Appendix C:
Bibliography and Links

 

Part One – Texts

1.

An introduction to Map Building (Written by TAKER, aka James Tooman)

2.

TAKER's Exception Errors Demystified (Written by TAKER, aka James Tooman)

3.

Hellhawk's Checklist for Advanced Map-Builders (Written by Hellhawk666)

4.

Homeworld Mapmaking Help and FAQ v2.0a (Written by Obithrawn (with help))

5.

Relic Mission Editing Text (Written by Relic Entertainment Inc.)

6.

Relic's Object List (Written by Relic Entertainment Inc.)

7.

Relic's Properties List (Written by Relic Entertainment Inc.)

8.

For .level files - (Written by Gary Shaw)

9.

Colors - (Written by Luke Moloney)

10.

Nebula stuff:  (Written by Keith Hentschel)

11.

Roon's Mission Man editing steps (Written by Roons)

12.

Relic Board Postings (Collated by BPLlama)

13.

Roons' Step by Step for dummies (Written by Roons)

14.

How to: Make a resource cloud (Written by LupusUmbrus)

15.

How to: Make a resource cluster regenerate (Written by LupusUmbrus)

16.

Map Editing Info (Written by Led Mirage)

17.

HeadShotAsteroid notes (Written by Anolis)

18.

Additional Notes (Spittledung, Demon-Dog)

19.

How to create regrowable resources (Written by DrakeBird)

20.

Base RU level is 400 (Written by Hellhawk666)

21.

MS optimal starting distances (Senilty OMO)

22.

Property Combinations (Tech)

23.

Numerous other postings (Hellhawk666, Shin, TAKER, BPLlama, Obithrawn, et al. etc.)

Many of these files are still available in the editing sections of the Project Red Engineering Module: The Map and Map Makers Archives and BPLlamas: The Homeworld Map Archive. Additional Forum postings from The Relic Homeworld Editing Forum and the OMO Map Editing Forums.

 

Part Two – Utilities

TextPad  
[2443kb by Helios Software Solutions]

Using Text editors to create and/or modify maps can become pretty confusing, using Textpad will solve all your problems. Enjoy a free Unlimited trial of the full version of TextPad from Helios Software Solutions. Ask any mapper and they will recommend this program over notepad, wordpad etc.

 

Big file viewer/extractor v3.0  
[259kb by Taleisin]

Root around in the Homeworld and Cataclysm BIG data files with Taleisin's BIG viewer.

 

Background Tool of the Geeks 
[618kb by
Relic Entertainment Inc.]

Create your own backgrounds For Homeworld and Cataclysm maps using Relic's BTG program. You might like to peruse the BTG Reference Images available, hosted on BPLlamas HW Map Archive site, and check over there for a collection of available backgrounds.

 

The Excel HW Map Makers Spreadsheet  

[319kb by Dylov]

A number of helpful spreadsheets, deals with both resources and ship/player placement. Includes TAKER’s ‘Tilting’ Ring Maker Utility, The Continuous Asteroid Belt Maker, Player/Resource Distances Generator and preformatted .csv sheets for Missphere and Level file adjustments. More.

 

Random Derelict Placer  

[1427kb by BPLlama]
BPLlama’s Random Derelict placer will, as the name suggests, place random derelicts throughout your map in numbers and concentration to your specifications.

Random Resource Placer  
[24kb by BPLlama]

BPLlama’s Random Resource placer will, as its name suggests, place random resource clouds throughout your map in numbers and concentration to your specifications.

JUICY Distribution Maker  
[229kb by Jacelor]
Jacelor’s Distribution Maker will generate clouds of resources to the specifications of your choosing taking care of the distribution and resource lines. Good interface, if a little confusing to use at first.

Barking Dogs MissionMan doc   
[1kb by Barking Dog]

The Help file produced by barking dog for MissionMan, if you have the game then you will already have it, if you don't it is still useful for those HW Mappers who can use MissionMan without it crashing every 30 seconds or so...

see more on Utilities in Useful Tools.

Part Three – Websites

Project Red Forums
Relic Forums
OMO  Forums
DP Forums
BD Forums
see more on Forums in Online Help.

The Map and Map Makers Archives
The Homeworld Map Archive
jst Online Map Archive
Drunken Pirates Clan Pages & fourm
Medamanx's Screenshot Archives

Project Red
The Guidestone
RelicNews
Homeworld X
Homeworld Fleet Command

Sierra Online Official Homeworld Pages
Official Homeworld Site

Relic Entertainment

The Math and Physics Help Home Page
The Maths Index
Kenneth Boyd’s Trigonometry Crash Review
Coordinates and vectors in three dimensional space

see more on Website in Useful Websites.

 

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