Project Dreamland - A mod for Area 51 that restores the multiplayer and brings mod tools.

[Andrew]

Download the Game Here
https://github.com/ProjectDreamland/game/releases


Well after on and off development, I finally have a presentable build to release to the general public.

Area 51 is a game created by Midway Austin in 2005; it was pretty well received during its lifetime, however with the death of gamespy and lack of updates it understandably had a short shelf life.

So seeking to breath some new life into it I've fixed a plethora of the bugs left in the game, and of course, restored the multiplayer component.

So I'm inviting you all to come play, give your feedback and of course help with bug finding! Mod tools are being actively developed, as well as dedicated server support.

The game also features a fully fledged campaign which is actually playable now, and with the support of modern aspect ratios more greatly appreciated.

You can of course find all this over on Github

[Cinematic Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obpjkdjliRA

[Gameplay]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRpIdDrkSI4

So what is included in this release?

- King of the Kill
- Team Deathmatch
- Deathmatch
- Infection
- Map voting
- Basic stat saving
- Fixed multiple bufferoverflows
- Multiplayer systems emulated .
- Multi-core support
- Crash issues on modern GPUs fixed
- Fixed FOV
- Fixed frame stuttering issues
- Fixed random campaign crashes when it comes to cut scenes
- Fixed memory leak caused by improper BINK implementation
- Addressed security issues present in the default game

You can find links to download here
https://github.com/ProjectDreamland/game/releases

[And of course mod tools]
https://github.com/ProjectDreamland

which if you'd like to help develop, feel free to contribute. The more people helping the quicker it will get done!

Of course if you have any questions, feel free to ask them or tweet at me

https://twitter.com/andrewmd5

In addition, for those of you who actually still own this game on disk for the PS2/Xbox; I'll be working on a short guide on how to patch the game to work with my servers, it is cross play enabled so you will be able to play with pc players on console.

[МаЯоLа® (✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞]

引用自 Demon27248：

You need to use OpenSpy
Download this executable and swap the one in the 'game' directory out with it - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rIQJCTYb6VLY74REQxyASqUpMiKKelaX/view?usp=sharing

Thank you very much. It worked. Now I can have fun at night.

[Demon27248]

No problem, just remember that you need to create a new account each time as they don't save.

If you're looking for players, try this discord - https://discord.gg/cWtMhZv

[Auggie.]

You rock Demon, do you know if anyone still plays? I never had a chance to play it online when I was younger

[Oster]

Can anyone help me with this the game works fine I just skip the verifying files part because I just want to play the story again. Now the problem is when actually playing the game it is almost pitch black most of the time, the normal lighting is visible when looking in a certain direction. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Specs:
Ryzen 2700x
32GB 3200 DDR4
RTX 2070

[Auggie.]

Yeah I noticed that too... it was like in some areas the shadows were really exaggerated. Try using RTSS and play with the settings, capping framerate, lowering clock all that jazz

[Demon27248]

引用自 Auggie：

You rock Demon, do you know if anyone still plays? I never had a chance to play it online when I was younger

It's not played regularly but it shouldn't be too hard to round up people on that discord for games

[Rixxz]

引用自 Oster：

Can anyone help me with this the game works fine I just skip the verifying files part because I just want to play the story again. Now the problem is when actually playing the game it is almost pitch black most of the time, the normal lighting is visible when looking in a certain direction. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Specs:
Ryzen 2700x
32GB 3200 DDR4
RTX 2070

I'm having the exact same problem, similar specs except R7 3700X and RTX 2080.
The game overall runs fine, but moving the camera to certain angles causes the lighting to just outright break apart, and it's not so much just shadows being exaggerated, it's literally every texture turning more or less pitch black.

Screenshots to showcase it:

https://i.imgur.com/y6M9Lce.png - Lighting works just fine

https://i.imgur.com/SwlBWjq.png - Completely pitch black after moving the camera like one degree to the left


Should be noted that it's not Project Dreamland that's causing this, the exact same problem is present in the regular 1.2 version, would be really nice if a fix was available, though.

