Well lets see.. Elite like ships are very low poly and hardley have any details.

The ships in elite look a lot different in the ones with wing commander alike style ships.

Elite was one of the first space games I got for the Amiga500(big at the time) and really liked the way it played..most space games have hints of Elite in it..with the markets,pirates and kill mission.

I remember it was all wireframe though..

I guess I could just create my own ideas, and hope thats what they might have used.

I'll write that down as a "Let me see what I can do"

Porsche

*looks at Detonate* hm... a penny for your thoughts

*with fear in her eyes* Please Porsche NO thargoids ! Yes ? hm ? dont do that .

i had immense problems with them back at my c-64
and it would be quite annoying if they catch you out of the tradelanes or even the
jumpgates ,but "that" would be interseting to do :

ships that catch you out of the jumpgatetunnel to deploy you someplace else and then wack you all over the hull
hihi

some other hint cause i have no nerve to open a new post about so little :
Porsche can you scale the pilotfigures ?
in the A-wing it seems some child is messing around in a really big cockpit
reminds me of episode I as anakin flys the starfighter

greetings Vera Lynn

"we will meet again, some sunny day"

(Porsche - apologies for spelling your name wrong, my bad.)

What has impressed me is the level of detail in the Star Wars models I've seen here, especially the corvette & Y Wing - the texture detail looks stunning.

Sure, the original Elite models were wireframe - granted - but in subsequent releases, the models did begin to take on more detail & character. I'd also hazard a guess the majority of Elite universe ships fit well within the confines of the FL universe based on apx. sizes and so forth. (Imperial Courier (and the other one, 3 engined affair), Asp and so on.)

*Strays off topic.... Hmmm, would a Sulaco model work in FL?*

Actually, I remember playing Elite on my Speccie, Frontier on my ST or possibly Amiga, but we're going back a long time... when I was erm, 18 or so. Twenty odd years ago!? Yikes!

Cheers,

Detonate

Hay Porche

Me too mate
The flight of the valkyre music burning out in the second Elite and the cobra on a bombing mission. Nice

I love the smell of burn research station in the morning

Giskard

Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!

A fellow spirit!!

I'm dying for some Elite & Frontier ships to appear in Freelancer, and maybe a new system, called Lave, with a certain symmetrical station in orbit...

I think an Elite mod would fit very well with the rest of FL - people can obviosly add new systems and ships to the game, so the more notorious systems (such as Lave, Reorte, Riedquat and maybe Beta Hydri, Achenar and Gateway from Frontier and First Encounters) could be added along with all the ships.

The classic ships from Elite have very simple geometrical designs, and 3ds models (untextured) are actually available for download at Ian Bell's website. For all you clever modders out there it shouldn't be much of a hassle to stitch together an Elite ship mod. I'd try to do it myself if I had the time.

The ships in Frontier and First Encounters are more complex, but I think models have been done by fans in the Frontier community (check out http://galnet.doosh.net/ )
I have not found any available for download yet, though.

By the way;
Frontier and First Encounters are shareware nowadays, available at the Elite Club ( http://www.eliteclub.co.uk/ ). To run FFE on windows you'll need jjffe from http://www.jaj22.demon.co.uk/index.html.

Sure, the graphics sucked even when the game was released in 1994, and combat is just annoying, but flying over planets can still be spectacular. And it's frigging HUGE!!! Thousands of systems, lots of uncharted space to explore...

I hope someone takes the time to make an Elite mod. Until then, Ill make do with whatever FL has to offer...

And a little FFE nostalgia besides...

Did anybody else fall for that Super ship rumour. REach the max rank, go to sirus and get a pass and the ship will appear ?

I played frontier for months to get the rank, then camped out at sirus and 3 months later i saw whats his name on the box saying the rumour was untrue.

Talk about gutted.

Giskard

Nah, But in FFE I actually followed the plot to the end and got my hands on the Thargoid ship.

Surprise, surprise, id ruled bigtime.

But one of the game's big disappointments was that there was no reaction whatsoever when I entered inhabited space in my fine alien ship. It would have felt better if everyone had freaked...

Otherwise, my favorite ship must be the Panther Clipper. It's big, and it's BAD!!!

Someone PLEASE make an Elite mod!!!

http://sharoma.com/frontierverse/ships.htm
http://www.hooplah.com/encounters/ident.htm

Don't know if you guys know of these sites, but they have a good selection of Elite ship images to browse.

Cheers,

Detonate

I know ts a little {and by a little i mean alot} off topic, but have any of you ever played G-Police, i hope this works

that better have worked...cuz if it didnt!!!
anyway, i think some GP ships would be cool, even though its off topic

Now I'm confident....
Macross Plus anyone

Black and white has never been cooler

A little taste of Robotech

--BUMP--

Just reviving the topic!

We want Elite ships!
We want Elite ships!
We want Elite ships!

Sadly, I think the die-hard elite fans with enough knowledge to actually make this kind of mod will not even spit in Freelancer's general direction...

To bad, 'cause it really is a good game, that would be SO MUCH BETTER if I could only fly a Cobra...

--sigh--

I havent forgotten about you guys, Im finishing up my Star Wars line.

Then I have my eye on a few Elite Ships..including the CobraMkIII

Porsche

Hooorraaaaaayyy!!!!!!!

Thanks, I'm drooling...