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dunno - never worked with that kind of files

what are those pdf's. are they just text/images/stuff or 3d pdf's?

double-posting isn't really nice. and so is triple-posting. please use the edit button next time

1. we cant tell you anything about those pdf files since they have absolutly nothing to do with FL or any of the supported games here
2. i have no idea what you want to do with factions or what is unclear there
3. what castle?
4. yes there are some very good ship creators here but they are busy working on SWAT projects

one of [if not the] best ship makers just replied

OP [and almost everyone for that matter] uses Milkshape 3D cos it's a low-poly [that's the way FL likes'em best] modeler & texturer w/ feature to export models for FreeLancer [hard to find for other programs]

oh and BTW he already said that

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Originally posted by SWAT_OP-R8R
the tool u should use is milkshape 3d

gmax can be used to model but to convert ships to cmp milkshape is needed
so the question is why should i use gmax if i have to use milkshape aswell... i could simply model in ms3d and save some steps
oh and the "strengh" of ships has nothing to do with modeling... its part of setting their stats and AI

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in a folder?
in a file?
in a system?
in a base?

cmon - if we want to answer questions then we at least will need basic information about what you actually mean

what explorer? like Windows Explorer?? then it's "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Freelancer\DATA\SHIPS" for all ships. add "\NOMAD\NO_BATTLESHIP" for the Nomie BS [wow was that obvious or what?].
I'm left speechless. You know, you should start by actually looking in the game's folder to see what is what and what goes where, how and why...
It's like you wanted to mod the game, w/o actually ever playing it. Or like wanting to drive a car, w/o actually seeing one ever before.

i think he means the freelancer exlorer

if so i need to disapoint you because the freelancer explorer is exclusivly for building systems (and that not in a very good way)
its better if you have a look at the ini files if you want to learn modding
to make a ship sellable you need to add a new good with a new [ship hull] and a new [packet] and add it to the base on the ship market file

btw. thers should be a tutorial on our tutorial section and a ship creating tutorial on our download area

If it isn't there, I have a copy of pretty decent tutorial on my HDD

Many people wanting to mod Freelancer.

I still have to say it was the worst and most dangerous idea to try to merge Crossfire, Discovery and Freeworlds.

lol @ SC