>well spectre, you are both right and wrong...you see the rights to privateer
> were not owned by chris roberts like you said, but they were and still are
> owned by Origin Systems Inc., which was later bought out by EA who currently
> holds the rights to it, and who is willing to allow an expansion/alteration using
> TM'kd stuff from privateer provided Microsoft kicks them some $$$, and as
>for microsofts willingness, DSI has already contacted them and worked out a
> deal.

Wow ... what?

If you're actually serious about this you'll also want to post this on the Wing Commander CIC at http://www.crius.net/zone/index.php .

arbitriter, I was just making sure that you thought about it. I'm still a little hesitant to believe MS is going to pay out cash to a competing company to use their copyright.

As for Origin being bought out by Electronic Arts, Origin was always owned by EA from at least the 2nd Wing Commander game (I never owned the first), which came out before Privateer. EA simply decided to discontinue Origin after its game sales had begun to decline sometime after WC Prophecy. Just FYI, not really important.

However, I've heard that EA is extremely protective of its games regardless of age and don't like giving up control, least of all to MS. But that's hearsay. I don't know if it's entirely true.

Spectre

Edited by - Spectre-Man on 31-08-2003 19:50:46

I don't want to say anything but:

Most of these ideas have allready been done for X-Lancer (and the Teaser came out some time ago now). Please, but I think these Ideas allready exist (you CAN use them, but you cannot say I copied you, 'cause I didn't)

Anyway, We at Lostsoulstudios are kinda planning the same thing.

Ships
Factions (26 of 'em)
Commodities
and alot more (that I WILL NOT say due to arses that will steal them)

I'm your Helping Hand

Kendo_THM
X-Lancer Project Leader
TNG Public Liason

> Still no website?

I'm still unconvinced this guy actually exists :\

Hey there, what happened to http://www.scifi3d.de/fl/index.htm or http://wingcenter.ufosnetwork.com/forum ... m.php?f=16 ?

No more news on "privateer - the reckoning" ?
Would be sad !

cu mipu
http://freelancer.mipu.de

Eh, most of the people involved are on summer vacation or something. Meanwhile, I've been trying to submit the latest version of the mod to Lancersreactor but apparently they hate me

Bob McDob,

First off, great name! Fun to say. Second, this carries over from a post I made on Crius.net. Have you any need for the Privateer sound files extracted from the game? And have you gathered the necessary voice talent you were looking to add into your mod?

I'm not offering myself for the voice talent part, I'm just curious.

Spectre