[MOD] HWShips_v0.8.beta - mod on hold for the time being.. 01-01-2011

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Sat, 2. Oct 10, 01:25

hello people..

i am very happy to announce a full conversion of Homeworld 2 ships for X3 Terran Conflict..

the first ships i had in this mod where not very well done, not bad for first efforts, but still.. they have been removed for now and will make their return in future versions of the mod..

at the moment most Hiigaran ships are finished, some are still being worked on..

to spawn them ingame you still have to cheat them in.. im working on a script to add them to shipyards but its not done yet..

i wanted to wait with the release if i had more ships finished, but i had a problem with the dummies.txt file wich prevented me from making progress with the mod.. so i decited to release what i had at the time..
for more info about the problem i had, pls see my topic about this problem wich is located here:

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=292427

it has been solved with the help of urbanfreak..

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STATUS: this is the status of the mod atm..

Hiigaran ships

-Carrier (Completed)
-Destroyer (Completed, with custom made turrets)
-Gunship (Completed)
-Interceptor (Completed)
-Pulsar Mech Gunship (Completed)
-Torpedo Frigate (Completed)
-Ion Cannon Frigate (Completed)
-Scout (Completed)
-Advanced Destroyer (comes in three versions: normal, sentinel and vanguard.. this last one is real mean.. ^^ ) (Completed, ship model by XDV_3195)
-Battlecruiser (Completed)
-Attack Bomber (Completed)
-Missile Bomber (Completed)
-Defence Field Frigate (Completed but not functional yet, this ship will be fully functional ingame thanks to a script espesially made for it by BinaryBoy)
-Gun Platform
-Ion Platform
-Marine Frigate
-Minelayer Corvette (not sure in what role yet, TS..?)
-Mobile Refinery
-Mothership
-Pulsar Gunship
-Resource Collector
-Shipyard (not sure in what role yet, big M0 mothership/flagship/fleet base perhaps..?)

Vagyr ships

-Assault Frigate (Completed)
-Heavy Missile Frigate (Currently Under Construction)
-Battle Cruiser
-Survey Scout
-Bomber
-Lance Fighter
-Assault Craft
-Flagship
-Carrier
-Command Corvette (not sure in what role yet)
-Destroyer
-Gun Turret
-Infiltration Frigate
-Laser Corvette
-Minelayer Corvette (not sure in what role yet)
-Missile Corvette
-Missile Turret
-Mobile Refinery
-Probe..?
-Resource Collector
-Shipyard (not sure in what role yet, big M0 mothership/flagship/fleet base perhaps..?)

Others

-script and textfile to add the ship names to the game (Completed)
-some weapon rebalancing:
*fusion beam cannon made a little more powerfull, but slower fireing (Advanced Hiigaran Destroyer main cannon) (Completed)
*plasma beam cannon made little more powerfull, slower fireing and slower turning (ion cannon-ish) (Completed)
-add a script to add the ships to the Argon Shipyard (Completed, will be implemented with next release)
-script to make a functional Hiigaran Defence Field Frigate (Completed but not yet implemented, thanks BinaryBoy)

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DOWNLOAD:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=89NL8UJ3

mirror:

http://www.2shared.com/file/ol6VmB7Y/HW ... 8beta.html

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IINSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:

unpack the download pack into your main X3:TC folder..

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KNOWN ISSUES:

-the Hiigaran Destroyer's bottom turret is not at the correct position *Fixed in next release*

-currently, you will have to cheat the ships in.. working on a script to get them buyable from shipyards.. *Implemented in next release*

-the ships need more balancing..

-the gunship's top and bottom turrets can fire through the hull..

-the hull defence turrets from the Hiigaran Carrier (made by Killjaeden) dont work, they can fire but they dont move.. i cant seem to add anymore custom made turrets to the dummies.txt file for some reason.. pls read third post in this topic for more info.. all help with this is welcome.. *fixed in next release, thanks to urbanfreak*

-the bottom turret of the Hiigaran Destroyer is pointing sideways, should be pointing to the front.. *fixed in next release*

-forgot to add several docking dummies to the ships.. *fixed in next release*

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SOME PICTURES: all things in these pics are WIP's and can change at any time..

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pls download, play with it and give me feedback.. try to be informative tho, "this sux" tells me nothing..

link to the topic in wich i learned most of the stuff i needed to make these ships:

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=283734

link to the topic in wich i learned how to add working turrets to the game..

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... 89#3406889

enjoy..

a special thanks goes to urbanfreak (Turret problem), BinaryBoy(Defence Field Script), Killerog,Killjaeden (his nice turrets), Deadly (Xwiki tut), mace24de (for his help and for his nice turret pack), cycrow, Topcross, Weasal11 and PSCO1 (beta testing, hints, overall comment and help) for all their help, their patience and the guidance they gave me with the learning process.. and for their answers on all of my questions (believe me, there where many.. )

PS: sneak peak.. ^^

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Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Sat, 2. Oct 10, 01:25

Version History:

02/10/2010 - HWShips_v0.1 => 27/11/2010 - HWShips_v0.6.1a beta

initial releases, pulled from release..

30/11/2010 - HWShips_v0.7 - Reboot

never released, Trial and Error version (especialy the latter..

