February 6th - New forums (again!) - MoOg

Time to see if third time really is the charm. We've got new Chatbear forums now. Lets hope we don't jinx these as well ;)

December 17th - Third party stuff - MoOg

Two bits of third party goodness for you. First off, the latest release of Multi Bot Launcher (v15) supports Judgement bots! To get hold of a copy of this great bit of software (which will configure and launch more mods and their bots than you can shake a stick at) visit:

http://www.freddark.net/mbl

Secondly, some kind soul named Teufel has been busy making GSpy Arcade tabs, including one for Judgement which can be found here. Remember this is for Arcade, not 3D.

Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy knowing that people are still helping the mod along, and you'll all be glad to know I've managed to salvage our last 'pre data loss' build and I'm tinkering with it again.

November 21st - New map - MoOg

In the first of a few "post death spasms", we bring you one of our maps that was sat on the back benches.

Set in the Cursed Earth, this map is best played with 2-4 players at the most as it's deliberately not a very large map.

It's also the only map that used the sun lens flare and the different ladder sound effects, so it's worth getting just to see/hear them in action. It's also one of the maps you'll have seen in the trailer we released a while back.

You may well notice it's not 100% polished, but since I've now lost the uncompiled map file for it it's as finished as it's going to get.

jm_mutie - by sHINMA (and a little by me)

November 9th - Go Bye-bye - MoOg

This is a common sense announcement:

BACK UP YOUR DAMN FILES BEFORE REINSTALLING AN O.S.

Yup, you guessed right, all my files are gone. And since I was the one that looked after pretty much all the development files, that's not good.

I was already looking at winding up development but had a few things I was working on before I called it a day. Unfortunately my reinstall has just called it a day for me really.

I still have the latest code sat on our CVS server so that's recoverable, but obviously all the new files that go with it are gone. I'll probably try to sort a final release of the updated code at some point in the future, but other than that it looks like the end of development for this puppy.

I'll keep you posted if anything changes....

October 16th - French fansite- MoOg

Thought I'd finally get round to mentioning our only (I think) fansite, which is a small French affair just here.

I've also slightly updated the FAQ page and I should hopefully get my ass in gear soon and sort out our mapping site that's been sat gathering dust on my harddrive.

September 18th - New Forums - MoOg

We now have new forums sorted, though at the moment they're very sparse and bare. So head on over and start filling them up ;)

September 13th - Forums down - MoOg

As you may have noticed, our forums have been down for a while. They seem to be pretty much dead and gone, but we'll see if we can sort some new ones (the old server is no more basically).

Until we sort something new, the links to the forums have been 'deactivated' as it were.

August 22nd - We really need a modeller or two - MoOg

Okay, third time lucky they say. I've said this before but I can't say it enough:

We need character and weapons modellers.

Everyone who's played the mod knows we need to add teamplay. We know it and you know it. The problem there is, we need player models for Perps. Then we need new weapons for them, again, more models needed.

So PLEASE, if you can model either weapons or player models and are able to help, get in touch or this mod isn't really going much further. Sure we can keep refining the code and tweaking this and that, but that can only go on so long, so please get in touch if you can help.

August 18th - New release is here - MoOg

Okay! Here they are guys and gals, the new v1.1 installers!

These are full installs only, as I totally scrapped the use of a pak file so as to make future installs easier to make small patches for.

Feel free to mirror these files and please let me know if you do so I can add it to our list.

Win32 version (12.6MB):

Justicedepartment.co.uk - UK (http)

Linux server version (12.5MB):

Justicedepartment.co.uk - UK (http)

August 17th - New release any day - MoOg

Just to give you all a bit of warning, we'll hopefully be releasing v1.1 sometime over the next few days. As you should be able to tell from the version number, it's not a huge leap forward, but is mainly tweaks and fixes. The major addition you'll all be pleased with is the inclusion of bots!

I'll let you all know more once I get things sorted.

August 2nd - Still need modellers - MoOg

We're still in serious need of modellers, especially character modellers. If you can model well and are looking for a project then please do get in touch as we need all the player models we can if we're going to get teamplay out to you all any time soon.

July 19th - Looking for a game? - MoOg

Just to let anyone looking for game know, there is currently a discussion going on in our forums trying to organise a regular game slot. So if, like many others, you can never find anyone on the server to play against, head over to the forums and get talking.

Hopefully this will result in a regular game time and will hopefully help get people playing again. I'll keep you posted on here too.

July 10th - We have a trailer! - MoOg

Well I've been secretly beavering away at this over the last few weeks and it's finally ready. So here in all it's glory is our first mod trailer movie! It features footage from the already released version, as well as some of the new maps in development. Enjoy....

