Hi everyone - it's been a long, long time. The last time I published an announcement on UGX-Mods was nearly 3 years ago in late 2017.

Since 2017 I have:

• Started a family - my son will be 2 years old this year.
• Started a full time programming job
• Finished my university degree - Bachelor's of Computer Science

There really wasn't any time in that for hobbies anymore. In fact there wasn't even time to play games or be active in the community anymore.

One of the things which got left behind was our first BO3 modding project - UGX Mod BO3. It has been in the same broken alpha state since
late 2016.. 4 years ago.

I would have guessed people moved on by now and didn't care, but I still get notifications every month from comments asking if we will fix the
bugs with this mod. This is truely remarkable to me and I really did not expect a continued demand for the mod, especially 4 years later.
Unfortunately for me, my schedule is still way too busy and I don't have the free time (or motiviation) to fix whatever is wrong.

In light of this, UGX have made the decision to open-source UGX Mod WaW and BO3 so that anyone
who has the skills can not only fix whatever bugs are present in the current alpha release, but also
make any improvements or changes they want to the mod. You can find the source code on GitHub:

• https://github.com/treminaor/ugx-mod-bo3
• https://github.com/treminaor/ugx-mod-waw

The repo is the uncompiled version of the mod which should allow you to compile it yourself if set up properly.
Please let me know if there are any issues with the repo. If you fix any bugs please create a pull request and I will merge your changes into the
master branch and update the version on Steam Workshop

Bye again for now, hopefully for not as long this time...
- trem

Hello everyone, and happy 2017 Hope you are having a great new year thusfar. It's been a while since we've checked in to see how we're all doing. Yes, we're still alive and paying attention Also, a warm welcome to anyone who's new around here and hasn't been with us for very long! If you'd like to learn more about the history of UGX-Mods you can read about it below.

How are we doing? What's planned?
I'd like to get an idea of how UGX-Mods is doing... how well are we serving our purpose for you?

What are we doing right? What are we doing wrong? What can we improve? Add? Change? Go ahead and reply to this topic with your thoughts!

We want to continue adapting to serve the ever-changing community that lives here and we can't do that if we don't stay in touch with you - the community

You might ask "what is UGX-Mods planning for 2017?" - great question. We want to finish the following projects:

• Release a redesigned and improved version of our forum design (Project UGXSMF, currently in beta for donators)
• Release a public version of UGX Launcher which supports WaW, BO3, and potentially other games as well, to rival Steam Workshop.
• Release a beta version of UGX Play, an online service for the UGX Launcher which can be used via a web browser like Steam
• Release some kind of simplifed and more usable online UGX Chat, or replace/remove it altogether.
• Increase the amount of servers we use to better handle the load of all of our users and services.

This is obviously a lot of work. Most of it also relies on the free time of our main developer Alexander 'Delta' Diller, who has a lot on his plate already. If you or anyone you know have lot of C++ or web development/server experience (frontend or backend) please let us know because we are looking for help. Please note this is way more advanced than the average website development, we dont need someone who just knows HTML and CSS. Also as a reminder we have other positions we are looking to fill, which you can find on our Careers page.

A Brief History

• UGX-Mods was created November 2010 by Co-Founders Andy 'treminaor' King and Jack 'WING3D' Dolley.
• June 2011, the first project of UGX, UGX Cabin was released. One of the first maps with objectives and difficutly setting.
• December 2011, the first version of the UGX Mod with the Map UGX Christmas was well recieved by the community.
• October 2012, map UGX Comosea was released with the UGX Mod.
• January 2013, the standalone release of the UGX Mod v1.0.3 for other maps created by the community.
• The UGX Mod was #74 in the "Mod of the Year 2013" contest on ModDB.
• January 2016, the UGX Mod was #35 in the "Mod of the Year 2015" contest on ModDB.
• October 2016, UGX Mod was released for Black Ops 3

Our vision
We want to deliver the Ultimate Gaming Experience to everyone!
Besides producing high quality content, we ensure that the community can also create this amount of quality by delivering tools tutorials and help.
We try to constantly improve ourself and listen carefully to feedback from our fans.

What makes us unique?

• Over 6 years experience in Modding
• Large & active community with lot's of User Generated Content
• High Quality Maps created by UGX and by the awesome community
• Time saving tools, knowledge base and forum for modding
• Mod download tool, UGX Map Manager and soon replaced by the UGX Launcher

You can find the script on our wiki here: https://confluence.ugx-mods.com/display/UGXMODS/BO3+%7C+Adding+Buyable+Ending+to+Zombiemode

You can find the tutorial on our wiki! https://confluence.ugx-mods.com/display/UGXMODS/BO3+%7C+Adding+Timed+Gameplay+to+Zombiemode

Make sure you check out our wiki for tutorials before asking any scripting related how-to questions in this board We offer tutorials on a variety of BO3-specific scripting subjects such as what's changed from WaW to BO3, how to play animations from script, and more!

https://confluence.ugx-mods.com/display/UGXMODS/UGX-Mods+Wiki

Make sure you check out our wiki for tutorials before asking any modding related how-to questions in this board We offer tutorials on a variety of modding subjects such as asset conversion and importing custom models, textures, and more!

https://confluence.ugx-mods.com/display/UGXMODS/UGX-Mods+Wiki

Make sure you check out our wiki for tutorials before asking any mapping related how-to questions in this board We offer tutorials on setting up your map as well as fixing some common issues like dying as soon as you spawn into your map.

https://confluence.ugx-mods.com/display/UGXMODS/UGX-Mods+Wiki

To avoid spam and make this board a better place for all mappers, we've got a few basic minimum requirements for a release topic about your map:

• At least one screenshot and/or YouTube video must be included in the post. Pictures speak a thousand words, but in the case of mapping, they speak a million!
• There should be a description of the map, demonstrating a brief outline of what the map is like. A list of features is a good starting point, but a simple list of five very short sentences won't cut it. People want to know about your map and a few very basic words or sentences don't tell us anything.
• Proper credit must be given to anyone that was largely involved in the creation of the map. Obviously we don't know who has helped you, but if anyone in your map's topic claims their credit is missing, or contacts us regarding this matter, we will investigate it when we have time and take proper action.
• A Steam Workshop link to download your map files must be present in the first post of your release topic.

To help give you an idea of what a good release thread looks like, here is an example:
http://ugx-mods.com/forum/index.php?topic=413.0

To avoid spam and make this board a better place for all mappers, we've got a few basic minimum requirements for a WIP topic about your project:

• You need to have started working on the map prior to making the thread. There has to be at least some feasible progress to show that this is actually a work in progress, and not just a map idea!
• At least one screenshot and/or video must be included in the post. Pictures speak a thousand words, but in the case of mapping, they speak a million!
• There should be a description of the map, demonstrating a brief outline of what the map will be like. A list of features is a good starting point, but a simple list of five very short sentences won't cut it. People want to know about your map and a few very basic words or sentences don't tell us anything.
  

To help give you an idea of what a good work-in-progress thread looks like, here is an example:
http://ugx-mods.com/forum/index.php?topic=14.0

Unfortunately our primary documentation writer and mapper JBird632 has left the team due to a lack of time in his schedule for an unknown amount of time. Thank you JBird632 for all of your contributions

As such, we are now in need of a replacement documentation writer and/or mapper.

For those of you who would like to apply for a position at UGX, you may apply here: (or click on the "Careers" tab at the top)
https://confluence.ugx-mods.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=7176208

If you want to get into modding but don't own BO3 yet on PC, now's a pretty good time to buy it on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/311210