hey mod hackers: black hole system.. ?

Sun Dec 14, 2003 2:21 pm by lvxoccvlta

In the vicinity of the Tau systems and omicron theta?, the background shows that black hole...

There was also the blackhole object that has been used in a number of mods...

There was even a blackhole system that was part of the original game.. remember those freelancer preview avi's ?

Since a fair number of you like to poke around in the freelancer code.. I was wondering if any of you know anything about the original black hole system.. perhaps by looking at the INIs are any of you able to reconstruct it, where it was, plus whatever relevant use it had to the game. Maybe a good potential ORDER system

who knows.

Sun Dec 14, 2003 4:11 pm by Nephilim

Shameless plug (even though I've put it on hold...)

Edited by - Nephilim on 14-12-2003 16:19:39

Sun Dec 14, 2003 5:59 pm by lvxoccvlta

Looks pretty cool, can you make the black singularity planetoid (event horizon) big enough to fill the middle of the swirly thing?

Otherwise , sweet work..!

That is also way different than the TAU system whirlpool-thing seen in the backgrounds, which was later featured as the NEXUS hole in TNG..

Sun Dec 14, 2003 10:15 pm by Nephilim

Yes, I've matched the core's radius to that of the gap in the accretion disc, and I've also added those bright flashes seen in the E3 2k1 trailer. All in all, I think it's a reasonable approximation (although I would still LOVE to get my hands on the early beta version and take a peek at the real McCoy) if I do say so myself.

That HUGE whirlpool from TNG is another leftover relic, really: the object isn't used anywhere in the game, but it obviously must have been at some point earlier in FL's development cycle... perhaps as an alternative to the E3 black hole that was eventually forgotten or simply discarded.

Edited by - Nephilim on 15-12-2003 22:45:00

Sun Dec 14, 2003 10:21 pm by lvxoccvlta

The "new alternative" to the e3 blackhole looks similar to that background in the TAU system.

I wonder if they left it out .. in order to put it in later as an expansion into additional systems

Quite personally, i think it would be an excellent way to segue into a nomad system.. it would be slick if I could run a gauntlet into nomad space to see how far i can get...

the two unknown systems are strange enough and alluring enough for something like that

but anyhoo

Cool idea, i hope you finish this mod someday!

Mon Dec 15, 2003 5:31 am by Neo_Kuja

Shouldn't this be in the general editing forum ?

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Mon Dec 15, 2003 10:28 am by Fear Factor

Thy bidding shall be done.

Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:42 pm by Kr3m

lv, if you look in the freelancer\data\solars folder, you'll see a black hole folder... in there, in the directory or in an ini file in the directory, it says omega-3 or omega-5 or one of the omega's... That is the only system I know of with a modelled black hole... the rest are probably texture maps that you'll never be able to truely fly to.

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