Shadow of Fear Changelog by Category
Actual Version 2.0 build 8842 RC4
-> A full changelog can be found here <-
Gameplay changes
- greatly improved AI
- hide and seek Mission (missions to do over several Systems with several sub Missions)
- 20 Story driven new high looting wrecks placed in special Zones (riddles have to be cleared, reputations altered and hints followed to find them) one of these Wreck Spots actually is a Fleet of 29 Wrecks.
- Wingman Support
- Faction Support
- "New Player" protection by token System can not be harmed when flying 2 types of Ships but also can not harm other human Players
- undocking kill protection
- Bots 30+ different Bots are helping or hunting you
- Mass effects per Solar/Ship/Equipment/Good
- "player looting"
- death penalties (also partly transfered to the winner of a pvp)
- Player dockable Carriers
- Player location infos
- Player Storage
- Player driven Bountyhunt
- Players can build Items
- Player Banking System
- Player Item Transfer
- Reworked kill Statistics
- New Ranking System
- Group Marks on Targets
- Player Marks on Targets
- Fuel consuming jump drives (not activated yet)
- and, and, and
Technical changes
- FL Flak Hook 1.67
- System Channels cancled (you are chatting in the Universe Channel)
- several new Intro Sequences
new Factions
- United Stars Organization
- United Stars Military
- Alliance
- Alliance Military
- Coalition
- Coalition Military
- DOM
- DOM Military
- Faction related Stories told by the Freelancer way in Rumors
- hundreds of new Rumors per Faction
- Reputation is also harmed in pvp
- Token System
- buyable Tokens change your Affilation making you to a real Part of the Faction you want to be in:
- all major Houses
- most pirate Factions
- most coorporations
- all new Factions
- buyable Tokens change your Affilation making you to a real Part of the Faction you want to be in:
Enviroment
- HD Starspheres
- HD Icons
- HD Freelancer Planets
- HD Music
- new rendering Sub System
- Navmap improved
- new Cursor Set
SOUND
- working 3D Sound
- new Sound effects
- New Music in the new Systems
- New Sound Zones
Effects
- Itano Circus Effects
- new stunning Jump Effect
- new Tradelane Effects
- new Egine Effects
- new Weapon Effects
- new Light Effects
Trade
- 30+ new Commodities
- upgraded mining profits
- dangerous but valuable Super Routes
- Credit Chips for paying Missions or store money
Weapons
- 50+ new Weapons
- completly rebalanced Weapon behavior matching the Ship types
Stations
- 199 new Stations
- additional 73 Player Stations for player dockable Ships with buyable Equipment while transported by your buddy
- Every vanilla System contains special Playerstations where new stuff can be bought.
- Nomad Stations in every vanilla System
- hundreds of new NPC's buying, selling and telling thounsands of Rumors
Ships
- dockable Capships
- dockable Transporters
- +22 new USO Ships (several of them are Player Carriers)
- Viper USO military LF
- Cobra MK I USO military HF
- Cobra MK III USO military VHF
- Krait USO civilian LF
- Sidewinder USO civilian HF
- Python MK I USO civilian VHF
- Mamba USO civilian LF
- Gecko USO civilian HF
- Fer de Lance MK I USO civilian VHF
- Freighter civilian
- Transport civilian
- Battleship KOL military
- Cruiser KODIAK military
- Gunboat KROSOV military
- Military Very Heavy Fighter ASP MK II
- Military Heavy Fighter Constrictor
- Military Light Fighter Viper Interceptor
- Repairship
- Mining Ship
- Gunboat Javelin military
- Corvette Cobalt military
- Dreadnought Marza military
- 1+ new Alien Ship
- AOran'sctko Alien Light Protection Fighter (NPC only)
- 2+ new IMG Ships
- Spectre IMG civilian LF
- Arrow IMG civilian HF
- 3+ new GMG Ships
- Nova VHF
- Discoverer HF
- Buster LF
- 2+ new Interspace Ships
- Buzzard LF
- Cargo Tanker XL Transporter
- 3+ new Outcast Ships
- Nova Pirate VHF
- Discoverer Pirate HF
- Buster Pirate LF
- 3+ new Coalition Ships
- Lagg LF
- Basilisk LF
- Hornet LF
- 1+ new Admin Ship
- Asgard Admin HF
- +43 new flyable "normal" Ships
- CSV
- Escape Pod
- Train
- Prison Liner
- Luxury Liner
- Heavy Lifter
- Large Transport
- Small Transport
- Mining Ship
- Repair Ship
- Armored Transport
- Rheinland Battleship
- Rheinland Cruiser
- Rheinland Gunship
- Rheinland VHF Harlequin
- Order Battleship Osiris
- Nomad Battleship
- Nomad Gunship
- Nomad Fighter
- Liberty Dreadnought
- Liberty Cruiser
- Liberty Gunboat
- Liberty VHF Liberator & Liberator MKII
- Liberty Predator
- Kusari Battleship
- Kusari Destroyer
- Kusari Gunship
- Kusari VHF Hydra & Hydra MKII
- Dragon VHF
- Diablo HF
- Heretic LF
- Katana LF
- Serafina Fr
- Mule Fr
- Starblazer
- Startracker
- Bretonia Battleship
- Bretonia Destroyer
- Bretonia Gunship
- Bretonia VHF Covenanter
- Depot
- -> of course everything above in addition to the whole Freelancer Fleet!