Low quality Realvideo - 7MB
High quality AVI - 31.5MB

July 9th - Things to come - MoOg

I thought I'd give you all a small update on some of the things that are now done ready for the next release.

1. Limb impact sounds - This means when you hit different parts of a target you'll hear the material you hit. So you'll know if you hit a judge in the helmet or shoulderpads due to the metallic sound. It may sound like a minor touch, but it really adds that extra feel to the damage.

2. Fog - That's right, we've got fog. Although I'm not sure how soon we'll have any maps to show it off.

3. Five new maps - We currently have five new maps being worked on, many utilizing some of the new mapping ents we're adding for the next revision. Also you'll finally get to see that lens flare in action.

Those are just some of the things we've added so far. And before you worry that we're still not adding teamplay, we are, it's just not in yet.

July 9th - Weapons modeller - MoOg

We're looking for a new full time weapons modeller to join the team and help revamp all the weapons models as well as help make a few more. We'd like someone who is already well skilled and who will be able to put a real amount of time into the project.

If you're interested then drop me a mail.

June 18th - Old installer still lurking - MoOg

It seems the old installer is still lurking around out there. If you're someone in charge of a site who has our installer mirrored, PLEASE download the one we host on this server to make sure you have the latest one that hasn't expired. The working one is 12.3Mb, NOT 13.6Mb like the old one.

I know for a fact the FilePlanet one is still the old one and have mailed them about it, I'll let you know when that's sorted.

June 8th - Mapping site in the works - MoOg

Well while we work away in the background on the new build, we're also working at bringing you all a new official site dedicated to helping Judgement mappers.

The site will contain everything from entity guides to official map guides and information, as well as providing a site to help get your custom maps some publicity.

Hopefully the new site will be up early next week, so watch this space.

May 27th - New wad - MoOg

This was made for some of our in development maps, but I figured we'd hand it out. The wad contains lots of metal plating style textures that are damaged/corroded and generally in a bad state:

jm_metals_wad.zip

April 29th - New win32 installer - MoOg

Our local copy of the installer has now been replaced with a working one. It's actually ended up being smaller now I've changed the installer builder, which is a nice side effect :)

So if you host a mirror of our win32 installer and your file is the 13.6Mb version, you need to grab the new copy from here which is 12.3Mb.

April 26th - Oh *#!$ - MoOg

It seems the shareware I used to package the installer had a secret month timeout on the built package. So all the mirrors will have links to useless installers. It might be fooled if you turn back your clock, but obviously we're gonna get right on and make a new working installer.

Sorry for the trouble anyone who's trying to get it at the moment.

April 25th - What we're up to - MoOg

Well I figured I should really post to let everyone know what's going on, as a lot of people are worried the mod is gonna die. Don't worry, it isn't.

After a year of solid development I took a few weeks off and had a good relax, and I feel much better for it. So now what are we up to? Well myself and Snowdog are currently stabilising the server code, as I'm sure you'll have noticed it isn't 100% stable. We've squished plenty of bugs but still there are more to find, so please don't think the regularly crashing servers aren't being looked at.

We're also working on getting the bot code finished as well as sorting a simple teamplay gameplay mode for you all. Though obviously the teamplay is going to involve new player models so that won't be that soon.

Basically we're listening to what people are saying and are working on improving the key areas as soon as possible, so have no fear.

April 17th - FINALLY!-sHINMA

After a not so pretty battle with my ftp client, I have returned! It was really my fault...no details, it's to embarassing. Anyway, I have a screen capture of an upcoming model to be used. Ro-Jaws, by popular request ;) Soon to come....beta screens of some of the new maps being released in the next open beta. See you all on the servers!

April 2nd - Admin Mod 2.5 - MoOg

Continuing in the theme of '3rd party' support for us. The Admin Mod team have just confirmed that their latest version does indeed support Judgement thanks to the MetaMod guys who I got in touch with a few weeks back. I'd heartily recommend any server admins get a copy as it'll make your life a lot easier.

April 2nd - Italian Manual - MoOg

Just a quick bit of news. The guys at Gamers Revolt have translated our manual into Italian. So if you're Italian and would rather read the manual in your first language then head on over here.

April 1st - Mapping files - MoOg

Well I woke up too late to pull any silly April Fools gag, but never mind.

Anyway, today we give you some new files in the Files section. We've added a Mapping Files section to it and you can find the current FGD file there along with an extra wad of textures we made but never used in our maps.

We've also added a mapping board to our forums, so if you want to ask or chat about mapping for Judgement, just pop in there and you're sure to get a reply.

