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Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Cobra on July 08, 2005, 12:39:39 pm
I finally found a copy of HW2, but i've got a serious problem with it. I get the autoplay as usual, but when i click install the entire thing freezes. I even dived into the cd to change the compatability options, but it froze up then, too.
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 08, 2005, 12:54:54 pm
Check your CD. It may be scratched or in need of cleaning.

It also tends to slow down a whole lot at that point. Just walk away from your computer and come back about two hours later if the CD's okay.
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Cobra on July 08, 2005, 02:24:53 pm
nah, it's brand new.
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 08, 2005, 02:40:07 pm
http://forums.relicnews.com/forumdisplay.php?f=14

That might be a good place to look as well.
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Cobra on July 08, 2005, 03:59:02 pm
eh, nevermind, i did what ntgm1r said and be patient, and the installation started in about 5-10 mins. :D

THREAD CLOSURE!
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Grug on July 08, 2005, 04:27:46 pm
Getting ready for TAP eh? :D

The Apocalypse Project (http://www.3dactionplanet.com/hlp/hosted/tap/)
(http://www.3dactionplanet.com/hlp/hosted/tap/screens/chimera01.jpg)

/Pimpage :thepimp:
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: pyro-manic on July 08, 2005, 04:53:35 pm
You have no shame, do you?
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Grug on July 08, 2005, 05:01:35 pm
Nope. :p

^_^
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Anaz on July 08, 2005, 05:05:35 pm
Oooh. Purdy. You guys should make more pics like that :p
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Grug on July 08, 2005, 05:11:43 pm
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Originally posted by Anaz
Oooh. Purdy. You guys should make more pics like that :p


We are... ;)

:D

^_^
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 08, 2005, 06:42:36 pm
Chimera Station!

*has been replaying the single-player campaign...and is hating it even more...*
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Cobra on July 08, 2005, 07:03:56 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Grug
Getting ready for TAP eh? :D

The Apocalypse Project (http://www.3dactionplanet.com/hlp/hosted/tap/)
(http://www.3dactionplanet.com/hlp/hosted/tap/screens/chimera01.jpg)

/Pimpage :thepimp:


that station looks a lot like the Pride of Hiigara sideways.
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Grug on July 08, 2005, 07:11:02 pm
Nope, its just Chimera station that sees some action in the first mission. Looks purty'er there because of the pre-rendered state. :)

Tanis Station and the Mothership look pretty fantastic rendered too. :D

But yeah, I was just replaying Single Player for HW2 as well. Up to Ghenna at the moment.
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Cobra on July 08, 2005, 07:13:21 pm
i need to upgrade my vid, i'm surprised it can play it. i'm looking to get a GeForce 5500. It's better than a 9x00. :D
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Cobra on July 08, 2005, 07:35:15 pm
d'oh! that was what the POH was docked to! *bashes head on desk*
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: MatthewPapa on July 08, 2005, 09:58:03 pm
*just got his 6800 and is very happy with it*
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Mefustae on July 08, 2005, 10:50:25 pm
Be sure to try out the Homeworld2 to Freespace mod...

(http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3740/ss000007xb.jpg)
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Cobra on July 08, 2005, 10:51:52 pm
it's not out yet, is it?
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Mefustae on July 08, 2005, 11:07:32 pm
Yep, Duelron1001 posted version 0.25a a little while ago, check out their thread on Relic Forums over here for the latest version, but i believe it's still in Alpha/Beta stages...

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=47682&page=1&pp=15


And then, there's their forum on GameWarden...here;

http://freespacenewage.proboards36.com/index.cgi

The mod isn't quite done yet, and it's slowed done some as of late, but when it's finished, it's going to be one hell of a game...
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Liberator on July 09, 2005, 02:42:12 am
i'm stuck on the mission where you have to stop the bad guys from stealing part of the bentus core.  i don't have enough forces to defend my mothership and stop the carrier.
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Mefustae on July 09, 2005, 03:09:25 am
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=17218
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Turnsky on July 09, 2005, 04:21:31 am
Quote
Originally posted by Mefustae
Be sure to try out the Homeworld2 to Freespace mod...

