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ET-1041

Post Sun Feb 20, 2005 12:57 pm

Freelancer RTS

Greetings.

Have you ever wanted to have a massive battle between Liberty and Rhineland...just to see who would win?

Well, I have an idea. We can use Homeworld.


For those of you who haven’t heard, Homeworld (1/C/2) is a 3D RTS set in space. Think mammoth Battlecruisers shooting each other with earthshaking power while nimble fighters dogfight between, narrowly avoiding fire.

I tell no lies.


Now imagine this:

A fleet of Liberty Battleships and Cruisers escorted by Defenders is facing off against a Rhineland fleet of Battleships, escorted by Valkyries.

The Liberty Cruisers move into position and open fire on the enemy Battleships, signaling the beginning of the end.

The Defenders' engines light up, moving forward to engage the Valkyries, who come hurtling at them with all guns firing.


Now, this idea came to me when I was thinking about how there are no large-scale fleet battles in Freelancer, at least in multiplayer. And there are precious few in single player...

So. Who's interested?


"Mine is the story of the end time. I know this because the third Core has been found."
-Karan S'Jet

Brain/Brawn pair of Freelancer

BlazeME

Post Sun Feb 20, 2005 2:35 pm

I had an image of this a while ago, but never bothered to try and make it. I would be happy to help with any programming in the mod if you go ahead with it. I love HW (1+2) and FL.

BlazeME

Post Sun Feb 20, 2005 2:43 pm

Just a second though, I hope that we will be keeping all of the HW2 engine trails because they are beautiful. Also, will it just be Liberty and Rheinland or will it be all of the house and maybe even the nomads?
HW2 multiplayer is rubbish compared to HW1, the maps were not big enough and the battles were not as epic as the SP ones. I hope that we can capture this better than HW2 MP or FL.

Another thing, will all of the destroyer/battleships be to the same scale as normal FL? They look a bit small compared to capital ships in FS2.

ET-1041

Post Sun Feb 20, 2005 4:15 pm

Well. First of all, I was talking this over with my partner in crime and we have decided to lay this off for a while. We put it back on the shelf so to speak; the reason being is we have started on a TC for HW1.

However. I would be willing to let anyone who wants to run with this. Just please, let me have some credit? And if someone DOES use it, I may want to join in helping out.

Now, my original idea was that EVERYTHING and EVERYONE would be included. This means everyone from DSE to the Golden C and back.


And why in the world would we keep FL scaling? We make it more pronounced. I mean, fighters should be 1/50th of the size of the smallest capital ships...not merely 1/10th.

I think there should be something awe inspiring when you watch your little Patriot fly along side your massive Battleship.

So. Thats all for now.

"Mine is the story of the end time. I know this because the third Core has been found."
-Karan S'Jet

The only Brain/Brawn team inFreelancer

Furious

Post Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:57 pm

I suppose you could always just try IONCROSS:Total War and not do so much work.

www.ioncross.com/freelancer

BlazeME

Post Sun Feb 20, 2005 11:43 pm

I suppose, I am not enough of a leader to lead such a big project.

-vamp-

Post Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:17 am

just want to say that haegemonia is another good engine for a space sim

BlazeME

Post Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:14 pm

Never played it, but HW2 is better known.

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