Natural Selection 2 Interview

[Blink]

Sometimes you can easily forget that NS2 is quietly chugging away in the background, so it's handy that NoFrag have shot a few questions over about the development:

What are the new features for each team?

The biggest ones are the addition of a Commander role for the alien side and dynamic environments (including infestation). There are lots of other smaller new features (new resource system, new abilities for both sides, automatic squads, etc.) but these are the biggest. We're still learning how the Alien Commander should work but we think our dynamic environments will make every game play differently.

Check out the full NS2 interview.

[Habboi]

So judging from the YT video below...It's not on Source then. I always thought it was but hey looks much better with dynamic lighting etc.

Going to be a great game.

[Bema]

So judging from the YT video below...It's not on Source then. I always thought it was but hey looks much better with dynamic lighting etc.

I always did too...but then I also completly missed the part when it went all professional.

According to the site, they're using their own engine.

[Habboi]

Well that's good to hear but then the part where they said something about a level design competition before the final is released...The editor they used wasn't Hammer obviously so I wonder if they'll release it hmmm.

I do like the idea of dynamic infection though. It'll change the way NS plays.

[mat_de_b]

This was the Source vesion
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mMMiKKv7g7s&feature=channel[/youtube]
but they've switched engines now...

[mat_de_b]

I cant edit it :S so double post...

[Habboi]

Ah yes I remember that. And you can't edit posts sometimes. I think cause this is news...

Still the effect is quite impressive for Source so with their new engine, it'll look sexier.

[Blink]

Post editing is disabled because sometimes I move the authors post to this forum, and that would give them the ability to deface the homepage.

NS2 was on Source to begin with but since then they have gone down the route of creating their own engine. Evolution is the name for it I believe.

[Zipfinator]

Their new engine used to look like crap, but they've improved it a lot since they last announced it. Hope they release the editor and continue the level design competition.