I’ve pretty much solved this anyways:

I am going to simply offer the following as components to be ticked/unticked.

1. JFLP patch (or whatever final patch we can come up with)
2. Widescreen
3. JFLP DLL, with a warning that it may be seen as cheating on some servers.

Any dacom.ini particular edits will be done post-install by after script.

I think that will cover most bases tbh.
Anything else you think I should add guys?

Good to know, I shall include it in my project.

I’m not convinced it’s my card. Overwatch at 300 or so fps at ultra pushes my card to 80 degrees, at 94-96% load. It’s pushing my card way more than FL is, and no TDRs. I don’t know what it is.

I’d personally like to combine both.

A central launcher with direct ties to community news, websites, a discord chat (we have one over at Void) with the ability to create multiple instances of FL each with different mods applied (featured mods could be all the big ones, discovery etc) would be useful even to new players.

I did have the thought of integrating some elements of git for version control (obviously not the base install) to create a pseudo-auto-updater. I know that could be abused to download full copies of the game if someone wanted to. But that will be on them, not me.

Also had thoughts of replacing some of the tools out there with a plugin system to the launcher, to accomplish tasks. Like save editor, MPID backup etc.

And also had thoughts to build in an experimental mod creation system, fill in a form, click create (ship, gun) and have it dropped into a testpack for easy testing.

I have lots of thoughts surrounding the capabilities of this.

Still interested in obtaining this plugin, if anyone is interested in earning a little cash for the work. I’d be happy to discuss it further in PM if anyone is willing.

It turns out I’m not the only one who has this problem.

Hmmm…
I can’t remember. I don’t have notes either.

Interesting. A couple of months ago I decided to play Freelancer with Trinus VR. The cutscenes were incredibly immersive, but the gameplay was utterly disorienting. I played it 100% vanilla.
It made me wonder what could make my favorite game more relevant nowadays, so I came back to check whether the community is still kicking and stumbled upon this post.

I’ve had that idea for quite a while, a few good years actually; to one day claim the rights for Freelancer, remaster it with all engine improvements the community created and new shiny models, then redistribute it on Steam along with the original game as a bundle.

FF and R8R have already said it all, the lack of motivation prematurely buries the idea. Money doesn’t seem like an option, we can barely even maintain the forum’s host with donation. Crowdfunding just won’t work because the game is far too unknown to attract enough people, especially with all the competition at hand.

I’d definitely be glad to spare some time and contribute to such a project any way I could, and later maybe start an actual remaster project with friends once they finish their studies. Hopefully, the community will remain active, or at least keep its data archived till then.

Meh… I am going to hijack this thread now and ask (I apologize in advance)…

What has happened?
Its mid December… today I got a mail from Moddb telling me that the 2nd phase of the annual mod awards just has started. Today is also the day where I noticed once more that the rest of the FL community completely wasted this opportunity to promote their mods and FL as a game.

Ok, I have to admit that I have noticed exactly the same last year and probably also the year before.
The thing is… every year I see discussions here about “Anyone still around”… or “The future of FL” or anything else about how to support FL and save the game, etc.
It is great that there are still people which care about FL.
It is not so great that the outside world (the people that dont visit TSP) never notice that people still care about this game.

I tell you how I see it.
Once a year, in December, Moddb allows us to show that we still care about Freelancer. It allows us to show that our mods are not outdated junk that can not compete with modern stuff (really many FL mods are great). It allows us to remind old players how much fun FL was/is and show new players what they have missed so far.
I am totally aware that we will not get hundreds of new players to play FL now but I know for sure (due to many years of experience) that it makes a difference. Every year during and after the Mod awards I see new players trying out FL and my mod. Every year I see that old players return.

Isnt that what we want most?
Players.
10-20 additional players on the servers would make a huge difference already.
Moddb had almost 3.3 mio visitors in the past 10 days. More than 53k votes have been submitted.
Dont you think that FL could benefit from that?

I am not writing this here to promote my mod or to sound like a smartass. Id like you to think about if its worth to promote FL and FL mods even if its just for a slight chance to bring players into the game again.
The results might not be a game changer but I can guarantee that they are better than doing nothing.

In the end it is your decision.
I just felt that I had to share my views about it and maybe even make suggestions.
The Mod Awards are not over yet eventhough phase one is done. But lets face it, its not about winning an award here. Its about getting attention.
Right now Freelancer belongs to the games which managed it into the Top 100 (it doesnt matter with which mod). There are 10 days left in which you can use this attention to promote ANY Freelancer mod out there (it doesnt have to be my mod). Players interested in the Mod Awards will browse the games which are now listed there, which means that the chances that players visit FL mod profiles is higher than during the rest of the year.
Update your mod profiles, post picture, write articles… use the attention to make people interested in FL.

And maybe next year our communities might remember to post news and ask our visitors to support FL and our mods.(?)