HOMEWORLD TRUE-SCALE SHIP MOD

Mod By: JAL-18 <ID>
Mod Version : 1.5
Readme by: berJumper
This zip package: JAL-18 and berJumper

GENERAL INFORMATION
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This is a MOD for people that want to play Homeworld with 'real' sized 
ships.

N-LIPS what causes the game to render the ships differently according to 
view
distance in game.  Smaller ships (like fighters and corvettes) are made 
larger
visually on screen when you are zoomed out.  It is our understanding that 
this
feature was added to ensure that the game remained more easily playable by 
making
the units more easily identifiable when zoomed out. To make this mod, all 
the
.shp files have had their N-LIPS scaling effects commented out.  Nothing 
else has
been altered.

If you find you have trouble spotting the ship types in game, try using the
tactical overlay (Capslock) to view the various ship types.  Playing with 
the
N-LIPS disabled, is a unique experience and definitely changes the feel of
Homeworld's gameplay.

Edit by JAL-18:  As kindly pointed out to me by AstroMat1, v1.3 had the 
plantes acci-
dently removed.  I can assure you that v1.4 indeed DOES have the planets.  
Thanks,
AstroMat1, and thanks to everyone who has helped/supported this mod :)

Another Edit by JAL-18: Much to my embarresment, I only recently discovered 
that I had
accidentially left one of my private game files in the public release.  The 
r1 Ion Cannon Frigate
was bugged (as some of you noticed and to which I failed to respond) and 
would attempt to ex-
ecute attack runs like a fighter.  I have fixed this, and hopefully, this 
will be the last version of the
Truescale mod we have to release.


SINGLE PLAYER INFORMATION:
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All ships excluding the Karos Graveyard derelicts should use the 'true' 
scaling,
including Turanic Raiders, Bentusi, Kadeshi, and T-mat.

MULTIPLAYER INFORMATION:
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Theoretically it should be possible, according to a Relic programmer, to 
play
against someone who does not have the mod installed.  That being said, it's 
not
been confirmed to work yet.

The initial release was mini-tested for Multiplayer by berJumper and Athexx 
and
it was determined at that time that it was not feasible to play against a 
player
(or players) who did not have the mod installed.  However, thanks to Walker, 
it
was pointed out that the shp files used were from the 1.01 release of 
Homeworld
not the 1.05 release.  This release contains the 1.05 shp files with the 
NLIPS line
commented out.

This release has not been tested for compatibility while playing against 
'normal'
1.05 players.  Feel free to test on WON, but be ready for Sync errors.  You 
should
have no problems playing against others that have this mod installed.


TO INSTALL
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-Make sure that all other mods have been uninstalled.
(alternately, create a copy of your Homeworld directory and use the second 
copy)

-To install  this, simply unzip it into the main Homeworld directory.
(Usually c:\sierra\Homeworld)

-Folders Created on Install in the Homeworld directory:
P1,P2,R1,R2 and Traders


TO UNINSTALL
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Method 1:
-Remove all of the directories relating to this MOD (P1,P2,R1,R2, Derelicts 
and Traders).

Method 2:
-Run the removetruescale.bat (from the Homeworld directory you installed 
to).

Method 3:
-Using windows explorer move the directories to a backup location.


SPECIAL THANKS from JAL-18:
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-To the people at the Relic Forums (http://forums.relicnews.com)

-To Sierra Entertainment Inc, and Relic Entertainment, for releasing this 
totally awesome game

-To berJumper and Dan van Crone for their continual support of this mod.

-To Scottismo for his continual support and help in getting the latest 
version out to the public.


SPECIAL THANKS from berJumper:
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-To Relic for providing such a finely crafted experience.

-To the folks at Relic that discussed this mod with me.

-To Athexx for helping with the bare minimum of testing.

-To Walker for spotting the 1.05 files mix up.


WARNINGS ETC:
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USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  We assume no responsibility if you somehow manage to 
delete
your windows directory when installing this file.

THIS MOD IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY SIERRA ON-LINE OR RELIC 
ENTERTAINMENT.

Homeworld and all related products are copyrighted to and by Sierra 
Entertainment.

The Homeworld True-Scale Ship MOD is copyrighted to, JAL-18.

For support with this mod, send a private message to JAL-18 or berJumper 
via the
Official Relic Forums at http://forums.relicnews.com.
