Engine Trail MODs/Enhancements (Image HEAVY) Adv. WaterTrails RELEASED

[Tefeari]

I hope you're making a shortcut and not a copy of the exe itself. Make sure there are quotes on both sides of the file path. I'm not sure if Vista would affect any of this.

Can you get any other mod to work?

[Rico-]

I created a shortcut to desktop by right clicking on Homeworld2.exe then send to ---> desktop(create shortcut).
You mean like other trail mod or something like pds or warlords??

Just tested complex mod, it works fine.

[Tefeari]

If you are extracting it into the data folder properly and have created the shortcut correctly there is nothing to go wrong. Thousands of people have installed this easily so I'm not sure what the problem is here. You've tried more than just one engine trail mod?

[Rico-]

Oh my god, I have been blind or something, haven't noticed the change in the engine trail and thought that the mod doesn't work. All other mods works but not the notrail.

[Tefeari]

You need to extract the notrail mod directly into the data/effect/trails folder

[Rico-]

Ok, it's working now, thanks!

[Siber]

http://www.tefearimpor.com seems unreachable, and with it most of the images and all the files here. Is this a problem on my end, a passing thing, or something more tragic?

EDIT: Nevermind, it's back up today.

[RevonZZ]

But Tefeari, I only have the animatics and another data folder in my data folder! I need help!

[JMScomp]

I only have the animatics and another data folder in my data folder! I need help!

You need to remove the 2nd data folder inside your main data folder, and place it's contents in the main data folder (if that made any sense).

[Elite Protector]

I can't get the same effect as you with the Alpha trail in the Interceptors... But damn these trails look good! I promote the Alpha trail in the hgn ships and the Water trail in the vgr ships, gets very interesting, and it's just everyone's face

[H.R.N.]

Is there a way to get the mod to wok at the same time as another? So have both running at once?

[Tefeari]

H.R.N: It depends on which mods and which engine trails you're referring to. Most of the engine trail mods are just a new texture with modified .ship files to refer to it.

If the mod includes different .ship files they won't refer to the new textures by default. You can probably fix them by hand though pretty easily. The engine trail lines of code are near the end of the .ship files and the rest is identical. So you should be able to identify it pretty easily if you want to change it yourself.

Or you can always ask the mod makers to make a version that uses a particular sort of trails.

[fudge_dragon]

A page or so back you mentioned that you couldn't make the alphatrails and advancedwatertrails mods for all ships due to something to do with the HOD files. Well I found your mod the other day and downloaded those two packages. This morning I was mucking about with HOD files using Cold Fusion HOD Editor (by 4E534B I think) and have got alphatrails functioning on the Hiiggaran Gunship.

I still think I need to widen the middle trail and maybe broaden the engine burn to reduce the effect where the third trail mysteriously appears.

But thats beside the point. What I intend to do is do this for all ships and maybe missiles. Eventualy for both types of trail. I've renamed your trail images so they dont clash with your other trail mods or vanilla Homeworld 2, as I intend to set it up so I can mix and match the trail types for individual ships, but it would still be easy enough to convent it back. I cant commit to any kind of project as im in exam season at the moment but what im suggesting is that if you are still having problems I can let you have any of the .HODs and .SHIPs I finish. After all, its building on you're work, your entitled to it,

[adamstrange]

I don't get it,why couldn't you get it to work ?

All you have to do is to dump all the trail mods into the EFFECT folder and just rename any of them if they share the same name with another file.

Then just assign each ship and missile a different trail.

Why would you mess with the HOD file ?

I have all the trails working in each of my mods without messing with the HOD file.

[fudge_dragon]

Really? From what I can see all your alpha trails and advanced water trails downloads have in them is the Hiigaran interceptor. All of your other trail mods work for all ships but those two. Have I missed an update on the thread where you posted a more complete link? If I have im terribaly sorry for any confusion caused.

[Tefeari]

Adam: Both the Alpha and Advanced Water trails use 3 trails to function. Only the Hiigaran Interceptor has 3 engine trail hardpoints by default.

Fudge_Dragon: I am very excited that you got a program to add a engine trail hardpoint to a classic HW2 ship. It doesn't look quite right because you forgot to tell the side trails to use the Alpha trail texture (all three need to be using it). Although there may be a size issue as well because the Gunship is wider than an interceptor, this would be easy to fix. If you will go ahead and add the extra hardpoints to all the ships I can appropriately adjust the scripts to make the Alpha/Advanced water trails to work with them. Have you thought about adding the trails to the new models the Homeworld 2.0 mod is producing?

[shiner980]

All the links are dead at this point, so does anyone still have the mod (specifically the Water, Plasma, and Dust Wars trails) to reupload, or can Tefeari please get the links to work again or upload at a place like filefront?

[L@pt0p Guy]

i have them

ill send them to someone in an e-mail who wants to host it again

send me a pm

[Tefeari]

Sorry, something is up with my server, I'll look into it and give you all a temporary mirror until I fix my main one.

[Tefeari]

Sorry it took so long, all the files are back up at their previous destinations.

[Felix24]

Hi, sorry for post in old thread, but - somebody have got these mods UNCOMPILET to BIGFile

[Tefeari]

I'm not sure what you're asking for, but due to a high amount of internet traffic from China (downloading my mods) my web server exceeded its monthly bandwidth limit. My download links should be back up again on Monday.

[ayres112]

Does anyone still have these the links don't work for me?

[Tefeari]

I'll try to get some mirrors up later today. Sorry everyone, my main server has been really unreliable lately.

[die harder]

When are the new links ment to be up the trails look alsome and also can anyone yes the trails in anyway like for their mod?

[Tefeari]

All the links on the front page should be working again.

Anyone can now use these files in their mods without permission. However, I would appreciate it if you gave credit to me in your mod and also sent me a pm telling me which trails you were using for your mod.

[Turambar]

Check it out, Tefeari

[maxdamage]

All the links on the front page should be working again.

The NO-TRAIL PATCH and the DustWars/Homeworld 1 Trails links are dead.

[Tefeari]

Maxdamage: Thanks for reporting the problem. The links are fixed.

[-=[F@LC0]=-]

All Links are down again ... :-/

[templerlord]

Bump.

Hope the links could be fixed :-]

[templerlord]

so...I guess Tefeari is abondonning these mods...any other people who got the files and could send them?

I want the watertrailsV1.zip file. Anyone who got the file could mail it to templerlord@yahoo.com.cn . Much appreciated.