Homeworld 2 is GOLD

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-08-26 10:05am

Release will be on 16 September.

You can now have unit badges for multiplayer. They must be 64x64 Targa (TGA) files uncompressed and at 24 or 32 bit color. Alpha channels are used but black areas in that alpha channel may be considered transparent.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-08-26 10:53am

now all we need is the SW mod with the ISD, strike cruisers and all that
and I'll never leave the house again

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-08-26 12:29pm

MKSheppard wrote:now all we need is the SW mod with the ISD, strike cruisers and all that
and I'll never leave the house again

Wait 2-3 months to decode the file formats, then 4-6 for Zeelich to port his work over.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2003-08-26 12:35pm

YAY!!! now all i need is to save my money after i get payed :S

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-08-26 01:41pm

Between this, Boktai, and Half-Life 2, there is no way I am going to pass any of my classes.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-08-26 04:08pm

SirNitram wrote: Wait 2-3 months to decode the file formats, then 4-6 for Zeelich to port his work over.

Errr...one of HW2s chief selling points was it's ease of moding compared
to the original HW

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-08-26 04:34pm

MKSheppard wrote:
SirNitram wrote: Wait 2-3 months to decode the file formats, then 4-6 for Zeelich to port his work over.
Errr...one of HW2s chief selling points was it's ease of moding compared
to the original HW

Do you want to know how long it took to decode HW's formats, beyond the .shp files?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-08-26 08:18pm

Even if its completely published and well-documented, it'll take time to master the formats.

Hell, Total Annihilation, with one of the easiest-to-mod engines ever, took a good amount of time to master all the things you could do.

Ypoknons · Post by **Ypoknons** » 2003-08-26 08:54pm

Why don't any of the good games come out in the summer, dangit? Here I am, going back to school, and Republic, Homeworld 2 and a couple others come out! Gr....

As for modding, the other stuff did take a long time but on the other hand weren't the most important stuff *.shp files and the models, which 3d exploration took care of already?

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-08-26 09:02pm

WHEEEEEEE!!

Time to start modding in seriousness again!

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-08-26 09:06pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Between this, Boktai, and Half-Life 2, there is no way I am going to pass any of my classes.

Just give your graphics card to me, problem solved

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-08-26 09:20pm

Sea Skimmer wrote: Just give your graphics card to me, problem solved

1) Blow me.

2) Boktai is for the GBA.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-08-26 11:13pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote: Just give your graphics card to me, problem solved
1) Blow me.

2) Boktai is for the GBA.

Then give me the GBA and problem solved

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-08-26 11:22pm

Once again: Blow me.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-08-29 05:19pm

SirNitram wrote:
MKSheppard wrote:
SirNitram wrote: Wait 2-3 months to decode the file formats, then 4-6 for Zeelich to port his work over.
Errr...one of HW2s chief selling points was it's ease of moding compared
to the original HW
Do you want to know how long it took to decode HW's formats, beyond the .shp files?

www.b5mods.com
Look at the tools section, it has beautiful stuff.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-08-30 01:22am

FINALLY, I can't *wait* to play this game. Too bad you can't play as the Vaygr

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-08-30 01:35am

Hyperspace events sighted.
Oh god, it's the goat throwers.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-08-30 01:45am

SyntaxVorlon wrote:Hyperspace events sighted.
Oh god, it's the goat throwers.

lol, I can't wait till a B5 mod for this game comes out...

Battles in a hyperspacial map are gonna be intense...

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-08-30 12:33pm

*Drool*

Good news, anyway.