Today I would like to share my storyline of the mod which was called “Eternal Flight: Heart of a Volcano” and now is renamed to “Aurayama”.
Link to the first part is here: Eternal Flight: Heart of a Volcano






Happened so that an old prime leader left his place in the prime government cause of an unknown reason. Maybe his inner voice told him. Anyway now peoples need to choose new one. Worthy one. No leader for some time – is really nothing serious for such a great advanced country. Nothing special, nothing is changing in major, in social life for hundreds of years. An old leader already knows his aim of life, he is one of those wise strong human beings who seems to know future much better than we know our past. He felt the looming challenges of human pride, those humans who have great knowledge about the world, but the knowledge is not that full. This half knowledge which surely makes them extremely happy and looking forward but still forces them to search the Truth….sometimes in strange places and in a strange way. Surely they all are graduates of special schools, they know that current world is just a step to the future, to unknown worlds, to the Full Truth and knowledge of life’s goal, to full happiness and power finally. But they don’t want to live with their knowledge and power peacefully. They want to fight with each other. They think – competition means power. No, they don’t suffer much about death. Their knowledge simply says: its an illusion, just a step to much vaster power of their spirit. Yeah, the time of Heroes! The one who doesn’t graduate from the special school, must not wear weapon, he must live in peace. It’s a LAW common for all peoples. Those who are – they are fighters, its not a war mostly, it’s a great wonderful, thrilling competition of human and superhuman abilities. No one will fight with women or civilians. They are Warriors, but not weak nobodies.
This way, an old leader knew those public sentiments, but he knew even more (how wise he is!) – how to stop, slowly reduce it. He left his post to allow “his little children” to play to the top of their bent, to kick each other a little and to calm down finally. Do you need this lesson? – Well, you will got it! He knew, the final will be worthy enough. Those who fight now will finally create new laws to protect peace in future. It will be in future. He saw it. Yes he was really wise great human being, worthy of the whole nation and its army. Everyone knew his wisdom and power. Noone could fight if he is a prime leader. He or those others like he is. And he wanted only 2 things – to walk through his life and death with his dignity and to provide the rest of his great nation with the same feelings, real deeds, power and fearlessness. Thats why he was never wrong.
Do not blame me, dear readers. It was not experiment from his side. He knew the process and the results for sure based on Real Knowledge. Like sometimes we have troubles to become stronger finally. The most optimistic process we can only realize. I even believe he could leave his life in one second if he understood his sacrifice is necessary for peace. You know, like in those kind books we read in childhood. We also must know, that the time im trying to describe – is not our time, but maybe thousands years earlier or later. Thousands years of understanding and True Knowledge. The time of wise humanity. The time when old knowledges of our lost Atlantis and Hyperborea are either not lost yet or are found again. Someone may ask: wise person doesn’t have war, doesn’t fight, he is saint and is sitting somewhere in cave. I’ll reply: sometimes does have! If he knows that God sent him this difficulty to become better and wiser and stronger. And this difficulty seems to be unsolvable, extremely hard even to image for non untrained person. But when the difficulty is overcome, a man is running to final understanding much faster and becomes really very glad finally.

Now everything happened exactly the same way. The previous country Prime government needs to choose new leader, the best of the best what mostly promises to be a lengthy process. Simultaneously some southern lands leaders are going to get access to government offices. Suitable analogy is well known feudal disunity in the Middle Ages. The main difference is surely in political system: its hard to say either its republic or authority of government with one Prime leader, whose word becomes a law. Thanks God previous leader was not talkative. Its hard to say also if those southern leaders are going to sit in the Government, want to separate their Southern lands or are going to change Country Laws. Though the last one is hardly believable. Noone will support those mad guys in this case. I think you will agree with me, dear reader, that basically it doesn’t matter a lot. Everything has its own not always understandable reason. And surely you will agree, that there are no good and bad political sides on this war. Simply lets forget about it – you was born to go your way and actually it doesn’t matter either it is sitting inside the cave or running through battlefield screaming “banzai”. The only one thing is true: you must do your deed with total concentration, even meditation I may say, on your deed. The most valuable thing in each person is not his place in society, but the way how he performs his duties. The most valuable are not the thingies one bought, but his attitude to those thingies. Too much “attachment” to those things creates suffering. The main place among these various thingies takes our main life tool – human body. So the duty is above everything. The duty of being a child, an adult, a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a husband, a wife, a man, a woman, a human being finally and surely a warrior. This way those people thought. This way I suggest you think, my reader, immersing in this interesting bright and great world of the country known as Aurayama situated on archipelago Aurangaray. The archipelago is almost continent and today’s events take their place at its south-central islands. Both northern and southern fighting sides have chosen these islands due to some reasons. First of all these islands are not so calm in tectonic activity and that’s why relatively sparsely populated. Next these lands have mostly open valleys to deploy the front line and armored vehicles army. Also these strange lands are famous by their ancient military schools, some of those possess truly great secrets of war craft. Someone heard even, people here use unknown forces, but who knows, maybe you will avoid it taking part in various military operations.
In conclusion (I will describe this famous country in future posts) I wish you to make your own successful way through unknown territories, explore new spaces, improve your combat skills facing with multiple enemies and events, learn new things about this great country, get into some mysteries of Aurangaray archipelago eternal land called Aurayama.



