MixMasterNut

Know of a good DDS file converter? I don't have 3DS Max. I use CINEMA 4D, and it doesn't read DDS files. I tried using a free program called DDS Converter 2.1, but it's not recognizing the two DDS files you supplied me. - Mix

Any chance of getting the full unwrapped texture map for this Shangri-la zombie named c_viet_zombie_vcgrunt.fbx ??? I want to investigate the tattoo markings all over his body. When I open up the FBX file, it's looking for a textures named: 7bf4b10a.dds c_viet_zombie_vcgrunt_c.dds c_viet_zombie_vcgrunt_head_c.dds If you have to convert the dds files to another format, please make sure it's hi-res so it keeps all the details. Thanks for hooking us up TheNathanNS - Mix

This actually is a question that I've toss and turned over quite a bit because I could not find any photos or videos of rhesus monkeys in these types of space suits. My conclusion is that these are rhesus monkeys in space suits that were based off of the space suits the space chimps wore during NASA's Project Mercury. The color scheme of the three space suits is also part of the developers own design. - Mix

I've been holding onto this research for over almost 2 years now. Parts of this essay may seem incomplete and unorganized, because it is. However at this point, I feel like if I don't share what research I've compiled together now, then it just may never come out. So here it is, for better or for worse. I can always edit/revise the posts later if I decide to. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The stories in Black Ops are thinly vielled depictions of the 'secret wars' that were fought throughout the Cold War Era. One of the lesser known wars known was the one lab animals endured in the name of the Space Race. I believe that the Treyarch developers have chosen a very unique way to address these national heroes, whose story still does not have a happy ending. The thread is dedicated in loving memory to all the primates that have been abused and murdered during space testing. May these unwilling furry heroes live forever... This is the grim perspective of the inside of a lab animal's cage found on the Ascension loading screen. See the resemblance... Interview with Black Ops writer Craig Houston http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8155075/Call-Of-Duty-Black-Ops-writer-interview-Craig-Houston.html PRIMATES IN SPACE During the Space Race, the US and Soviets both experimented with sending animals into space. There were many unknown dangers to space travel. So instead of blindly sending human-beings into space, we sent several types of animal species into orbit before us, to discover the consequences in advance. For example, how the human body would react to space radiation was a major concern. People worried that the astronauts would mutate from exposure to space radiation, and that served as the source for much sci-fi at that era (see Exposed magazine cover & Fantastic Four comic books). Primates were naturally selected as test astronauts because of how closely their DNA stucture matches that of us humans. Chimpanzees for example share over 98% the same genetic makeup as humans. MUST WATCH!!! b0FZts2QC7M Here's a short overview documentary on primates in space. (BTW I love the style it's done in) mtnnzslaxTY ImSW8C2Cf_o "Unkown" chimp strapped in for testing "Unkown" chimp about to be slammed on "the sled" for high speed testing http://www.releasechimps.org/harm-suffering/research-history/air-space/#axzz1nf9ccqBx U.S. SPACE MONKEYS The first primates used for space flight test were a series of named Albert I, starting in 1948. Heavy sedated, and with no known instruments of life attached to them, these monkeys were carried on the nosecone of American V-2 rockets, launched from White Sands, New Mexico. Albert I, II, and IV were Rhesus monkeys, while Albert III was a cynomogus monkey. There are no known pictures of any of these primates, as they have either been lost or destroyed over time. Each of the Albert monkeys died on re-entry due to various parachute failures. V2 Gantry Rocket Only known photo of Albert I In 1951, a capuchin monkey, named Albert V was launched on an Aerobee rocket. He suffered the same fate as the former Alberts when his parachute failed. Albert VI, was also named Yorich. I believe his name likely paid homage to the Albert I, because as Albert I sat in the nosecone of his V-2 rocket, one of the low-ranking employees, and obvious Shakespeare fan, wrote