Using character models in-game

Mon Jun 07, 2004 10:00 am by zardalu

Has anyone attempted to edit the INIs such that they could use the character models in game as a ship class or something?

My goal would be to add a "first person" element to freelancer, where someone could get out of their ship and explore a planet surface or something.

Think of the dyson sphere exterior level in the game. Someone could theoretically create a level similar to that one for planet surfaces, and use the character models as a "ship" to walk around and explore.

Anyone who has played with this, please advise,

Cheers!

z

Mon Jun 07, 2004 10:17 am by TheJkWhoSaysNi

for that to work you'd need to somehow create gravity.

Mon Jun 07, 2004 10:45 am by Zack Lyons

I'm very confused on what you mean. Do you mean landing on a dockable planet, getting out and moving around with the keyboard?

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Mon Jun 07, 2004 12:08 pm by zardalu

Yes, I mean docking with a planet, and then basically going into FPS mode, interacting with characters that way. This game is basically a FPS using spacecraft instead of people, I would just fool the engine into thinking that the characters were all 'ships', and that the planet surface was another 'system' similar to the dyson sphere exterior, ie a 'ground' with buildings, etc. I think it could be done, and in fact I'd be surprised if someone hasn't attempted it already.

Mon Jun 07, 2004 12:13 pm by Accushot

I have had a go, but you're really limited to corridors, if you could get some custom SUR files to work that is. Another problem is that whenever you touch a surface, e.g. the floor, you start shaking around all over the place.

I think it probably could be done, it just wouldn't work very well

Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:35 pm by Zack Lyons

I would like to see if this actually works or not.

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