[MatthTheGeek]

[Snail]

Wait, no turrets on that?

[MatthTheGeek]

... sadly, not. It's gonna be able to salvage debris and cargo containers, and the HW2 engine don't allow a ship with these kind of abilities to have weapons. That's the kind of limits you have to deal with when modding a game which source code isn't released :|

EDIT :



EDIT 2: Custom backgrounds !

... It's just too bad that this one is too high-res for my Intel integrated to handle. I'll have to rebuild smaller ones >.>

[-Norbert-]

If you get shot in the cockpit it's not really going to matter if there's glass there or not...

That really depends on the strength of the material used for the cockpit canopy and the power, speed and angle of the shot or piece of debris.
I'd rather have the glass (or whatever is used in FS) and the helmet, than just one of them, if I was sitting in that cockpit.

But since glass is translucant and the fighters are so small that you will only see the missing canopy when pausing and zooming in, leaving the glass away and keeping the pilots is the obvious choice.

[MatthTheGeek]

Latest version has been uploaded, link in the first post.
I suggest to play on Kharam Wreck, given it's the only map I've really adapted for my mod so far. Be advised that the custom background on this map is REALLY GPU-extensive, so if you experience too much lag, just go in the leveldata/multiplayer/deathmatch and replace 2p_kharam_wreck.level with the 2p_kharam_wreck_orig.level found in the previous folder, in order to revert back to the standard HW2 background.

EDIT :

[Locutus of Borg]

the file is busted, every time I try to extract I get an error

[Colonol Dekker]

the file is busted, every time I try to extract I get an error

^This..........

[MatthTheGeek]

Get 7zip, winrar has issues when extracting some kind of 7z files.

[Colonol Dekker]

Ahah!

Okee Dokee............

* Dekker goes to find 7zip

[NeoKnight]

Are you planning to make this a standalone in the foreseeable future? I'm inferring that a standalone isn't possible due to technical issues involving the lack of a released source-code, but I know nothing about Homeworld and nor do I have it. Which is why I'm asking. 

[MatthTheGeek]

Yeah, can't do a stand-alone without the executable, so everyone wanting to play will have to buy the game. Sorry mates, but not all games can be as awesome as FSO

[NeoKnight]

Well then, I might buy HW2 just to play this mod...and so that I won't be totally clueless if when The Apocalypse Project gets released. 

[General Battuta]

Do yourself a favor and play Homeworld 1 first. It's not as moddable but it's a lot better.

[NeoKnight]

Thanks for the advice, will do if I can find the money to spare for moar games. 

[MatthTheGeek]

HW1 is about as old as FS2, so you won't ruin your credit card buying it, and you won't regret it. Handling and graphics are a bit less good than HW2, but gameplay, campaign and storyline (and storytelling !) are much better. Try HW Cataclysm too, a bit in a different spirit, but it's good and worth playing too.

[Colonol Dekker]

<saamtaw command>BURRRRNN!</saamtaw command>
 
By the way. My 7zip (just downloaded) is saying unknown compression method

[MatthTheGeek]

Quite odd. I'm gonna reupload the latest version tonight, sit tight

[GoulMeister]

getting the same error with 7zip and winrar

[MatthTheGeek]

New version is up, rar this time. Link in the first page updated.

Oh and yeah, the AI should work with FS1, not tested with FS2. And of course don't expect FS2 to be balanced with FS1 at all. Again, play in Kharam Wreck, you'll be able to enjoy this new background you've been seeing in the few screenshots above .

EDIT :

[Scourge of Ages]

Okay, I just played a few rounds. It's looking very promising, and I look forward to the finished product.

I noticed a few things though:
Similar to the Star Wars mod for HW2, the fighters all seem way too tiny, to the point of invisibility. And then everything seems to move way too fast, to the point that Ursas and Hercs seem to be flying and manuvering like Ulysses (would). Would it be possible to scale everything up by, say... 50% or even 100%? That should fix both problems, in my opinion.

And nothing was able to dock fighters yet. I assume that will be fixed down the line though.