Onslaught MOD Special Release

[Durandel]

I recently promised to put all my ideas together in another release of Onslaught. Last night I did a bit more, and I've made some significant changes.

The most obvious is the total replacement of asteroids and crystals with harvestable debris and consumable wrecks. There are lots of other changes too, like a general reduction in available resources, increased research times and altered/upgraded effects. I think I've pushed the Cataclysm game about as far as it can go now. Anyway, there's a lot of tidying up to do but it's pretty much ready.

This is just for fun, since virtually no one plays Cataclysm/Onslaught anymore. I don't really expect much comment, but if anyone has a (reasonable) suggestion now is the time to make it.

[Homdax]

:omg:
Ill have to update all links info screenshots and files...

I thought You were gone for ever..

[Caboose123]

debris and wrecks, sounds pretty cool, id say (and its a pretty huge change) ge rid of the nomad moon, i always thought that, whilst being unbelieveably cool, it was a bit overpowered and was too big, a big ship with lots of guns would be nice (like the Onslaught "Naggarok") but dont have it too big.

of course i doubt that will be taken into consideration

[Durandel]

Fair enough. I won't get rid of the moon, but I can scale it down and trim its claws a bit.

[King of Hearts]

Deffinatly make the Multibeam Corvettes less powerfull, a group of fifty kills EVERYTHING.....its a fast and easy way to win....

[Babbo]

...no one plays Cataclysm/Onslaught anymore.

Just offering some tiny motivation: no, Durandel, you're wrong. I love HW1 (cause it's so original) and HW2 (cause it's so state-of-the-art), but I also love Cata ... cause it's so different!

Thanks for still working and, gladly, I'll give it a trial ...

[Durandel]

Re the Multibeam Corvette, I've cut its beam strength by more than half.

[Caboose123]

sweet, sounds good, i wonder why nobody has decided to change the asteroids into ship hulks before?

[King of Hearts]

SCIENCE!


j/k ... I suppose that people like to focus on the ships and not the 'little' things.

Is there any chance that you could post a possible release date Durandel?

[Zabaron]

I don't know about Durandel specificly, but most modders maintain a release date of "when its done"...

-Zabaron

[Durandel]

Normally I don't start talking about Onslaught releases until I'm nearly or completely done. This is no exception. I just need a day to sort out the texture allocation file and tidy up generally. It'll be with you in less that two weeks.

[Homdax]

You are most welcome

/me digs around his hundreds of game for the Cata cd...

[Sastrei]

w00t

/me digs around the intarwebz for Cata...

It better not be 50 anymore, that's all i could find it for last time. 0.o

-Stefan-

[Caboose123]

well i paid more than i should have too, but i have cataclysm so im happy

[Durandel]

OK, so here's a shot of the game with the new resources. The wrecks replace the large crystals. The debris replaces the asteroids. You may also notice that repair beams are now blue. There are a lot of small changes like that.



Anyway, I have a favour to ask. Homeboy, you seem pretty sharp with graphics. I've played around with the Cataclysm logo from your site and have come up with something that's better than my own version. May I use yours?

[King of Hearts]

ALL HAIL DURANDEL!!!

Will the new mod negatively impact performance?

[Homdax]

Durandel
Yes, You may, but You need to know who created those in the first place:
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=57897
Riess, DeepChrome, Jal-18, Jaen-ni-rin, Zbobet2012, Kaldaris and even Deadguy all chipped in.
Finalized version on my site, with roll-overs, are thanks to Riess and Jaen.
My avatar is based on DeepChrome's.

[Durandel]

Onslaught is a LOT more demanding than basic Cataclysm, so you need a decent PC. The new version, where I've thrown in a lot more effects and suchlike, is even more intensive than v3.5 was. Still, if you can play v3.5 then you should be able to play the new one when it comes out.

Right now the new version is seriously unstable, but (I hope) that's because I haven't tidied up and sorted out the memory allocation.

Homeboy, thanks. I'll drop them a line.

[Homdax]

I'll have to ask Jaen myself, since he got himself banned the stoopid whitt...

[Durandel]

Something else I wanted to was improve the Somtaaw mothership textures. They always did annoy me. The ship, which is made up of eight "planks", is absolutely huge. I have now updated them.

Behold these HWSE screens showing the evolution from the original HW textures (left) to Onslaught version (middle) to the new improved Onslaught version (right).

[Caboose123]

they look pretty cool, any plans to add any ne effects, or are you sticking with the ones youre using now?

[Durandel]

I've already added/altered a fair few of the effects. You'll see it all soon.

[Karos Grave Kpr]

Is there an eta of the mod's completion? Or perhaps a link already?

[Silver_Wolf#]

All hail Durandel creator of Homeworld 2: Onslaught!.

[Caboose123]

There's an Onslaught mod for Homeworld 2?

[Homdax]

Wolf go it ALL WRONG by being ignorant...!

[Durandel]

There wil be a delay of about a month for the release of the changes. Real life has caught up with me.

[King of Hearts]

OH NOES!!!

We are extremely saddened, hope everything works out.

[Durandel]

Almost there...

[Homdax]

Keep it up
/me undusts his Cata cd for second time...

[King of Hearts]

* Dusts of his Durandel shrine and sits infront of it, patiently...