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03/12/2010 - HWShips_v0.8.beta

-Vaygr ships removed for now
-Hiigaran ships added
*Carrier
*Destroyer
*Advanced Destroyer (normal, sentinel and vanguard versions)
*Scout
*Gunship
*Advanced Gunship (Mech Gunship ingame, name will be changed)
*Battle Cruiser
*Interceptor
*Torpedo Frigate
*Ion Cannon Frigate
-Vaygr ships added
*Assault Frigate
-Script and Textfile to add the ship names to the game
-some weapon rebalancing:
*fusion beam cannon made a little more powerfull, but slower fireing
*plasma beam cannon made little more powerfull, slower fireing and slower turning

Compattibility:

this mod isnt compattible with any mod that changes the same files as this mod..
(i will do something about this in the future)

atm the mod changes the following files:

TShips
TCockpits
Components
Dummies
TBullets
TLasers

Text ID: 8060-L044
-Text ID's used: 80600 to 80640

Script: setup.HW.text

the mod is incompattible with any mod that uses the same files unless they are merged..

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Sat, 2. Oct 10, 01:26

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stealthhammer · Post by **stealthhammer** » Sat, 2. Oct 10, 02:41

Sweet, I cant wait for you to get Sajuk (sp?) converted. Anyhow keep up the work, looking forward to the rest.

Requiemfang · Post by **Requiemfang** » Sat, 2. Oct 10, 03:11

Nice, hopefully this one will stay alive

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Sat, 2. Oct 10, 03:14

trust me, it will..

i am alone on this tho, so progress will be a bit slow..
also i am still learning.. so things might not be perfect..

have you guys tested it..?

what did you think of it..?

Catra · Post by **Catra** » Sat, 2. Oct 10, 04:48

something oddly satisfying watching it get owned by flak in super hi res...

also: when you get around to the hiigaran flak frigate, dont balance it around the CFA's AoE, as the AoE doesnt work properly.

Requiemfang · Post by **Requiemfang** » Sat, 2. Oct 10, 04:55

I'd like to see some of the up to date Taiidan ships in this. There were a lot of HW2 models for many of the ships. I might look into those again by visiting the old modding site again, be nice to play HW2 again even though it's an older game now, but my disc is scratched to hell

Topcross · Post by **Topcross** » Sat, 2. Oct 10, 17:19

Good luck with your mod Anubitus.

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Sun, 3. Oct 10, 03:33

thanks topcross..

i have completed the second ship, its the Vagyr Heavy Missile Frigate..

it was ment to be a excercise in placing cameradummies, turrets and other weapons.. it turned out to be a bit overpowered tho.. *cough*

the link in the first post has been updated, download and enjoy..

feedback and ideas are always appreciated..

ThisIsHarsh · Post by **ThisIsHarsh** » Sun, 3. Oct 10, 03:42

Never would have thought it, but those ships actually wouldn't look out of place in the X universe. Sort of a Split-Argon-Terran hybrid, possibly.

Hartzaden · Post by **Hartzaden** » Sun, 3. Oct 10, 03:54

if only we could git a Higaran carrier/SY

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Sun, 3. Oct 10, 04:11

Hartzaden wrote:if only we could git a Higaran carrier/SY

if you mean you want to be able to build ships on your carrier, that might be a problem.. im not a scripter and i think this involves quite a lot of scripting..

on the other hand, might as well start on the carrier.. it might not be able to build any ships but i will try to make up for that by giving it a M7 docking spot..

(ill need to figure out how to do that first tho.. )

imperium3 · Post by **imperium3** » Sun, 3. Oct 10, 13:18

Ah, the heavy missile frigate! I love that ship probably more than is normal...

You're doing a great job so far, Anubitus! I wouldn't actually recommend putting an M7 port on the carrier - the original carrier couldn't dock ships that large, though admittedly that's partially because HW frigates were really more the size of a large M6 like the Hyperion to me. But the ability to launch M6s and M8s would be nice.

I can't wait until you do the Vagyr flagship, that's a sexy ship if ever there was one. Keep up the good work!

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Wed, 6. Oct 10, 04:27

the third ship is ready.. a terran gunship this time, and a heavely armed one..
the turrets where a pain in the butt to create, and while still not perfect, they are ready to be tested..

so pls download, test it and give me feedback..

and more important, enjoy..!

Requiemfang · Post by **Requiemfang** » Wed, 6. Oct 10, 05:09

Nice, I can't wait to see the Hiigarian Destroyer and Battlecruiser

Mad_CatMk2 · Post by **Mad_CatMk2** » Wed, 6. Oct 10, 06:18

Great ships. I'm very nostalgic about HW2 atm!

Don't worry about balancing yet, that (should be?) less painstaking than importing ships.

Looking forward for more.

weasal11 · Post by **weasal11** » Wed, 6. Oct 10, 18:03

the down load link says the file is temporarily unavailable

Bacfe · Post by **Bacfe** » Wed, 6. Oct 10, 22:28

Bookmarked. Definitely following this.

Looks nice and shiny.

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Thu, 7. Oct 10, 00:32

weasal11 wrote:the down load link says the file is temporarily unavailable

keep trying.. this happens sometimes for some reason.. when i click the link, i get to download it..

if you keep having problems, pls tell me, ill upload somewhere else..