I don't think Sierra really cares all that much, to be honest, seeing how old that game is, and the fact that this is a free mod, which has no money or corporate standing. They're not losing money, and the chances of Homeworld making a comeback are astronomically low, so why bother in a legal battle with some Russian guy on a 400-man server?
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If we've used ships from another game in Discovery then I think we've pretty much violated copyright as it is. I wouldn't worry about tweaking models and skins.... if Sierra wanted our arses they could easily have it right now.
I agree the HW ships need a revamp. I like some of the designs, like the asymmetry is cool. But the models were made for an older generation of computers, hence their dorkiness with respect to Freelancer ships.
If someone in-the-know were to have a crack at it.......... *points to Epyon or Doom or Jinx or w/e*
i uploaded them in milkshape ( ran out of trial though, so i cannot save anymore ) - they can be modified easily ( or easier ... simply rebuild ) .... or easier..... deleted.
what i find quite funny is .... i just played the homeworld 2 mod - point defense ... and the ships look a LOT better in the original form. they have quite some nice shader effects, bump mapping, simple mapping, dx 8 effects all through. they beat freelancerships - when it comes to details. - not to mention vastly superiour textures.
if it must be homeworld ships - there are models in homeworld 2 that actually fit into freelancer; mind they all look like hacker ships - but only cause hackers get the stereotype sci-fi ships.
if there is a list with homeworld ships that are especially ugly, but being used on a regular base, i could prolly remodel them and texture them. ( except for the kushan designs, they are difficult, cause they are roundish and gain most of their shape by their excellent texture )
the taiidan and especially turranic models are easy to remodel, the somtaav models are prolly not too hard either - but then, no one uses them, so there s no need to remodel them anyway.
i admit there are some of the HW ships i do like, the super heavy fighter is one of my favorites of all the ships. though maybe it could be increased in size a tad.....maybe...
thanks for checking it out Jinx, so all we need is a wave to save them