I will wait here...

[Durandel]

Well, I've had a very nasty cold (man-flu) for the last couple of days so I've done a lot of tidying up and finished off loads of stuff I messed about with ages back.

I've raised the number of included maps from 224 to 379 using selected HW conversions and Wraiths map collection. I've changed the asteroids and crystals for debris and wrecks. I've redecorated the Somtaaw Command Base. I've disinfected and improved the original nomad moon textures, added team colurs and used them for the Berserker moon (I was never happy with my old textures). I've added two new map backgrounds. I've changed the game cursor. I've recoloured the repair beam effects. I've made projectile fire visible. I've changed the harvesting effect. Relative to earlier versions of Onslaught, I've increased research times, decreased resourcing efficiency, reduced the power of some ships and generally made the game harder.

I'm just updating the menu graphics, then I should be finished (tomorrow most likely). I'm almost sorry that it's done. I feel really crappy, and doing the mod has taken my mind off it.

[Homdax]

Modding is good for You!

[King of Hearts]

...speachless...

OH WHY HAS GOD FORSAKEN ME WITH A COMPAQ!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!:raincloud:weep::raincloud

[Durandel]

It's done. Everything I have thought of since the last release has been either included or just didn't work. I'm have not updated the website yet, but the download is available at:

http://dreamlauncher.co.uk/onslaught/onslaught4.zip

Here's a screenie from the mod. I'm too tired to mess about getting more decent shots. Feel free to post your own though.



By the way, please try the new "Hints" button on the main game menu, and look for a map with nebula in it as I've made some changes there too.

[Homdax]

Damn, I have to got o bed...
Tomorrow, tomorrow..Muuuahahahaha :loco:

[King of Hearts]

All Hail Durandel!!! Destroyer Of My Free Time!!!

Ich Bah Durandel!!!

[Homdax]

Entropy, make screenshots. Lots of 'em.
Durandel, do you have any concept and WIP screens that I could use for an Onslaught dedicated Album at my HWSHOTS?
See link in sig...

[King of Hearts]

YES SIR!

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA screenies here I come! ^_^

The new Command Ship:

New resources:

New repair beam orgy:

New large crystal:

New lrage crystal processing:

[Homdax]

Hey! Leave me some to shoot!
Whats your max resolution?

I shall start a game now.
/me sets status AFK:CATA :cata:

OMG !

I had to post this...Deepchrome, Riess, Jaen-ni-rin, all of you involved in the new logo thread in The Studio ages ago (deadguy, Jal-18 and more...)

Our logo of Cata is INGAME!!!






I am sooo happy... :weep:

Durandel...words are not enuff...

[King of Hearts]

I was useing the default resolution of 16 bit 640/800 (i think) but apparently my computer shows a color pallete better than yours, or it is just a bad screenie.

All screenies I take are done with full model detail and highest model quality, so that they are good pics. I play this mod with the lowest settings i can go because I have a Compaq.

YOU WANTED ME TO POST LOTS OF SCREENIES!!!

[Homdax]

The latter is a bad screenie.
The colours are reduced from 32 to 16 bit depth. Thats why the "colour map" is odd. I reduced resolution to 800x600 specificly for those shots.

I am currently playing at 1280x1024 and could probably play at 1600x1200.
Wallpapers for the masses...:!:

[King of Hearts]

I particularly like my screenie for the Command Center, would make a great desktop.

EDIT: I have now made an amazing 1024*728 Wallpaper!

I will send it to anyone that wants it, as I can't post the actual picture.

[Homdax]

Why cant you post the picture? Post a smaller and link to bigger...

Damn. Hardly had anytime at all to play yesterday. I do have a serious bunch of screenies though, but will put them up later.

Drandel, did you improve the AI?
/me got blown to pieces

[King of Hearts]

I belive he did, as it got harder...

http://s90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...gAnch=imgAnch7

Unfortunatly it was scaled down to 800*600 when it was uploaded.

If you like LordHomey I could E-mail you the 1024*728. If you want it shoot me a PM with your E-mail.

[Homdax]

Make zips up to 5 MB a piece, and e-mail them to info at conram com.
I will prepare a Onslaught sub album to Cata at my shots site, www.hwshots.hwaccess.net. I'll set you up with permissions if you go register there.

Extremely easy to use...

Directlink to cata Onslaught album:
http://www.hwshots.hwaccess.net/v/cata/onslaught/

[King of Hearts]

OK, all registered, but still waiting for the confirmation.

I sent you the wallpaper BTW, so check your inbox.

[Caboose123]

youre kinda branching off topic guys, id suggest creating a thread in the other homeworld forum

and durandel?, awesome mod, seriosuly, the best damn Cataclysm mod in existence!

im still a little worried that Entropy has a Durandel shrine though......

[King of Hearts]

Everyone should have a Durandel Shrine, right next to everyones' Homeworld Universe Shrine. ^_^

[Durandel]

I'm back and feeling better. Homeboy, sorry to disappoint you but that logo was my original. I forgot to get permissions, so I didn't use the new version which combined mine with yours.

However, I've spotted a pretty big problem with Onslaught 4 and so have prepared a v4.1. If you can get me permission I'll include the improved logo in it.