[Black Wolf]

What game would you make it a mod for? Just as a heads up, I'm not actually interested in applying the results of this poll - my FPS modding skills are pretty much zilch. Nor do I want to use it as a suggestion to Sandwich anybody else thinking of this project, as I know Sandwich is set on Serious Sam, and anybody else who might take up the project would probably only do it if they already had an engine in mind. I'm simply curious.

Anyway, my vote would go to Half Life. I know the engine's dated, and it doesn't have item use, but it does have several big pros, eg Availability (Everyone's got Half Life, and it's still being sold), Low system specs (Leading to a wide mod dissemination) and a massive community with tonnes of modding experience, and therefore presumably a fair number of tutorials, tools and helpful forumites.

Any other nominations?

[phreak]

UT2k3 or 2k4.  There are vehicles you can drive and it looks sweet

[redsniper]

Half-Life [glow=orange]2[/glow][/i]
because everyone will have it, just like everyone already has HL1

[Drew]

Halo. Veicles, Pixle Shaders **** like that.

uT2003 would be better for multie tho.

[Flipside]

UT2K3, importing Models is easier, UnrealEd2 is brilliant, you have a high level of control over the AI of each NPC, it can handle massive numbers of polys without slowdown on a surprisingly wide range of machines. Ogg music support, LWO model support importing for both in-game meshes AND animated objects IIRC etc etc

Flipside

[Lightspeed]

I do not (and will never) have UT2k3, UT2k4, Halflife or Halflife 2.

FPS are just soo....

[redsniper]

if you've never played have Half-Life your missing out
Half-Life is soooo...

[Hippo]

Halo... [glow=white]2[/glow][/b]

[Drew]

Originally posted by redsniper
if you've never played have Half-Life your missing out
Half-Life is soooo...

HL Sucked.....
its storyline was sooooo......

[Zarax]

Whaaaat???
Who dares to say the mighty Half Life sucks?
It's pretty much the best game ever made!

[Lightspeed]

I played half life. It bored the hell outta me after 30 seconds.

[Flipside]

There were points in Halo where I thought I had wandered into Hlaf Life, I must admit.

[Drew]

thats true.

But the action in Halo > action in Half-Life  anyday

[Woolie Wool]

I'd mod Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

[Gloriano]

Originally posted by Hippo
Halo... [glow=white]2[/glow][/b] [/B]

HALO2 is for XBOX and comes to PC 6month's before HALO3 to XBOX2:p

[Vasudan Admiral]

Battlefield 1942
very mod orientated, extrodinary flight physics (even allows choppers), HUGE range of vehicles (planes, tanks, warships, subs, turret emplacemets - the works), battlecraft map editor (vaguely like fred), huge online gaming and modding communities, huge and very detailed maps, decent to good ai (depending on your settings on a per-game basis) and up to 64 players/bots in a match.

the only disadvantages would be that it's not really got missions, so it wouldn't be suitable for a FPS campaign, but absolutely ideal for multi play.

oh, and if your machine can handle it, sweet graphics

[magatsu1]

how about Doom ?

[aldo_14]

Cal of Duty.  Cos it's the only FPS I'd play.

[Triple Ace]

Originally posted by redsniper
Half-Life [glow=orange]2[/glow]
because everyone will have it, just like everyone already has HL1

How can you mod for a game that has not been released yet?

[aldo_14]

Preparatory hi(ish)-poly modelling work, texture work, diagrams & plans for levels, script writing, etc.  A lot of modding is actually converting stuff, so it's possible to get a fair degree of work done without having an engine to test it on.

 Some people have, I believe, already started work on HL2 mods - although I'm guessing this would be before the release date got pushed back to march(?).