Freelancer Firefly Mod Collaboration

POSTED BY: Auroter
UPDATED: Monday, October 9, 2006 14:26
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AUROTER

Friday, August 19, 2005 6:56 PM

Okay, it's been a while, and I haven't been hard at work, but I'm taking the next step and I've already tripped. So, the guy who did the lightwave model did an amazing job. However, milkshape don't wanna import it for some reason. "Cannot read lightwave object 6.5x" is what it says. I'm assuming we're talking version problems here, so I've sent a message to Gunrunner asking him for his gmax file, which hopefully milkshape will be happy with.

Step One, the ship. Big mod comes later; I think its best if we follow RubberEagle's suggestion. We have the convenience of ship models already created, but there's still work to do. I don't know about you, but I want to see that firefly do it's cool bright light when it charges up its cruise engines. I'll need to comb around in scripts and guides on how to import your own effects. Also, for now I'm thinking, no hard-mounts for weapons (Damn yokels can't tell a transport ship ain't got no guns on it). Just for now though, in the world of Firefly no guns means you're dead. Doesn't matter how well you can maneuver or how fast you fly. But, that'll come later. Any suggestions/comments so far? I'll keep working on the model compatibility crap. I need ideas.

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SOLOSTARAN

Sunday, August 21, 2005 9:47 PM

could put guns at the front around the cockpit, a gun on either side on top, cd/t mount below it. Like the order ship, "Anubis". speaking of that ship, the cockpit looks similar to the one on the serenity

FORRESTWOLF

Monday, August 22, 2005 6:12 PM

(Auroter sent me an email requesting the model; I'm deleting my post with my email from here).

BLOODFALCON

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 7:46 PM

I was wondering on the progress of this...is it still being constructed? Is it stalled? Is the mod available, either in full or in part?

STONEY3K

Wednesday, December 7, 2005 11:34 PM

Anyhow, count me in! I've been playing around with these bits for some time and I've already worked out some of the factions and systems...

Some examples here:

Orbital Spa And Cruise could easily be converted into the Companion's Guild as this has the same atmosphere. You could use the Planet Curacao model as one of the Guild's bases in the core worlds.

The Browncoats will possibly be split into some independent factions which do have some allegiance with each other (think Freelancer's House Criminals) and the variation in Browncoat ships can be tremendous. You can see Fireflies there but also some home-made ships or even a stray Humpback with some FX converted.

The Alliance will fly the known light cruisers and the heavy cruisers (e.g. battleships) will be stationary like in Freelancer. These guys are simply too big to move around..

Here's my little note on the systems and use of jumpgates and the like:
If you set the scene a little over a decade after the Firefly/Serenity 'verse you can make the building of jumpgates a little more plausible. Cramming over a hundred bases into a Freelancer system is simply impossible (memory issues) so we'll have to split up some stuff. If you say the colonization fleet from Earth-that-was headed for the Centauri sector (the nearest star from Earth) you have about 4 or 5 systems you can already fiddle with with short jumpgate hops.
Tradelanes in the systems will be removed as the ships will travel at full burn (cruise engine) with speeds that approximate trade lane speed. If they were to travel at the speed portrayed in the series, you could take days to travel from one system to another.

Splitting up the systems, you'll probably find the Core Worlds (Londinium, Ariel) in one system which could be the New York system. Travelling out to one side there's a section of Reaver space (Some planet that will not be named because of Serenity spoilers), and a set of scattered worlds on the other sides belonging to the different Browncoat factions. Patience's moon could be in one of these systems and Haven in another.

To make this work, we're gonna need some models of the ships you see in Firefly and in Serenity. Most of the ship database is relatively open, though, so you could work in a few default Freelancer ships along the way. Remember that the models will need to be low-polygon so Sean Robertson's Serenity model isn't going to work. :)

VELOXI

Thursday, December 8, 2005 5:37 AM

I'm no programmer, so all I can offer is my moral support. I can't wait to see what you guys do. :)

VAGABOND

Monday, December 19, 2005 4:52 PM

I have max, photoshop, and some spare time. ^_^

far.away.revre@gmail.com

GODZERO

Monday, January 16, 2006 2:59 AM

Are people still working on this mod, or has it Stalled?

Because I am also making a Freelancer FF mod Much like this one, and my one is very much alive. If people are still working on this mod, maybe a join effort could speed up the pace.

And if this mod has indeed stoped then anyone who was working on it, and still wants to help on a Firefly universe mod should contact me.

contact me at:

danielnisi@gmail.com

Godzero.

GREYTHREAT

Monday, October 9, 2006 10:23 AM

I personally have never made a freelancer mod i barely even play FL but i found this like for us firefly fans.....

http://www.lancersreactor.com/t/Download/Download.asp?ID=2017

it's a serenity mod for FL i don't know who made it but i give credit to them

greythreat

GREYTHREAT

Monday, October 9, 2006 10:23 AM

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