Honor Harrington mod?

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Hey all :) I have NO modding abilities at all, so I was just putting it out there to see if anybody is interested in working on or already is working on a Honor Harrington universe mod for SoaSE. I'm a huge fan of a the book series and have always wanted the chance to play a game that took place in that universe :)
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Coding expert - If you find the models, I can do the coding of it. Email ghost9_6@msn.com aim: Dangerouslancer
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
same, i can code and debug. just send message to me (on this forum account)
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
watch out for cease and desist orders, they are violently protective of the IP
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
Thanks for the heads up EvilleJedi! Have they gone after modders in the past?

I'm glad to see some folks interested in this! Like I said, I have no modding abilities at all, but I'll keep my eyes and ears open for people who might have made ship models :) Hopefully this project can become a reality at some point :D
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
Yes. We were toying with building a HH-universe mod in the Homeworld 2 game engine.

SoaSE doesn't really lend itself well to a HH-universe mod in terms of the combat, though. There's no shield facings which is critical to their style of combat, ships don't accelerate/decelerate when fighting, there are no counter-missiles. All of that stuff can likely be coded/modded in, but generally the HH universe ships themselves are butt ugly, looking like giant hotdogs with eight-sided dice screwed on both ends.

-- Retro
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
watch out for cease and desist orders, they are violently protective of the IP
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I didn't realize Baen was that bad... I know Lucas Arts tends to be, though!
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
That's why you make it in secret, then release it on torrents.
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
I think if David Weber got involved or was kindly asked or maybe kidnapped and beaten into submission then maybe there would be no IP issues, then again I am probably mistaken like everything else. You know how those Peeps can be. The Honorverse is a big place gots to Galaxy Forge it first then go from there. Tally ho and good hunting.
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
No, IIRC (and it was a while ago so I could be wrong), it was because another gaming organization had the rights. I didn't see the correspondence myself, but scuttlebutt was that they were civil about it, but firm, and the green light was not provided.

-- Retro