Long ago, when the word 'Hiigara' rang only as a hollow dream, the kiith of Kharak never imagined they would walk the Path to Victory. But, when they reclaimed their Homeworld and proclaimed themselves 'Hiigaran', they believed they had reached their goal. How wrong they were. 150 years after Hiigaran landfall, conflict rages across the Galaxy... Path to Victory is a multiplayer and skirmish mod for Homeworld 2 that adds new units to both Vaygr and Hiigaran Races as well as enabling the Keepers, Raiders and Kadeshi as playable races.
Well, I'm back... kind of :)
Work has been slow behind the scenes and I've been sidetracked by so many things. Bad bad, computer games. But I was watching BSG early this morning and figured - hey - that looks a lot like Path to Victory...
My modding interest flared again, I'd like to show you some of the latest things going into Path to Victory's beta release (yes, that will be the next release)
This here thing you might recognize if you were following morgan's story. You see, all the major characters in morgan's story (Captain Morgan, Big Daddy, Pricess Ara and even Jonny!) will come back in form of a "Pirate Lord" ship which can be summoned during battle.
Now pirate lords are a bit wonky. You see, they're all off lost in an alternate universe meaning they've all gone a bit mad too. But they fight like hell... but they won't come to just any battle.
They only come when:
A) A load of ships have been pirated
B) A load of ships have been killed by their pirate brethren
C) Their pirate brethren are in despair
Now, the idea of the pirate lords is to give the Raiders another cool, slightly random, feature that allows them to get over some hurdles. One of those hurdles is the Keepers. Killing them - even getting into T2 tech - as the raiders is a real nightmare. If everything's down the drain, your pirate lord might be the answer and get you back in the fight on a more even footing.
The other situation is when you're really crushing the enemy... you're maxed out everywhere and the enemy just isn't dying (kadeshi, anyone?). In this case, the pirate lord can turn the tide of the battle in your favor when your regular fleet doesn't quite cut it.
And also - just because it works - you'll get a little music snippet from more or less known bands when your pirate lord appears (this is assuming I can find some cool snippets to use, suggestions welcome!).
Man, sounds like a cool addition; must have been tough to code.
Also that's one cool projectile.
Actually, of all the insane things I've coded into Path to Victory, this was probably one of the simplest. Glad you like it :)
wow... that was new. never heard of anything quite like this, gonna love it though :-)
Megadeth instantly comes to mind.
alestorm too :) like "terror in high seas"
Some kind of an "Alien"
surprise butsecks! lulz :)
/warp-in WHO WANTS A BODY MASSAGE?!?
To stay in the Homeworld's spirit, perhpas an arabic music or like "Black Hawk Down" soundtrack.
The Imperial March sounds great too, but ... well ... It's maybe too much ;-)
I kinda like that idea... Something like this? Youtube.com
Yes, that's the idea.
Also following the idea, how about something like this... Youtube.com
Glad to hear this mod is still alive. I eagerly look forward to your next release!
QUICKLY WE NEED ACE COMBAT BATTLE MUSIC STAT
Already there ;)