on one of the tailfins "Alas poor Yorich, I knew him well". Yorich and his mice companions were the first animals to successfully survive rocket flight, but unfortunately died in their sealed capsule within a two hours of landing. The rescue team did not arrive in time to save these animals from the severe heat of the New Mexico desert. On May 1952, two cynomolgus monkeys by the name of Mike and Patricia became the first monkeys to survive a rocket mission. However they only flew measely 26km. Documentary involving Mike and Patricia's rocket mission kVH8ZCP6oJU In Dec. 13th, 1958, a squirrel monkey by the name of Gordo, aka Old Reliable, became the first monkey to travel to space. He was onboard the Jupiter AM-13 rocket. It is believed either his parachute malfunctioned during decent into the Atlantic ocean, or a floatation device on the capsule failed after splashdownand. Either way, his remains were never recovered and offically his records say "Lost at Sea". There are some who say he was never meant to be recovered and his capsule rigged to sink upon impact with the ocean. It is said the rescue crew gave up on looking for him after six hours. However oddly there is a superstition the navy follows of not sending out any ships on a Friday, 13th, so it is possible that a rescue crew was never sent. Gordo In May, 1959, aboard the Jupiter AM-18 rocket, a squirrel monkey by the name of Miss Baker, and a rhesus monkey named Able, repeat the same mission as Gordo, and become the first monkeys to successfully return to Earth after traveling in space. These two monkey's withstood and survived 38 Gs of gravitational force during re-entry! Their mission is considered a success. Unfortunately Able died four days later, do to a bad reaction to anesthesia, during a proceedure to remove an infected medical electrode. Able's corpse was then taxidermied and put on display at the National Air and Space museum, which became the inspiration behind the monkey character in the movie, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Miss Baker A taxidermied Able, stands on display at the National Air and Space museum. Watch 0:00 - 2:18 xYfjdSHQJOA hZOATIWNIsM (Skipping Project Mercury primates for now. They have specific recognition below) In November 1961, a squirrel monkey named Goliath was launched on the Atlas rocket. He died when the rocket exploded. In Dec. 1961, a rhesus monkey named Scatback made a sub-orbital flight. He was lost at sea after the landing. From June 29th to July 8th 1969 a pig-tailed macaque (name unknown) flew on the Biosatellite 3. Even though longer human spaceflights were common at this time, this was the first time a monkey had been used on a multi-day flight mission. The monkey died within a day of landing. For the Spacelab 3 mission, two squirrel monkeys named No. 3165 and No. 384-80 were flown on the Space Shuttle flight STS-51-B. The flight was from 29 April to 6 May 1985. THE SPACE MONKEYS OF PROJECT MERCURY SAM Sam, a male rhesus macaque, launched on December 4th, 1959, on Little Joe 2 rocket. The mission was part of a Project Mercury experiment designed to test equipment that would be used in future manned space flights. The mission is successful and Sam survived the journey. When Sam was returned to Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, one of his trainers documented that Sam's reunion with Miss Sam "was almost human". In the history books, it says the name SAM is an acrynym named for the School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. But we know better :twisted: MISS SAM Sam's female counterpart, Miss Sam, aRhesus macaque, launched 21 January 1960 on Little Joe 1B to 15 km altitude. HAM chimpanzee, launched 31 January 1961 on Mercury-Redstone 2 for a suborbital flight. I believe that the space suits the Ascension space monkeys wear are based off the space suits Ham and Enos wore on their missions. Ham was the first chimpanzee launched into outerspace, and quite possibly the most famous Chimpanzee ever. Technical problems cause the Redstone rocket to overheat and veer off course. Not only that, but a faulty wiring system ensured that whichever lever Ham pulled, he'd be shocked. Ham endured repeated shocks throughout his 16 minute voyage. The torment didn't end there. Once Ham's capsule crashed into the ocean, the head-shield had punctured holes in it's structure, and the vessel began to sink. Fortunately NASA was able to arrive in time and rescue Ham from drowning. The