Comments - Duh102

It still can be... un-dead, if anyone volunteers. All those models still need textures, and I kept all the models I made but didn't put in.

Pretty much. If anyone wants to pick it up, send me something and I can give them the sourcefiles.

Yeah, I'm kinda in dire need of a texture guy... UV Mapping and texturing just isn't my thing. As for backstory, that's kinda the point of this mod, as in not having any.
"The only purpose of this mod is fun and nothing but, ignoring such wastes of energy as back story or detailed scientific explanations."
You're free to make up your own, however. I don't care.

They aren't from any other game or series if that's what you want to know. There's the ERN, or Ru'un Nami Empire, the RCC, Republic of the Consultani Commemorate, and the Wolf.

Yes indeed. Helps to read the comment at the bottom.

Just so everybody knows, trails are enabled by default. The trails patch was made to undo the no trails patch.

Simple:
Extract to the data directory of a clean install of HW2, patched to highest official version (v1.1, I think?).
Make a new HW2 shortcut, or copy an existing one, and add -overrideBigfile to the end of the shortcut's target (right click, properties if you're using windows).