This is a space for me to put general sticky style information for the modification.
Advanced mod: Revived is a Home World 2 modification that specializes in taking the 2 existing races and expanding upon them. The idea, is to add in multiple different new ships, re-arm every ship in the game, and specialize each ship with a blended, but still clear role.
By giving the player more options, and doing it in a professionalized manner the mod "advances" the gameplay of Homeworld 2 into something different, something more fun, and yet still tactically fulfilling.
Advanced Mod: Revived in a nutshell is the mutated, basement slave, finally freed, version of Advanced Mod.
Shortly after Homeworld 2 hit store shelves I began work making a mod. I wanted to add more options to the game, and make the capital ships not so... well sadly armed.
I started off by changing the turrets on the destroyer into ion cannons, because I missed watching destroyers grind ships into pieces with beams of plasma. Next big thing I did was change the battlecruiser, by adding in more turrets to it.
After that the changes began to rack up, and up, and up, until a couple months after the release of HW2, I released Advanced Mod.
Back then though, there were nearly no frequently used models to choose from, and I had, and still have nearly no model making skills. So all of the ships reused the already available models.
It wasn't more than a couple years later that I joined the military and suddenly had another life I had to take care of before modding, so Advanced Mod, got left in the basement for a bit, while I did my job.
This of course left an unprofessional and incomplete modification.
Always having a copy of all of my mods stored, and backed up in my computer systems I would occasionally over the next 5 and a half years during my free time open up said archives and work on my mods.
It was during these times that I worked to further see to the dream of what I once hoped Advanced Mod would be. Fixing errors, streamlining items, and re-balancing until I literally couldn't crunch the numbers anymore, and doing it not for a release, but for my own enjoyment. I had somehow made this old unfinished mod into a nearly complete project.
Nearing the end of my tour in the military I was provided with some free time which I used to finish polishing up the mod and decided to release to the world as "HW2 Advanced Mod: Revived".
Still clearly with some kinks, I couldn't let the mod fall once more to the wayside without properly being shown to the world, so over the last year, I have been hard at work making the mod better.
This is what Advanced Mod, has turned into:
These are the sources from which the current version of Advanced Mod: Revived has used models from.
This is 5 years of tinkering around with my mod. So if I have used something from your mod, and have not credited you, I am sorry, please PM me, so I can fix the problem. Thank you.
I wanted to provide the community this list so that you can see where the mod is right now, where its going, and to ask you, what you think about it, and how you feel these changes should be done. This is my current design philosophy, but is in no way shape manner or form in a finalized state, so, any ideas, complaints, praises, or offers will be taken to heart, and the next version may very well take shape into a different direction because of your input.
Done
FIGHTERS
- Interceptors replaced by multirole fighter (model and specs).
- Multirole Fighter removed (Both sides).
- Vaygr Interceptor Model changed (TFS Model).
- Vaygr Heavy Fighter Model changed (TFS model).
- Hiigaran Heavy Fighter Model edited.
- Defender removed (Both sides).
CORVETTES
- Strike Corvette Removed.
- Vaygr Assault Frigates turrets redone (TFS model).
FRIGATES
- Vaygr Assault Frigate renamed to "Flak Frigate" to better represent its current role.
- Gun frigates and assault frigates now have visible point defense locations/turrets. (both sides)
- Heavy Missile Frigate now has visible point defense locations.
- Hiigaran Pulsar Frigate added.
- Vaygr Lance Frigate added.
- Hiigaran Plasma Projection Frigate now has fire FX for its pulsar turrets.
PLATFORMS
- Gun turrets now fire proper flak weapons and have been renamed to "Flak Platform" as well.
(both sides)
- Hiigaran Pulsar platform added.
- Vaygr Lance platform added.
DESTROYERS
- Destroyer/Escort Destroyer turret locations repositioned. (Both sides)
- Decreased size of Hiigaran Destroyer Ion Cannons.
CRUISERS
- Replaced Hiigaran Light Cruiser role with Strike Cruiser model, and rearmed turrets.
- Replaced Hiigaran Cruiser role with Odies Cruiser model as used in "Complex Enhanced", and
rearmed turrets.
- Removed Hiigaran Assault Carrier
- Removed Hiigaran Missile Cruiser
- Removed Hiigaran Strike Cruiser
- Increased size of Hiigaran Ion Cannons
- Added Siege Cannon Module to Hiigaran Battlecruiser. (As from PTV)
- Changed Torpedo Module on Hiigaran Battlecruiser to a new spinally mounted model, that is
much better.
- Moved Hiigaran "Additional PDS", "Spinal Torpedo", and "Siege Cannon" modules to the sensor
menu to better show they dont build on the module points.
CARRIERS
- Created new Anti-Strike Craft defense suite for Vaygr Carrier. (Sensor slot)
- Changed name of old Vaygr Carrier "Defense Suite" to "Anti-Frigate Defense Suite".
- Added Vaygr (now named) Assault Carrier to build options.
MISC
-Removed AI bomber spam once cruisers arrive. (In AI build file)
-Created custom Artillery projectiles.
-Siege weapons have there own size projectile.
-Rapier effects reduced significantly
To Do:
FIGHTERS
- Redux fighter combat. Make flight physics smoother, and faster, more like TFS, and less like an
awkward turn battle.
- Change Vaygr Strike Fighter model. It doesn't fit in well with current deign philosophy.
