Revive Heroes (Battlefield Heroes)... It's NOT Back!

I received a private message a few weeks back which made mention that a team of gamers were bringing back 'Battlefield Heroes'.

I started playing BFH back in the close 'beta' phase and absolutely enjoyed it, pushing my Core2Duo CPU, RAM and GPU to the absolute limits. I didn't have the funds at the time to upgrade my PC whatsoever... and BFH was a game I got interested in from the get-go. I played it almost nightly as I was that addicted to it. Over the years I made a lot of friends from the game, created a BFH clan, battled against other clans... and overall enjoyed the game greatly. I had 6 characters, 3 on each side, 1 of each class... and all were max level (level 30). It took a lot of time/effort/playing/rage-quitting to get them all at max levels. I could play each class well, and enjoyed swapping between them all, depending what support my team mates required.

After EA/DICE closed BFH officially back in 2015, I've heard rumors that another 'clone' was being made... but didn't really hear much else after-the-fact.

Since the recent private message I received from an old BFH player, I was intrigued to see if in fact this time it wasn't just a rumor, so I checked out their web site (reviveheroes.com), joined their discord server, lurked, read updates from their #bfheroes channels... and now? It seems the revive team have got it back up and running (for the most part) and development on the game/system/network are in constant development... which is awesome!

Although I have not taken the plunge and jumped in to download/install and attempt to play this game once again... I have kept up with their announcements, and in the future when it is more stable, will sign up and create new characters and play BFH once again. Although the game is a back-dated build from what the last build version was that EA/DICE had us install, it seems to be functioning for the most part according to youtube video posts like this one.

The modder scene always surprises me with how they can 'revive' a game and make it playable again... which makes a lot of us old 'beta' testers/player excited to get the chance to be able to play it once again... revived!

Interested in playing BFH (again)? Check out reviveheroes.com. Sign up, join their discord server for chatter and news/updates... download/install and enjoy the game once again! (I know I will be at some stage).

Great work to all the 'Revive Network' development team that will bring back what I (and many others) greatly enjoyed... BFH!

-soul.

*EDIT - October 2107, well it seems that DICE have stepped in and threatened legal action, so the 'revive network' have closed down, the discord server was ultimately closed, and all web pages taken down also...

You can read about it on all the following links...

https://reviveheroes.com/
http://www.pcgamer.com/ea-tells-battlefield-revive-team-to-stop-distributing-copies-of-our-game-clients/
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/308523/EA_shuts_down_community_project_to_revive_classic_Battlefield_multiplayer.php
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/electronic-arts-shuts-mod-re-enabled-multiplayer-battlefield-2-2142-heroes/
https://kotaku.com/ea-asks-fans-to-stop-keeping-old-battlefield-games-aliv-1819890602
etc...

Such a shame, as it was a great game... no I didn't play the revived version due to an influx of hackers (SMH), but some day I may have again.

-soul.
 

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Knights Of Sang, New Logo Creation And Banner Graphics

I was approached via a recommendation via the Twitch community for some graphic design, specifically a logo for a visual representation and branding. I was given a rough run down on what was required, and came up with an extremely rough sketch (as you can see below) in the color scheme presented to me.

A shield, a blood drop inside/on the shield, and two overlapping swords behind the shield, with the colors, crimson red/red/black/grey/white. It was noted that a lower banner underneath 'Sang' was also required as well as bold text, so with the specifications given I began creating.

After a creative burst, and based from the sketch that was roughly drawn, I put together the logo, piece by piece, then found a font (from about 1000 on my system) that was most fitting.

With some slight tweaks with some back and forth conversation of the requester, a final logo was compiled/saved and submitted for approval. The requester was extremely happy with the final logo and signed off on it there and then, you can see the final logo below...

Once the logo was completed, it was requested that some Twitch graphics were also needed, so by using the newly created logo to theme by, I created a Twitch/Twitter banner (multi-purpose), as well as some Twitch profile banners.

After a few revisions, change of layout, etc with talks with the requester, the ending graphic is as below...

With the new banner, also came the custom Twitch profile banners which are themed to match in with the newly created logo and main banner, you can also see these below...

You can also check out the themed graphics on his Twitch page at www.twitch.tv/sangltp.Whether the profile banner graphics are on white or dark background, they look great, and again, the requester was extremely happy with the outcome on all the graphics presented to him.

I enjoy being creative and putting together the visions of the requester with style and color schemes... and get satisfaction that the requester is happy with the final graphics presented.

