February 4th, 2010
BETA 1.04 Download:
CSPromod_b104.exe (Windows client & Server)
CSPromod_b104.zip (Windows client & Linux Server)
It’s been quite hectic the past few days, I must admit. We’ve had tons of work done behind the scenes to prepare for our launch and so far I must say the response was very positive compared to what we had to endure in the past. It’s really nice to see that now people take us seriously and don’t just diss us out right away and just go with the now famous “lol failmod.”
Obviously a lot of people are wondering what’s next for the mod and how future releases will be handled and if they voice will be heard and if they can do anything to help us. Well first, if you guys want to help us out the first thing to do is play with your friends, spread the word and get as much people as you can playing. Second, I’d say that if you know any of your friends or if you are yourself great in one particular area and you believe you could help the mod and help us move forward, I strongly suggest you apply for the team and see what happens. Nothing to loose, everything to gain and you can help us the future of competitive Counter-Strike. Drop us a mail here and let us know why we need you. Third, future releases will be distributed whenever we feel ready and are ready with our release. So you don’t have to worry, you won’t have to wait like two years for another update like some people seem to think. Updates will come, don’t worry about that.
One thing I’d like to point out: I’d like to thank everyone who’s been playing the game and posting a lot of constructive criticism and feedback in our bug report forum to help us fix all of our current bugs and problems, thumbs up for you guys!
I’ve always believed in this project and I’m happy to see that paid off. I know a lot of people right now have hopes for our game and that’s always been the case for me. I want to say it again. Thank you everyone for playing our game and I hope we’ll be able to keep you guys happy in the long run and have a lot of fun together just like old times.
alba out.
Posted in CSPromod, Design, News
December 4th, 2009
Hey everyone!
I know you’re probably wondering why I’m not posting much things over here in my blog and that’s a legitimate concern. I’ve been really busy the past couple of months with work, freelancing and the MOD work I’m doing for CSPromod. I’ve put my PS3 & PSP theme on hold until I got a bit more free time (not really a worry since Gran Turismo 5 comes out in March in Japan so that gives me a bit of a time frame on when I should make sure it gets done).
Alright so next up is a quick update of the things that I’ve been doing for CSPromod! I’ve been busy redoing lots of HUD to improve some of the icons and just make it better altogether. I’ve also redesigned the weapon selection to be something close to what 1.6 uses. The next part will be to make sure we come up with sounds that sound like 1.6 or close and make it a cvar so people can use the old shitty source deploy sound (Mack’s idea not mine :D).
The main thing I wanted to talk about was my involvement and idea to work on official aim maps for the mod. After seeing some of the community mapper had done or were working on I decided it’d be a nice idea to team up with some of them and work together under my guidance and have ted review each of the maps we’d complete together.
Right now we’ve completed CSP_aim_arena to a point where it’s in the hands of ted so he can changes and improve it overall to make sure it’s up to our internal standards. Here are some screenshots of the map so you can see what we’ve done:
CSP_aim_arena by alba & SirK
On top of that, we’ve currently two other maps in progress, first up is CSP_aim_pistol by redstar & I and CSP_aim_akcolt by SirK & myself, yet again.
CSP_aim_pistol by alba & redstar
CSP_aim_akcolt by alba & SirK
And there least but not last, all the overviews concept art I did for them.
Aim map series overviews
Posted in CSPromod, Design, Mapping, News, WIP
October 12th, 2009
That is right folks, you can now visit cspromod.com and browse the site properly without any fear of the stupid blue website to ever come back! Free at last.
Posted in News
September 11th, 2009
You can use my temp background I did for it, I’m trying to have it done by October 1st… when the actual game releases!
You can grab it here! (Right click “Save as…” and put it on your memory stick or just grab it with the web browser. Enjoy ;-)
I posted it last week I believe on the GTPlanet forums but I’m reposting it just in case anybody missed it.
I should have some news and new pictures to post of both the next update of the GT5 PS3 theme and GT PSP one since they share the same base horizontal XMB icons (as seen in both the Gamescom build of GT5 and the final build of GT PSP).
If you have any ideas, feedback, questions… you know where to reach me.
