Mod update #2 news - Freelancer 4 Ever!

Some people have been asking me how long before it's released, for that you get my standard answer, when it's ready lol. I've been working on getting it finished but i refuse to rush it and then have to patch it within 10mins because of all the bugs that have appeared. Because i do this for free, i can take my time ;)

So , what's been happening?

• All the ships have been added. There will be 61 new ships of which 51 will be flyable
• New station models have been added in for the new custom bases. Used sparingly but enough to give the WOW effect
• Numerous hacks to various dll's and the exe to improve gameplay
• All planets and suns resized and made much larger to give a sense of scale
• New Black and silver interface added
• HD replacement star backgrounds
• Brand new icons for everything in game
• New tradelane model
• New realistic lighting for all the systems
• Fully working dynamic economy, multiplayer only, price randomiser for Open Single Player
• 16 new engine effects
• Ambient explosions and battledust (simulates flak effects in battles etc)
• Widescreen support - Now updated so HUD and all elements align correctly
• Global server workaround which allows you to find servers hosting the mod really easily

There are many more features not listed that are also in the game. I've been working getting the capships in game to dock properly and that has finally been achieved and works really well.

Currently messing with adding in custom news items where you will read about what is currently going in the mods universe, and bringing you up to speed in game. Add to this the ability to add in custom images for these new news items, and this makes the whole experience much more authentic. Posted a screenshot of this so you can see how it looks. Finished off adding in the new systems, ships, weapons, commodities and so on.

I need to finish adding the news items, custom wrecks, tidy up the encounters and patrol paths, and then we go to beta. More news when i have it :)

Gibbon