Hopefully you'll agree it's an improvement on what we had before. You'll be able to see some of the new renders appearing in the media gallery as and when we update them.

Next month we'll be highlighting our music and sounds that we've had professionally made thanks to Dirty Rat.



DECEMBER PRESS RELEASE
Friday, December 22, 2006

In this months publication we are delving deep into the development team to take a look at the people responsible for bringing you all Mare Nostrum’s audio to your speakers.

We also have the newly textured British Sticky Bomb and Daimler Mk 1 Armoured Car! Our Developer Spotlight focuses on Desert Fox, our weapon sound technician.

We also have a sample of weapon sounds (Including the Sten Mk II and Pattern 14 Sniper Rifle) and British Voice Comms, all available fro download in our downloads section on the website!


All that’s left to say is enjoy the the Tunis Telegraph and a very merry Christmas from all of the Development team. See you in 2007!


Tunis Telegraphs
August 2006 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/August%20Telegraph.pdf)
September 2006 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/September%20Telegraph.pdf)
October 2006 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/October%20Telegraph.pdf)
October 2006 (2) (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/October2%20Telegraph.pdf)
November 2006 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/November%20Telegraph.pdf)
December 2006 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/December%20Telegraph.pdf)


Media


http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/thumb_daimler.gif (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/daimler.jpg) http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/thumb_stickybomb.gif (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/stickybomb.jpg) http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/thumb_beretta1934.gif (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/beretta1934.gif) http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/thumb_piat.gif (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/piat.gif) http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/thumb_enfield.gif (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/enfield.jpg) http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/thumb_browning.gif (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/browning.jpg)
http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/thumb_boys.gif (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/boys.jpg) http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/thumb_bren.gif (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/bren.jpg) http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/thumb_pattern14.gif (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/pattern14.jpg)

[Psycho Sam]

Updated post above :D

[[BEF]-R!G4M0RT!Z]

Wow, P14 with bayonet and scope? Nice.

[Colonel von Luger]

This mod's gonna be the shit, can't wait for the Scoped C91.:D

[Sgt So and So]

YEAAAH! Look at that Bren, baby! Dakka dakka dakka!:D

[DarkCanuck]

nice dec update. good looking stuff you have there.

keep up the good work and best of luck.

[Fallschirmjäger]

Man sorry Psycho Sam i must have missed these updates and the posts here,but then im on the forums for the mod too anyway,thanks.;)

[xplosiv]

Nice, keep up the good work!

[Psycho Sam]

http://www.redorchestragame.com/images/logos/marenostrumlogo1tr9.gif

Yes folks it is finally time for the Mare Nostrum June Media release!

We apologise for the delay to the release but hopefully it has been worth waiting for. With our latest internal release only coming out in the early hours of this morning we quickly took screenshots of 3 of our headline maps for you all.

Our 3 maps are Tobruk Central, Akaba and Fallen Empire. As well as map updates we have renders of the British and Australian Infantry soldiers. However thats not all as we have renders of the reskinned Darkest Hour Sherman into desert colours.


Along with this release we also bring you the June Tunis Telegraph (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/June%20Telegraph.pdf) which has all the news and in depth looks at the models and the maps. Including an interview with Andrei313.

Hope you all enjoy, and thanks for all the patience our fans have shown over the recent weeks!

Player Models

http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/june/britinfosheet_thumb.jpg (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/june/britinfosheet.jpg) http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/june/ausinfosheet_thumb.jpg (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/june/ausinfosheet.jpg)


Tobruk Central

http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/tobruk2_thumb.jpg http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/tobruk9_thumb.jpg

Tobruk Image 1 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/tobruk/tobruk1.jpg)
Tobruk Image 2 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/tobruk/tobruk2.jpg)
Tobruk Image 3 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/tobruk/tobruk3.jpg)
Tobruk Image 4 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/tobruk/tobruk4.jpg)
Tobruk Image 5 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/tobruk/tobruk5.jpg)
Tobruk Image 6 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/tobruk/tobruk6.jpg)
Tobruk Image 7 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/tobruk/tobruk7.jpg)
Tobruk Image 8 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/tobruk/tobruk8.jpg)
Tobruk Image 9 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/tobruk/tobruk9.jpg)
Tobruk Image 10 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/tobruk/tobruk10.jpg)
Tobruk Image 11 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/tobruk/tobruk11.jpg)
Tobruk Image 12 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/tobruk/tobruk12.jpg)


Akaba

http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/akaba3_thumb.jpg http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/akaba6_thumb.jpg

Akaba Image 1 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/akaba/akaba1.jpg)
Akaba Image 2 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/akaba/akaba2.jpg)
Akaba Image 3 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/akaba/akaba3.jpg)
Akaba Image 4 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/akaba/akaba4.jpg)
Akaba Image 5 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/akaba/akaba5.jpg)
Akaba Image 6 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/akaba/akaba6.jpg)
Akaba Image 7 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/akaba/akaba7.jpg)
Akaba Image 8 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/akaba/akaba8.jpg)
Akaba Image 9 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/akaba/akaba9.jpg)


Fallen Empire

http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/fe2_thumb.jpg http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/fe5_thumb.jpg

Fallen Empire Image 1 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/fallenempire/fe1.jpg)
Fallen Empire Image 2 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/fallenempire/fe2.jpg)
Fallen Empire Image 3 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/fallenempire/fe3.jpg)
Fallen Empire Image 4 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/fallenempire/fe4.jpg)
Fallen Empire Image 5 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/fallenempire/fe5.jpg)
Fallen Empire Image 6 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/fallenempire/fe6.jpg)
Fallen Empire Image 7 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/fallenempire/fe7.jpg)
Fallen Empire Image 8 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/maps/fallenempire/fe8.jpg)


M4A1 Sherman

http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/june/shermaninfosheet_thumb.jpg (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/june/shermaninfosheet.jpg)

[[BEF]-R!G4M0RT!Z]

Yea, its worth taking a look at www.marenostrumgame.com, some cool stuff coming along!

