The Newbie Guide to HW2 Modding

[zachary]

I'm totally new to modding scene, but i wanted to ask for help. How can i change maxhealth of a Mothership to, let's say "more comfortable" value?? I made everything that was writen in mini-FAQ on page 5. Can someone help me?? Should i only change NewShipType.maxhealth in hgn_mothership.ship or it isn't enough??

sry for my english :bandit:

[Pond Weed]

Hi. I am having trouble downloading the tools for modding. I have read the tutorials and now have enough knowledge to probably go off and mod with the best of them. However every time I try to download the modding tools I end up with one of those "Why not try this" search pages. I have tried different computers in different houses thet are not connected in any way and yet the same result. I am aiming to do a mod that requires a lot of changing but without the basic tools I cannot even begin to experiment with attributes. As you can imagine my many fruitless attempts have left me mildly disgruntled.
Can someone provide me with a reliable link please.
Thankyou.

[Aiun]

hi,
i've a coupe of Ships designed for a Scifi Universe i created.
Now i think in would be nice having these Ships fighting in Homeworld and doing a 'live-test' about balancing.

Problem: all modding-Stuff for homeworld is about Maya for Modelling, or the Stuff is Scattered...
is there any Tutorial for "how to Start..." - inserting new Ships, or even a new Race into HW2 ?
First of all would be getting the Ship build and movable. Then Adding weaponry, shields and so on.

i'm using Milkshape which can export the Meshes to many filetypes.

thanks for help


... i know this Question is made often in this Forum, but i didn't find enough Information within the Answers...

[Alex Drake]

I refer you all here for all your HW2 modding needs;

http://hw2.tproc.org/wiki/KarosGraveyard

[Ozzie85]

I need a more experienced modder's help.I changed a few stats in the game.Chahged the build cost of a few ships,and the squdron size of the interceptor and bomber squadrons(from 5 to 7).I applied the new .big file,it works properly,but when the game comes to a point(usually a larger battle),it suddenly crashes to the desktop with no error massages.I opened the errorlog file but it was empty.The game generated a minidump file but I don't know what to do with it.Could the squadron size be the matter or what?I need help fast.