rescue team estimated that 800 lbs of sea water had entered the capsule before it was pulled out of sea. Other than a bruised nose, Ham appeared to be physically okay. An unhappy Ham accepts an apple and half an orange for his troubles http://blogs.sundaymercury.net/weirdsci ... spa-1.html HAM: TRAIL BLAZER IN SPACE ObeLt0zdngI A media press conference was made to demonstrate to the public how much Ham enjoyed his space capsule. It took four handlers, and Ham absolutely would not sit in his space capsule. Even though he was trained that he'd be shocked if he didn't sit in the capsule, Ham refused. He face showed the expression of a big smile. The public assumed that Ham was smiling for the cameras. However it was the exact opposite. Chimpanzees show their teeth out of fear. And Ham was terrified to go back in the capsule seat. Jane Goodall said that Ham's expression during that demonstration was the “most extreme fear that I’ve seen on any chimpanzee." After Ham's flight aboard the Redstone rocket, Ham was then transferred to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and then in 1980 was transferred to the North Carolina Zoo. He was made an animal movie-star, and showed in several television and film appearances during his retirement. Ham died on January 19, 1983 at the age of 26. Ham's Grave in the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, NM ldE_Bvppg4E After Ham's death in 1983, his corpse was then ordered to be turned over to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology for necropsy research. The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology decided to retain Ham's skeleton for further study, and has been seen on display with Able at the ARIP's National Museum of Health and Medicine. His body was cleaned of soft tissues by a lengthy process of placing the corpse within a colony of meat-eating Dermestid beetles, located at the Smithsonian museum. Whatever tissues then remained, minus the skeleton, was then buried at the International Space Hall of Fame, in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Ham's skeleton remains Images of Ham http://life.time.com/history/in-praise- ... f|latest#1 The Name HAM ENOS launched 29 November 1961 on Mercury-Atlas 5 for a 2-orbit flight Enos shown here with wrist teathers, to restrain him from biting handlers ENOS is derived from the biblical character Enos. The biblical Enos was one of the sons of Seth (son of Adam & Eve). Enos the Chimpanzee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enos_%28chimpanzee%29 Enos the biblical figure: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enos_%28Bible%29 On November 4, 1962, Enos died of dysentery. It is believed that his remains were unceremoniously discarded like any normal lab animal made for testing. DwTiRu7T9es even in this video, there is a massive coverup to how badly the malfunction in the capsule was for Enos http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/11/the-horrible-thing-that-happened-to-enos-the-chimp-when-he-orbited-earth-50-years-ago/249241/ No wonder why the Ascension monkey's are so pissed off!!! MINNIE Minnie, the only female chimp trained in the Mercury Program, was trained to be Ham's backup. However, she was never sent on any space missions. After her role in Project Mercury ended, Minnie became a part in a chimpanzee breeding program for the Air Force. She produced nine offspring, and helped raised several other members in the colonies she was placed in. Minnie was the last surviving astro-chimp. She died on March 14, 1998 at age of 41. MIND CONTROL EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED ON MONKEYS The Monkeys and Chimps involved in the US space programe were trained to perform simple, time based tasks in response to lights and sound. The primates were taught to pull down a lever within a short amount of time, in response to a light and sound. Failure to pull down the lever corresponding to it's light and sound would result in the primate subject receiving a mild electrical shock; While a correct response by the primate would earn him/her a banana pellet and a sip of water. Ham was known to have manipulated the levers with his feet, in order to free up his hands to receive pellets. Enos had a tragic time on two of his flights. On both of his flights, the lever mechanism malfunctioned so that he was only able to pull down one lever out three. See that urinary catheter. Enos ripped it out along with most