Sun Nov 02, 2003 10:58 pm
BEST MOD EVER: The big idea
Hi modders.
I'm a big fan of Freelancer, and see massive potential in the game as it is, but only recently I've had this amazing idea that I think will bring Freelancer forward by a big step!
Basically, what I want to do, is get all of you modders together to find a way to place all of the following ships into the game:
Rheinland Battleship.
Rhienland Cruiser.
Rheinland Gunboat.
Liberty Battleship.
Liberty Cruiser.
Liberty Gunboat.
Bretonia Battleship.
Bretonia Cruiser.
Bretonia Gunboat.
Kusari Battleship.
Kusari Cruiser.
Kusari Gunboat.
Large Transport.
Small Transport.
These would be placed on the logical planets - IE a kusari battleship would be available on a kusari planet only, and a liberty cruiser would be available on a liberty planet only.
Almost all of the smaller "frigate" fighter ships would be replaced with larger, more significant ships - which would actively encourage large scale fleet wars. But to do this the game would have to be configured to handle these big ships.
Currently, the largest ship that freelancer will completely manage is the small transport, and rheinland gunboat - but this is only because of docking ring and station dock sizes. I figure that removing the clipping and collision detection on stations, trade lanes and docking rings SHOULD do the trick.
Despite the somewhat simple sound of it, this would actually be pretty hard to do, and would be about the largest mod anyone has ever done for FL - but I think it would be worth it to add a whole new facet to freelancer - Battleship PVPing servers will be popping up everywhere.
So I need your feedback on this idea. Let me know what you think people! And all those wanting to get involved, sign up here!!
Looking forward to seeing some reply's
Rgds,
Black 7.
I'm a big fan of Freelancer, and see massive potential in the game as it is, but only recently I've had this amazing idea that I think will bring Freelancer forward by a big step!
Basically, what I want to do, is get all of you modders together to find a way to place all of the following ships into the game:
Rheinland Battleship.
Rhienland Cruiser.
Rheinland Gunboat.
Liberty Battleship.
Liberty Cruiser.
Liberty Gunboat.
Bretonia Battleship.
Bretonia Cruiser.
Bretonia Gunboat.
Kusari Battleship.
Kusari Cruiser.
Kusari Gunboat.
Large Transport.
Small Transport.
These would be placed on the logical planets - IE a kusari battleship would be available on a kusari planet only, and a liberty cruiser would be available on a liberty planet only.
Almost all of the smaller "frigate" fighter ships would be replaced with larger, more significant ships - which would actively encourage large scale fleet wars. But to do this the game would have to be configured to handle these big ships.
Currently, the largest ship that freelancer will completely manage is the small transport, and rheinland gunboat - but this is only because of docking ring and station dock sizes. I figure that removing the clipping and collision detection on stations, trade lanes and docking rings SHOULD do the trick.
Despite the somewhat simple sound of it, this would actually be pretty hard to do, and would be about the largest mod anyone has ever done for FL - but I think it would be worth it to add a whole new facet to freelancer - Battleship PVPing servers will be popping up everywhere.
So I need your feedback on this idea. Let me know what you think people! And all those wanting to get involved, sign up here!!
Looking forward to seeing some reply's
Rgds,
Black 7.
