Hellgate: Revival

Due to the overwhelming amount of work and time that would be required to complete the project, the team have scaled back their efforts to just continue to support and develop the single player modifications of the game.

At the moment the team are working on an SDK for Hellgate which aims to make the process of modifying the game easier for those who want to.

You can read Maeyan’s announcement on the Revival forums.

Thanks to thegreatcthulhu for bringing this news to our attention.

Hellgate: Revival

The Hellgate: Revival 1.2.1 patch has been out for some time now, I just never got around to uploading it here. Initially it was released with a few minor bugs but has since been updated and is now a stable build.

To see the patch notes for 1.2.1 (including those for 1.2.0) please see the related thread on the Revival forums. You may also download the 1.2.1 patch from that thread or from our downloads page.

Hellgate: Revival

Full patch notes are available on the Revival forums. It should also be noted that the Zomper zombie skin option has been moved from the patch file and into the optional packages mod. So if you would like to continue using the Zomper zombie skin you will need to download the updated optional packages mod as well as the new patch file.

Maeyan has also stated that this patch will be the last for Revival, at least for a while, to allow himself more time to work on other projects. So a big ‘cheers and thanks!’ to Maeyan for all he has done on the project so far!

As always, the patch is available to download from our downloads page or from the Revival forums.

Hellgate: Revival

In a post on the Revival forums, Maeyan explained what had happened-

I had borrowed addresses from various ‘unused’ Fawkes items to fix the sell values for the Retrainers. This is why your goods are selling for copious amounts of Palladium.

Along with fixing the Fawkes related problems, minor tweaks have been made to the game including fixing bugged quests, implementing the level 55 cap correctly, increasing amount of palladium within treasure passageways and introducing the optional ‘Elite for Normal mode’ and ‘Superior Quests’ modifications. Full patch notes can be found on the Revival forums.

The optional ‘Elite for Normal mode’ inclusion reduces the difficulty of Elite mode back to normal mode standards, but retains the bonuses of playing in Elite mode such as increased mob density and a higher spawn rate of champion mobs. The ‘Superior Quests’ modification increases the objective targets of quests by up to 100 and increases experience & palladium gained from completing quests.

The Revival 1.0.1 patch, as well as the two optional modifications, are available to download from our downloads page or from the Revival forums.

Hellgate: Revival

Maeyan and the rest of the Revival team have been working tirelessly to get this modification out by the scheduled release date, and have done a fantastic job in doing so. The modification installs easily regardless of whether you have a fresh install (with the 1.2 update) or if you have the previous Revival 1.0pre patch installed.

Changes and additions to the game are numerous and have been mentioned here before in previous posts, but for a full list, check out the patch notes available on Google docs.

To get your hands on this modification, you can download it from the Revival forums or simply head to our downloads page and download the modification from there.

I would like to thank and congratulate the Revival team for all their hard work and effort that has gone into making this patch. Hellgate: London fans everywhere, salute you!

Hellgate: Revival

The Revival team decided to delay the release of the 1.0 single player patch, most probably due to the sheer amount of really cool stuff they want to put in there, and thankfully Maeyan has re-released the patch notes which now include all the new additions to the patch.

Below is a sample of what to expect in the Revival patch:

• Fawkes event loot
• In game pets Cocomoco and Mantawraith
• Dye kits including special ‘Founders only’ dyes
• Transmogrifying cube
• Skill and Attribute Retrainers
• Unlocked ‘multiplayer only’ unique items
• Dawn of the Zombies – a new quest where you kill 150 zombies!
• New custom launcher
• Standard balances & fixes

For a full list and detailed description of what is included in the patch be sure to check out the Revival SP Patch 1.0 thread on the HG:R forums.

The release date for the patch is listed as October 31st.

Hellgate: Revival

New changes to the game since the last patch include:

- Warts leg is equippable by all factions and has a high chance to stun.
- Mutant items have been revamped (Items such as Shulgoth’s Breath will now appear purple coloured).
- Several new posters & re-textures.
- Ranged weapons have been realistically scaled (smaller).
- Rare and legendary augments less expensive.
- Increased consumable stack size to 100.
- New armour colour sets.
- Elite mob density increased further.

The patch will also include a new easier to use installer, as well as a newly designed game launcher.

For those who have installed the latest 1.0pre patch, there will be an upgrade method available to patch the game to the 1.0 modification. For those still running v.03 it has not been stated yet whether there will be an upgrade method or whether a complete restoration of original files or a new installation may be necessary.

There has been no mention of when the release date for the patch will be, however with the patch notes now on the site, it probably won’t be too much longer of a wait.

Hellgate: Revival

They have also used a new method for installing the patch, which greatly reduces the amount of time it takes for the patch to install and should cause less problems for users.

For information on the patch and instructions on how to install it, read the thread on the HG:R forums, or the thread on our forums here.

Hellgate: Revival

Maeyan, the Project Coordinator, put out the call for applications and has recently announced the selected advocates.

Of the six class advocates four are from SotW – PhoenixFlame, scorpitron, thegreatcthulhu and merchantkill.

PhoenixFlame – Blademaster Advocate
scorpitron – Engineer Advocate
Harrowing – Evoker Advocate
thegreatcthulhu – Guardian Advocate
Calavera – Marksman Advocate
merchantkill – Summoner Advocate

So I thought this would be a good opportunity to send a big shout out to the Revival team for their continual dedication to the project, and also to our SotW class advocate members for donating their time and effort to the cause. Good work guys!

Hellgate: Revival

The team over at Hellgate: Revival have been hard at work developing a new single player patch for Hellgate: London. Not to be confused with their main project (which is Revival, a port of Hellgate London using the Torque game engine) this patch simply modifies the original game files to create a more enjoyable version of the game.

Changes include:
- Vendor now sells Legendary and Unique loot
- Vendor now sells Enhanced, Rare and Legendary Mods
- Responsive luck – raising your luck attribute will be rewarding
- Personal storage space increased by x10. Inventory increased by x2
- Greater chance for drops and more palladium to collect in passageways

For a more detailed change log, check out the related thread on the HG:R forums (requires you to be registered and logged in to view information).

Maeyan, who leads the HG:R project, has kindly allowed us to to host the new single player patch files as well. If you would like to download a copy of the patch to try for yourself, you can get it from the patch thread on the HG:R site or simply download it here.

How to install this patch
- Install Hellgate: London
- Update to SP 1.2 patch version 1.18074.70.4256 (download here)
- Extract HG:R team’s v0.3 patch files to your “Hellgate London” directory (typically C:\Program Files\Flagship Studios\Hellgate London)
- Run the install.bat file – it should take approximately 5 minutes for this file to patch the game
- Play Hellgate: London

If you run into any problems installing this patch, please refer to the patch thread on the Hellgate: Revival boards. Alternatively you can post your problem in the comments below or on our forums and we will do our best to help resolve your issue.