of the other physiological sensors that were attached to him after being shocked and stranded. Does pulling levers in response to colored lights sound familiar to anyone else? Simon Says Machines on Moon (to thanks K1llsteelr for this one) The footage in this documentary is eerily familiar to COD Zombie Labs ImSW8C2Cf_o Zombie Labs I have a theory that the experiments performed on the zombies in the COD Zombie Labs trailers were a historical medaphor for the experiments performed on lab monkeys during the space program. Replace zombies with Monkey Zombie Labs Phase II Testing - Punishment for failed response test is an electrical shock Ham in a chair performing "pre-flight activities" COSMONAUT MONKEYS Curious that the game developers decided to use space monkeys on a secret russian launch base, presumably in the 1960's, since the Russians didn't use monkeys in their space program until the 1980's Verny and Gordy, on the Kosmos 1667 mission aka Bion 7 (July 1985). These Rhesus monkeys were used for vestibular and blood flow research, as well as response to radiation exposure. oPEUNjC8yLo The Russians are currently planning on sending rhesus monkeys to Mars before sending humans. Because the trip will take over a year's travel, the monkeys will be feed and cleaned up after by robots. The Russian space program is currently struggling to find funding for the project. Russian monkey to be sent to Mars: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/6864142/Monkey-to-be-sent-to-Mars.html THE SUFFERING AND ABUSE CONTINUES fOR NASA MONKEYS After the first manned space flights in the early 60's, rather than sending the surviving space chimps to chimpanzee sanctuaries, the Air Force began to lease them out for use in biomedical experiments. These chimpanzees were leased out like any other piece of military equipment. Many of these surviving chimpanzees ended up being transferred toxicologist, Fred Couston. HIV Testing http://science.howstuffworks.com/enviro ... earch1.htm Read more: http://www.releasechimps.org/harm-suffe ... z1oNDmzw00 Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives http://www.savethechimps.org/chimps-in-space Chimpanzee betrayal of Frederick Coulston http://www.vivisectioninfo.org/coulston/campaign_overview.html http://www.releasechimps.org/harm-suffering/research-history/air-space/#axzz1nf9ccqBx In 2011, April Evans left her job at NASA because they continuously refuse to address her, and other scientists' concerns, about the ongoing irradiated testing of monkeys. To this day, NASA still exposes monkeys to space radiation in an effort to understand the effects of long-distance space-travel for humans. These experiments are a wasteful effort because the data derived from radiation levels in animals does not translate the same over to humans. April Evans Interview DWXOYWX6rXM Monkey Head Transplants In 1970, Dr. Robert J. White successfully transferred the head of one monkey onto the body of another. This is like a real-life version of Frankenstein's monster, but with monkeys. TGpmTf2kOc0 eW2RVq5ufgw Cosmic Silverback RUSSIANS LAUNCH FIRST PRIMATE INTO SPACE AND IT RETURNED A...... WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? Yeah, what the hell is this? Tabloid BS, or secret Russian space missions? According to the history books, the Soviets didn't send any primates into space until 1983. Die Schneider Krankheit Trailer (2008) WRVmcz82qYs Stalin had secret plans of creating Human-Ape hybrids (aka Humanzee) http://www.tomknoxbooks.com/bible-of-th ... e-monkeys/ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 08978.html http://pillownaut.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html http://www.universetoday.com/13633/russ ... s-to-mars/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... hoto9.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/spac ... -Mars.html More info on Space Monkeys: http://www.airforce-magazine.com/Magazi ... himps.aspx http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Fall01/ ... CHIMPS.HTM Most of the real life imagery used in this thread, can be found available for free under pubic domain, at http://www.nasaimages.org http://www.flavinscorner.com/meat.htm http://blogs.sundaymercury.net/weirdsci ... spa-1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_in_space I know the Ascension map has been out for quite awhile. But I hope this information about the history of primates in space still perks your interest. - Mix

