10/08/04			GIBBONS SPINNING PLANETS V1.0
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Welcome to the Spinning Planets addon for MS Freelancer, written by Gibbon

WHAT DOES THIS DO?
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This adds spinning planets to the original, unmodded version of Freelancer. I was inspired by Crabtree after seeing his planets mod. This goes a step further and corrects a few glitches and adds Omicron Theta. The planets all spin now as i've upped the rotation speed which seemed to be a problem with previous incarnations of this type of mod.

KNOWN ISSUES
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The only time i've noticed the planets stopping is when you minimize Freelancer, only solution is press F1 during the game, reselect your character and you'll have the planets spinning again.

There are reports of this not working properly for some people, the problem being the  planets slow down and stop! I have no idea what causes this but it isn't me as this mod works for around 90% of people who've tested it. All i can suggest is do a fresh install of Freelancer, followed by the SDK 1.3, then activate planets mod in mod manager.

Also works with numerous other stand alone mods, my favourite being Real Space Lite mod. Really adds atmosphere

INSTALLATION
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Once downloaded, double click and the mod should install itself into Freelancer Mod Manager. Activate and enjoy!

CONTACT
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Any problems, contact Gibbon at: ocfhq@hotmail.com 

BIG THANKS
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Big thanks goto,

Lancers Reactor - Tutorials are a wonderful thing
Crabtree - For giving me the idea to start with

 