The most keyboard shattering experience in the galaxy strikes again! Play Star Wars: Battlefront 2 with semi before seen awesomeness inspired by the likes of LEGENDARY mods, such as Battlefront: EXTREME! Your greatest Battlefront 2 desires are finally coming true PwP
Hey everyone! I wanted to make a small update to Homefront, so here it is! This update was sparked by a few issues/complaints with the previous version, which I address here.
- Screenshake has been vastly reduced. No longer feel it's jarring effects, and reap only the benefits!
- Droid snipers are actually fun to play as snipers again! (woah)
- Clone gunner have a new ability called the "droid hacking sequence"
I don't feel like that is enough to justify an update, so I updated the textures on most of the clones,
and added more compatibility for the SWBF conversion maps released by Calrissian97/DarthSith: Moddb.com
Also play Homefront on Sereja's City of Theed, converted by Calrissian97
The most keyboard shattering experience in the galaxy strikes again! Play Star Wars: Battlefront 2 with semi before seen awesomeness inspired by the likes...
Download Star Wars: Homefront (v1.0.1), My interperetation of what the gameplay of Star Wars Battlefront 2 should be.
Download the latest update for the Star Wars: Homefront Demo (v1.2).
Homefront is a mod dedicated to improving the gameplay of Star Wars Battlefront 2.
The final version of a keyboard shattering mod with semi-before seen awesomeness.
The most keyboard shattering experience in the galaxy strikes again! Play Star Wars: Battlefront 2 with semi before seen awesomeness! Your greatest Battlefront...
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The most keyboard shattering experience in the galaxy strikes again! Play Star Wars: Battlefront 2 with semi before seen awesomeness inspired by the likes...
Download Star Wars: Homefront (v1.0.1), My interperetation of what the gameplay of Star Wars Battlefront 2 should be.
Homefront is a mod dedicated to improving the gameplay of star wars battlefront 2.
Not a bad mod, but personally, I do not consider it an updated version of Battlefront Extreme because of the following:
-Weapons have changed quite drastically. Some classes are way less deadly then they were before and less enjoyable (Storm Trooper Commando/Shadow Trooper, no more Nova Troopers)
-Grenade throwing has changed back to a vanilla style
-Some Troopers are just flat out weaker than enemy counter parts such as the Purge Trooper. The rocket projectile goes downward at a short distance and cannot be controlled. Due to how the AI works in this game, trying to rush the enemy with melee or getting the rocket to hit just right will get you killed often (AI always prioritize the player)
-Jawas one hit kill in Hunt
-The new blaster projectiles and impact effects are overdone (large, bright projectiles and smoke effects clutter the screen in a firefight). They cause too much distortion. The AI wont get concerned by this but from a player's side, it is too much
-The new assets for the Droids are fairly bad. Their newer textures looks like someone took the vanilla textures, upscaled them, added an overlay, changed the contrast, and then added a lot of sharpen to hide the edits. This looks even worst because it was not mip-mapped, leading to them looking grainy (this is noticeable on B1s and B2s)
Overall, I would recommend this if you want something similar to Battlefront Extreme but with different guns and slightly better assets. It is a good Era mod because it feels complete, but not a suitable replacement for Extreme in my opinion. The only changes in difficulty when compared to Extreme I would say is maybe the AI may target the player at longer distances, react a bit more, and the blaster projectiles/impact effects cluttering the screen (this last one is probably what makes the mod more difficult for me at-least, because Battlefront Extreme already does the two in a similar way).
For people looking for a updated version of Battlefront Extreme, install Battlefront Saga Edition. It has almost identical gameplay, fixes, and updated assets.
Thank you for playing the mod. It is true that I mentioned Battlefront: Extreme in this mods summary back when I was writing it, and it was one of my inspirations during mods development, so I understand the reasons to compare them. I wanted this mod to be a more intensified version of vanilla gameplay with new classes and weapons to fit my personal preference.
- some weapons are indeed less deadly compared to battlefront extreme. This is because in battlefront extreme, as you unlock stronger units, the weapons become more powerful. I wanted all units in this mod to feel powerful, so the rifles will produce a similar damage output to each other.
- I'm not a personal fan of the grenade throwing in BFX. They don't travel very far unless you hold down the button, but i prefer a more immediate reaction
- The purge troopers rocket is a bit difficult to control. This has to do with where the weapon fires from (it doesn't actually come out of his shoulder but I tried to make it look like it does). If you encounter too much difficulty while playing as melee units, I recommend blocking very frequently as the gameplay expects you to play in this way.
- I was not aware that jawa rifles are an instant kill. This mod does not feature any hunt modes. Perhaps you have a seperate mod adding this?
- the new blaster impact effects are overdone, however I was never bothered by it. It may be worth shrinking them down a bit tho Ill consider it
- the droids textures are fairly bad. Ive seen Many people agree with you on this. I was using the model from the cancelled SWBF3 game. The original textures from that game were worse lol. For me at least it is suitable enough
I most likely will not ever update this mod as it has reached a state where it has grown too large to properly test all my changes. I will however use updated versions of the teams in my custom maps.
Looking back I made many questionable decisions in while making this mod. There are some things I consider to be weaknesses of the mod that you haven't mentioned, such as having more than two weapons in a single weapon slot, missing weapon icons, unbalanced gameplay. despite it's shortcomings I much prefer this experience compared to vanilla and Battlefront Extreme. I appreciate the detailed and thought out review and thank you for checking it out.
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Amazing and underrated mod
Just wanna say, one of my favorite sides mod by far, and love that the AI can actually kill you without it being elite difficulty - actually makes the matches last a bit longer. If this mod will still receive updates in the future, I'd hope for compatibility with the XBOX DLC patch map conversions, as they look gorgeous. Fantastic mod, and amazingly designed Tatooine map, I hope for more like it.
I love this mod! I do have some requests, though.
1. Alternate secondary weapons for the Heavy, Sniper, Aerial, minigunner, and command units (namely clone commanders and captains), as only having blaster pistols puts these classes, namely the Heavy, at a disadvantage. I'm thinking blaster rifles and blaster carbines.
2. Lower A.I. damage. It seems that the A.I., namely the CIS, have absurd damage.
3. Thermal detonators for standard Clone Troopers.
4. Newer character models. Similar to the Improved Sides mod for better looking characters.
5. If possible, have it to where only the Stormtrooper and Rebel Trooper units are the only standard units available in the Tantive IV campaign mission. This one is probably the hardest one as I've only seen one mod on here pull it off (The Legends Reboot mod).
6. Have the units that resemble Commander Bacara in maps featuring the Galactic Marines feature more unique designs to better distinguish them from their commander.
While I have other requests/ideas, these are just the ones I'm really interested in seeing.
I have a few era mods and the Improved sides mod. Would this interfere with those? I have been wanting to download this it looks great!
Improved sides will work fine, but there are a few era mods with compatibility issues
Okay thank you!I downloaded the mod and it is great! I also didn't have any issues.
Hey do you have a Discord server for this mod?
Here you go!
Discord.gg