(//**nice screenie**)


i see your screenshot, and raise you a photoshop edit
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/ironclad.jpg)

oh, and i had the same issue as you did, i just bypassed the autorun altogether, and went to the CD drive and ran setup.exe
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 09, 2005, 05:18:58 am
I'd raise your photoshop edit with a screenshot, except I'm pretty sure I'll have a use for that particular image in the future... ;7
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Grug on July 09, 2005, 06:27:24 am
:ha:

Touche. (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,33764.0.html)

:p
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Grug on July 09, 2005, 06:28:38 am
Quote
Originally posted by Cobra
d'oh! that was what the POH was docked to! *bashes head on desk*


Nope, that's Tanis base, the Giant structure. Chimera is the one that gets taken down by the first wave of bombers... ;)
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Mefustae on July 09, 2005, 08:07:10 am
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Originally posted by Turnsky
i see your screenshot, and raise you a photoshop edit


I see your Photoshop-Screenshot, and raise you a StarWars-Screenshot!


(http://img272.imageshack.us/img272/3971/ss000017st.jpg)
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Grug on July 09, 2005, 08:18:29 am
LoL, that doesn't count. :p
(Purty though)

Btw way, lvlshot tags boy! ^_^
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Mefustae on July 09, 2005, 08:21:03 am
Hey! Why doesn't that count? I believe that a picturesque HW2 Screenshot beats a picturesque *photoshopped* screenshot hands-down...:p - anyway, i'd like to see someone beat -that-
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Turnsky on July 09, 2005, 08:42:41 am
Quote
Originally posted by Mefustae
Hey! Why doesn't that count? I believe that a picturesque HW2 Screenshot beats a picturesque *photoshopped* screenshot hands-down...:p - anyway, i'd like to see someone beat -that-


much to learn, you have, young padawan. ;)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/swscreenie-edit.jpg)
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Mefustae on July 09, 2005, 08:59:56 am
Quote
Originally posted by Turnsky
much to learn, you have, young padawan. ;)


I have learned much, much more than simply adjusting the Brightness/Contrast...

(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2828/battleabovecoruscantaltered5wo.jpg)

Apart from the ugly Turbolaser Blast coming off the Providence, and the Explosion looking thing in the middle of the Venerator, a rather picturesque shot...

...Edit: There we go, a rather soddy patch up job, but no more ugle Muzzleblasts & Explosion
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Turnsky on July 09, 2005, 09:02:38 am
actually, i adjusted much more than that, i used a color burn, some brush highlights, an overlay, a blurred linear dodge layer.
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Mefustae on July 09, 2005, 09:08:29 am
Really? It doesn't show all that much, i was able to recreate your image EXACTLY using only the Brightness/Contrast sliders...but then, that's the premiere tool in Photoshop anyway...or, at least, when i use it...:p
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Turnsky on July 09, 2005, 09:11:35 am
Quote
Originally posted by Mefustae
Really? It doesn't show all that much, i was able to recreate your image EXACTLY using only the Brightness/Contrast sliders...but then, that's the premiere tool in Photoshop anyway...or, at least, when i use it...:p


and using the serpia tones filter or whatever it's called "newspaper" is it?;)
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Grug on July 09, 2005, 10:07:21 am
Homeworld Render + Photoshop > *

(http://www.3dactionplanet.com/hlp/hosted/tap/screens/tanis_Scenery.jpg)

^_^
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Mefustae on July 09, 2005, 10:11:25 am
Niiiiice, Tanis looks better than ever...
Title: Help with Homeworld 2
Post by: Grug on July 09, 2005, 10:25:26 am
:D ^_^

And that's before the background and derelicts are added in... :)

Did you check out the update on the Interceptor texture? (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,33764.msg697183.html#msg697183) :D