2009.195 (July 14, 2009)

Homeworld 2 Mod Looks & Plays Great

It's been some time since we've seen a progress update on the WC4 Homeworld 2 Mod, but the existing playable game is still making waves. Fwiffo has made an exciting video demonstrating an epic battle between Confed and the Border Worlds. Check it out here. If you haven't seen the game in action before, the massive fleet battle shown should really impress. HW2 owners can also download and play the mod for themselves here.

This battle was one of my first games testing the mod out, and it is a fully functional modification. I plan on making more videos as I gain experience. I'm playing as the Union of Border Worlds against Confed.

Leech Lasers Light up the Dark

|BoH_Havoc|'s multiplayer space sim has a cool new gun with an impresive blue tendril effect. Team member Germanunkol describes it as a "tactical weapon" similar to Leech Guns in the Wing Commander series. It's currently designed to disable enemy weapons for a set period of time. They would also like feedback on what types of additional weapons to add to the game. Visit Crius.net to let them know.

Now a request: Does anyone have favourite weapon effects? I'm running out of ideas of what types of weapons to create. So far, we have this tactical weapon, 2 glowing projectile weapons and one "ray gun" (WIP, a long ray from the gun to the target) which is an instant hit and does damage depending on the distance. If you have any ideas, maybe you could post them with a screenshot or a link to a video? We still need around 3 types of weapons...