Got a vision in mind? Want custom graphics like what you see above? Feel free to contact me on my social contact links on the main page of my blog (top right).

Until next time...

-soul.

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Arma 3, 3DEN - Stratis Enhanced (Custom Compositions)

A while back I created a lot of building structures (compositions) within the Arma 3 map of 'Stratis' in order to 'enhance' the play-ability, so that there are more points of interest within game modes and missions.

After originally giving the building structures (towns/bases/etc) to a select few within the Arma realms, I have now decided to release them to the public (development scene) so that they can be used by anyone.

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You can find the file(s) required to import the

Stratis Enhanced (Custom Compositions)

in to your own mission file here.

Please read the 'stratisEnhanced.txt' file for full instructions

on how to import any or all of them.

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Below are some screen shots of what I have created within the Arma 3 'Stratis' map environment...

... each one of these compositions took a fair amount of planning and construction in order to achieve a 'Stratis' vanilla look and feel (as if they were created by BIS themselves). I hope many will find them of use within their own missions/creations.

If you find them of use... I'd be interested to check out what missions/modes they are used in... so send me a msg. :)

Until next time...

-soul.

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[FOR SALE] Twitch Graphics, Blue And Yellow Customizable.

So I've been messing around with my designs again, and have come up with a nice blue and yellow design, loosely based on other twitch graphics I have seen (and liked). These graphics are completely original, and designed/drawn/put-together by me, soulkobk.

These graphics are for sale, so if you like what you see, hit me up on Twitter or Discord to discuss customization and pricing (I tend to price on the cheaper side).

If you'd like to purchase these graphics out-right so that no one else can purchase them, that can also be arranged, in saying that...

    + Generic, mass-sold graphics = cheaper cost.
    + Customized, one-off graphics = more costly.

... so keep that in mind.

Below are the graphics (examples) I have come up with... note that the right hand side within the dashed border is how it will actually look... the watermarking is on the rest, so that no one can 'steal' and use these graphics without my permission (the black dashed border will also be removed).

Twitch banner example...

Twitch banner examples...

 

Twitch banner example (large)...

Twitch screen example (offline)...

Want them in a different color scheme? It can all be customized to suit your requirements, that's the benefit of 'custom'.

Until next time...

-soul.

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FREE Twitch Graphics, Banner Labels And Screens

Yes you read right, FREE Twitch graphics.

I had some free time recently and thought I would create some 'generic' graphics for use with game streamers, namely Twitch.

I've visited many streams over the years and most of the time I think to myself "wow their graphics look horrible" (like something drawn in M$ Paint that took all of a minute to create).

I've also tried to google 'free twitch graphics', and saw/found that any good ones are hard to come by (at least in my opinion), or if they are good, they cost. Most that I saw were very plain/generic (2 solid colors), or bad pattern/layout or bad color scheme, etc.

None-the-less, I have created some graphics that are 'generic', but more appealing to the eye than most (I hope). I left the color scheme very subtle and mostly kept it to a white/black/grey/translucent theme, although the hint of color within (default is a blue/grey) is easily changeable via hue adjustment. The font used is clean/simplistic with a hint of shade and a solid border.

I have created as many generic banner labels as I could possibly think of, as well as creating a few 1920x1080 'screens', namely 'starting stream', 'be right back', 'intermission', 'ending stream' and 'stream offline'.

Anyway... here are the graphics (free to use, but please include the 'graphics by soulkobk' banner on your page). Whether on a white, grey or black page background the banners look nice and clean.

Stream Banner Labels

You can also see/download them here

...am I missing any banner labels? or want a custom one added? let me know via social message (twitter/discord/etc)

And here are the screens (please keep the graphics as-is, do not modify them in any way)...

Stream Screens

 

You can also see/download them here

*Note that the 'pink' sections of the above graphics are 'chroma key' sections (usable within OBS) to make it translucent so that you can place a web cam or such behind it. One of them is a 4:3 ratio, the other is a 16:9 ratio.

Please also note that any 'custom' adjustments (color changes, custom additions, text changes, etc) to these screen graphics will incur a small charge to do so. Again... please do NOT modify any of the graphics in any way.

I have also created a Twitter/Twitch banner in the same theme should anyone want one, but this will also incur a small charge. The example is below...

Twitter And Twitch Banner

Whatever the case, I hope that someone finds these graphics of use, as it would be nice to see them used (be sure to pm/link me if you do use them, so I can check out your stream).

Thanks, and I hope they will be of use.

Until next time.

-soul.
 

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