Development of the PDS mod for HW2 continues in line with its dev. ethos of continual and progressive feature addition, with the current released version being 4.9.N, with the next milestone of v5.0 on the last day of October. A new texturer and several other community members have been added to the dev.team.
These features were added over the past 2 months or so:
- Reworking of fighter fire control, allowing full "boom and zoom" capability for heavy fighters and increasing the realism of dogfights.
- Addition of minority factions, Jin Vagyr and Sobani special operations group. These are playable on skirmish and multiplay mode, providing increased options for the simulation of wartime scenarios, and a "survivor" gametype for the Jin.
- New ships; Vagyr Achaemenes DWG, Sorceress Royale CVS, Claidhmore BB, Hiigaran Thunderbolt IV bomber, Imperator III carriers, and multi-role Utility Frigates.
- Unitcaps for MP/Skirmish have taken a military flavour, reflecting force dispositions' required for different missions (patrol flotilla, tac. ops strikegroup, and capital phalanx)
- Elimination of many minor errors and the provision of proper introductory material to the mod. A full size historical/technical/operational command manual is underway, to the standard of Homeworld 1's documentation...
So head here to check it out! and all the movies and screenshots...