- +7 new Ships - Type pursuit LF (additional Vanilla Light Fighter with new class behavior)
- HD Freelancer Ship Textures
- all Freelancer Stations (20+) player flyable
- all Freelancer Support Ships player flyable
- all Freelancer capital Ships players flyable
- general Ship behavior for following Types
- Freighter
- Transporter / Transporter XLarge
- Trains
- Support Crafts
- pursuit Light Fighter
- Light Fighter
- Heavy Fighter
- Very Heavy Fighter
- Gunship / Gunboat
- Cruiser / Destroyer / Corvette
- Battleship / Dreadnought / Battleship XLarge
- Station
- 88Flak Ship behavior completly reworked
- several new Harpoints for every Ship
- Light Maps
Special Equipment (lootable and buildable)
- 9V Battery
- Advanced Generator
- Advanced Scanner
- AMS (Tractor)
- Anti Camp Shield
- ANNUBIS POWER SUPPLY
- BFG
- BFS
- BACKEDPOTATO
- Black
- Blue
- BOUNCYBALL
- Bubblebob!
- CANNON A
- CANNON B
- CANNON C
- CAP.GEN I - X (10 different Parts)
- COCONUT
- CTS
- Delivery
- DRAIL
- FIREVIPER SNIPING SYSTEM
- Frying Pan
- Generator
- GODHAND
- HOLLOWPOINT
- Hurricane
- ID5
- LONGBEAM
- LOOT GRAB THING
- MOONRAIL SNIPING SYSTEM
- MTU
- NOMAD CRUISE DISRUPTOR
- Nomad Dyson Turret
- NOMAD HUNTER
- PDS
- PHÖNIX
- POPCORN
- RED
- REGEN BLOCK MK I - X (10 different Parts)
- ROUTER
- STARFURY SNIPING SYSTEM
- STUNPOINT SNIPING SYSTEM
- THUNDERBOLT SNIPING SYSTEM
- X800
- Dreadnought Shield
- Transport Shield
- Gunboat Shield
- Cruiser / Destroyer Shield
Planets
- +60 6 sided different HD Planets in the new Systems
- HD Freelancer Planets
Suns
- +12 Sun Surfaces
Systems
- +14 new and heavily populated systems
- +3 arena systems
- +3 task systems
- Entry System "The Nexus" leads to every major House choosable Faction Status before the Game is entered
History
Upgrade 8842 RC3 to 8842 RC4
Category: Maintenance Release 8842.4 via Installer
Description:
- 20 Story driven new high looting wrecks placed in special Zones (riddles have to be cleared, reputations altered and hints followed to find them) one of these Wreck Spots actually is a Fleet of 29 Wrecks,
- The MP Entrance fee for the contest systems was reduced,
- Navigaton Map Update,
- several new Zone Sounds,
- Server sided improvements,
- several solar object fixes,
- several Wreck Infocards updated,
- Buzzard Surface reworked,
- Lagg Surface reworked (thanks to Erzengel for the investigation),
- Basilisk Surface reworked (thanks to Erzengel for the investigation),
- 90 Models fixed for a better Game Performance,
- Capital Shield mounting/dismounting bug fixed,
- Zoners Token fixed,
- Heretic, Diablo and Predator suspended (due to Game balance),
- Harlequin and Covenanter suspended (bugged - NPC's are still using the Ship),
- Battleships are able to mount Cruiser and Gunboat Turrets now (usefull for AF Turrets on Battleships),
- Torpedo hull damage halved, energy damage set to zero (meaning: no shield damage on torpedo impact anymore but your ship will be pushed dependend on it's mass),
- several Ship Dealer Pictures added,
- Vanilla Wrecks completely reworked - they loot much more now,
- Completely reworked ranking System,
- Repair Ship is holding 499 batteries and nanobots now,
- USO Repair Ship is holding 999 batteries and nanobots now,
- USO Repair Ship lost it's active turret mounts due to a possible exploit,
- All(!) Radiation Zones reworked by Hackenbusch,
- Liberator (Defender IIa) (HQ FL Model) is replacing the 88'Flak Liberator while the old one will kept in for NPC's,
- Hydra MK II (HQ FL Model) is replacing the 88'Flak Hydra while the old one will kept in for NPC's,
- DirectX 9 Interpreter update,
- several typos fixed
- Base Version for 8843
Upgrade 8842.1 to 8842 RC3
Category: Maintenance Release 8842.3 via Installer
Description:
- Fighter Turret Slots unhidden on military Fighters contains various new possibilities while equipping these ships.
