Freelancer 2

i think microsoft will kinda sue for copyright issues if this goes out for sale

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i think microsoft will kinda sue for copyright issues if this goes out for sale

That's why the name and any assets related to Freelancer that can be traced to it must be changed in the final released version, of which I'm sure OP has already taken into account.

So far, it's a good WIP. IMHO this could be the only way Freelancer will survive, if this new engine is open-source and is much friendlier to modders if it can reuse the Freelancer assets and file structure.

I'm sad to say, don't hold your breath OP... Creating a new open-sourced engine that can accept file assets and data from Freelancer's engine/kernel is IMHO the only way to circumvent M$'s bull-headed foolishness in refusing to release the FL source code. As long as the data cannot be traced back to Microsoft's IP, they can't do anything in a court of law, in the US or abroad. A brilliant solution IMHO and my hat's off to you!

Besides, the less M$ has to do with this game in the future, the better. Games these days IMHO are best left to those who genuinely want to create, expand and improve on a them, not a mega-corporation that only is looking for a profit margin and then effortlessly tosses it to the shelf. You OP and other FL modders like you more than deserve to continue breathing life into Freelancer, in spite of M$'s stupidity.... Even if it means creating a whole new engine to accept your current data and years of work, much less to say this will finally open the doors to create and expand on the MMO/spacesim we all truly dream of.

Your engine is what can truly put the power back in the hands of the artists, aka the FL modders, where it should be.

5-7 people alone cannot create a game... Microsoft and DA had a full team. We need help

I completely understand Vishnu... If I didn't have a buttload of work at my job right now, a gigging band and just crap in general going on in my life right now, I'd enjoy the opportunity to help. My CAD skills allows me to do solid modeling of just about anything and I know you guys can always use more modelers.

Regardless, if you guys advertise you're hiring in the right places and to the right people with this new open-source FL based space sim engine... "If you build it, they will come." MODDB is one of several places to do just that.

I have faith that once word of this engine gets wind in the FL modding communities and space sim communities, I'm sure the reception of it will be good and people to help by use of their talents will begin to show up.

Take a look at MekTek for a fine example of how this can work. They have created their own development house from just a mere modding community for the Mechwarrior series mecha-sims and have grown to become an actual design studio for Mechwarrior/Mecha based games, their first being AT1:BT. Probably wouldn't hurt to contact them and get chummy with them to see how they do things and gather some of their knowledge of how they progressed into an actual game design studio. I know their work with the Mekpak add-ons for Mechwarrior 4 are superb and AT1:BT is very promising.

I think we need to do some advertising via YouTube and some other resourses (others can use "favorites"). It will improve the chances to find adherents with development skills. At least for a little.

I've already posted the message in our forum in russian. Who knows, may be someone will respond.

Then what should we do? I mean, those, who haven't such skills to help with development.

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Awesome indeed, same engine as the video you posted on "something awsome" thread ?

And which one is it

Note: the "awsome" typo is from the thread title itself.

Anyway OP, actually it's better like this as I couldn't see the huge quality vid on my PC, but this one works perfectly

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instead of always rubbing it in about typo error "awsome" you could fix it for me.......or is this beyond your abilities

This is my main problem in recent times - focus on anything at all

But ok. As you say

OP, can you tell me the name of the song from the beginning of the movie?

thx

hmm im just wondering... how will cryengine 3 work out?

"Heart of Courage"

A great discovery

and the ingame song is "freedom fighers"