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The Original Idea:
Someone wrote:It seems to me that the remainder of HW2 modders are true to the cause with a bunch of Homeworld Universe related mods being released in the last few years. That being the case I propose a new community mod that combines the original HW1 ships, Cataclysm ships, HW2 ships & the new ships being modeled here and by the Homeworld@ team. This mod could use different game type modes to determine which era of Homeworld you want to play, classic, interim (somtaaw), present & future. I'd like to see one final hurah for Homeworld 2, get it into the top 100 Mods of the Year on moddb on more time (if not even win). To that end I would offer my Unified Hiigaran Fleet mod as a base to add teams into, ultimately giving it to the community and removing the "unified" team in favor of separate Kushan and Somtaaw races. In this proposed vision, concepts, features & even the name (maybe Homeworld: Universe) should be voted on by the community. I like this idea as it has everything all in one and having figured out how to bread the seven race limit I think the idea has merit.
What I'd like to see is:
Chooseable HW1, Cata, HW2 & New Campaign
Chooseable eras for skirmish play
Every race featured
Tons of options
All of the original music, sfx, fx, backgrounds, debris, etc...
Enhanced shaders
Very properly balanced
Much more
I just see the different mod teams, working towards similar goals and feel that to combine some of the fantastic current HW2 modding efforts would make for an outstanding mod. In the last two years we've seen UHF, Molemans beast mod, this mod (Memories of Hiigara), Homeworld @, Sands of Time mod, new versions of FX & Crossfire, which makes me think this may be a good idea. Really it's just my idea of how HW3 should be made, new ships & story but be able to go back and play the other campaigns with the original ships (or nicer models).
The idea is to create the biggest, best, most excellent Homeworld 2 mod ever - with the help of the community at large. Featuring ideas like unlimited number of chooseable races, extreme megaliths, new teams and new options.
The idea is explained better in the first post of our thread: Forums.relicnews.com
Progress Thus Far:
Donated materials:
Mods
Unified Hiigaran Fleet - by Chris80502
Beast Evolution - by Moleman2009 (& others)
Homeworld:@ - Siber, Avatar II
Onslaught (for Cataclysm) - by Durandel
Sands Of Time - by Whisper2Me (& others)
Dustwars - by Progenitor89 (& others)
Hods
Assault Carrier - by Le Sun Tzu
Omega Station - by Moleman2009
Models
Port of Nalthor - by Starscream
Support Cruiser & Heavy Frigate - by Uni
Tobari Carrier, Gunship & an undecided model - by Starscream
The Turtle, Tobari Frigate & an unknown concept "destroyer (?)" - by Starscream
15th HQ - by Whisper2me
Hiigaran concept dreadnaught - by Starscream
Hiigaran super ship factory - by Moleman2009
Light Cruiser, Hiigaran Fortress, Tobari Attack Bomber - The KC
Sajukaar - by Whisper2me
Edits to The KCs Hiigaran Fortress - by Swampfox
Tobari Destroyer - by doci7
Galactic map background for UI - by Norsehound
Full size graphic for menu screen - with help from Sajuuk_CyberX70
Webhosting: Homdax of Homeworldaccess.net
Work in Progress:
A few new maps & backgrounds - by Moleman2009
14 races to choose from - by Chris80502 with ideas from Mikail & Moleman2009
Build enemy ships from captured enemy build ships - by Chris80502, idea from Quaetam
Carrier only option - by Chris80502, a minor change of Mikails special fleets mod
Gas veins from Homeworld 1 - by Chris80502, still WIP
Superstation Technology - by Moleman2009
Classic Fleet upgrades - by MatthCoFreak
Homeworld 1 ship re-model - by Starscream
Classic Formations - by Babasior
Homeworld 1 single fighter/corvettes - System by Chris80502 with implementation help from MatthCoFreak
New Concept Ships & Backgrounds - by Talros
New Concept Backgrounds & Ships - by Ringleader
We have a bunch of people with us already and we will be sure to put up lots of screens to keep you all informed of the progress. This is a community mod and we can use all the help we can get, even if it's just your thoughts on things. The thread above contains what to do if you'd like to become involved or if you have suitable materials you'd like to donate.
