you can make abillitys that dont need antimatter

like the sprint of the Kodiak

Release date?

no,again you cant,because that means in magnetic clouds you wouldnt be able to use the MAC and it coiuld be disabled

You are simply looking at the wrong place... right place being the devellopment forum who can only be access by mod dev and mod leaders...

First question: In the final mod, have we only two cap. ships, the supercarrier of the UNSC, and the Assault Carrier of the Covenant?

Final mod is not for soon... and it remain a lot of model to make... phoenix class and covenant supercarrier ( not the scaled 5 time assault carrier from Halo reach but the real covenant supercarrier ) will be the next...

For the phoenix, he is in texturing stage now... take a long time become a lot of 3D detail are added via Xach-effect, a lot more effective that with bump map or nm map in sins...

One "wings" is only 4 triangle... basic plating use bump map and the details with high relief ( 3d effect ) use a Xach-effect

Second question: Have the UNSC ships only two type of weapons?  (MAC and Archer missiles)

Nope... take a look at a old screenshot for the phoenix just below...

You can see ATAF missile turret and deck gun... since i have made the UNSC supercarrier, these have the shiva nuclear missile... having work on the frigate too, these have the 50mm flak gun too...

Pretty sure that when our list of model will expand, we will have the Morey space mine... normally, UNSC carrier have two 

fusion rocket... slow and non effective against covenant ship but work good against orbital structure... there is the more big UNSC weapons, called Nova bomb... don't think that it is already implemented on any ship from the mod but it is a very interesting bomb :

"The only documented triggering of a NOVA Bomb...The resulting explosion occurred between a Covenant outpost planet Joyous Exultation and its moon, Malhiem, scorching half of the planet and shattering the moon. The resulting winds on Joyous Exultation flattened cities and spawned tidal waves. Radiation flooded the planet and killed everything living on it, penetrating the surface of the planet to its core. Every ship within the NOVA Bomb's range, save for those on the opposite side of the planet, boiled and vaporized in an instant. It is unknown what the Covenant did with the planet, but it is no longer capable of supporting life. The NOVA Bomb explosion completely destroyed three-fifths of the fleet that was there, totaling over 300 ships."

In fact, UNSC ship can have plenty of various weapons, several of them not being good documented and having mainly reference only in the Halo novel...

Sorry if I sound like a person who thinks he knows it all. But if i remember correctly the US Navy which is what the UNSC is based off of calls ships a she, I came to figure this because in the Halo book series all the ships when they are referred to without a name are called She as well as in the games EX. When your fighting to get off of the pillar of Autumn in Halo 1. Or when you meet up with commander keyes to give him cortana in Halo:Reach commander keyes says for you to protect her he is referring to both the Pelican that he and Cortana are in and the Pillar of Autumn. This is a tradition started by early sailors all around the globe(Earth this time). Please dont take this the wrong way Thoumsin this is not at all meant to criticisize you. You as person have your choice as to whether to call the ships a she or a he. If you already know this all and just chose not to call it a she or you just prefer calling it a he then that's cool same if you just missed the "s" because you were typing too fast either way its cool I personally don't care I have no intention of becoming a sailor or a captain of ship or a navy official or any of the above.

Please don't take this wrong I was simply stating things that I have personally noticed and read I may be quite wrong on this and if I am I apologize

Lol... no offense but does it really matter that much? its just a game and if you didn't notice the guy probably doesnt use english as his first language. 

does anyone know when the mod will be released?

My first language is French, second language is Dutch... English is third...

And Shaded_Newt is right... being a old sailor from the royal Navy, i know ( and have forget ) that "she" need to be used for a ship...

"We always call a ship a "she" and not without a reason.
For she displays a well-shaped knee regardless of the season.
She scorns the man whose heart is faint and doesn't show him pity.
And like a girl she needs the paint to keep her looking pretty.

For love she'll brace the ocean vast, be she a gig or cruiser.
But if you fail to tie her fast you're almost sure to lose her.
On ships and dames we pin our hopes, we fondle them and dandle them.
And every man must know his ropes or else he cannot handle them.

Be firm with her and she'll behave when skies are dark above you.
And let her take a water wave - praise her, and she'll love you.
That's why a ship must have a mate; she needs a good provider.
A good strong arm to keep her straight, to comfort her and guide her.

For such she'll brace the roughest gales and angry seas that crowd her.
And in a brand new suit of sails no dame looks any prouder.
The ship is like a dame in that she's feminine and swanky;
You'll find the one that's broad and fat is never mean and cranky.

Yes ships are ladylike indeed, for take them altogether
the ones that show a lot of speed can't stand the roughest weather."

poem, credited to an Alfred Benjamin, of Newfoundland, Canadian able seaman deceased 1941

Viper:Lol like i said in the post it really doesnt matter.

Thoumsin: I figured that you had either forgotten, didn't know, or that you had basically just missed the s which is very possible. And I'm currently learning French

I think I'm in love.

Oh wow, I've been forgetting to update this thread.

Anyways, the Phoenix ended up being excellently textured by Fileosoft (Thoumsin on here) and is currently ingame.

I'll come back and post some eye candy when I get a free moment.

Back.

Anyways, the Phoenix class comes in two forms:

1) The lightly armed and armored Civilian vessel that is cannibalized after colonizing a planet to make a colonies infastructure.

2) The Heavily armed semi-warship that carries thousands of troops and armored vehicles, making it used often for planetary invasions.

Thoumsin, this is beautiful work. You are an artist.

Disregard, double post.

are you going to add the covy corvette(light frigate) from reach too?

I'm a hardcore halo fun and I just have some questions.

First of all what are the fighters that will be in the mod?

I mean you have the Falcon (Not Reach's Falcon but A halo wars deleted material), the GA-TL1 Longsword-class Interceptor, F99 Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle, Open Frame 92/Extra-Vehicular Activity (booster Frame), and the AC-220 Gunship (Vulture), YSS-1000 (Sabre)I have no question about the bombers since there is only one. Well I guess the Pelican can count as a bomber.

Secondly, there are two variations of the destroyer:

Which one are you using?

My main concern is the Halcyon class cruisers.

First of all it is slightly smaller than a Marathon Cruiser, but its larger than a frigate. And its Armaments.

Before Refits: One MAC Cannon. Six Archer Missile Pods which were far below standards at the time. Each pod would have contained several individual missiles. Four Shiva Nuclear Warheads. Numerous 50mm point defense guns.

After Refits: One upgraded MAC Cannon capable of firing 3 rounds in quick succession. 300 Archer Missile Pods which were arranged in thirty columns and ten rows. Each pod contained 26 individual devices, equaling 7800 missiles. Four Shiva Nuclear Warheads. One of these missiles was disguised as a Longsword fighter, which could be remote controlled. Forty 50mm MLA Auto-cannons with overlapping fields of fire for point defense against single ships.

Just a few things I wanted to check.

juggernat96, right now they are using 2 destroyers with a 3rd (the Heart of Midlothian) in development.

OK. But what about the Halcyon cruiser? And the bombers and fighters?

they are already done dude,thank you for not helping at all

I was just asking a fucking question! Asshole!

juggernat plz remember this is still a WIP so it is not finalized yet and balanced as the SOTP team i believe is trying to fill out all the ship roles first then ADD the "icing on the cake" but plz wait but to answer your question yes there will be a refit option i think for the halcyon idk it was discussed.

hey canadaman I got cleared for the beta but where do I download the files?

So DanManGames appears to be down. What's the deal?

#1. look at the pictures on the top of the post??

#2. Check out moddb its usually the most up to date: http://www.moddb.com/mods/halo-sins-of-the-prophets