Wing Commander FL v2.4:

While working on the Privateer: The Reckoning mod, it was recommended that I release a new ship pack.
As Privateer has several ship packs available, and since there are numerous Wing Commander ships in these mods, I released it as Wing Commander FL.
While fooling around with it, and The Reckoning, I came to realize that many of the bugs in Reckoning were ship-related.
Therefore, I've stopped work on Reckoning to concentrate on eliminating the ship-related bugs, first.

I've determined that the primary bugs were hardpoints.
Some were named wrong, and some were just plain missing.
The secondary bugs were due to the "fuses," which determine how a ship blows up.
I've run through all of the missions, and found several minor bugs, which have all been fixed, and one major bug, that caused me to pull the Vesuvius from the mod.

Here's the v2.4's current ReadMe file:
-1) This is Basically a glorified Ship Pack.
-2) All of the Player's ships have been replaced.
-3) All of the gunboats have been replaced.
-4) All of the battleships have been replaced.
-5) All but Liberty's cruiser/destroyers have been replaced.
-6) Freelancer Weapons and equipment have been replaced.
--a) Only the Nomads have their original weapons.
--b) Nomad and Special weapons not available to player.
--c) Most things are available everywhere.
---1) Prices vary by factions.
---2) Availability varies by factions.
-7) Ship prices are on par with Privateer's prices.
--a) The only Wing Commander game with ship prices.
--b) New ships only come with engines & tractor beams.
---1) This actually lowers the cost of a new ship.
--c) You MUST transfer Shields, Sensors, Generators, etcetera!
---1) Or you have to purchase new ones to fly!
-8) The Bearcat uses the Anubis ship icon.
--a) Some ship icons are erratic, and appear blank at times.
--b) On some computer systems, the top of the Bearcat is white.
-9) All ships are for sale to the player at all times.
--a) The gunboats are not available to the player.
--b) The carrier is not available to the player.
--c) The Paradigm is not available to the player.
10) This "ship pack" is incompatible with other ship packs.
11) Ship wrecks have been changed, too.
12) To add to the "WC Feeling," Rheinland (the bad guys) fly Kilrathi ships.
13) To add to the "WC Feeling," reworked the Freeport 7 cinematic.
14) Nomad ships haven't been changed.
15) Reworked some DLL's to use Wing Commander ship names.
16) As in my Equalizer mod's, NPC's use normal shields.
17) Reworked the Beam_Effects, and Fuses.
18) Missiles on most ships fire like torpedoes in FL do.
--a) Use "Shift" + "Q" to fire them.
--b) If you have Torpedoes AND Missiles, they'll fire together.
--c) Banshee, Epee, Hornet, Orion and Vindicator have normal missile slots.
19) The Leech missile IS a Cruise Disruptor, and fires like one.
20) My Spinning Planets Mod was added.
21) Added my Hovis Race Bypass mod.
--a) When asked to race, decline, and leave.
--b) Your waypoint to Quintane will be waiting outside.
--c) If you WANT to race, simply accept the challenge.
22) Reworked the cockpits for better views.
23) Reworked the Infocards on the WC II ships.
24) Shrunk the weapons to Wing Commander proportions.

The List of Ships Includes:
Hornet------WC I
Dralthi-----WC I/Privateer/Armada/III/IV/Prophecy
Epee--------WC II
Ferret------WC II
Morningstar-WC II
Sabre-------WC II
Stiletto----WC Privateer
Centurion---WC Privateer
Demon-------WC Privateer
Galaxy------WC Privateer
Gladius-----WC Privateer/Armada
Gothri------WC II/Privateer
Orion-------WC Privateer
Talon-------WC Privateer (2 Versions)
Tarsus------WC Privateer
Arrow-------WC Armada/III/IV
Hellcat-----WC III/IV
Paktahn-----WC III
Thunderbolt-WC III/IV
Banshee-----WC IV (WC Armada's Banshee is a Different ship.)
Bearcat-----WC IV
Vindicator--WC IV

Gunboats:
Broadsword--WC II/Privateer
Crossbow----WC II
Paktahn-----WC III

Cruiser/Destroyer:
Paradigm----WC Privateer

Carrier Classes:
Concordia---WC IV

Note:
The previously announced Vesuvius was removed.
(It caused several missions to lockup.)

No Privateer 2 ships.
(Not Yet! Just need someone to texture them.)

If anyone has a Wing Commander, or Privateer ship, they'd like included, email me at: [email protected]
Also, if anyone can texture ships, I have several Privateer 2 ships that just need texturing to be ready.
They include the Drakkar, Freij Mk II, Danrik, Heretic, Icarus, and the Monolith freighter.


Watch your 6!

Edited by - warzog on 1/7/2006 2:27:39 PM