March 31st - First review and a League! - MoOg

Well this was quicker than I'd expected. In fact I hadn't even considered anyone running a league to be honest. The guys over at Valve Legion have already popped up a quick review of the mod and have begun to sort out a 1 on 1 Judgement League. So pop on over and register if you fancy asserting yourself as the new embodiment of the Law ;)

Another small bit of news is that we'll be sorting out some downloads for anyone wanting to map for Judgement, hopefully by tomorrow. I've also been reminded to let you all know that the FGD for Judgement is actually already in your judgedm directory as we included it in the installer. So watch this space if you fancy making a few maps...

March 31st - The morning after - MoOg

That went really well last night. Thanks to everyone who turned up to the IRC channel and then packed the servers afterwards. It seemed to go down really well with 99% of the people I saw last, tho I think the other 1% were looking for the Terrorist option and the buy menu.

Unfortunately (and there had to be something), there seems to be a problem with a memory leak which causes the servers to die after a few hours of play. We're going to be looking at this as a matter of huge importance and we'll keep you all informed.

I've also moved the list of game servers over to replace the progress bars so that they're always easily visible for you. Plus we're still adding mirrors to the Files page to keep that up to date.

Thanks again to everyone who helped make last night go so well. It was a great time for me and (I think) for all concerned.

March 30th - Here we go! - MoOg

Okay, here it is guys. It's a bit early cos the files got leaked off FilePlanet :(

This is the list of download mirrors and the not so big list of servers running it at the moment. If anyone starts running a server please let us know and we'll add it to the list.

Win32 version (13.6MB):

Justicedepartment.co.uk - UK (http)
The Backburner - UK (ftp)
www.outside-infinity.org.uk - UK (http)
Fragpipe - US (http)
File Planet - US (http)
Gamers Revolt - Italy (ftp)
eXtreme-Players - Germany (http)

Linux server version (12.5MB):

Justicedepartment.co.uk - UK (http)
The Backburner - UK (ftp)
Fragpipe - US (http)
File Planet - US (http)
eXtreme-Players - Germany (http)

Game Servers:

Official UK Judgement Server: 194.81.90.60:27015
Judgement Server (US-West): 64.220.136.51:27015
BlackFlaggs Judgement Server v1.0: 24.104.69.124:27016
-= GR Judgement Server - v1.0 =- : 212.110.163.251:27017

March 30th - Tonight's the night! - MoOg

It's the big day! Wow, this feels great but scary at the same time. It's been a strange few days doing nothing but sorting out file mirrors and hopefully a few extra game servers. So if you've been wondering why we don't just release it already, there's your answer :)

But I think everything is sorted and ready for a smooth release tonight. So I'll see you all in #judgement in about 14 hours!

March 29th - Online Arena showcases Judgement Release!-sHINMA

Online-Arena have featured us as their headline today as the release approaches....TOMORROW! WOW! I can't believe it's finally ready after all the work! =) I'd like to take this time to thank everyone involved. From MoOg, our project leader, to all of our beta testers! Great job guys and gals! Looking forward to seeing you in #judgement for the party! =)

March 28th - Release date! - MoOg

Well it's the news I hope you've all been waiting for. We're definitely releasing it this week. To be precise, Friday at midnight BST. So that's 6pm EST and (I think) 3pm PST.

There will be the obligatory release party being held in our channel #judgement on the Gamesnet Network. So I'll see you all in there from about an hour before to start the festivities.

March 27th - I'm slacking (part deux)-sHINMA

I've been busier than ever just running through my current map for Judgement and getting the word out, that I didn't post this until almost 2 am my time. Updated the weapons page to show the new screenshots, and included one of the disintegrator as well. =)

March 25th - I'm slacking....-sHINMA

An entire day without a post! Oh whip me with a wet noodle! I've got screen grabs of the new spit carbine, scatter gun, and medpack models to keep you going until release! You'll find them on the media page again! The clock is ticking.....=)

March 23rd - Want To Know What's Coming?-sHINMA

The manual is up! This is another first, as we get ready to prepare for Public launch! Go see what is in store for your fragging pleasure!

March 23rd - A Day Late....-sHINMA

...but the shots of all the maps to be in the initial release are up on the media page! This is the first time ALL of them have ever been shown at once, so go check 'em out!