P.S.
Link to first part – a thread mostly about Eternal Flight: Saga of a Gunner and EF: Heart of a Volcano as a level in the past is here: Eternal Flight: Heart of a Volcano
This new mod has main features: I tried to make it as FPS friendly as possible by reconstruction of the majority of the assets stuff and following the global Crysis rules of FPS saving while level creation. But it doesn’t mean that AI quantity and “quality” was reduced. Lol, you will face with an army with some new equipment and vehicles. New AI are also in plans. All shots and movies will be shown later cause of specific process of creation: many places on maps (2 maps now) are too tied with each other to show them separately. Also first level still uses Yaxxo’s Door Gunner System (u may see it in upper link).


1. UPDATE number 1 (December 21, 2011). Description is in Dec.21 post.:

2. UPDATE number 2 (April 8, 2012). Spring in Aurayama.



3. UPDATE number 3 (May 8, 2012). Clever AI for AURAYAMA, Russian Tank Black Eagle, US automatic shotgun AA12. Look at page number 2 of a theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4TrI1tOc_E



4. UPDATE number 4 (December 14, 2012). Desing. See page num.3

Whoever will read that? I'd rather watch some interesting arts or screenshots.

I know. I know. My mind is in fire. Im working hard about this mod every day. Some about 3-4 new complex destroyable objects and an update will be. I can't update now. Im working alone. For this mod i needed to study 3d design from zero. And only now im a bit happy of what im doing about it. Quality is the main feature for me. I'm patient. I may wait for years. Be patient too, my friend. Thanks for worry.

Good to see that you're back to modding , i can't wait to see what you'll show us!
If you need any help with anything, pm me and i'll dust off my good old cryengine 2.

Oh no, i didnt come back cause i havent gone away. I just have deepened my knowledge in modeling and now have almost enough of new assets today for an update. Almost enough. Since the last post here im still sitting on the top of the same destroyable object and trying to force myself to finish it. Literally on the top. For this project im using a rule - escaping of using as many objects from original crysis, as i only can. I make all objects and textures myself and after all make some scripts if needed - and it really takes unbelievable huge time, surely mostly design, i couldnt imagine ever before. I really wish to share my landscapes with you guys.
Btw, nice to see you, Yaxxo

Hi andrey_filantrop,

I wonder how the story of Aurayama world you wrote about will affect the game.

What is nice about your project that you try doing new stuff as many as you can, and that the quality is the main feature for you.

Let's see what will come of all of this.

Best of luck!

Thanks, Racemate. All i may say now - is that something will come Its going so hard cause i have so few time for working with it, but the progress is going. Maybe youve heard about tank on our Russian Crymod if you are that Racemate which Racemate is there. I give no more info about this work on purpose. BTW, your idea about deviant is still living in my head. Im reading instructions about C++ as i mentioned and looking forward to try myself in it one day. But absolutely for sure that not in incoming update (New Year or something is in plans for now). An object ive worked on through 2 months is almost finished and i feel big happiness cause of it

Hi andrey_filantrop,

Apparently, you are a person of many talents: drawing, 3d modeling, developing mods alone, performing your main job, and now a success in programming. I am amazed of your ability to work so hard.

By the way, the Intro of Aurayama is a bit complicated, at least for me, my IQ isn't such high as yours. Could you make it more clear, please? Also, it would be nice to know more about the story line.

Thanks!

Are you kidding? My programming knowledge is the whole zero. Also my last shown aa-12 textures were the awfulest awfulness i've ever seen before! Dont wait a lot from this mod. All mods here on Crydev are seems cooler than mine at least for me.
I must provide an update finally, and after it, if it would be still interesting for somebody, i'll surely continue the whole story.
And for today i may only add, that this story is about....duty. The duty of all people and the duty of the one person, each person. The duty which manage person to fight until the last epic victory mostly not over enemies but over the infinite fears, illusions and ignorance, the Victory of Knowledge and Power. But following this way the main hero will face with really strong absolutely physical enemy, so dont think that the phylosophy will provide any chance to feel bored while playing. IQ is not necessary here - this mod is about long battle
Please let it be what it will be, Racemate.

I do understand the philosophical point of the Mod, but cannot imagine how you are gonna implement it. That's the main question.

At this point it looks as it gonna be a hard shooter, no matter what reasons lead to it. Or I missed something?


It's fine to me. Have no attempts to push you in a particular direction.

Its a hard shooter now, cause i'm dying 2-5 times at the beginning trying to defend the very first positions. Lol. Enemies are spawned in different places sometimes.

Looking forward to seeing&playing this as the first was enjoyable keep it up

Thanks man, i will try to keep it at least the same way.

UPDATE number 1.

Hello, dear Crydevs. Today i m ready to show some tiny update from me. Its a concept of a destruction in the mod AURAYAMA. Hope you like it. Movie link is following after the headline "Update number 1" inside the first post of this thread. Big update will come a bit later as i've said before.

Also i finally made some portfolio on Deviant art and im happy. I will update it as far as i have some time.

Hi andrey_filantrop,

Watched your video, and left a comment there. The video looked good, but models of the buildings. However I don't know what your Mod is gonna be about, so, maybe, they fit perfectly.

Nice to know you decided to join the deviantART community.