I'm almost certain Xerum 525 was a code-word for Mercury. Check out this Ancient Aliens episode on "Aliens and the Third Reich". I believe it ecovers a lot on this topic. HtECJy6GsgA It covers the relationship between Vril energy and mercury vortex energy; It covers the Nazi's inspiration of ancient flying Vimanas when developing Die Glocke. Die Glocke has been rumored to being a teleporter, time traveling device, as well as a flying saucer. So where does Element 115 fit into all this? There's a conspiracy theory created by Bob Lazar, that while he was working at Area-51, he was hired to reverse engineer the UFO from the Rosewell crash. Bob Lazar claims that the UFO's anti-gravity engines were powered by a stable isotope of Element 115. The process of how the UFO engines ran on 115 was similar in description to how Die Glocke technology works. I agree with MMX here. In my opinion, Xerum 525, Red Murcury, Vril Energy, and Element 115 are all one in the same in terms of lore in this game. - Mix

This was recently posted today on the Treyarch Facebook page:

I'm surprised there is even a floor texture inside the shelter. As much as I love Nuketown, the devs sure missed out on an opportunity to make the map meaningful. Everyone wants more EE in this map, and it's just not there. Thanks ShafterX for helping make sure no stone is left unturned. - Mix

LOL @ toys for 8 year olds, based off a Rated M (17+) videogame. Unfortunately I don't think this is nearly as cool as your McFarlane Toys idea, Alpha. - Mix

This was awesome to read! Brains to you - Mix

This was also posted on Treyarch's Facebook page today. Not sure this belongs here. But I'm not sure where else to put it, and I don't think it deserves it's own thread - Mix

Treyarch just posted this one on their Facebook page: - Mix

By chance have you had a chance to read Max Brook's The Zombie Survival Guide: Record Attacks? There was a story in there that dealt with a Roman legion against an overwhelming horde of zombies. I bet it'd be right up your alley. In case you haven't read it before, here's a free PDF excerpt of Recorded Attacks that features this story http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/record ... xcerpt.pdf - Mix

Posted today on the Treyarch Facebook page - Mix

If you keep your eyes open for it, you'll see all kinds of re-used environment assets in the game. For instance, there's a sign with a skull & crossbones on it in Origins, that's also been used in Shangri-la, Tranzit, and Buried. - Mix

I'd be very tempted to buy if they made Mob of the Dead action-figures. The zombies look so cool on that map. Imagine getting a boxed set of these guys as action-fugres McFarlane Toys is the definitely the right company to produce these, if it ever did happen. - Mix

I'm a point whoring machine in the early rounds. And I too am having trouble PAP'ing the Mauser by round 7 or 8. It's definitely do-able though. I've done it several times. But I find that you have to get a bit lucky with the Double-Points drops, and then making the most of the moments when they do happen. The only thing you should spend points on before the Panzer is Jugg, an SMG, doors, and hopefully the PAP machine. If you do an A+ job of point whoring round 1, then the first zombie of round 2 usually drops a power-up. Hope for Double-Points. If not, then grab the free Double-Points out of the box and try to kill as many zombies as possible before the power-up runs out. If you see a Nuke power-up, refrain from grabbing it until the last zombie of the round is killed. Consider it a free 400 points for your efforts. I recommend buying the MP40 off the wall ASAP. AK74u is also a good option. But I like the MP40 simply because it's easier to find ammo for. I definitely recommend getting one of these two SMG's off the wall rather than buying a gun off the wall from the first room, or digging up a weapon. On that same note, the Mystery Box is just too unreliable for a picking up a point-whoring gun, so don't worry about it for now. When you use an SMG to spray into hordes of zombies, you rack up points fast. The MP40 will pay itself off and then some pretty quickly. Another tip is to dig a lot to get more Mauser ammo. Make the Mauser your primary over the SMG simply for building up points during these early rounds. Should go without saying, but go for Headshots, and get knife kills when you can to max out the amount of points you can get from each zombie. If you've done well, and have a bit of luck along the way, then you should have barely enough points to PAP the Mauser in preparation for the Panzer Soldat If you do real well, you'll have about 2500 points left over to buy a 2nd perk too. I hope this helps some of you guys out. - Mix

This was posted on the Treyarch Facebook page earlier today Link to the article: http://news.msn.com/science-technology/new-element-on-periodic-table-confirmed?ocid=ansnews11&stay=1 - Mix

Here's the full song with lyrics EVyS9hoQJiQ Enjoy! - Mix

"ARCHANGEL" JXCmVrdQXWo This video kicks ass! Discuss it's awesomeness - Mix

Take that, Bob Lazar! - Mix

Posted earlier today on the Treyarch Facebook page: - Mix

I took a screenshot of it from your vid, and tried to take some of the blue hues out of it for easier viewing. I think it reads: The font is small, so feel free to correct me if I have any of these characters down wrong. Can't wait to find out what this actually says. - Mix

So how does Maxis conceive a child post WW1 if he's basically a Krang? Treyarch, done f'd up the whole story with this map. - Mix

I thought I noticed that in the first room of Origins. Thanks for getting a clear capture of that image and posting it. I guess we now have a better idea of how the American base acquired their large amount of 115. - Mix