Idea: Freelancer Base for Mods

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Construct Freelancer base from Freelancer Trial and SDK for total compatibility with mods - is it real?

w0dk4

Are you reading my mind? I was just thinking about the Freelancer Demo today and how it could be (ab)used

Biggest problem with such a “base” is that it can only suit Total Conversions, because other mods may rely on content of the full retail version such as audio files, infocards and other content that is missing in the demo version.

Bullwinkle

Does the trial have any built-in limitations?

Or does it simply not have all of the content of the commercial release?

w0dk4

The trial is singleplayer only, and only the first mission (I think) can be played.

Of course the subject gets a little touchy when you include multiplayer and some other full-retail engine code (mainly the big dlls like common.dll, Freelancer.exe etc…) but since many mods already do that, I dont really think thats too much of a problem.

I do think though that distributing full-game content should be avoided because thats the actual asset of Freelancer (the storyline and the vast universe, ships etc…).

Bullwinkle

w0dk4 wrote:
The trial is singleplayer only, and only the first mission (I think) can be played.

Of course… but I was trying to ask how much of that is due to missing content? Is the engine the same (freelancer.exe, the DAxxx dlls)?

I do think though that distributing full-game content should be avoided

Agreed, as long as a retail version can be purchased.

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HunterKiller

This is odd. I was also thinking about the Demo earlier this morning and how I could make it MP and with only the NY system save for Alaska and in Colorado with it’s trade lanes set up for a good race run but for mostly for PvP challenges/competitions and nothing much of anything else. Of 'course nothing is free and you would have to do a little trading to buy ships of choice and since there’s Shipyards in NY there ya go , a place to buy many different type ships. Make use of Planet Maine as well or any other item that those systems have to offer. Get rid of the rest of the stations and bases that aren’t needed.

Hmmm? Maybe this is a good thing that more than one has be delving on this idea?

Is there a way to do this and make it happen?

HK

StarTrader

Wouldn’t it be much better to talk to Lancer Solurus and if he agrees to use his new engine, since he can make it do anything you guys want?

Sounds logical to me. Huh? Oyeh, that’s’cos I just said it!

On the other hand so many have said that there is a downloadable German FL somewhere?

Bas

Isn’t there a ‘downloadable’ Freelancer anywhere?

There isn’t a legally one for Germany as far as I know.

w0dk4

There is no legal “downloadable” freeware version of Freelancer, period. Why would there be?

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And again i trying to be telepathist: open “mp” client = fast way to donate servers and keep them alive.

Because “Single player” - played and forgotten, and here you constantly communicating Community.

Hmhmhmhmhmhmhm…
Central patch system “trial-to-full”? It’ll good for vanilla servers i think… but is it allowed by “m&s”?

adoxa

I tried hacking the demo to go through a jump gate or hole, but it just stayed in the tunnel animation. Soon after that I got the full version, though, and deleted the demo, so I’m not in a position to try again (nor will I download it).

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Is there a reason to create one system serv for newbies?
Somethink like try-before-you-buy…
Newbie->Little Patched Freelancer Trial->DemoOneSystemServ->buyFromTspAmazonPartner->playFullModsMP->DonateServers

This should be like that intersect with the idea of tsp mod demo server.

Now main idea how to use Freelancer Trial as i said - try Multiplayer Mods before you buy Freelancer.

Client & Server:

TSP Mod
Mod manager
Freelancer Trial

TSP Mod:

One System NY as core, root, base, etc
Additional systems as mods

…arcadedeathmatchpvparena1…
…|…
…demomod2—NY—demomod1…
…|…
…demomod…n…

HunterKiller

Gotcha, andoxa. I thought it may not be possible and if you don’t want to fool with it, then there’s no sense in this n00b trying.

I can always just get rid of what I don’t want in the full game.

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Yes, I agree, but how much easier to make lightweight client of the full version?

w0dk4

HeIIoween wrote:
Is there a reason to create one system serv for newbies?
Somethink like try-before-you-buy…
Newbie->Little Patched Freelancer Trial->DemoOneSystemServ->buyFromTspAmazonPartner->playFullModsMP->DonateServers

This should be like that intersect with the idea of tsp mod demo server.

Now main idea how to use Freelancer Trial as i said - try Multiplayer Mods before you buy Freelancer.

Client & Server:

TSP Mod

Mod manager

Freelancer Trial

TSP Mod:

One System NY as core, root, base, etc

Additional systems as mods

…arcadedeathmatchpvparena1…
…|…
…demomod2—NY—demomod1…
…|…
…demomod…n…

Thats actually a very nice idea. What do others think about it?

Sushi

I love this idea! And really want to try it