So I’ve recently been working on a little project I like to call “TimeLancer”. This is a storyline mod which continues the original storyline directly. It goes like this:

The year is 804 AS. For 3 years The Order has been researching the Nomad structure found in the Dyson sphere. New findings were discovered and The Order was amazed to find out the secret behind this thing they called “hypergate” that sucked in the Nomads in the final battle.
Orillion, along with The Order, planned a plan to use this in order to make the organization the most powerful between the terror organizations in Sirius. This is not simple, and therefore they need the most advanced pilots known. One of them would be Trent, and along with him King and Juni come too. The Order assembles all of their best pilots, as they already did before, to send them to the unknown frontier.
For screenshots: http://www.moddb.com/mods/timelancer

Now, what I’m releasing here is a test mod which contains only the forst mission (a and b). I want YOU, those who volunteer to test, to give me feedback and report any bugs. Also, I’m adding a pole here that asks you about the difficulity of the NPCs.

Download:
Mirror1 https://www.copy.com/s/NDkrEsnrysmCHHkV/TimeLancer.rar
Mirror2 http://www.gamefront.com/files/23442034/TimeLancer.rar

Requirements:
Freelancer Mod Manager (FLMM) 1.3 or higher.

Instructions:
1. Unrar the file.
2. Copy “TimeLancer” folder into the “mods” folder at FLMM’s location.
3. Launch FLMM and activate “Timelancer: Tester’s Edition”.
4. Launch Freelancer.
(Please remember to read the Readme)

Thanks to all those who volunteer!

I must say I’m fascinated!
As far as I can imagine it, there should be difference between this beta’s engine (the 2001 version most likely) and the engine we see now (not less, but more features in the beta), if this beta really is what I think it is.
Share a link once you upload it!

Kinda like the sub-targeting system in StarLancer.
It is possible to make the part of the mesh where the engine hardpoint is attached a collision group that has less HP than the whole ship. This was, if you shoot this part of the ship enough, it will explode and vanish with the engine hardpoints. I did such a thing myself.
But showing the engine model? I don’t think I fully understand what you mean… Like having the engine models appearing inside the ship itself when it shows the ship on wireframe? Because I don’t think it’s possible via mounting an engine, unless you change some stuff in the game’s core…

Me: “Hey guys! I came here looking for some HUD elements. Some of you may remembe-…”
Sizer: “NO! You came here to ruin our lives! We must fight you or else everyone will suffer!”
Geesh, and you call me a drama queen…
Actually, I find it funny!
Fact: I forgot the old user’s password and I don’t remember which mail did I register it to. So yeah, why not make a new account?
Keep doing the good job

@Zeus: Lol nice one! Is that from Stargate? Seems familiar…

I took a look at the original HUD meshes and compared them with the ones from Crossfire 1.9. In CF they changed the mesh name, and it doesn’t seem to matter as long as there’s a “Root” folder containing them all.
But I only want to change the shape, keeping the original texture.
Would it matter if I change the mesh name as long as I keep the texture in the CMP file?
(Referring to: http://the-starport.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?start=0&topic_id=3947&viewmode=flatℴ=ASC&status=&mode=0 )

Hmm… I truly am the unforgotten…
Well, its nice to see someone still seeks to disturb my inner peace XD

Anyway, I came here to lance. If you can’t forgive me for the mistakes I made long ago, can I do anything with it? Or should I?
Call me whatever you want, as long as you can help me I’ll be greatful
I say: why can’t we be friends?

And thanks for the welcome, SolCommand!

I’m just popping in here, and I thought I might say hi.
So hi.
I’m not new here at all. I had an account here back at the day, but couldn’t remember what was it’s name or password… Or what mail was it registered on… (Yeah I’m kinda messy)
So n’uff about me, I came here on a quest to find something about HUD editing I remember reading back at the day. It was this one: http://the-starport.net/freelancer/forum/viewtopic.php?start=0&topic_id=3947&viewmode=flatℴ=ASC&status=&mode=0

The point is: I’m not sure whether this subject is still valid, or if I should write about it in this thread… But I registered mainly for this (currently, I also think I might find some more useful stuff here I don’t already know) so I hope for the best.

Now generally about me & my FL, if you’d like to read:
My knowledge of Freelancer is vast. I know almost every bit of the game, it’s history, and it’s infinite and expanding variety of mods. If you’re curious about something you’re welcome to ask me. Personally, I’m working on what I imagine as the perfect sequal for Freelancer (like all of us do). Ever since 2005, I’m into FL modding. Yeah, I had lots of breaks because of so many reasons, but I never gave up. Starting from basic modding, into the most advanced, as far as we could get in those 8(?) beautiful (well, to me they were painful but I’m optimistic) years. (Sorry if I got the wrong number of years, I suck at math XD).

I wish you all an excelent weekend!