What do you mean dead?

Homeworld Shipyards hasn't been updated in several years, and its missing a lot of info.

Crap, forgot the tangent map. 

The destroyer could wipe a couple of frigates but typically took heavy losses against a cruiser. The weapons on top had a full 360 rotation, with a declination of about 30-45 degrees. It typically moved to broadside, unlike the bulk of vessels in game. There was a missile upgrade which gave it a limited capability to attack from any angle.

It makes sense as a support cap for its non-viability against heavier classes, while still out-gunning most all frigates. The abilities depend on what you're aiming to do. Are you adding shields or staying true to the original and eliminating shields?

I want to stay as true to the HW game as I can and keep balance so if the Hiigaran did not have shields I will up the armour unless there is a better suggestion.

I know the guns do not rotate but I can add hard points left and right from the same gun like the TEC flak frigate. Give a little more damage to left or right so the ship prefers to broadside. If it is going to stay a support cap I can extend the length and just add more turrets to point left or right as well.

The problem with those m0d ships will be finding proper permissions. I loved the complex m0d. I was planning on making my own ship and structure mash-ups once done with the models I have already.

The Hiigarans don't have shields except for the Defense Field frigate.  The Defense Field frigate has a shield bubble ability like the Iconus Guardian's, except it absorbs 100% of the damage inflicted and also depletes over time even when not under fire.  It is important to note the DF frigate doesn't have a shield until it deploys the bubble shield.

Also myfist, I didn't realize you were going to alter models if necessary for gameplay.  Adding a few extra turrets for the destroyer will make it work.  The big problem though is the torpedo launchers, since they can fire in multiple arcs but only at one target at a time, and it will look odd if the frontal torpedoes fire only to the left, and wasted DPS if they point forwards and the Destroyer ends up broadsiding.

That would be a hell of a maneuver.

As for teh turrets, instead of making the ship longer, what if you mirror the front half of the turret to make it show barrels on both sides? Keeps the model more intact that way. And yes, broadside would be more true to the game.

Yeah, that's the only way I know to make teh top rear turret line up properly and ge tthe AI to follow the Homeworld2 dynamic.

Btw, good call using the dreadnought as a siege vessel since both sides had one. I have to admit that when it comes to abilities, I feel that, if you can, maybe you should gear away from Sins by not giving them anything they didn't really have in Homeworld. I know the ability buttons are nice and all, but the Dreadnought could blast a planet or a ship, nothing else. It poses a weakness, but also makes it true to the dynamic of the original.

What are your thoughts? Are you maybe trying to give it a little more of a Sins twist?

So many races that each race has to interact with is the only consideration. How will they do against Borg or the Galactic Empire? If they are weaker they need to make allies easily or be evenly matched against all races either by strength or numbers.

This is why I made these posts, to have the community join in with the decisions of making the m0d. The more a person contributes, the higher rank in decisions if there is another point of view. 

More Races? 

http://sins-of-the-creator.weebly.com/races.html

ROFL. And I just added the 3 Freespace races I recruited a modeler for. 

oh, go to shipyards and look up the HW and Cataclysm races to get the full scope.

Easily fixed with the values in the entities. Like I said for no shields, just give more HPs and better armour or a faster, cheaper build rate. It just has to be possible to beat the others with what they get. Balance is the key.

Also the races will be separate add-ons so if you do not want borg vs Hiigaran than just do not enable that m0d.

What? No Vaygr? They're next on the model list.

I will add them all if you can help some. Strings, icons, sounds etc... Whatever. Models will keep me busy for large time.

 Same issue again of needing a rotating gun. Might just have to do it with particle effects.