WTS World Freelancer 4.16

WTS World Homepage: http://www.crabtree-ccn.de/Freelancer/freelancer.htm

WTS World Forum: http://s8.invisionfree.com/WTS_World_CCN_Europe/index.php

Ship Archive and System Map (hosted by courtesy of Wicked Witch): http://the2ndweb.com/wts/

Completely pimped and debugged by BigBalls + totally un-balanced and extended by F!R

Latest version to run on F!R's one and only WTS World Server
(dynamic IP: iwanttoplay.no-ip.info:2302)

Installation notes:

1. Start with a clean installation of Freelancer, don't forget to backup your multiplayer ID by running
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Games\Freelancer\EXE\myflaccountid.hta"
2. Install Freelancer Mod Manager v1.4 beta4 if you haven't done so already
3. double click the mod - the Freelancer Mod Manager will now unpack it.
4. activate the mod with the Freelancer Mod Manager - you can choose between 5 different HUD backgrounds.
5. Do NOT activate any other Mods, SDK packs or the Freelancer Quickfix. All files you need to play are integrated into the WTS client mod).

If you experience any problems while unpacking and/or activating the WTS Mod with the Freelance Mod Manager, you can also install it manually. In that case rename the Mod file from WTS-World-V-4-16-Final-Client.7z.flmod to WTS-World-V-4-16-Final-Client.7z and extract the Mod using 7-Zip archiver (http://www.7-zip.org/) and extract the contents of the 7-zip file into the Freelancer directory C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Freelancer, overwriting any existing data. In the root of the Freelancer directory is a batch file named 'HUDselection.bat'. By running this file you can choice between the different HUD backgrounds.

Connecting to the server when the global server is down:
- Right click on the Freelancer shortcut that is on your desktop and select properties.
- Select the shortcut tab and put this in the target bar
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Freelancer\EXE\Freelancer.exe" -Siwanttoplay.no-ip.info:2302
(you may have to adjust the path if you've installed Freelancer in a different location)
When starting Freelancer with this shortcut, the server will show up in the 'Internet' & 'LAN' games.
For further troubleshooting visit Crabtree's WTS Forum at http://s8.invisionfree.com/WTS_World_CCN_Europe/index.php.
Changes/additions in this WTS version:

* WTS-World V4.16 contains a few bug fixes, small adjustments and additions, and updated clan bases.

