


16/10/04					SOLAR SYSTEM MOD V.1.0 BY GIBBON
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Based on the Russian Earth system mod, authors unknown (I don't speak Russian so I couldn't translate their readme file!). Included are all planets in the system and all major moons! Now with complete infocards with up to date planetary info from NASA.

No bases are present, just the planets, asteroid belts and jumpholes. The reason for this is this mod can be included in other mods so i thought i'd let you guys add your own stuff. Also now with complete textures so all planets show up as they should within the boundaries of FL, and of course they all spin!

Before anyone says anything about the Earth system being destroyed by the Nomads, THAT version of FL was never released so the system still survives...

To get a sense of scale, I split the system up into four seperate systems, access to Pluto from Cortez and Earth from New York (Badlands). I also adjusted the system lighting to make it a bit darker, maybe not to everyones taste but i like it. Lastly, there are no tradelanes so cruise everywhere.



							INSTALLATION NOTES
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This mod should work with most other mods or just plain old vanilla FL. Tested in multiplayer and singleplayer. It adds the planetary data to the PLANETS folder and updates solararch.ini. If you have difficulties running the mod with others, try removing the constants.ini from this mod as all i've done is stick on a 750 cruise mod beacause the systems are vast. Use the Mod manager to activate and off you go...

						       
						       
						       WHERE IS EVERYTHING?
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					New York to Earth jumphole is in sector C6-C7
					  Earth to Jupiter jumphole is in sector B7
					 Jupiter to Saturn jumphole is in sector F7
					 Saturn to Pluto jumphole is in sector E7-D7
					  Pluto to Cortez jumphole is in sector C7
					  Cortez to Pluto jumphole is in sector E2


							     
							     CREDITS
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-   Our Russian modding colleagues who i'd love to name but i don't know who they are!

-   Lancers Reactor, for their tutorials, downloads, forums, you name it!!

-   Microsoft, for releasing Freelancer in the first place. Had to say that! :(


	

   							    Test team
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						      Gibbon (obviously lol)


             						     PROBLEMS
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		Anything to do with the mod then email John "Gibbon" O'Leary at ocfhq@hotmail.com
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