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This is literally the best thing to happen to this game in a while. Also I love the fact that the beta is finally happening. I had the chance to test it and the outcome is very promising! I love the fact that there is a new breath of wind to this game nowdays Hope it will get even better!

@Queen of Love I fetched a test file for you to test on your engine You can check Discord to get it.. Just be aware that the objects except the buildings themselves are not textured but that's roughly how a block will look like

Well I can't just not use this opportunity to talk about my work can I Right now I'm working on something to make a new map something possible. The initial idea is to take a map that was supposed to be part of the game - Midtown I've been working on this project on and off for some time now and got quite far with it Although the main issue here will be population and Matt Scott already spoke about it Unless there will be a boost in player count there is no point of releasing a new map unfortunately But I'm desperate to finish it so there will be a small chance if at all... Anyways you can read more about the project if you click the link in my signature | V

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Just a note of what I'm doing right now. It's been a month since I haven't touched the project. Due to my real life work I haven't got much time to work on Midtown anymore... However I took upon myself to redo a part that should have been done years ago Right now I'm fixing all the roads to be the same size as in the base game. This is a frustrating process so far as I discover issues with elevation and such. However what it means is that the sidewalks will have 1 to 2 meters more of area which means I may need to expand or subtract some buildings Right now I also plan to remake 3 areas in the eastern part of the district which have a bit too much of open space.. After that there will be a long process of cutting holes in the buildings to place windows and also re-placing all of my current ripped models with new ones that are the same size as in the game After that there is a long process of texturing everything with PLACEHOLDER textures that can later be swapped to original APB materials in a editor like Blender or 3DSmax.. All this requires buildings to be split into chunks for the texture to be detailed.. In 2 words there is still a lot of work and I don't have the time to do this fulltime anymore. However I must try completing this process. According to Matt's words there is a SMALL chance for this to be implemented but in FAR FUTURE. So I guess there is plenty of time. I will try to keep the thread more updated with the project's progress in the future.. Thanks -Nick

I just wanna point out that the spot in the first video is still unbalanced af and it's 2020 already Nostalgia is good and all but I think it's better to take a look into what can be done in the future instead. There is still A LOT to bring in the game's true potential

Please buff Tommy Gun

It definitely CAN run on PS5 and the specs should provide a decent performance Could also be cool if it will be cross play with PS4 - I think it's even mandatory.

90% Being all the work since 2013-2014 That's 6 years of work.

In case someone wonders what's this about...

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The district starts to look kinda whole with the new props There is still a lot of work to be done but I can actually finish it. Next thing will be texturing and then trying to make good UV's for lightmaps (Last part will be kinda hard for me to do as I'm not experienced but we'll see)

Hi. I logged in to that server but I don't see the place you vote at. Maybe it's a case of waiting but I don't see the mentioned servers. So yeah..

I was subscribed to him before I even though he plays APB so for me it was a huge surprise that he made a video about this game I like his content and I think some of his fanbase DID indeed play the game after they watched it. Also I think PoundOfFlesh appearance in this video created too much drama...

Thanks for the offer I have someone who helps me with that right now But I will definitely contact you if I will need any help!

Great Q/A! A lot of questions were answered and the answers were right on point. It looks like this game will have a lot of improvements as some are already planned and a lot seems to come down the road. Hopefully we will see the game rise from the dead once more sort to speak Also thanks a lot on talking about Midtown a bit @MattScott I am very happy with your answer and I will keep working for this project so it may become usable if it's ever going to be needed Much love

Amazing display of what is yet to be tested by the whole community. I looks good and apparently plays good! I think this update will bring in some of the people that been avoiding APB for now and it only brings joy to my heart that things gonna improve overtime As it seems there will be an easier process to create new content from now on which is also great! Well done LO! You didn't disappoint me one bit!

So this is what Matt thinks about the project right now https://clips.twitch.tv/LivelyRepleteLeopardUWot I must say though that I'm still gonna finish it so if they decide that it's needed - this thing will be ready to be baked!

You can't really call it new.. It's been in the files since 2008.. But yes

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Ok so with the help of my friend I was able to export a ton (about 1300 to be exact) props files This is Prop Yard #2 and it has 4 times of what I had until now It has almost all of the props and I think it will be enough to fully populate Midtown! There are even some unused props as well! And also 2 unreleased types of vehicles from back in RTW days!

A team in Australia had worked on it for little bit. (Then later the project was paused and IP was sold) It would take much more effort to export the game to Unreal 4 then Unreal 3.5 as the code used is not in the same language and much of functions of the engine are different. They're not saying it's not gonna be done at some point though.. Just further in the future maybe

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Good news! With a help of a friend who asked me to stay anonymous I was able to get some of the modles I've been missing and most importantly APB's MATERIALS! That means that I may be able to texture the whole district as well as design it some more with the props I've been missing! Stay tuned

This is gonna be good Honestly can't wait Let's all agree though that the work isn't final and there is still stuff to do so take all this as a subject to change If there will be bugs - it's normal