Major changes/additions in WTS version 4.14:
* ships, equipment and trade routes have been completely rebalanced.
- ships have been balanced according to rating system for offense, defense and agility. Generally, an increase in fire power means a slower, less agile ship with less armor.
- each ship class has its own set of engines, ship handling, and statistics.
- 22 additional ships added (brings the total number of custom ships to 459).
- ship locations redone: more cheap starter ships in Sol systems.
- info cards are redone to give more useful information about ship stats and weapon/equipment loadout possibilities.
- weapons, upgrades, power plants, and thrusters have been adjusted to fit the newly balanced ships.
- standard weapons, shields and NPC loadouts have been redone, making the NPC's an even tougher opponent.
- base price and profit of commodities has been increased. Trade routes have been rebalanced and an additional 38 commodities are added (credits to Excelsior for idea's and descriptions of new commodities).
Features and credits:
* a big thanks goes to Lancer Solurus for scanning WTS version 4.12 for errors and helping to fix them. A lot of annoying bugs were fixed that otherwise would have never been found.
* all new icons for equipment, commodities and ships.
- # reactor icons from Icon Pack v1.0 By Nebulae Wolf.
* colorful new Nav Map and new interface.
- now including changed program messages.
* newly colored nebulas.
* lots of more new commodities + profitable (but risky) trade routes.
* New starting system, Planet Earth, featuring the Oceania world of the Warriors of the Sky MOD, Beta Two
- credits for this incredible work and new concept go to Argh and team (Fallen_Angel, Necrolord, Ienbkhnd, Shiny Lapel Trio, Anton, Louva-Deus, Warzog, Mephistopheles).
* new Fluidic Dimension system for species 8472, flying their own ships.
- get there through instable wormhole.
- perhaps get out through random wormhole (credits for random wormhole concept go to RimShot).
* new BIG system "VegaMinor".
- credits to Louva-Deus.
- now with encounters and additional base: Kobal Shipyards.
* Outer Solar system.
- credits to Gibbon for the Solar System Mod v1.0.
* more new systems.
- "Alpha Quadrant"
- contains 3 sectors with suns + planets and all new warp trade lane.
- "Klingon Empire"
- "Romulan Empire"
- "Omicron Lambda"
- old Freeport 7 system open for business.
* tougher NPC's flying custom ships, which now are using nano bots/shield batteries.
* new Hardpoints in each ship for upgrades.
- # some extra credits for that point go to KNIGHT79 and his ShipComponentMod and the Starfyre Studios for the idea with the extra shield stuff.
- lots of different shield capacitors, which give you more shield capacity.
- lots of different shield booster, which give you a higher shield regeneration rate.
- lots of different power booster, which give you more energy for your weapons.
- lots of different damage reflectors, which reflect part of damage or damage done by specific weapons.
* pilot licenses (don't mount or you'll have no POWER).
* mountable fun licenses.
- shows if you are in or out of roleplay.
- shows if you are in or out of PvP.
- shows if you are looking for trouble, fun, etc..
* new very different guns, missiles + torpedos.
- energy missiles + torpedos are back.
- weapon slots are specially assigned for mounting energy missiles + torpedos.
- now special + proper named slots for energy missiles.
- now torpedos + heavy torpedos with special slots.
* new point defense systems (credits to Silver_Fire - ghzpentium@excite.com).
* new very special mines + bombs.
* new + purchasable: lots of different scanners, tractors, thrusters, armor and more than 130 unique reactors.
- every ship comes with changeable + upgradable reactor.
# a lot of credits go to NineTails@nerdshack.com for his Nintails Equipment Mod.
* new individual Bases.
- for example Sprague now dockable.
- parts of Buckaroo Banzai new rooms concept implemented there.
* NoStory-Mod integrated - credits to IGx89, Adam Pitcock.
* credit limit raised to 2.000.000.000.
* tradelane speed raised to 10k (credits to n00bster).
* glow maps for docking ring/jump gate and ships by n00bster and Nochecks.
* Modified AI state_graph.db by flak88.
* new custom stations (credits to Aldebaran and the Freeworlds Development team for the Modular Station Resource One Pack: http://www.phpbber.com/phpbb/index.php?mforum=fwt.
* Many new ships - the total amount of custom ships is 460 (number of flyable original FL ships is 31).
- new ships from / credits go to (in alphabetical order):
- -=[F&L]=-NixNerd for the Space Taxi (C/O -=[F&L]=- Multiplayer Clan, http://www.fandl.org).
- Achilles for the Mayfly, Dark Angel, King Tiger and Reaver.
- Alan Hart (for the model) and PantherX for the WC Banshee.
- Archedyne for his Federation ShipPack 2.0 (Akira, Gryphon, Yeager, Enterprise-E, Rio Grande, Appalachia, Farragut) and ShipPack 2.3 (Accipiter, Enterprise-B, Miranda).
- Argh for the ships (Enforcer, Hfuel Tanker, Purity, Skitter, Streak, Treefrog) and lot of stuff from Toolkit v1.2.
- Atra-Hasis for the Buck Rogers "Starfighter", the Colonial "Scarlet" Viper and the Colonial Mover.
- Augur for his ShipPack v1 (Behemoth, Gaijin, Halycon, Hawkeye, Hydra, Mauler, Ryouken, Seraphim).
- Awts0c for the Zorg Starfighter.
- Brezgonne for the Narn Frazi.
- Buck Roger for the Eagle Transport.
- DARKDRONE for the Premonition X and Negh'var Class.
- Davion1089 for the THX Scorpian (http://www.davion1089.deviantart.com).
- DwD for the X-, Y-, and Z-Fighter.
- Element for the Rbee, Scorpion Attack Flyer, Elemental Wraith, Invader, Decimator and Storm Fighter.
- Firebase and the people from the Epsilon team for the Black Lance, Doom, Ghost Lance, Manta and Shadowblade. Special credits go to Harrier and Parabolix for work on the textures and visual effects, respectively.
- Firehawk for the Sentri, Th'Nor and T'Loth.
- Godzero for the FireFly "Serenity".
- Havikar, UltraLeon Works for the Swordfish.
- Hobbes, Samurai Studios for the Starlancer Ship Pack Volume 1.0.
- Jason Knight (Deathshadow) for the Razor II.
- Jason T for the model of the Andromeda Ascendant(http://lwg3d.com/).
- Knox1711 for the Enterprise D.
- KoraH for the Fedfighter.
- LoneWolf for the Rafale-S (clan ship of LCDM; Jaguar-S is civilian model which different color scheme).
- Lord Delekhan for the King Condor Battleship.
- Mad Dog for the Scouser, ScorpionX, Shining Star and Belerathon.
- Mancer for his Ship Packs (4 and 5).
- MarkyD for the BSG Raptor.
- Maudib, Kane Anuenue, XBS for the Old Cylon Basestar.
- Michael Frederick (aka Zorg) for the Condor Raider.
- ModelsPlease, Ancient Angel for the New Cylon Basestar.
- ModelsPlease, Nine of Nine for the Galor.
- MS_Hot-Dog for the Odyssey and Redtail.
- Necrolord for the Flying Sauser.
- Nightstalker for the Liberty Gunboat, Nomad Cruiser and the ShipPack for WTS 2.4 (more credits can be found there) (and special thanks to Nightstalker for his continuos support of our efforts).
- Oldman for the Sichel and Batwing (textures by BigBalls).
- Panther for the new Cylon Raider.
- Porsche for the Star Wars Ships for Freelancer.
- Principia (http://www.principia.pt.to) for the Homeworld 2 models: Vaygr Bomber, Hiigaran Bomber, Hiigaran Battlecruiser.
- Psionic and Gibbon for the Psionic Ship Pack number 1 (consisting of a ship model made by Psionic in 6 different textures (made by Psionic, Idolknight, Jodomatis, Kaoskiwi, Wilko, Robin) and converted into Freelancer format by Gibbon).
- Quicksilver for the Angelship.
- Redragon for the K'tinga and Enterprise NX-01.
- Sharky for the Banana Boat.
- SkiNMan for the FedBrel, Blackfleet K'Vort Cha and USS Asimov.
- Skystalker for his ShipPack v1.0 (Derringer, Raptor, Vulture).
- Toucan Corporation for the models of Leopard shark, Live Sharksucker, Sandbar Shark and Humpback Whale (http://toucan.web.infoseek.co.jp/3DCG/3ds/FishModelsE.html).
- Tyrel Lohr for the D'Kora Marauder.
- Tyrel Lohr, Nine of Nine for the Jem'Hadar.
- Wanderer for the Capital Ships (Balistner, Tempest).
- WickedZombie, Moonraker for the Vogayer.
- Wrath of Achilles for the Hutet Class.