Homeworld 2 mod 5 new ships and more

XDV_3195 · Post by **XDV_3195** » Fri, 30. Jan 09, 06:52

******Update 4/4/09 AEDT 02:25pm

Download link:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ztn4nueih ... d_B3.5.rar

I need more testers plz eg. cams work, right turrets work right, ship size is good and any other funny stuff.

is not compatible with B1 or B2 save games but should work with vanilla X3 saves eg: 1.4 and on

BUGS THAT I KNOW OF:
Ru Collector main cam inside of ship no time to fix atm and it is black and white same as the Ru Controller (may also me back the front again no time)
Astranaut is still argon gladiator (FIXED)
Centaur model is broken (FIXED)
Docking path for bentus is bad (fixed soon)
Exiting from the new gates can suck a lot (fixed soon)
no turrets or cams on the following ships hgn ru controller, dreadnort or the m6 (soon)
bentus and station ship not showing up: Fixed (cant use M0 class)
progenitor drone to bright: Fixed
Hgn_BC and Dreadnaught not fireing: Hgn_bc(95% fixed back and bottom guns mixed up), Dreadnaught(50% fixed still playing with it)
Ru controler and Ru colector sill blak and whit (3DS max on win7 dont work right going back to xp soon to fix it)

All will be fixed soon as i stop working on ships (i haven't played the game in 2 months now *sad face* )

******Beta2:
http://files.filefront.com/Destmod+B2ra ... einfo.html 21MB

******UPLOADING NEW PICS

******This has the nohub mod

******my ship id's use numbers 5900-5911 and then 50103-50112 in 0003-L044.xml+0003-L007.xml.

Pic's of the ships

Vager BC(M1):
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/871/vbczp9.jpg
http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/5014/vbc02gb0.jpg

Bentus(M0):
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1374/ben02pv7.jpg
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2741/benpg2.jpg

Drone(M3):
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5306/drone02jd3.jpg
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7952/drone03eb7.jpg
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8725/dronelf8.jpg

Hgn BC(M1)
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2065/hgnbc02du5.jpg
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1542/hgnbcfr0.jpg

Mobile Station(M0):
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1482/mstation02xp0.jpg
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7083/mstation03xw1.jpg
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4797/mstationmo4.jpg

Sujuk(M2):
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9972/suju02rf5.jpg
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5431/sujumh3.jpg

TS:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5175/ts01pe0.jpg
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3049/ts02jt4.jpg
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/1736/ts03ka0.jpg

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Hello all, i have been working hard on 2 new ships a TS class and an M6 i know the other ships are not finished but i would just like to get all the ships in game and then start fixing them the new ships i add will work just not have cams or turrets set right.

ship names and % done:
M1 Bentus: 100% does not turrets but u can dock an 3 M1's
M1 Mobile Base: 90% does not have turrets
M1 Vaga Battle Cruiser:Heavy Destroyer 100% done
M1 Sujuk: Strike Destroyer 100% done
*******M3 Drone: Drone AKA "mover" 100% silly thing made a new mat for it and its nice now.
*******TS "no name": new ship flys good looks ok but some of the faces are round the wrong way so it looks funny 50%.
*******M6 "no name": did not like how it looks in-game so im doing a different one 0%

*******(Im working on some thing now so u dont have to start a new game i hope.)
U will need to start a new game and script them in sorry if i think of a new way to do it i will.
just start a new game and have a fly dont get to far in because i will be adding new ships and it will brake ur save game when i update it
it will only be like this till im out of the alpha stage and all the ships are in
i made it so the new ships are all player ships not argon or boron.

Mods that go well with my ships:
Cmod3
MARS-Fire Control

i have made it so any turret can take any type of gun i have done some missile tweaks and was just reading about how to make a new start, so i may have to get in to the map editor and see how i go.

