Battle Grounds 2
Overview
The Battle Grounds 2 - The Source engine based sequel to the only real revolutionary war mod.
The Battle Grounds 2 is a Source Modification currently based on HL2:DM (the team is working on changing it to the Source SDK Base). To play The Battle Grounds 2, you will need to have HL2: Deathmatch installed and must have bought one Source-Game (free HL2:DM from the ATI or nVidia deal will not work). The game is set in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783 in the US. British Soldiers and colonist royal to the crown, loyalists, fight American colonists and soldiers fighting for the freedom and self-government of the thirteen colonies. Due to the historical setting, weaponry is quite unusual for a FPS: Muskets and rifles of the period only load one shot and take about 20 seconds to reload (7.5 seconds in the game). Bayonets, swords and knives see their use on the battlefield in melee combat. The current version 1.1b of BG2 was released on Oct 4th 2007.
Version 1.1b Release
We are glad to publicly announce the release of The BattleGrounds 2 1.1b, a new version of the Revolutionary War Mod for Half-Life 2! Among many changes, bug fixes and new features, the voice command menus have been extended to contain tactical voice commands such as "Flank left!", "They are behind us!" to make up a total of 18 voice commands and one battlecry, now bound on a seperate key, C. New weapon sounds echo over the battlefields. All now 13 maps have been revised and polished for this new release. The melee hit detection has been increased greatly to the satisfaction of both devs and players. Battle it out now as either officer, soldier or rifleman on the British or American side and seize control of the thirteen colonies!
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- Bg plateau.jpg
- Bg2 combat1.jpg
- Bg2 combat2.jpg
Important note for server administrators: Please remove 1.0b before installing 1.1b. We have fixed the players getting launched into air bug by deleting the phymodel for the bullet model (located in models/game). Our installer cannot do that for you. Should you want to run a server without problems. plrease remove the old version first (backup extra maps and whatnot). Other reasons are that a lot of the directory structure has changed which means less disk space used compared to overinstall (duplicate files).
Check our forums for a detailed changelog.
Help Wanted
The Battle Grounds 2 Team is currently looking for animators, modellers, skinners and coders. If you want to contribute to BG2, do not hesitate to visit the forums and let us know. All dedicated modders will be considered.