March 22nd - New Screenies! -sHINMA

Since the old ones are very outdated, thought you might all want to see what it looks like now! I'll be posting these later tonight for all your drooling pleasure! =P

March 22nd - Public Beta Update- sHINMA

Well, after a little debate, Release 1 will not include bots. There is something planned for these computer AI avatars of gore that will not be ready in time for the first release. I do stress first release, however. The bots that will be released will not be a chunk of meat to throw on a server, but will have their very own believable place in the mod. This also means that Release 1 will not be held up by us getting this wonderful treat to you! =)

March 21st - You Will All Be Warned! - sHINMA

OH HO! What's this?!? A new poster in your midst? Yes, I have taken over the public relations department and made all the beautiful women in it my love slaves! Seriously though, I'm here to announce that MoOg will be handing over the area of PR to me, so expect more postings as I hit the newsites for all they're worth! =)

March 20th - Happy Birthday to us! - MoOg

No-one will really know this, but we had our first ever game of what was to become Judgement a year ago (well, a year ago yesterday). Back then it was just a Lawgiver and a Judge model, ah nostalgia is a wonderful thing. Well, it used to be in the old days :P

March 12th - Beta Preview Article - MoOg

Some of the guys over at the The Backburner have been testing our little mod out along with the beta testers and have put up a fully featured preview article here. It covers pretty much everything that'll be included in the first release, so head over and read it now!

March 9th - All going well - MoOg

Well the beta testers got hold of the mod last night and all seems to be going well. No nasty bugs have reared their heads and everyone says the mods great! So assuming nothing big turns up, we should be on course for a release at the end of March.

Keep your fingers crossed!!

March 4th - Beta Testers picked - MoOg

The lucky 40 have been picked from the hundreds we received applications from and have been mailed to let them know.

It was really tough to pick from all the applicants and I even had to change my original amount from 30 to 40. So if you haven't got a mail from me then don't take it personally, you'll get to play it soon enough.

March 3rd - Applications are over - MoOg

We've stopped taking applications to beta test. We should hopefully have the lucky few (about 30) picked by the end of this weekend, so watch this space if you applied.

Feb 28th - Third feature in a month! - MoOg

Well the interviews are coming thick and fast now, with our latest one being done by Total-Reload which you can read here.

Feb 28th - Get your applications in quick - MoOg

If you still haven't got your application in to beta test then you'd better hurry! We're closing to applications this friday so if you want to apply use the form here.

Feb 22nd - Judgement on The Forge - MoOg

The Forge have just stuck up a fairly light hearted interview with me that Nebula did with me the other day. So head on over and read what I thought on such key issues as Sly Stallones acting and Nebs possible plot to overthrow the world with cloned ferrets.

Feb 10th - PHL Quickie - MoOg

Just to let you all know we've just been featured over on Planet Half-life, so go check out their quickie on us here.

Feb 10th - Stub gun - MoOg

Just thought I'd show you all our newly finished Stub Gun. This was originally a Justice Department weapon, but it was recalled due to a dangerous habit of overheating. Players can still find these lying around but they'll have to be careful not to burn themselves by overheating the gun!

Feb 4th - Eye candy - MoOg

Well I've been tinkering with this for a while now and figured since I got it working and I'm so damn proud of it, I'd show it off.

So here is a small AVI (about 2Mb) of our lovely new lensflare effect mappers can add to their skybox.

Feb 2nd - A cry for help - MoOg

This is a plea for any experienced weapon modellers out there who have the spare time to do me just one weapon model over the next few weeks based from pictures.

I'm not asking anyone to ditch their current mod or asking for a fully fledged new member of the team. We're just lagging behind a bit on the weapons models front and it's looking like the only thing that's gonna hold back the beta testing.

So all we need is someone who has the spare time to model a weapon (or two if you feel like it) based on our already finished ideas.

I hope there's someone out there who can give us a little helping hand.

Jan 26th - Wow! - MoOg

It's great to see the amount of applications we're getting in! Keep them coming, though remember we don't yet know exactly when we'll begin beta testing, hopefully in about a month.

And just for the hell of it, have another link to the form!

Jan 25th - Apply to Beta Test! - MoOg

That's right, we're now taking applications for the closed beta test portion which will hopefully take place in a month or so.

So if you're dying to help test the mod before it's out then click here now!

Jan 23rd - A month since an update - MoOg

Sorry we've been quiet for so long everyone but we've all been busy working away behind the scenes and hopefully it won't be too long till we've got something for you all.

In the meantime, here are six screenshots of the first 100% complete map that will be in Release 1, jm_reactor;

Dec 21st - Just to tide you over the hols - MoOg

Okay, well I'm off for christmas holidays today, so to tide you over for the next few weeks, check out this great interview PC Zone UK did with me here.

Dec 13th - Staff list - MoOg

I've finally got round to updating the staff list on the about page, not that it really matters but I realised how out of date it was.

Oh and the forums are back and working fine (have been for a day or so).