Were it all stared:
I love Homeworld it is a kick ass RTS and i have always
wanted to fly the ships so i did some reading and some hunting
for homeworld2 .hod file dumpers, got the ships in max9 and well here we are i have 3 finished ships and 4 that are between 80% and 98.9% done.

i just wanted some ships for the game but now it looks like im making a mod i will try go for a total convection but that is a big job
big big jod so fo now i will just go for ships and stations well the 4-5 that there are in homeworld2 and if i can find some old HW2 moders and see if i can use there models then there will be like 100 new ships and 5-10 stations for now just the stock ships and stations will be in the mod

tuts i used:

http://after-domination.net
http://www.xwiki.chaos.net.nz
http://after-domination.net

SpaceSquirrel · Post by **SpaceSquirrel** » Fri, 30. Jan 09, 12:51

Pretty cool. I liked the artists who did the ships for Homeworlds. Your version looks pretty exact. I was thinking of maybe making one of the Homeworld ships someday. I don't have 3Dmax though. Did you use 3Dmax?

The ship I would really like to see is the ship that never got put into the game. It was the best looking ship from the Homeworld series. I'll try to find the website that had a picture of it. I just tried and so far am unable to find that picture of it. I can't remember the name of it.
I think maybe the Marauder or something.

XDV_3195 · Post by **XDV_3195** » Fri, 30. Jan 09, 13:09

hey i think i said some were in my post that i did not make the ships i just ported them well some needed lots of work eg. the textures all the ships come in parts so i had to put them together and make bump maps for them
and yes i did use max.

what i did export ships to .obj then make the .obj files in to .bod files
make the textures in to one .dds file then start on the scene for the ship (turrets, cams and docking) and thats it so i sis not make the ships just ported them over

SpaceSquirrel · Post by **SpaceSquirrel** » Sat, 31. Jan 09, 00:12

Thanks for the tip. But I'm not planning on getting 3dmax any time soon. I use Hexagon 3D and Blender.
I could get Gmax, but the last time I heard Gmax was limited in use for X3.

I spent an hour looking for that missing Homeworld ship on the internet but they took the website down.
I used to have a .jpg on my old hard drive but it crashed. So I may never see that picture again.

But I'll keep looking.

XDV_3195 · Post by **XDV_3195** » Sat, 31. Jan 09, 01:19

a bout to weeks ago i d\l every thing for homeworld and homeworld2 i could find something like 6.2gb(1.2gb of ships) so if u can find a pic i will have a look in what i have, and also most of the stuff is from 2003-2006 so its old as and i have e-mailed so of the moders to see if i can use there stuff but some of he e-mails or dead and the ones that do work i have had nothing back so until i do i can only do the stock ships from the games

SpaceSquirrel · Post by **SpaceSquirrel** » Sun, 1. Feb 09, 01:14

I spent another couple of hours on the internet looking for that missing Homeworld ship, but to no avail.

I checked out.
http://shipyards.relicnews.com/

and Homeworld Wiki and many others but none found.
I sent an email to this website and he emailed me back, saying he doesn't seem to have it. Its about as rare as Bigfoot sightings. But on a side humourous note check out this;

http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/27561

XDV_3195 · Post by **XDV_3195** » Sun, 1. Feb 09, 01:59

Lego homeworld 2 that is crazy i wish i was a kid still shit it 4 years to late
thank u for that its good to see another homeworld 2 fan on here

Do u want the progenitor foundry or the vager missile mother ship
i will put some pics up in like 15mins i will to a 3dsmax test render for to
see if it is

*****EDIT:

going to start on this one next very big station type thing
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1807/station2eh6.jpg
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8967/station3nz3.jpg
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/3176/stationva0.jpg

SpaceSquirrel · Post by **SpaceSquirrel** » Sun, 1. Feb 09, 04:43

You mean ships to download and put into X3? Ya sure, but I havn't done the Terran missions yet and was hoping to finish those before adding any mods.

As for being a big fan of Homeworld, specifically I like the artwork of Rob Cunningham and J. Aaron Kambeitz.
I'm not really a fan of the game itself. I thought Relic's game design was pretty boring showcasing some fantastic artwork though.