- NavMap updated
- Capital Ships are now able to move in Turret view (via arrow keys for example) while still keeping their "move to the position where the player is looking to" behavior.
- Color changings for certain text messages
- New and updated packing library for faster crc checking
- New and updated effects, enb library updated
- several Text Informations updated and renewed
- several ship behaviors fixed
- Tradelane dock range changed to a nearer distance, so small ships may dock smoother but capitals are still able to dock the lanes.
- Electra wrecks changed so they take damage now.
- Fixed a few unwanted Superroutes so trading may become not that easy anymore.
- The pathfinding system is working now.
- Cobra MK III, Fer De Lance MkI, Javelis and Cobalt updates and fixes
- Constrictor is not crashing the client when purchased anymore.
- Basilisk is not crashing the client when purchased anymore.
- Hundrets of Rumors was reworked by Grampahun
- Electra, Irkutzk and Dublin updated
- Jettison Bug fixed.
- Server related updates.
- Version updated
- Nova VHF
- Nova Pirate VHF
- Discoverer HF
- Discoverer Pirate HF
- Buster LF
- Buster Pirate LF
- Buzzard LF
- Coalition Hornet LF
- Cargo Tanker XL Transporter
- Asgard Admin HF
- Cloaking Devices are mountable and reworked
- Usage of Cloaking Devices in Single Player
- Player friendly Market File
- Admin Station
- Credits Directory with several files
- New Installer with a much higher packing ratio
- a few Adminnew, related Weapons
- rework of Soryns Ships to get proper mount points
- complete rework of the Coalition Colony Ship
- fix of a few Death Zones
- USO Stations now have Depots near
- a few Effects updated
- more player friendly loot settings
- new Planet for testing purposes
- Start of the Coalition Sector
- +10 new Planets
- +Colony Ship as Station
- initial Story Start
- new Coalition LF Fighters
- Lagg (M)
- Basilisk (M)
- initial Coalition special Market
- +6 new Music Tracks
- initial Coalition LF Engine
- Main screen reworked
- new Cursor
- skipped the Missions again (to hard even in lowest settings)
- Titan VHF settings reworked
- Player buildable Station Mod initialized and activated for later use
- Freelancer Ship Yard II
- several death zone updates
Upgrade 8841
Category: Initial open Beta III Release
Description:
- Shadow of Fear got it's own Installer.
- HD resampled Music implemented.
- A new and reworked Hook version is running (ofc. 88Flak compatible).
- Several lootable commodity parts for item build support.
- New and buildable: Weapons (25+), Power Generators (15), Shields (15), Shield Generators (15), Scanners (5), Tractors (5)
- New Interface bars to adjust settings more detailed.
- Looting System reworked, loadouts of all ships and solars reworked.
- Marza and Kol updated.
- New Bot Nomad Gunboat to make certain bots stronger.
- USO Refinery and Tradeport updated.
- 14 Systems updated.
- Shadow of Fear dll content reworked (beta).
Update 8840
Category: Development Update
Description:
- The second set of USO Systems are playable now - contains 3 new USO Systems with unique locations, Rumors, Ships.
- Shiparch 2.2 by Chris initiated
- all USO Ships (22) are buyable now, for some of them you need to get a key to the stations holding them.
