Vanu 'Vortex' and other interesting tidbits. (Spoilers?)

[RedKnights]

Let me forward by saying when someone hands me a file tree and says 'see anything interesting?' you can hardly say no, especially when it's a game we're all itching to play. So i thought I'd share some interesting findings that just made me giddy with the amount of detail they're putting into the game.

If anyone especially a dev thinks this post is inappropriate I'll gladly delete whatever I have, but I think it's harmless enough.

The most major surprise seems to be that the Scythe seems to have been renamed the Vortex.




Additional structures outside of bases seem to include Research Stations, Infantry Bunkers, Communications Bldgs. , Outpost Towers.

There's also rooms like Officer's Quarters, and parking lots o.0

Also, prehistoric remains, dats sexy:



We've seen most of the weapons listed, one thing that stood out is it looks like a revive grenade effect exists, at the very least.

And best of all:


Also interesting:


In conclusion, i think we're in for an amazingly detailed and living world, filled with birds, moths, fireflies, and all the guns we can handle. I can't wait.

[Johari]

Nice job. Can't wait to hopefully see some fireflies at night.

[fishirboy]

tell me sonny, were did you get them files you got there? Because I would love to have the full file just to look at *wink*. I won't tell any one about it, I promisssssssssse.

[SKYeXile]

I was expecting vortex whip to be back in when i read the title, this thread disappoints me greatly.

[Goku]

I hope those things are huge should be interesting. Parking? Probably if you have a vehicle and you want to log off you can store it. I don't see them doing player housing yet though.

[Turdicus]

Vortex might be a possible pseudonym for the scythe, or it could be a completely different vehicle. Yes. I am suggesting that there might be vehicles that will be in the game at release that haven't been revealed yet. Because I'm crazy

[kaffis]

Wasn't Vortex one of the working names for the Scythe, before the Scythe name was picked?

[SKYeXile]

Originally Posted by Turdicus

Vortex might be a possible pseudonym for the scythe, or it could be a completely different vehicle. Yes. I am suggesting that there might be vehicles that will be in the game at release that haven't been revealed yet. Because I'm crazy

yes good call, we have seen there are several sidegrades for the cycler, i think chieftain was one of them. i would also expect the same with vehicles.

[RedKnights]

Originally Posted by fishirboy

tell me sonny, were did you get them files you got there? Because I would love to have the full file just to look at *wink*. I won't tell any one about it, I promisssssssssse.

It was posted on reddit briefly by an intermediary to whoever did the original job, but I don't particularly want to distribute it A) Because Hamma said so. B) I love PS2.

I just figured things like props would be harmless to snoop through

Originally Posted by Turdicus

Vortex might be a possible pseudonym for the scythe, or it could be a completely different vehicle. Yes. I am suggesting that there might be vehicles that will be in the game at release that haven't been revealed yet. Because I'm crazy

I can reasonably assure you it is not an additional vehicle because everything is accounted for, since it's the E3 build, we know it had the scythe, and because it's not there, the 'vortex' has to be the working name for it.

Overall, there's only 6 Empire specific vehicles: MBT's and AirCav

[Zulthus]

I think it'd be better to ask beforehand if the devs want these leaks posted instead of posting it and waiting for them to tell you to take it down or not.

[Raymac]

A little late in the game to be renaming vehicles I think. Plus they already renamed it once. (Dyson anyone?)

[SUBARU]

I know somebody who's not getting a beta invite

[Trafalgar]

Originally Posted by RedKnights

The most major surprise seems to be that the Scythe seems to have been renamed the Vortex.

Not sure why you would think the names of model and texture files would indicate that the vehicle they belong to was necessarily a completely different vehicle which was named after those files (it is plausible for those files to have not been renamed from an original name even after the vehicle itself has been given a new name, assuming that it isn't a completely different vehicle that has yet to be revealed, of course).

[MrMorton]

haha the vortex cockpits are funny, l337

[Xeller]

Originally Posted by RedKnights

There's also rooms like Officer's Quarters, and parking lots o.0

It was these little things that made Planetside 1 so great. Anyone ever had a firefight in the kitchen/barracks area that was always behind the spawn room? Good times.