Comments - Chimas

+1 on everything written by 23-down.

I think that creating a new race for the HW3 setting would be lighter and more pleasant to mod. Just an opinion, not a trend.

Hi,
Can you make your mod playable in the MedStar's Mod Manager?
I tried to rename the folder without SPACES, but didn't work.

Cannons look like out of scale ...

Download link?

Drag-select out is surprising.
I hope you can get the most out of the game.
The other decisions are reasonable.
Less units and more tactics seems to be right.

Would like to know where can i find more SP maps?
I've found 2 only.

556 layers is in your pre-texture right? Or are you saying the GBX textures have all these layers?

HI,
This is the page of HWR MOD, not HWRE edition released by Gearbox.
Is this the proper place to post this?

Rtsguru.com

The Lua coding will stay the same, but coders will have the opportunity to learn new tricks. The modding tools will be oriented to 3DS max. I believe you're already using 3DS. It will only be a problem for guys like me that were using MS3D, for example. Also, CFHod editor is an open source and it will be easy to adapt to the new HOD format (I call it HOD5), provided we have coders to do that.

If you guys want to make a new game mode, just needing new assets like stations and merchant ships, just send a message, that I'll send you a PDF.

Anyway, given you'd be able to keep the skills, I still recomend that you remaster the units that you have created, like the Taiidan Shipyard. There will be a perfect spot in modding for a team that brings to the game many concept arts that never made it in the past. I know you have at least one ship made from the concept art. In HWR MOD we have the JAK's Taiidan carrier, that is way cooler than the original (IMO). But I'm not sure JKBerna will be willing to remaster it.

The result is remarkable, but just remember that cool stuff is coming our way. You'll be able to do much better when it arrives. Let's see what GBX talk about on JAN 25. We'll have 1h of HW panel, probably an accurate release date is near ...

Hi Siliconworm,
Check if your command line does have "-overridebigfile" enabled and delete it. "Familylist.lua" is working everywhere else. It's either that or a corrupted file in the download.

Hi guys!
Sorry, where is the download link?

technically I wouldn't know what to say, but the surfaces are more smooth, don't look like crumpled paper.

Hi Battlecry,

The last version of CNLPepper shaders was developed by Stargazer.
Is this the one are you using or an older one from CNLPepper?

Check here for the result: Chimas.weebly.com
(mothership and vgr station)

Check here for the development page: Chimas.weebly.com

Also, check later in my Raid Leader mod some tiny changes done to the UI, maybe you'll find it usefull.

Yes, this is weird in a first moment, but I think it's valid after all. It's a fan of a MOD posting a picture for other fans to check it out. Honestly, this habit could happen more often in all mods.

Nothing new on this ... But I really would prefer a *.BIG file instead of a screenshot ...

Alternative formations are working now:
SHIFT + F5 - raid
SHIFT + F6 - escort

Hi Mickey,
You can call this as loading screen.

Anyway, it's terrific, well done.

Another detail, of course relying on coding, the arsenal ship would be used to make upgrades, so after you research them, you have to dock to upgrade speed, health, weapons, etc.

Now that you brought this up, I remember once I was thinking something about shipyards for HW2. That would be the general idea:

- the actual shipyard would create from destroyers up. It would be able to make frigates, corvettes and fighters, but it would take longer to do than the carrier;
- the ships would be done quickly but then, they would need an arsenal ship to install the weapons. You would latch dock to it from bottom up, like in an umbrella style;
- another type of ship/shipyard specialized in repairs. So if the health bar is "high" the repais would be done by a small vessel in place of the collector. If the health bar is crippled, than you'd have to tow the ship back and dock to this shipyard.
This approach would work better if the larger ships would be die harders and have few of them in-game as a trade off.

It's looking great. I'm editing Chimera myself, it's a station called LYCIA, but I got stuck in editing the textures for MATTE shader. I'm getting black or white textures. I'll PM you about it.

Thanks for the feedback. YES, there are ideas I don't know totally how they will set out yet or how they will affect the game play.

I tried in another computer and it's not working. It seems to be a missing file in the big file. My main computer has a lot of stuff on data folder, I'll make a clean as a QA measure. I'll have an update tomorrow and will have it fixed.

If you press SHIFT+F5, the fighters and corvettes should form a dense horizontal wall, it's the RAID formation.
If you press SHIFT+F6, the fighters and corvettes should form a long line, dense in the rear, where you should have a larger ship that will take the center of the escort.
If it's not working, one possible reason might be -overridebigfile enabled, you have to check what you have in the regular data folder. I'm gonna make a test here too and be back later.

Future plans, yes. Hope, no. I lack some art skills and it will take some time before I learn some cool stuf about mapping. Will reach there eventually, just not now.

Don't feel sorry, it's ok. Good we could clear out. I'm deciding how the upgrades will be played and will update with some more stuff (I hope) on sunday ...

Weird, I haven't edit them, they are the original. Usually they are white but have their decklights. I'll ask someone else to see if it's getting the same results. If not, might be on your end the problem.

Hi, thanks. Could you clarify? I ran the game and produced the MS research modules - basic and advanced - nothing wrong there, so I assume you're not talking about that. Everything ok with the carrier array too. Also, are you meaning textures or icons? You have to specify where, so I might be able to solve it.

Download and unzip the file of this page in the DATA folder and follow these instructions for running a mod here:

Hw2wiki.net

You can also try a MOD launcher: Silentspy.net
see download section too