I think the game called Nexus The Jupiter Incident had a far better game design engine. The artwork was pretty good to. These guys, as so very few game designers do, understood balance, and cinematography. Nothing was wasted. The game mechanics wasn't boring or repetitive even though the type of game was basically Homeworld. Its too too bad the company went bankrupt. Egosoft could learn alot about showcasing, cinematography, mechanics etc from these guys. I'm a big critic of game design and artwork. I think 99% of the game developers havn't a clue about game design. Anyways I don't want to get into details.

I'm still learning 3D. I think I've pretty much mastered the polygon methods, now I have to master texturing and rendering.

XDV_3195 · Post by **XDV_3195** » Sun, 1. Feb 09, 05:58

has any one had a play with my mod yet i need feedback so i can move it all to beta stage i think its good but that is on my system i need to know how it runs and if any one is having problems with any thing and im putting up a new one coz it has its own t file now 0003-L044

SpaceSquirrel · Post by **SpaceSquirrel** » Sun, 1. Feb 09, 07:37

A bunch of your links arn't working. Like your xuniverse link and your tuts links.

Ok I'll try your mod. Just tell me how to download it and install it.

XDV_3195 · Post by **XDV_3195** » Sun, 1. Feb 09, 10:06

i have a new ship coming

New Ship(its needs a name)
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4281/base1ka5.jpg
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5967/base2kf1.jpg
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/2788/base3yw8.jpg
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3180/base4rf5.jpg
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4641/base5bj2.jpg
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5584/base9kk0.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/112/base11ch3.jpg

SpaceSquirrel · Post by **SpaceSquirrel** » Sun, 1. Feb 09, 10:59

That looks like the vager command station.

http://shipyards.relicnews.com/hw2/imag ... tation.jpg

XDV_3195 · Post by **XDV_3195** » Sun, 1. Feb 09, 11:01

Thats coz it is

SpaceSquirrel · Post by **SpaceSquirrel** » Sun, 1. Feb 09, 11:41

Well you said it needed a name? How about Vager Command Station?

XDV_3195 · Post by **XDV_3195** » Sun, 1. Feb 09, 11:46

cool i see well it shell be that from now on and u just got ur name in the credits lol

SpaceSquirrel · Post by **SpaceSquirrel** » Sun, 1. Feb 09, 12:09

Don't worry about giving me credit, I hope the guy who made the original mod doesn't mind you using his stuff.

I've been trying to think up some ship names myself...

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=234319

Treelor · Post by **Treelor** » Sun, 1. Feb 09, 18:06

!

Personally, I'd love to see some of the smaller ships, like the intercepter or bomber (M3+ with PPCs?) so that my Cerberus has some firesupport from the most epic RTS ever made

SpaceSquirrel · Post by **SpaceSquirrel** » Sun, 1. Feb 09, 22:36

Oh good more beta testers. He's looking for people to try his mods.

XDV_3195 · Post by **XDV_3195** » Mon, 2. Feb 09, 07:11

Treelor said: "Personally, I'd love to see some of the smaller ships, like the intercepter or bomber (M3+ with PPCs?) so that my Cerberus has some firesupport from the most epic RTS ever made Very Happy"

i will be getting to them soon (m3's) its just that coz there so small they dont look that good and need lots of work, there is one of the progenitor movers in there and it looks nice it has 10 guns on the front 2 guns in each turret one per side and one on the back i like to use mass drivers in the mover

SpaceSquirrel said: "Don't worry about giving me credit, I hope the guy who made the original mod doesn't mind you using his stuff."

i hope so i dont know his name but i have sent lots of e-mails to relic to see if i can use there models but nothing yet and this was like 4-5 months ago so i dont know, im giving the relic team all the credit

aquemnun · Post by **aquemnun** » Mon, 2. Feb 09, 16:46

XDV man this is an awesome mod! while i havent tested it yet i have it on my memory stick and i will give it a go tonight.

If you would like any help names and weapon placement wise then PM me and i'll see if i can give you a hand.

i've been waiting for years for a homeworld mod for X3, thanks for starting what i hope will become a great mod!