I'm sure we all know about Eve Online, the greatest space game ever conceived. But it doesn't allow for any sort of modification. The game doesn't allow modders to tweak and tune. Warcraft allows some hefty modification to its own interface. Most people who are into the Sci-Fi genre know the classics in the field. Wing Commander, Freelancer, Homeworld and Star Trek games. Most of them, were not accessible to interface changes. This article will focus on the modding scene for one particular game. Homeworld was created in the Late 90's by a software company called Relic. They subsequently released an expansion pack for HW:1 and then later in 2003, released a sequel HW:2. These games were somewhat like Starcraft in the fact that they were Real Time Strategies, but we're focused in space, and on unit management. Relic decided to leave the game architecture open, so people could tweak it. This lead to a huge community of modders. Many projects were created and many failed. A few stars began to shine through in 2004 when some Angels Fall First fans decided to create a total conversion of the game. This was similar to Natural Selection for HalfLife, where everything in the game is replaced. This includes ship design, logic and physics. Now this mod had sketches a large dev team and a lot of promises. Eventually the forums were shut down, web pages were not registered and the project was assumed dead. Recently, Relic themselves have opened up their forums to be used for modders to gather and share resources. It was here that we learned the AFF mod was actually back in full swing and making great strides towards completion. This is basically my chance to hype this great game and a great mod that we all hope will be completed eventually. Dust off that copy you have stored in your mom's attic and install it. These games are still having life breathed into them every day. Sometimes the best games are the ones you forgot you had. You will find there are many mods for every need. Here is a list of fun mods that might make you lose a weekend or two. Below are some links to random mods and below that is a list of references to get you started.
BrickWars: Legos!
Babylon 5: A long standing mod
StarWars: Loosk good
Eve-Online: WUT? Nothing to show yet.




References:
Relic Forums
HW2: Angels Far First Thread
RTSC Mods List
Mod DB list