FRIGATES
- Add Command Frigate. (Model from REARM mod)
- Amplify anti fighter/corvette damage on anti-fighter/corvette Frigates.
* Increase fire rate and damage mildly on both accounts.
- Decrease anti fighter/corvette damage on non-anti-fighter/corvette Frigates.
* Reduce fire rate of all non-essential PDS.
* Remove "Magic" hull points that fire without proper representation.
* Reduce number of PDS on ship designs.
PLATFORMS
- Add Hiigaran siege platform. (Model from PTV)
- Add a Vaygr long range platform. (Unsure of how best to implement this).
DESTROYERS
- Change Vaygr "Heavy Destroyer" into "Siege Destroyer".
* Redesign by replacing sensor towers on the front of the side platforms with Siege Cannon
muzzles. Do after designing BC's Siege Cannon module to stay in same design philosophy
* Then remove laser turrets from side "wings" and make bottom turret into a smaller turret,
like a laser turret, or a heavy kinetic.
CRUISERS
- Remove Vaygr Artillery Cruiser.
- Remove Vaygr Heavy Cruiser.
- Remove Vaygr Assault Cruiser.
- Replace Vaygr Ion Cruiser model with a suitable model/Armament that follows proper design
philosophy.
- Replace Vaygr Light Cruiser model with a suitable model/Armament that follows proper design
philosophy.
- Make new spinally mounted Ion Cannon Module for Hiigaran Battlecruiser.
- Make new spinally mounted Laser Cannon Module for Vaygr Battlecruiser. (Acts like a 4th
barrel on trinity cannon)
- Make new spinally mounted Heavy Missile Module for Vaygr Battlecruiser. (Fires 4 ultra heavy
missiles)
- Make new spinally mounted Siege Cannon Module for Vaygr Battlecruiser.
- Reduce anti-fighter/corvette damage on all cruisers.
* Reduce fire rate on all non-essential PDS.
* Remove "Magic" hull points that fire without proper representation.
* Reduce number of PDS on ship designs.
- Add Hiigaran Battleship. (Model from Complex).
CARRIERS
- Add Hiigaran (now named) Assault Carrier (bishop version) to build menus.
- Find a suitable Vaygr Light Carrier.
MISC
- Fix icon for Vaygr Heavy Fighter
- Fix icon for Hiigaran Cruiser
- Battlecruiser to destroyer ratio is too weak, while destroyer to frigate ratio is too strong.
(Amp Frigates/Cruisers and Nerf Destroyers a little.)
- Revamp weapons
* Further standardize fire rates/damage/size with its model representation, and not the ship.
* Class level ranges. (No 6km being standard for all basic weapon systems)
* Reduce fire rate on heavy weapons, and increase damage, 150%-200%. (Increase range of
"long range" weapon systems [Mildly]) Ion, Missiles, Artillery, Siege, Plasma, Lasers.
- Once all ship changes have been made, repair single player campaign.
The last planned serious content release for Advanced Mod: Revived. This update includes a new ship, new subsystems, edited missiles, streamlined effects...
A drastically improved balance with ship prices and build times is not even close to the only thing that has been updated in the newest version. A full...
So its pretty much public knowledge that after every massive re-armament or gameplay change, that re-balance is in the pike before any decent release...
That's right, version 1.3 is out, downloads already approved, a few new pictures, with more to come, and even a brand new trailer, complete with proper...
Another update to the mod. Lots of edits, mostly to the Vaygr.
Another update to the mod. Lots of edits, mostly to the Vaygr.
Rebalanced ship prices, armaments, damages, and build times. Updated Homeworld 2 campaign to Advanced Mod standards. Made custom new UI for menu, and...
1.3 Brings in a new era of more effective weapons, to include new missile types, brand new, custom, Advanced Mod created turret systems, and weapon projectiles...
Finally got a .BIG version of 1.2 for you. New release with effective bug fixes, new armaments, and more balanced gameplay. All (noticed) turrets have...
Well, to be perfectly honest in my humble opinion, of course without offending to anyone who thinks differently to my point of view but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without condemning one's view and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and everyone's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say.
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i've uploaded the mod on steam, i hope that's alright! if not, i'll remove it
So with Homeworld Remastered now out, are you planning to move this project toward working with it? It'd be awesome to see your ships in HD and with the updates.
i agree, i love this mod on hw2c, but classic has no disable research, which is only a problem for me as i never did get the hang of the hw2 research. it was too extensive.
besides, the models in this are great anyway, and i would love to see this in HWR.
i agree, i love this mod on hw2c, but classic has no disable research, which is only a problem for me as i never did get the hang of the hw2 research. it was too extensive.
besides, the models in this are great anyway, and i would love to see this in HWR.
whoops, i didn't mean to post that twice, i had a slight problem logging in, and must have resent when i reloaded the page. sorry about that.
i agree, i love this mod on hw2c, but classic has no disable research, which is only a problem for me as i never did get the hang of the hw2 research. it was too extensive.
besides, the models in this are great anyway, and i would love to see this in HWR.
i agree, i love this mod on hw2c, but classic has no disable research, which is only a problem for me as i never did get the hang of the hw2 research. it was too extensive.
besides, the models in this are great anyway, and i would love to see this in HWR.
Fantastic mod, sadly slightly underestimated. Let's hope for upload.