Keeping FL Alive (Mod Proposition)
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There have been numerous topics on “Keeping FL Alive” lately and I think we have so far been going the wrong way about doing this, or at least the wrong way at first….
I’m proposing a new mod idea, but one that focuses on creating a new single player experience - one that uses NOTHING of the original freelancer including Trent and his clothes and everything else - we make new characters, a new storyline, new visual effects and everything.
It gives the community a chance to feature in the game (voices especially, perhaps even modelled in 3D if someone can do it off pictures - hell even those who do music composition) not sure if anyone has any serious skill in animation to make an intro video as-well but it IS all possible and we are ALL capable of doing something to help…
But if a Modding team put together a mod that for once DIDN’T focus all it’s energies on multiplayer maybe that is what could bring in new players and even spark interest back in those who lost it long ago…
People were looking for a way to bring the small pockets of FL communities together and collaborate on something we can all use and be a part of, would this not be it?
It would be the hugest undertaking in the history of Freelancer - and hell with all the DX9 effects etc. we have going on nowadays we could really make it a new game!
I have been thinking that people are asking for source code for Freelancer and everything to do with us needing it to progress any further, it occurred to me that the ini files are the source code, All freelancer is ever really doing is reading them, and any value it doesn’t read from an ini we can hex edit it right? If the INI’s weren’t REALLY the source code why would they have been encrypted? Either way I believe we can do this and I hope we like the idea enough to give it a go…
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I have no knowledge at all on modding myself, but was hoping the whole community could take this project up and those who can’t code offer their talents in the way of programming, voice acting, graphics work, music composition and writing talents…
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I’ve tweaked a bit your permissions so you’d have access to this board:
http://the-starport.net/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&board=46.0I’d suggest you read, as your idea was already voiced multiple times in there…
I’m also pointing out that anybody who wants to help just has to PM me and I’ll give them access to this board (about “saving” FL).
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No offense to the guys on the Uberlancer team. Uberlancer is limited due to but lack of depth/experience in their modding team. If there was a metal for trying, those guys would get it. But they can only do so much without any veteran modders. I wish the best to them, but I would be surprised it they pulled it off. Maybe once I finish up more stuff on my mod, I’ll go and help them out.
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;D i came in time =D Forsaken …We do have few skilled modelers …i even learned from them and still learning …and we still working on mod we just need to get more ppl that can model code …we hvwe ships we have nebulas and especialy we have ideas =D but we need more of them
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Unfortunately, ideas only go so far without proper execution
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Still, I wish you luck in your endeavours.
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It is extremely difficult for teams of self-taught talented people such as ourselves to function as a unit because we don’t have the experience of working on large organised and controlled projects…
We would need someone with experience of being a power house supervisor who isnt afraid to bitch to people to get things done…
we all have our own talents and unfortunately none of them are project management we need someone to organise the people we have into an effective team…
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i would jump at the chance to help head this, shame i have too much on my plate anyway lol =]
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I have plenty of experience in Project Management, its part of my RL job.
But I have NO experience in the area you are looking at… lol
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lol maybe it would be worth combining heads Roo, you head it ill advise rofl XD
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oh oh and ill make the coffee