[colonal chaos]

Man, I cant wait for this mod. I'm really looking forward to some urban fighting RO style.

[xtc-alec]

Wow that australian model is excellent, i hope you all know to click on those pictures of the aus and brit soldier, alot of neat stuff when you do.

And great work guys i really cant wait to play as the Deutsch afrika corps like my grandfather and the australian troops will be awesome aswell!

[2ltben]

If the maps have the atmosphere of ROO's Leningrad, I'll be eagerly awaiting it.

[Fallschirmjäger]

Though i have seen some of this on the mare nostrum forums already,just saying here too,lots of great pictures of the mod.

[xtc-alec]

How is the mod coming along? any news for us?


Please update this thread :D

[Psycho Sam]

He He, ill post an update this weekend. ;) Something rather exciting awaits..

[xtc-alec]

yay, thanks for that.

Oh and a question that i know is probally answered somewhere but im in a rush and i gotta go soon. Are the australians going to be included in the first release?

Thanks ;)

[Psycho Sam]

You betcha, we are looking for some Aussie voice actors though so if you know of anyone or even yourself who could do them let me know. ;)

Oh and another bit of info:


We are happy to announce, in celebration of our next press release that Mare Nostrum now has its very own Steam Community group!

Steam has undergone a large update and now you can create your own personal profiles (via the community tab), create and join steam community groups, create a friends list, partake in group and voice chat and it even supports 3rd party game launching" (just click games and "Add a non-Steam game to My Games list")


I have already invited some people who were easy to find, however if you didn't get an invite just sign up at:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/marenostrum


We hope to make the Mare Nostrum group one of the hottest in the Red Orchestra scene and so to reward all members who join we will be releasing the next media update on it 24 hours earlier than anywhere else! Considering this update includes in-game video footage of some of our weapons it will be our best yet. So what are you waiting for? Join Now! http://moddb.com/images/smilie/eek.gif

[xtc-alec]

I would love to try out for it, but my voice is not the steryotypical aussie voice (probally cause im half german ;) ) But i think it is the perfect voice for the game though.

Like....it is a australian voice...but like not steve irwin....lol...a real australian voice i guess is what im trying to say....

That was weird....anyway..yeah i would love to do voices for you :D

[Psycho Sam]

We thought it about time for another update, so here goes.

During our long period without any updates we have been working on several things. We are now at the stage of polishing off our first batch of weapons which we have in game and getting the remainder animated and ready to go in. With the new RO update we have also been twiddling knobs and pushing buttons in the level editor to make the most of the new bloom settings and get our maps looking the best we can. Steam has also undergone large changes with the Steam Communities addition and so we opened the Mare Nostrum Steam Community this week. We have over 80 members already so if you haven’t joined yet go and have a look:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/marenostrum

We also released a load of new information sheets, which give some background information about the weapons, vehicles and units featured in Mare Nostrum. I have included four below but check out our gallery for the others.

Bren MkII (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/breninfosheet.jpg)
Enfield No1. MkIII* (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/enfieldinfosheet.jpg)
Thompson M1928-A1 (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/thompsoninfosheet.jpg)
Panzer II (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/panzer2infosheet.jpg)
M4 Sherman (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/june/shermaninfosheet.jpg)
Commonwealth Officer (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/officerinfosheet.jpg)
Australian Infantry (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/june/ausinfosheet.jpg)
British Infantry (http://www.marenostrumgame.com/images/media/june/britinfosheet.jpg)


Our regular newspaper the Tunis Telegraph also sees a welcome return this month after an extended absence. Inside along with the usual exclusive images and developer interviews are articles on the Panzer II, Junker Ju 52, Thompson M1928-A1 and Commonwealth squad composition among others.

October Telegraph (http://files.moddb.com/8749/download-october-tunis-telegraph-2007)


However no doubt for most the really important update is our teaser trailer. The trailer features footage of early in game tests of both the Bren MkII and Thompson M1928-A1 in our featured map, Tobruk. Whilst this trailer just gives a taste of what’s to come we hope it gives you a good idea of what to expect in the future form Sandstorm Productions.

Teaser Trailer (http://files.moddb.com/8746/download-mare-nostrum-weapon-trailer)


As always feel free to post feedback, critiques or comments, we are interested in your opinions!

[xplosiv]

Teaser Trailer (http://files.moddb.com/8746/download-mare-nostrum-weapon-trailer)

Amazing. I still can't get enough of the theme tune either! Keep up the great work! Really lookin' forward to playing this one. :)

[Cheritto]

yes impressive trailer. Here the youtube link http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvVTBhmG44I