in the past months i didnt work on CF1.8 due to limited amount of time, the changes on SWAT and a general demotivation caused by endless discussions and stress
i took some time out ignoring most fl related stuff and in the end i came up with some new solutions and many new ideas for FL (how great ^^)
and about 200 new ship and station models
im planning to buy a new hdd for my old PC in order to get milkshape running again (or to test that new milkshape that was offered to me) and start working on CF1.8 again once the work on SWAT has been finished (which should be in 1 month... with alot of luck)
i already presented a list of features and changes here:
http://www.swat-portal.com/php…416fd9797a05048176d2ff95b
the final release of CF1.8 should b around january/february
yes i know still alot of time to go
but considering the amount of changes i also could have written a completly new mod like CF
in the end we are talking about 20.000 - 30.000 adjustments to the current code of CF and tons of new stuff
56k user might be a bit disappointed or they have more fun (depending on the view) coz the mod is going to be somewhat between 300 and 400mb big *gulp*
the changes start with possible new /extended intro movie going over new interfaces, new ships, systems, stations, quests, effects up to changes of the dynamic part of CF
The SPs will get new toys, the new flhook changes will be introduced and im planning a server upgrade to get a better performance
New players can expect a less hard starting phase while the gathering of new items and weapons is going to b much harder
the dynamic economy is going to be more random (maybe even totally random)
Did you like the DK cruiser layout? i did... and so more of these organic ships will appear.
2 new alien factions will appear in CF but what does this "Dom" mean?
No - for sure its not Dominion like some ppl did expect O_o
now the question is "do you want spoilers or do you want to find out the story ingame?"