Military Forces

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Military Forces
Developer(s)	Björn Drabeck and contributors
Engine	GPL Quake 3 engine
Latest version	Beta
Release date(s)
Genre(s)	First-person shooter Third-person shooter
Mode(s)	Multiplayer
Platform(s)	Linux, Windows, Mac OS X
Media	Download
System requirements	450 MHz x86 CPU 256 MB RAM 32 MB NVIDIA GeForce2 or ATI Radeon 7000 Stereo sound card 80 MB free hard drive space 56 kbit/s Internet connection
Input	Keyboard/Mouse

Military Forces is a free, open source standalone game built upon the Quake III Arena code base. Primarily developed by Björn Drabeck, Military Forces is the third incarnation of the Air Quake series and builds upon the experience of AirQuake I by Iikka Keränen and the AirQuake II team, many of whom have contributed to the current effort. Despite the name change given to distance the game from the Air Quake series, due to the larger role Land and Sea units now have, game play remains largely a simplified arcade style far from the realism shown in many combat simulators.

Players can choose from Fighters, Bombers, Light and Heavy Armoured Ground vehicles, Helicopters and Infantry units in various configurations from three different eras. Vehicles are controlled via a third person perspective with the exception of Infantry remaining in the first person. Currently the game features game modes derived from the Quake III Arena code: Capture the Flag, Team Deathmatch and Deathmatch. When complete the In-Game mission editor and scripting system will allow custom scenarios to be created while allowing the placement of static objects such as props, SAM installations and dummy vehicles.

Development is community driven and a skeleton team exists to provide a direction of focus, judge the quality of submissions, maintain the website, and handle the content distribution. Most media and content contributions are accepted.

In 2005, upon the release of the Quake III Arena code under GPL, development has shifted in creating a standalone version rather than a mod. The game dropped the Quake 3 suffix in Military Forces Quake 3 name and effort has went into replacing dependent media, overhauling the netcode and converting the source code into a better C++ object oriented design. Additionally virtual machine and dll based modification support has been removed, integrating the mod directly into the engine for increased speed and development ability.

Contents 1 Feature List 2 Vehicles 2.1 WWI Era 2.1.1 Fighter 2.2 WWII Era 2.2.1 Bomber 2.2.2 Fighter 2.2.3 Heavy Armour 2.3 Modern Era 2.3.1 Boat 2.3.2 Bomber 2.3.3 Fighter 2.3.4 Heavy Armour 2.3.5 Helicopter 2.3.6 Infantry 2.3.7 Light Armour 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Feature List

• Large Outdoor Environments
• Multiple Vehicles
• Land, Air and Sea based gameplay
• C++ Code Base
• In-Game Mission Editor

[edit] Vehicles

[edit] WWI Era

[edit] Fighter

Fokker Dr.1
Sopwith camel

[edit] WWII Era

[edit] Bomber

B-17g

[edit] Fighter

P-51d Mustang
Spitfire Mk 5b
Messerschmitt Bf-109g
Focke-Wulf Fw190 A8

[edit] Heavy Armour

Panzer III
M4 Sherman

[edit] Modern Era

[edit] Boat

PBR31 MK2

[edit] Bomber

F-15E Eagle
B-2 Spirit

[edit] Fighter

A-10 Thunderbolt II
Harrier GR-7
F-5 Tiger
F-16 Falcon
F-14 Tomcat
F-18 Hornet
F-22 Raptor
F-105
Saab JAS 39 Gripen
SU-27
YF-23

[edit] Heavy Armour

BMP-3
M1A1i Abrams
T-90

[edit] Helicopter

MI-24 Hind
MI-35
UH-1 Huey

[edit] Infantry

Scout
Soldier

[edit] Light Armour

BRDM-2
British Fast Attack Vehicle
HMMWV
MLRS
ZSU23

[edit] See also

• List of free first-person shooters
• Quake III engine

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Military Forces Official Website
  • Official Forum
• SourceForge.Net Project Website