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Total Conversions to BABYLON 5
Babylon 5 is the
massive sci-fi TV series about on the interstellar political
intrigues of the massive diplomatic space station from Earth:
the Babylon 5. Babylon 5 is unusual for a TV series in that
its entire five year run was based on a single story arc. Its
a natural for Homeworld, and yup, there's more B5 custom modding
and ships than you can point a stick at!
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Babylon
5 TC |
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A generic
Babylon 5 conversion, that throws a cross section from
all the ships of all the races in the series into a themed
collection without trying to highlight a battle or a particular
story thread. Last known version was 3.5beta3,
updated in 2001, which came with its own music. Activity on
this mod has ceased, but it is still available for download.
You can chase up more details, resources and general groovy
stuff for Homeworld modding (mostly around Babylon 5, but
not all) at one of the mod's principal authors, CnlPepper. |
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Babylon
5:
Conflict of Interest |
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B5:COI
is a TC where players can mix and match their forces, and pit
the major races in the TV series against each other. That is,
you pick the version of the mod with the battle you want, install
it and off you go. Currently, there's the Earth
Alliance vs. Vorlon Empire and ISA
vs. Drakh battles to pick from. Activity on this mod
has certainly died down. There were noises about a Homeworld
2 version at some point. |
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Babylon 5: Great Wars: A set of total
conversions, each dedicated to a particular Great War from the
Babylon 5 series epic plotlines. These inter-related mods share
ship models, texturing and other details, all collectively hosted
at the B5Mods.com
site. Not much seems to have happened with these mods of late
- the authors seem to have migrated to Homeworld2
and their focus has widened to include creating modding tools
for many games (mostly Relic
titles) as well as tinker with spaceship models and actual mods.
The Narn-Centauri War
replaces the default races with the Centauri
and reptilian Narn's fleets. These
two rivals score some flamboyant and colourful ship designs.
Current version 2.0.
The Shadow War features
the Shadows, Mimbari
ships, the Vorlons and the earlier,
ill fated Babylon 4 station (pictured
top). Current Version: 1.0.
 The
EA Civil War is by far and away the best TC here, and
concerns itself with the conflict between the fascist Clark
government on Earth and dissidents in the Earth
Alliance towards the end of the series. It replaces
music, sounds, weapon and explosion effects, and has multiplayer
maps based on the big battles in the TV series. This not only
replaces the Kushan and Taiidani
forces, but all the single player ones as well - you can replay
the Homeworld single player campaign filled with Babylon 5
units. Current version: 2.5.
The Dilgar Invasion.
This pits the EA Government against
those half-feline, genocidal nutters, the Dilgar.
Current version: 1.0.
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Colonel
Pepper's
Babylon 5 Mod Resources |
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A pair of Babylon 5 related mini-mods that do nothing more than
change the in-game graphics and special effects. The B5TC
Jump point Mod v1r4 changes the Homeworld hyperspace
rectangle effect into the vivid blue conical effect of the TV
series; while the Weapons Mod v2 completely
replaces all weapon and explosion effects to match that of Babylon
5's. Major explosions generate flaming debris and wreckage,
and beam weapons are thin, slick lines. Not all the effects
are brilliant though: some bullets a little more than candy
coloured globs (and what's with those pinky mauve zap guns,
anyway?!) I think some of these effects and explosions may be
incorporated into the New Graphical
Mod for Homeworld mini-mod. |
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