Myth II: Soulblighter v1.8.5
Description
Myth II version 1.8.5 is the latest instalment in Project Magma's series of updates to Myth II. This release is a major update, bringing new optional graphical features, coop multiplayer improvements, maps, bug fixes, and more.
Below are some of the highlights of the 1.8.5 update:
- Support for high resolution sprites and model textures through add-on plugins. Project Magma are releasing the Twice Born Edition and Myth: The Fallen Lords Deluxe Edition alongside 1.8.5 as a comprehensive showcase of this feature. Every sprite and texture from both Myth I, II and Chimera has been enhanced with high resolution versions rendered from original assets. 16 years in the making, this is an exciting continuation of the work started in 1.7.0 with detailed landscape textures to make faithful remasters available to the Myth community.
- Major improvements to cooperative multiplayer. The host can now save and reload coop missions, as well as pause and speed up or slow down gameplay.
- Players can now join in progress competitive games as an observer.
- Dynamic shadows are now generated in engine from sprites. This works seamlessly with the new high resolution sprites and greatly improves shadow quality and fidelity.
- vTFL 2.0. A reworked TFL gameplay option with more units now faithfully ported from Myth: The Fallen Lords, including Fir'bolg, Journeymen, Myrmidons, Shades, Soulblighter and the plucky Villager, via the Patch 1.8.5 Unity plugin.
- The complete set of Bungie's original PRASP (Post Release Attention Span Product) DLC multiplayer maps, is now included via the Patch 1.8.5 Maps plugin.
Myth II v1.8.5 Credits
Core Team:
Matt Molloy, Core Programming
David Bregman, Windows and Graphics Programming
Alexei Svitkine, Mac and Core Programming
Christopher Lyles-Arthur, Testing
vTFL 2.0 and Maps 1.8.5
Christopher Lyles-Arthur, Project Lead, Tags, Testing
James Wheare, Tools, Tags and Testing
Badlands & Bungie, Original Maps
Eddaweaver/SCS, Tags
Special thanks to all the testers who helped finding bugs and testing features.