Can you guys write me up a guide on doing this the movie battles 2 lightsabers are amazing i need them in movie duels 2 XD they look just like the movie ones. Since the original Movie Duels II mod was released back in 2009, with the last and final update being released, later that same year. Its been almost 9 years since and I thought it was about time it got a Remaster. After playing through it numerous times and looking in to the assets that came wi.
The Aficionauto takes a closer look at the villain from Steven Spielberg's first movie.
Before Schindler's List, before Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones, even before Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, there was Duel. Few people besides true movie buffs and gearheads have heard of Duel, which was Steven Spielberg's first full-length movie. Only one example of the film's uncredited main character, a 1955 Peterbilt 281, remains in existence. The Aficionauto recently took a tour and a test drive of one of the most famous trucks in movie history.
For most people, Duel was a forgettable TV movie with a rather weak plot, nothing more than a beat-up old semi-truck chasing David Mann, played by Dennis Weaver, in his Plymouth Valiant for 74 minutes. Yet it earned number six on The Drive's list of the top ten car movies of all time. Spielberg made the best of the simple story.
Though a bit rough around the edges—the movie was filmed in just 11 days—Spielberg's unique directorial style is clearly there; he credits Duel as his big break. Spielberg has made references to it in many of his later movies, from reusing camera angles during the truck chase in Raiders of the Lost Ark to putting cameos of minor Duel characters into his later films.
Only one truck was used while filming the original TV movie, which was famously destroyed when it plunged off a cliff at the end. But after Duel aired on TV, Universal wanted to release it in theaters, and 74 minutes was too short for a theatrical release, so additional scenes were filmed. Since the original truck was destroyed, two more were built to look like it. This 1961 Peterbilt 351, complete with its tanker from 1946, is the only surviving truck used in the movie.
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- Choose the Light side of the Jedi or the Dark side of the Sith and relive the incredible duels from the movies.
- 16 missions inspired by the films, 3 missions inspired by Legends, and a ton of bonus missions, Movie Duels is one of the biggest Star Wars mods to ever exist.
- Relive the epic battles from the movies with new Animations, Cinematics, Maps and Effects.
- Master the missions in all three difficulty levels: Padawan, Jedi Knight, and Jedi Master.
- A new gamemode called 'Challenge'. Here you fight against the most famous characters from the Star Wars films in 15 stages. You must defeat each one to advance onward.
This mod is inspired by Wector's Movie Duels 2, and it's been almost 9 years since the mod's original release. I (and this mod's former leader Damian Howard) thought it was about time it got a 'Remaster'. After playing through it numerous times and looking into the assets that came with Movie Duels 2, everything within the mod itself, is actually rather accurate, and everything's in place already. But it was clear to us (me and the team), that it 'lacked' in a number of areas, that the more modern mods are including, either by default or as an option. Here's a list of some
key improvements over the original Movie Duels 2 mod:How To Install Movie Duels 2
- Uses OpenJK as its primary game engine- New & more accurate lightsaber blades (SFX Sabers from Movie Battles 2/Open Jedi Project have been added).
- Faster lightsaber ignition speed.
- New animations and duel stances for most of the main SW characters.
- New camera angles.
- New & improved player models.
- New & more movie-accurate skyboxes and map textures.
- Higher Quality audio dialogue, music, and an option for subtitles.
- Extended character selection and basic menus with more options.
Why do I advertise this here? Well think about this for a moment, this is a forum for a popular mod for Jedi Academy, focused on recreating fights from the films (despite having a dueling system), in a multiplayer-shooter type game, so it would make sense for a mod that focuses on recreating
duels (in singleplayer) from the films to be promoted here. Think of this mod as a sister-mod to MB2, as it's got tons of content (maps mainly) coming straight from this mod.Anyways, here's some previews of content that will be featured in a newer update of the Movie Duels mod, not seen anywhere else, so enjoy!
Other Sources:
JKHub: STAR WARS: Movie Duels (Remaster of “Movie Duels II”) (Current WiP) - WIPs, Teasers & Releases - JKHub
ModDB: STAR WARS: Movie Duels mod