I hate to be a naysayer, but I was part of a team which tried to do exactly that in the Homeworld 2 engine, and we got shut down due to IP considerations.  It seems we were given a cease-and-desist (we eventually got some correspondance with Mr. Weber himself, though it didn't avail us) in favour of this: http://www.rulethehonorverse.com/ .

While I would dearly love to see my favourite military sci-fi universe in Sins, it would be even worse for some people to try and then get shut down like we did.

All that said however, I can actually think of a few ways to get the characterstic combat elements.  We already have broadside combat in the Akkan BC, missiles could simply be spawned fighters with little ability to turn, shot down by anti-figher "Counter-Missiles"...

Alas, if only...

I was part of that mod effort, and I'll agree you don't want to go there (hi, Locutus! ).

I'll also note that Sins doesn't really translate well to the physics and combat components of that specific "space" universe.

Yeah, I've checked the site for the new honorverse game, and they haven't updated it since the intial game info.

I hope this doesn't turn into 5 years of hell like Halo Wars did...

But yeah, if you can get permission, that'd be awesome.

Because mods will potentially compete with any future plans they have of doing their own game. I'm not gonna say I understand it completly but I know the modders for Space Empires had talked about doing it and they got a cease and desist as well. If I recall correctly DW didnt care so much (as long as they didnt try to do fanfic in his universe, which he doesn't want anyone to do). Further proof of this could be the fact that a Starfire mod was made just fine, which DW collaberated on with Steve White. It's too bad to, because just like B5, I think a game based on this series would be wildly popular (at least judging by all the space games asking for a honorverse mod).

I'm sorry for the forum necrosis here, but I was trying to find a mod in the honorverse.

Damn. :/

Sorry, I hit post before I was done. Then I had to go to the bathroom.

IP = Intellectual Property I assume?

David Weber has released the board game that he has used to simulate the space battles in the books. I happen to have a copy. It's a pity that he would keep his fans from building something amazing. 

The SINS platform would be perfect, or close to it. Although the scale might be a little more difficult, considering that every single weapon has a range between 250kkm (lasers) and 63 million km (think rough distance between sun and venus) for the multidrive missiles. Maaaaaajor scale change.

Baen sucks.

What's the problem with making a mod? If anything it enhances sales of the books themselves. People who have never read the books before come across the mod, enjoy it, and get curious about the lore. 

It's a "duh" thing.

With all due respect I find that statement to be highly suspect. Baen Books is notorious for cease and desist actions on projects related to a multitude of the books that it publishes. If needed I can start the laborious process of digging up reference after reference as well as letters and correspondence with David Webber himself which states otherwise in order to provide proof if you are unwilling or unable to do the research yourself.

No matter how you look at it, Honoverse Mods are a 'No-Go' for multiple reasons. I will 're-quote' what I stated above. Do some digging and let this thread die in peace.

Do you know how Baen Books operates the entities which it owns?  You can't make an Honverse mod, regardless of what you name it. PERIOD.

Quit necro-ing this post and let it drop. I've already given you the links to go find everything that has been referenced both from letters from David Webber himself describing what I am trying to tell you. There are letters from Baen which describe this also. Please stop trolling user's hopes and old posts and let this drop. If you want to argue about who said what regardless of the proof then shoot me a PM, it doesn't need to keep bumping up a dead thread over and over again.

PLEASE QUIT NECROING THIS THREAD AND LET IT DROP.

@ boshimi 
I'm terribly sorry about coming to the mod idea ten years late. Not my fault I had no idea about the ins and outs and sorry that I felt it a necessity to figure out  whether or not it was doable.

If you called it Manticore: Battle of Honor, it would be about what? Oh, a Manticore--a mystical hybrid creature that may or may not reference to a novel written by a popular sci-fi author. Furthermore, I don't see how that word is copyrighted, or that battle of honor is copyrighted. 

And I also don't see how the mechanics of the game would have to be exactly what might or might not be in the books.

You are aware that there are no "original" ideas anymore, right? Everything in one way or another is a copy of something else.

So it becomes less about what Baen or DW has said. More about what can be changed in order to not violate the actual copyrights. I'm surprised that nobody has thought about this. Even the HW2 project could have been 'fixed' by simply changing a few details and the name.

@Seleuceia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZT6WKlvUkQ

you mean Baen wouldn't be able to link this thread pointing out you knowingly violated copyright laws . I am of course being sarcastic if it was as easy as changing the name and rewording it then everyone would do it. that is not how it works as 100s of lawsuits have shown over the years. but hey if you make it and release it i would gladly download it before they sue the crap out of you.