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[Horst]

Hey community,

Today I like to introduce to you the mod Codename: Dead Bird. We are a single player total conversation for Crysis. We are new to this community but some of you may know us from ModDB.com

The mod plays in the Iraq war and the player has to battle against terrorists.
Prehistory:
After the US President was assassinated by Islamic extremists his successor started a new offensive in Iraq. With the support of all western countries, including France and Germany, the US Army tried to destroy the Iraqi terrorist network. But just a few weeks later the offensive failed. The terrorists power grew and with the help of Russian extremists they stole some refined uranium from a Russian power plant. The CIA started Codename DeadBird: A special task force under the command of Captain Carson Hayes was send out to eliminate the terrorist leaders and to disarm the bomb.

This is some of our previous shown work:





We are also searching for new members, following positions are currently opened:

• Character Modeler – Need to create High Poly Mesh for normalmap baking as well as the gamemeshes
  
• Prop/Building Modeler - You have to create the Buildings and/or Props needed for the maps
  
• Concept Artist - You will paint concepts for buildings, characters, environments etc.
  
• Texture Artist – You will create textures for weapons, props, buildings, terrain textures, decals...
  
• Cinematic Artist – You will create our ingame Cinematics using Sandbox2’s TrackView
  
• Animator – You animate characters, weapons, etc with 3ds Max, no rigging required
  
• Voice Actor – Solid english required

All applicants need to show some of their previous work, emails without previous work won’t be answered.

To apply send an email to horst@codename-deadbird.com or contact me via PM.

For more information’s visit our ModDb page.

Greetings
- Dark Dust Studio

Contact:
horst@codename-deadbird.com

Related Links:
ModDB page

[Dauth]

Great looking mod guys, please keep us up to date with the progress.

[Ion Cannon!]

Wow, you have some really nice visuals.

This one in particular - Is ... perfect.

[Wizard]

That engine never ceases to amze me. This is great work. Don't forget to keep us updated. Never a bad thing to see eye candy like this.

[Pav:3d]

Some amazing stuff in there, glad to see it. That M9 looks almost real :o

[Destiny]

That A-10 makes it look even better.

[Libains]

Been following this mod for a little while on Moddb, and I must say, I am thoroughly impressed as to what you're getting out of the engine guys, and that M4 is just plain and simple gorgeous, tho the stock feels like it is misisng something somewhere, just a tiny bit. Nonetheless, awesome work

[BeefJeRKy]

Wowza those are hugely impressive graphics there! Really do justice to the engine! Will you try to optimize it though compared to the original one?

[Jok3r]

AJ, on 5 Jan 2010, 18:46, said:

Been following this mod for a little while on Moddb, and I must say, I am thoroughly impressed as to what you're getting out of the engine guys, and that M4 is just plain and simple gorgeous, tho the stock feels like it is misisng something somewhere, just a tiny bit. Nonetheless, awesome work

Feels like it's missing something, or feels different? It's a SOPMOD Crane Stock, not an LE, which may be the difference (most games use the LE, being that it's standard).

[BeefJeRKy]

The Joker, on 6 Jan 2010, 2:30, said:

AJ, on 5 Jan 2010, 18:46, said:

Been following this mod for a little while on Moddb, and I must say, I am thoroughly impressed as to what you're getting out of the engine guys, and that M4 is just plain and simple gorgeous, tho the stock feels like it is misisng something somewhere, just a tiny bit. Nonetheless, awesome work

Feels like it's missing something, or feels different? It's a SOPMOD Crane Stock, not an LE, which may be the difference (most games use the LE, being that it's standard).

Ah the one used in CoD4 right? I wondered where I saw it.

[Jok3r]

JRK, on 6 Jan 2010, 5:17, said:

The Joker, on 6 Jan 2010, 2:30, said:

AJ, on 5 Jan 2010, 18:46, said:

Been following this mod for a little while on Moddb, and I must say, I am thoroughly impressed as to what you're getting out of the engine guys, and that M4 is just plain and simple gorgeous, tho the stock feels like it is misisng something somewhere, just a tiny bit. Nonetheless, awesome work

Feels like it's missing something, or feels different? It's a SOPMOD Crane Stock, not an LE, which may be the difference (most games use the LE, being that it's standard).

Ah the one used in CoD4 right? I wondered where I saw it.

Well, you might've seen it in a handful of other games, or in actual photos (they're pretty popular, being far more comfortable and giving better cheek weld than the LE) but CoD4 and MW2 both had M4's with LE stocks (though the M21 EBR *cough M14* had a Magpul CTR stock instead of the VLTOR more popular on the Mod0, and that looks somewhat like the Crane stock).

