I've been looking into the feasibility of such a project and everything looks OK from here.
Am thinking of making a server on which users could buy custom made ships from bases, in addition to the original ones. The really cool part, though, will be that there can be ships and equipment unique in the universe. Ships as personal as a player's name.
A rumor or something will come through very rarely through the news or bar-residents about an abandoned prototype model or hijacked ship. These messages will come with a unique ID code and a description with the price of the ship. The user who finds this will email me with the ID code, and I email back with a pic and some more in-depth info. If he accepts, upon server restart, I update the server inis and files to accomodate the ship, edit the player data to own that ship, and take the specified price out of his inventory. This mod will come with a batch file which uses the ftp get command to check for and download new files from the server before connecting to it by IP address. Any cheating issues will be addressed as they come up.
The news item may also be an advertisement for a custom-designed ship. The user can then email me with the ID code to contract a custom ship to be built. Such a ship might take a week or so to build and cost a hefty sum, though. I am convinced, though, that there are players out there who can afford just about anything.
I am planning to use my original ships, ie, no starwars or startrek models.

I would be grateful if anyone with proper expertise or a good server would like to help. I cannot pay you, persay, but I can make you a ship . Currently, I'm fiddling around with serverside/clientside modding relationships.



Edited by - Imagine on 23-08-2003 07:22:52