- rwork of all damage Zones
- new HD Icons by Hrimthur
- fixes
- Travelling Systems are now leading to Alaska (+4 Systems +2 bases), all Alaska tokens are out of order, you may sell or jettison them.
- Numeric Display of strength is present now (Adoxa)
- new wrecks with rare ship upgrades are present in the new Systems
- Capital Ships Kol and Kodiak was updated
- New Solars, Starspheres, Suns and Planets
Update 8839
Category: Development Update
Description:
- Maia Development Release including unique loactions
- Shiparch 2.2 by Chris initiated
- New Ships Rollout
- USO Military Very Heavy Fighter ASP MK II
- USO Military Heavy Fighter Constrictor
- USO Military Light Fighter Viper Interceptor
- USO Repairship
- USO Mining Ship
- USO Gunboat Javelin
- USO Corvette Cobalt
- AOran'sctko Alien Light Protection Fighter (NPC only)
- several Dock Mounts of Stations fixed to the 88Flak style
- new Traderoute for Alien Goods
- Taygeta fixes
- new crosshair set
Update 8838
Category: Development Update
Description:
- Taygeta Development Release
- Sterope -> Taygeta Jumpgate locked
- Shiparch 2.0 by Chris initiated
- New Ships Rollout
- USO Fer de Lance VHF civilian Fighter
- USO Gecko HF civilian Fighter
- USO Mamba LF civilian Fighter
- several minor fixes
- Marketfiles partly reworked
Update 8837
Category: Bug Fix
Description:
- Installation Issues fixed for new installed Clients
- Version enumerating for exsisting Clients
Update 8836
Category: closed Beta 2 maintenance, rollout and improvment Update
Description:
- USO Refinery Dockmount updated
- Nikopolis Bar Background changed to match the System
- Gramps Mining Station Asteroid exclusion Zone initiated
- Added HP Baydoors to every custom Ship to avoid crashes while dropping internal Cargo
- Vanguard Wreck changed so it matches both wrecks, vanilla and SoF
- Warna Bar Background changed to match the realistic System Enviroment
- Cobra MK I Wireframe reworked
- Memphis Bar Background reworked so it matches the System Enviroment
- Prisoner Run initiated, new picture, new routes
- VIP run initiated, new picture, new routes
- drop rate of the Subaru Field in NGC 1432 decreased
- Adrianopel NPCs reworked to match their work
- Planet Storms reworked
- Juneau Shipyard opened and reworked - there are two Juneau Shipyards now, where the secret one still holds the only place to buy the Osiris
- Docking Character Gramps Mining reworked
- Sterope Sun grafical bug lowerd (still work in progress)
- New Symbols for Prisoners and Vips
- System Infocard Atlas written
- Commodity Trader of Research Center Tyros reworked
- Alcyone Sun Infocard written
- Bacchuscloud Infocard reworked
- Kol Stats pointer set
- all custom Ships got their Stat's and Infocard reworked so you now can see the Stats also in the buying windows
- USO Mamba LF new civilian Ship
- USO Gecko HF new civilian Ship (buyable in 8837)
- USO Fer de Lance VHF new civilian Ship (buyable in 8837)
- IMG Spectre LF new civilian Ship - thanks to Sorin Industries
- IMG Arrow HF new civilian Ship - thanks to Sorin Industries
- Battleship Pythagoras Trader reworked
- Freeport 15 Name repointed to the Station
- Taygeta docking restricted (hopefully)
- Korinth Spin rate changed
- Profit for Fusions Weapon Components raised to match the same profit as for Heavy Water
- All dockmounts of smaller custom Stations are now above the Stations to keep the undocking of flyable Stations and Capitals possible
- Bartender Soryn and several other Typos fixed
- Hudshifting problem with older monitors fixed
- Vanilla Tradelanes are all back in the Game
- several market files updated
- All Damage Zones Vanilla, 88Flak and SoF reworked they deserve their name now
- serversided improvements
Upgrade 8835
Category: Initial Beta 1 Release
Description:
- initial closed Beta Release
Update 8834
Category: Test Release
Description:
- internal closed Beta Release
Update 8829 - Update 8833
Category: Alpha Updates
Description:
- Alpha Updates
Update 8828
Category: Alpha Release
Description:
- Shadow of Fear first Alpha Release on Top of 88Flak