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Small Update:
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The HWU website has been rehosted, here's the link Hwu.homeworldaccess.net the site also contains a large group of HW2 modding tools from 4e543b and some links to some excellent tutorials.
In addition, the majority of our work in progresss can be tracked through the forums: Forums.relicnews.com
HWU is also in need of concept designers, if you have any or would like to create some, then please check out the forums and drop us a line. We could also use people who can texture well.
chris80502 - 3-18-09
Heres a link to our all Tobari page. It's probably a good idea to have all of the groups thoughts and ideas in one place, and here it is: Hwu.homeworldaccess.net
(Page links might only work in Internet Explorer, or Firefox using IE tab, sorry.)
chris80502 - 5-11-09
Hello all, I'm updating today to inform everyone of the new release - since it's still a pre-release version we'll be hosting it off of moddb.com - look forward to a v0.1.0 release around mid-September.
NOTE: You MUST make sure each race says "Choose Above" as it's player option in the standard race selection (I haven't had time to find a workaround for that yet).
chris80502 - 7-20-09
Just a quick update - some really interesting progress. Over the last two days I have figured out how to do some mad animations, they are actually pretty easy to do. So far I have fixed the Kushan mothership door and am in the middle of working on the Somtaaw Carrier doors.
I'd also like to note: As always we are looking for anyone with something to contribute - if you have some modding skills to contribute or some other relevant talent let us know - we'd like to work with you. We're also still accepting donations of mods as well, so if you have a Homeworld related mod you'd like to see included in HWU drop us a line.
chris80502 - 7-24-09
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Alright so I've noticed lately a lot more people noticing the mod and supporting us. On a first note I would like to personally thank everyone for their support. Now I know that a lot of people are supporting us but here's a cool thing, this mod is community based, so anyone can have a say in this, we encourage you that if you support this mod that you will post up your input on the Relic news forums thread as well as the comments for this mod, the Relic news forums thread is also where you can find the early working beta releases of the mod.
So for every one who is anxious to play this mod or just want to help out here is the address again :)
if you have any question or suggestions please voice them, we are very eager for input, as well bug reports are welcome.
Thanks again, Moleman2009
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I found the mod's first and second release. And downloaded one of them. It's looking awesome but I have one small problem. When I try to get it to load up for ingame play, when it gets to Universe it crashes. I have a fresh install of HW2 and it has the 1.1 patch installed as well. Anyone know what else to try?
Hey chris if you want I can give you some things. For example the Progenitors in this, have pretty much nothing. I won't mind donating things from my mod, (which is here Moddb.com ) if you want anything that is.
That would be excellent, your new mod looks awesome too man.
DL for my mod should work now you can sift thru the .big if u want.
how can I combine mods without causing conflicts? thank you
please update soon this is good. maybe ask to merge the stargate mod and the star wars mod as well? thanx
I'm pretty sure this is a HW story mod so they are not going to include anything non Homeworld.
Hi All ! - Couple of days ago i decided to play HW again and i searched net for a patch and BOOM! i'm here ! I just amazed about what you are doing! its so precious and GREAT! dont know what to say! Keep up the good works guys!
But i have a problem i dont know how to install this mod onto the existing HW2 - Can you help me please?. Thx and Good working...
Well i understood i copy the .big file to Data Folder. . .
And am I need to change its name as Homeworld2.big? If i do so and i click Homeworld2.exe it just "Does not do" anything. It starts and closing running less than in 1 sec. So there you are
- Doing such a project is quite cool and apreciated already by everybody, but you should really think about giving support . . .
Would it be ok if I used the Bentusi Ion Fighter From your mod all credit will go the HWU Mod of course.