Freelancer Rebalance 3.12 discussion

    time of the working servers list server name: Bored Mod server (3.12) rebalance 3.12 Two Geek Rebalance 3.12 Endymion (3.12) Bob´2 Little chunk of ice (3.12) Barcelona Freelancer connection (version ?) Nemesis grounds (3.01) the TG Diablo server (badlands) is now a TNG one the Heide-Holstein - Rebalance 3.2 server dissapear im not playing for the moment (waiting for a 3.2 server) but the most populate one is two geeks (4 of 25 players <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> ) Bye!!

    Nemrod, when is 3.2 due up on LR for download, cannot seem to use a download manager that supports resume on fileplanet, still got dial-up...... Windows XP Pro on NTFS, Gigabyte GA-8PE667 Ultra 2 Pro MOBO Intel P4b 512K Northwood CPU Crucial 512MB PC2700 &amp; Crucial 512MB PC3200 Lian-Li PC7-USB Case Sapphire Radeon Atlantis 128MB Western Digital WD1200JB 120Gig &amp; WD400JB 40Gig HDD´s All From Deep in the Heart of......... Sherwood Forest Planet, Greenwood System......

    P4b 2.4 1GB RAM Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro WD400JB & WD1200JB HDD

    OKay I downloaded, installed and played a few hours of Rebalance 3.12 My System Config Duron 900 Mhz 200 Gig Hard Drive GEO MX4 with Nvidia latest drivers Win98 SE USED SPmod. bat Used L1mod.bat - No Crashes Observed Review ---------- This is a big mod. I was suprised at all the changes. Start out on Earth with an XWING Like Fighter Make sure you buy nanobots and shields before you launch Make sure to take an easy mission to start with The ship now has: - an engine - a power generator Now you can buy this cool stuff for your ship: - Upgraded Engines Go Faster (Expensive) - stronger Power Generators - Small, Medium and Big? Block Generators - Shield capacitors - Various Components that affect the Shields - Armor Upgrade +25% increase - New Sunfire Weapons that pack a big punch but require ammo If you don´t have enough power then your afterburners shut down right away and your guns drain down if you are using too many guns. My XWING crusied at 100 but when I bought a new engine then I got 114 speed. I bought a medium block but it was hard to notice any improvement. The medium block had an output of 5000 while the corsair lf power gen had an output of about 3500. I saw a power gen for sale with a gen capability of 20000. Some shield regenerators take power away from the ship. Some don´t. You have to read the specs There are new ships everywhere. I even saw an enterprise for sale on a planet in the earth system. All the ships are big time expensive. But there are some serious cargo haulers sold at different bases. Manhatten has a fedex freighter for sale for about $159K. I think it had a cargo space of 500. The missions rewards are directly tied to difficulty. Don´t try any of the $100K missions until you own a better ship. New Toyko had missions in the range of $20K to $30K and the missions were doable but long and difficult. Battle Comments Shields go down when you hit something (makes sense) Shields go down as much as standard release But you only need 1 shield to regenerate (you get 25 to start) Opponent ships have shield regenerators now Much harder to kill with weak weapons I found my self using missles alot more The Sunfury is great but you will run out of ammo I think some of the missions are new Minor Flaws -------------- These flaws may have to do with my WIN98 OS but I would be suprised. Flaws are not bugs but rather small annoyances that show up. Flaw 1 -------- XWING is a light fighter but came with a Heavy Fighter Generator when I started in single player mode. When I deselcted it I could not reload it. So I had to buy a new power source. Weird Flaw 2 --------- When you go to the ship meachant and look at the different ship models. Some ships are called a Heavy Fighter but since the orginal release of FL had a light fighter there the second line states light fighter. You need to read the description to know for sure. Obvousily you can tell from the armor rating. Flaw 3 or Feature --------------------- When you trade goods with the mearchant none of planets in earth system show up in the trade database. This might be a feature or a flaw. Maybe the prices keep changing. I am not sure yet. I will have to write them down. Overall ----------- I was very suprised by the scope of this mod. Some one or a team of people did alot of work. I think they should get paid for a mod of this size. I bought the game for $30 at Fry´s and this is a completely different game now. Microsoft should be looking at this stuff. There are two lines of thought. - Increase the exploring, Flying, fighting, trading experience (rebalance 3.12) - Provide a more dynamic campaign and more complex RPG interface with more characters. I think both are appropriate and enjoyable if done well. Thank You for Rebalance 3.12

    with pleasure sweents. it was a lot of work indeed, both by myself and by the fans that helped with the bug reports, suggestions and even by making small parts of the mod(like the npc ships loadout, or some of the new jumphole network). But it was rewarding and posts like yours are reminding me of all it was done since the begining... Npc´s don´t have shield batteries in 3.12 though, only their shields are regenerating. in 3.20 they really use shield batteries and nanobots to repair both shield and hull(1 of each at a time), and the better they are the faster they use the repairs. The X-wing like fighter is a Starfury from Babylon 5 series. it has light armor but it´s very maneuvrable. barn.door, the house move is done. it was very tireding but i got it over with. ..<img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>.