Posted in Design, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, WIP
September 6th, 2009
So last Christmas I got myself a sweet sweet G25 wheel and It was cool and all but obviously the question is where do I put it, how do I use it properly and so on well… I built a cockpit myself last year for it and it was just way too bulky and took way too much space. As the release of GT5 is coming closer and closer, I decided it was time I invested a bit in a proper cockpit so I could put it aside if needed and make sure I’d get something that wouldn’t take too much space either.
So after a bit of thinking and looking around for a good deal, I went ahead and ordered myself a nice Playseat Evolution White with the G25 shifter holder and the playseat mat with it. So now I’m all set and got everything build up and working, I just have some cable management to do and adjustments with the pedals which are still bothering me a little with the wheel bar but I’ll find the right setting soon :D
Here are some pictures of it for the curious bunch:
Posted in News, PlayStation 3
August 7th, 2009
… Yep, sure seems like it.
Let me put things in perspective for you guys who might not know what the hell I’m talking about. I’ve had my PlayStation 3 since launch then I bought a Wii, then a PSP and finally a DSi and most people online believe I’m one of the biggest PS3 fanboy ever, especially the folks over at HLCCL. Thing is I wasn’t really interested in the xbox up until now. I still don’t give a rat ass about Gears of War so that fell short, I was just interested in checking out Halo 3 and have Forza 3 (when it comes out just for the livery editor thingy because I like to mess around with that shit and see what I can achieve with it).
Well either way, the thing that pushed me on the side was that I really wanted to complete my console collection and then have choice over any game that I’d be interested in whenever platform they’d come out on, like Shadow Complex is a great example, game looks awesome and it’s a live arcade title so, that’ll help now and I won’t have to wait for them to come to the PlayStation Network :)
I must admit I’m still worried about the Red Ring of Death thing and I hope I won’t have any problems with mine, I never had any problems with any of my console except one PlayStaton 1 that crapped on me back in the day but that’s it. I’ve been pretty blessed for that over the years. *Knock on wood*
Anyway, I know this is a bit off-topic but there it is. If you want to add me, my gamer tag is: alba7.
Posted in News, Xbox 360
July 25th, 2009
The past couple of weeks have been really busy for me, I’ve been doing a looooot of things all over the place. For you guys, the most relevant things would be the complete re-brand of CSPromod, new logos, new website design, new forums design, new in-game GUI and Menu and HUD… quite a lot of things. The next release should be a really good step up in terms of the presentation to go towards a more professional-looking game which I think was REALLY needed. Now it’s all in and working except a few little details but that’s nothing to worry about now.
On the other hand, I’ve been working on a lot of ESEA-related things obviously and some new secret things that you guys might see in the future I think. Either way for now the next big thing for me personally will be to remake this, I’ve been doing dozens of templates for this but never been happy with any of them but it’s been long overdue so this time around I’ll have no choice but just accept the fact that i’ll never be happy with any of them and I should just settle on one at least so I won’t be stuck with the default wordpress theme, forever xD
As for the console side of things with the themes and other side projects, it’s on hold right now until I have some more freetime to continue all this.
The two biggest priorities right now are:
- Finish the ISA Killzone 2 PS3 theme
- Finish & polish the Gran Turismo PSP theme
Until then, I hope you all enjoy your summer time! Oh I just realized that this post looks oddly the same as the one just below, I’m growing old :(
Posted in News, WIP
June 15th, 2009
I should have been posting updates from my themes and so on for quite a while now but I ran into quite a bit of troubles, I have a lot of work these days I need to finish and I’m a little late into it I must admit. I also had quite a few personal problems which I’m still working to fix but as soon as I got something to show, you guys will be the first to know and see. So far on my plate what I have next to do is my Gran Turismo PSP theme (ported from the ps3 one with some edits), my ISA Killzone 2 PS3 theme (which has some stuff already but nothing absolutely finished so that’s why I can’t really post anything, sorry!) and some work being done on the CSPromod front (HUD design, new website and so on…)
Also the biggest of course is finishing my new website design which I’ve struggled with for years, I can’t seem to get anything done for myself since I’m way too picky… I have two domains that needs a proper design/portfolio joined project so, I sure to have that done by the end of summer (keep on dreaming, I guess…)
Bear with me and I’ll update twitter and hopefully edit this post with some progress in the next few weeks. Take care y’all :D
Posted in News, WIP