[BeefJeRKy]

I meant in the singleplayer campaign not in multiplayer.

[Libains]

I just dunno, it's a really nice model, but there is something ever so small about that stock that makes it look different, yet I can't place my finger on it!

Btw, congratulations on having made the top 100 mods on ModDB, thoroughly deserved for all your hard work

Edited by AJ, 06 January 2010 - 20:15.

[Horst]

Hey everybody,

Codename: Dead Bird made it into the top 100 Mods of 2009! We want to thank all who voted and supported us over the first phase of MOTY! Now please vote us into the top 5 upcoming mods. To vote go to Moddb.com, you can find us under upcoming Crysis mods, make sure you are logged in because member votes count more than guest votes.

We also have some new content we want to show you, two new attachments for the M4.

The first attachment is the silencer which makes the M4 more silent, but it also lowers the M4's firepower.



The second attachment is the front grip, it makes the M4 more ergonomic and improves the handling in CQC.



That's all for today's media update stay tuned for more and please vote us for best upcoming mod!

-DarkDustStudio

[Wizard]

Well done in getting through guys. Although there wasn't really any doubt Already voted for you anyway!

As for the new updates, exceptionally detailed work and superb quality. I think you've certainly chosen the right engine to show off the skills of your team. Please keep these coming.

[sebi3110]

Hey Fallout Studios Forum!

I'm Sebastian aka Sebi aka sebi3110 and artist working on Codename Deadbird.
You may have seen my recent work (it's above; for instance the grip, some sights, silencer).

I just wanted to say hello, because this community seems to like our mod and is pretty active
I may post some exclusive wip renders here in the future, but only if this thread goes on well enough, if you know what I mean

So stay tuned and please vote for us in MOTY TOP 100!

Cheers

sebi

[Libains]

Why hallo thar sebi, and welcome to FS. Feel free to stay and look around, there's quite the collection of things to do and see here

Regards C:DB, already voted for it in the Top 100, and loving the stuff that you're getting out - as Wiz has said, the Crysis engine is certainly the best for showing off your very many talents. I look forward to seeing more and more of your mod.

[Ion Cannon!]

Congrats on getting into the top 100 guys

[Zeke]

Voted, looks awesome

[Zhao]

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single player

D: , looks great though

[Horst]

Dear community,
today we have a really special video for you, a new picture and new community.
Patrick aka Pat21, our Lead Programmer almost finished programming a completly dynamical airstrike, which allows you (the player) to order an airstrike ever you want. Furthermore he integrated the whole code in a single flow node, where you can define particle effects, number of bombs and alot more.



Of course, in the following development time, we will spend more time on this feature, to make the airstrike even better.For exmaple a new " to define the target + new sounds giving the player feedback that the headquarter received the order.

Watch Video on Youtube
Watch Video on ModDB



Our prop modeler Marco aka seth worked really hard the last weeks to feed our leveldesigners with great buildings and props. Showing in the 2 images included in this update, you can see a big urban map, however this level is just for mood testing and for showcasing new modeles to the team. We found that it's a great way to keep the team motivated and that it's a cool present for our fans!



Last but not least, we want to introduce you to our new Codename Deadbird community portals: Twitter, Youtube Channel and Steam group! We thought, like many other mods and games that such profiles would be great to integrate the community more. Beneath moddb.com it's a good way to get involved with us! We'd like to thank "Overgrowth", where we got the icons from.




That's all for today's media update. Please help us making codename deadbird spreading into many other gaming communities and vote for us! We need every vote we can get to become one of the Moddbs greatest mods in MOTY!

All the best
- Dark Dust Studio

Edited by Horst, 11 January 2010 - 10:27.

[Wizard]

That is a pretty impressive airdrop you guys have there!! I love the explosion fx. As I am not that familiar with the Crysis engine, can you tell us whether they are customs particles you've added or if they are the stock explosion texture?

The new maps look pretty damn good to.

Edit: Ye Gods!! A .tif file

Edited by Wizard, 11 January 2010 - 10:49.

[Pav:3d]

Looks amazing, just wow :o

[Horst]

Today, we'd like to present to you a new trailer. It includes some gameplay scenes and should give you a little insight in our mod. We hope, you enjoy it.



If you like to watch the video in HD, just visit our YouTube-channel.




That's all for today's media update. Please help us making codename deadbird spreading into many other gaming communities and vote for us! We need every vote we can get to become one of the Moddbs greatest mods in MOTY!

All the best
- Dark Dust Studio

[Pav:3d]

looks amazing tbh