    Congrats on moving...was there last October. Looking forward to &quot;3.20 final&quot;...does that mean you´ve reached an end point Michael? I have to admit to buying X2 and playing it, but I am starting to miss FL. X2 is cool and all, and more complex, but there just seems to be something missing in the game, some kind of Ummph. Maybe I just haven´t played it enough yet. FL kinda has that with all the masonic/illuminati symbolism in the game - gives it more of a realistic flare - being of course that Freemasonry is the largest fraternal order on this planet. Anyways...

    Well, version 3.20 final will be out soon on LR. I already send it. I don;t know if it is the final version but certainly is the most complete. There are not any more things to add or none that i can think off now. It seems that the FL´s posibilities were all explited so it almost nohting left. Let´s hope for a sequel. Meanwhile enjoy Rebalance 3.20 final...<img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>... v3.20 final: -the AI controled Npc ships will effectivelly use their nanos and shield batteries to repair their ships and recharge shields! -at default and hard level, the easy and medium npc pilots will repair their hulls while the hard and ace ones(above level 12) will repair both the hull and recharge the shield using nanobots and shield batteries. -at hard level the repair rate will be much faster and the baddies will have more nanos and shield batteries! -Added the LI Heavy Ion Blaster, a Liberty design combining the advantages of a laser cannon and a plasma blaster.It have improved graphics+sounds to make it look and feel like a Liberty super gun. -The BD &quot;Dragon´s Breath&quot; Laser cannon now has much improved visual quality making it look more like a pirate super-laser gun. -added Silver Fire´s weapon Pack 1.1 including the new mass drivers and rocket pods. Modified cluster missiles to have less tracking abilities, but to be able to fit into weapon, turret and torpedo slots. making them some of the most versatile weapons ever available. -shield capacitors offer increased protection against pulse, missile an capital ship type weapons, also slightly increased vs Tachyons and Neutron class. They´re almost impervious to mass driver weapons. -all battleship and cruiser/destroyer turrets have reduced effects vs shields. This increases the realism since these turrets were made for capital vs capital battles. Only BS and CA flak and missile turrets do full shield damage. -added tradelanes all troughout the EFA system linking planets and jumpholes. Also added a new base near Planet Jupiter, the Jupiter Observation Station. -added Porshe´s Jedi T-Fighter available at Shinagawa Station in New Tokyo. -added the Antaeus made by Konfliction industries, buyable at BS York and Tsushima Station. -weapon type for the Barragers, Sunfurys and the Kusari Hyper Pulse is now capital class so they do reduced shield damage. -the TIE turrets now have 360 degree rotation angle, making them usefull on freighters as well. -the cruise speed comes at a price now: not only it will render weapons unusable but it will drain the main reactor´s power at high rates. you may have to pause the cruise to allow the power to recharge. -engines also drain power in normal mode from the fusion reactor, even if at lower rates. if you go at top speed you´ll notice a slight decrease in power regen, so reduce your speed to achieve better regeneration rates. -all engines have infocards showing the theoretical max speeds, the energy draw and the cruise energy draw. -mounting fusion reactors upgrades will increase cruise time and weapon regen rate at max speed. -added commodity vendors to plot spawned bases such as Baxter Research Station and Glorious Station. -ship vendors are working corectly now on Holman Outpost. -beware of the powerfull explosions of battleship in Random Missions, these really hurt now! Nomad Battleships hurt the most. -random mission have further variation as cruiser/destroyer class ships can be both defensive and capital class stations. -ships have been moved arround again so expect surprises. Run the Data Storm on the modded FL folder to avoid these if you prefer to know exactly where the ships are. -fixed the hardpoints for the Javelin Assault Cruiser, added more so now it has 32 gun/turret HP´´s, 8 main guns and 24 secondary support turrets. -added the Leviathan Warship Class &quot;Balistner&quot; from the Fightspace mod available in the EFA system. It´s the ultimate Capship in terms of firepower and protection. -the mod is compatible with the 1.1 patch except some TIE ships and the SkyHawk. players buying the Skyhawk or the TIE ships(the TIE Bomber and Tie Advanced) will be kicked as cheaters. The other 3 TIE ships(Fighter, Defender and Interceptor) are working normally.

    Hi I´ve been lurking for quite awhile. First off I´d like to say great mod! I am the mod manager for our gaming group so it´s my resposibility to locate mods and test them out before our group tries them. We have tried several of the other major mods and while they all have their benefits and weaknesses I can say without a qualm that Rebalance is (excepting a few small bugs) by far the most professional and polished mod released to date. Anyway it´s my job to do hotfixes for our group in order to address group concerns with any mod. I was wondering if the full release of 3.20 final has fixed the problem with the gallofree´s guns floating around and through the ship?(haven´t had a chance to DL it I´m posting this from work) If so great, if not would you be interested in the fix I implemented for our group until the full public release was made? Basically I took the HP´s that float just inside the hull(and which will turn out of the hull when used for a turret) and changed them to shield components. Basically making the gallofree into a blockade runner with massive shielding systems and only 4 guns. Anyway it was just a thought and since I already did the footwork on it I figured I´d make the offer. And again GREAT MOD! Crymson

    Sure crymson, a gallofree with more shild generators will allow mounting more defensive equipment like the shield capacitors and fusion injectors. so it´s a welcome fix. mail me so we can discuss the cmp file transfer. Also i´ve created a new thread specifically for Rebalance 3.20 in the Mod Announcment Forum so see you all there.