News
Temporary partial site closure
On Monday I will be moving house. This means that it will be several days until I get the phone line set up and several weeks until I get the broadband installed (because broadband providers are so slow). In the mean time then the site will be effectively closed to new submissions.
Until I get broadband then I will still try to check and update if I can, but it will generally be from work and so is more restricted as to what I can do.
Another announcement will follow when I have Internet access back.
Imperial Guard with no markings return
Iron_Father has now sent in a correction/update for his Imperial Guard with no Cadia markings texture. This update is now available in place of the original and due to the original mistake it is still numbered as v1.0.
If you downloaded the textures before now then please re-download them to get the correct set of textures. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Icon set images available
Having released several icon sets, mdcertainty's download pages now have screenshots and sample images. If you didn't want to download the icons because you didn't know what they looked like then now you can see before you download.
Thanks to mdcertainty for sending in the images. While we try to make images for all downloads, other tasks and real life sometimes mean we end up with a large backlog of images.
Temporary texture removal
Due to submission issues that have recently emerged the "Imperial Guard with no markings" texture pack has temporarily been removed from the site.
This is nothing to worry about. The author and submitter knows what the issue is and there will be an update soon. It is also known that the author is feeling suitably embarrassed about his mistake.
New Necron icon set
mdcertainty has been busy once again and has released a Necron icon set for Dark Crusade.
Thanks to mdcertainty for his on-going work. One day soon we'll have a full set of replacement icons for all races!
In other news we now have five downloads pending which are waiting for contact from the author. Some are awaiting responses, while others need the author to get in contact with us because they didn't supply an email address. If you are the creator/submitter of any of the items that are in the pending list then please contact us and resolve the issues so that your download can join the list with mdcertainty's.
New Chaos icon set
mdcertainty has been busy with another set of HUD icons, this time for Chaos.
The Chaos icon set contains a full set of icons of the in-game models using the Iron Warriors colour scheme and some custom textures. If you're getting bored of the existing icons then they're a good replacement to spruce up your interface.
mdcertainty also has an Eldar icon set in the works, so keep an eye out for more icons coming soon.
Dawn of War Pattern Switcher v3 released
As promised, the Dawn of War Pattern Switcher has now reached Version 3.0.
Following quite a major rewrite with the release of Dark Crusade, version three pre-empts the release of Soulstorm with a more configurable and responsive application.
If you've got previous versions of the Pattern Switcher then now is the time to update. If you've never heard of it before then read on...
Coming soon - Pattern Switcher v3
Following the release of information on a third expansion pack for Dawn of War I started updating the Pattern Switcher.
Rather than wait for the release of the new game and hard-coding more values, the Pattern Switcher now works from configuration files. The plan is that the new Pattern Switcher should be compatible with Dawn of War: Soulstorm with no code changes, only configuration updates.
As an added bonus, the update also improves some of the workings and makes the tool compatible with mods that use SGA archives for their textures.
Watch this space...
New icon set and Guardsman texture
Two new downloads have now been added to the site - one a texture and one a set of icons.
Iron_Father's Imperial Guard with no Cadia markins texture cleans up the Guardsmen and Heavy Weapons to make them more generic. The Heavy Weapons Team have already had similar treatment previously but this covers all normal Guardsmen.
mdcertainty has contributed a second set of HUD icons, this time a set of Ultramarine icons for the Space Marine interface. The download actually contains two versions - one with and one without borders - that replace the icons with pictures of in-game models.
Thanks to Iron_Father for his first submission and mdcertainty for continuing his work on improving the icons.
Dawn of War to get third expansion pack
According to the THQ Investor Relations news article then Dawn of War will be getting a third expansion pack featuring two new races in Spring 2008.
One race is known to be the Dark Eldar, and screenshots have already been released. The other race is currently unknown.
As per usual, all existing races will also be getting new units, and fliers are apparently now going to be a possibility.
As with the release of the other expansion packs, Skins@HWT will provide hosting for new skins, badges, banners and other related content for the new races and the new units. So get planning your ideas now - the battle is now spreading to the star system!