No real idea what's causing it, but the strange thing is that it seems to work just fine for most people, and the only ones I've seen having this problem are people with RTX GPU's, which is kind of interesting

[МаЯоLа® (✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞]

引用自 Rixxz：

I'm having the exact same problem, similar specs except R7 3700X and RTX 2080.
The game overall runs fine, but moving the camera to certain angles causes the lighting to just outright break apart, and it's not so much just shadows being exaggerated, it's literally every texture turning more or less pitch black.

Screenshots to showcase it:

https://i.imgur.com/y6M9Lce.png - Lighting works just fine

https://i.imgur.com/SwlBWjq.png - Completely pitch black after moving the camera like one degree to the left


Should be noted that it's not Project Dreamland that's causing this, the exact same problem is present in the regular 1.2 version, would be really nice if a fix was available, though.

No real idea what's causing it, but the strange thing is that it seems to work just fine for most people, and the only ones I've seen having this problem are people with RTX GPU's, which is kind of interesting

Area-51 was my first FPS game.

I started playing on a GForce 8400GS and currently I'm on a modest GT-630 Zotac.

In 8 years I never had problems with colors in Area-51, be it playing singleplayer or playing multiplayer.

The problem is with the RTX that came out with manufacturing defect.

On YouTube there are dozens of videos reporting the misconduct of these boards.

I recommend you test your game on a PC with non-RTX card to make sure it's really the game or the problem is your VGA.

[Rixxz]

引用自 МаЯоLа® (✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞：

引用自 Rixxz：

I'm having the exact same problem, similar specs except R7 3700X and RTX 2080.
The game overall runs fine, but moving the camera to certain angles causes the lighting to just outright break apart, and it's not so much just shadows being exaggerated, it's literally every texture turning more or less pitch black.

Screenshots to showcase it:

https://i.imgur.com/y6M9Lce.png - Lighting works just fine

https://i.imgur.com/SwlBWjq.png - Completely pitch black after moving the camera like one degree to the left


Should be noted that it's not Project Dreamland that's causing this, the exact same problem is present in the regular 1.2 version, would be really nice if a fix was available, though.

No real idea what's causing it, but the strange thing is that it seems to work just fine for most people, and the only ones I've seen having this problem are people with RTX GPU's, which is kind of interesting

Area-51 was my first FPS game.

I started playing on a GForce 8400GS and currently I'm on a modest GT-630 Zotac.

In 8 years I never had problems with colors in Area-51, be it playing singleplayer or playing multiplayer.

The problem is with the RTX that came out with manufacturing defect.

On YouTube there are dozens of videos reporting the misconduct of these boards.

I recommend you test your game on a PC with non-RTX card to make sure it's really the game or the problem is your VGA.

If anything I'm pretty sure there's some kind of compatibility problem between Area51 and RTX cards, I highly doubt there's anything wrong hardware wise considering A51 is the only thing acting up

[Parakitteh]

引用自 Auggie.：

@trashboat @cinder

For those who get stuck on Verifying files:
Go to the game folder > resources > app > game, and create shortcut for A51.
On the new shortcut add following: --launcher
It should look like this https://prnt.sc/ly6f7q
Now run game from new created shortcut.


https://www.moddb.com/mods/project-dreamland
The answer for the verifying issue is here, If you guys need help just reply

Hi Auggie, I've tried doing this hotfix but Explorer doesn't let me.

It complains that this is "not a valid destination". Is there a second item I need to edit the description for in order for this to work?
http://dl.dropbox.com/s/pa1elkdpn03hagc/screenshot%202020-04-12%2016.51.52.png

[Джимми бей трон!]

as I see you are well versed in the file system of this game, please help me , how to convert game locations to obj, fbx or glbl? sorry for my english i used google translator

[ᛒᛖᚱᛋᛖᚱᚴᛁᚱ]

Time to make this function again, was looking forward to this a while back to see it dead, but now that I see openspy is something that works well, I'm going to see if I can get people back on here :) Andrew will always be the GOAT for dreamland.