[MOD][IP] Freespace X3 Total Conversion

[Lc4Hunter]

Freespace X3

After writing only in the german forum i want to have a english-topic, too.

How the name tells i´m working at a freespace (2) total conversion for X3TC.
I loved Freespace 2 cause it was a damn good spacesim and i ever wanted flying around with a Orion or a Deimos and toast some Shivans .
So i decided to start working at this mod.
It seems not many people know about Freespace but that is no reason for me to stop this project .

At the moment only Street21309 and i are working at this mod.
Every help is welcome cause their is lot to do...

What will be in the Mod?
- all ships from freespace 2, freespace and some fanmade-stuff.
- all races
- all weapons
- all missiles
- new missions
- new economy
- and so on

Whats the status:
- a few ships ingame (only GTA and NTF)
- many weapons ingame
- some new effects ingame
- animations for beams and supspace ingame
- work at the universe started
- many new sounds ingame

last but not least, pictures:



(old model, is completely reworked, but i have no picture atm)

[rtwesen]

wow...i am speechless, the models themselves look absolutely amazing. Sure brings back (good) memories

have you guys got a plot all thought out?

[Tasolth]

Wow. Some of those models do look really good, and almost like they have a clearly defined role already. I look forward to your progress on this.

[Lifeforce87]

Now i just want to install my FP2 Great game, good luck on that
Nice screens btw

[Wolf-R1]

Incredible!

[Treelor]

Those beam effects are probably the sexiest thing I've ever seen for X3.

[s9ilent]

Any chance you can take a part time English modder under your wing?
I started doing a fs2 port a while back but I gave up due to time constraints. All I did port was the... ... Freespace Upgrade Projects Orion destroyer (with textures, but with no scenes)


btw, out of curiosity, how did you plan to implement the slashing beams? I thought about all the tweaks and oddities about the x3 laser system, and I couldn't think up a system that would emulate it (with out giving the player controlled turrets an advantage)

Contact details are on my profile link
Mod experience is mostly script centric (with full understanding of all x3editor functions), but my modelling/scene experience is practically none (It took like... 3 weeks to import that Orion properly..

[KaZTek]

Oh. My. God.

I just want the fighters, PLEASE just the fighters in X3TC and I will forever worship the ground you walk on

edit: can you do a mini-mod of just the ships? I've fallen in love with the GTVA fighters ever since Freespace and to see them flying again, even in a different universe, is making my heart flutter and my legs quake.

[Lc4Hunter]

Thanks for all your comments. It´s nice to get some positive feedback .
Slashing beams are not possible. Sounds hard but thats fact.
The Flak is a problem, too. In FS2 the flak explodes near the target but in X3TC it explodes when the meximum range is reached. I have no idea to change this...

@s9ilent: Of course i ever want help. Scripting is what you do? fantastic! I hate scriptung and i can´t it... So i ever need helo with this but most people have own projects or don´t want to help .
BTW: The picture of the Orion at the top is out of date, this is the actual model (looks more like the FSU-Orion ):


Later i (maybe) can give the fighters free for other mods or as a minimod but at the moment i don´t want that cause they are build for the mod and they are not finished. The used textures are not the final ones, but atm i had no better ones...

[KaZTek]

Please do take your time I've waited long enough for a Freespace fix. Whats more waiting?

[The_Lost_Marauder]

wow, you're amazing as 3D creator!

[JESS 246]

Nice one can't wait.

I liked Freespace 2 and i think its time Freespace 3 was made.

But this will do for now.

[jimhsu77479]

I really want to know how you plan to handle the beams.

Outside of movies, Freespace probably has the best implemented beam weapons in any video game, ever. The raw power, sound effects, sweeping, etc. And capital ship fights were actually epic, unlike in X3 where they end in less than 30 seconds.

[cale_online]

mmm.. i wanna play freespace 2 now.. OMG i still remember seeing the intro movie for the original.. my jaw just dropped, n i didnt speak about anything else for weeks.. lol

god dammit.. i'm gonna have to look that up on youtube now.. lol

[Lc4Hunter]

at the moment a fight without beams take nearly 10minutes. thats what i want: long fights.
But the beam weapons are too powerful...they turn down any ships in 1...2minutes.
Maybe i will give them a lower damage... will see. at the moment hullstrength, shields and weapons damage are exactly the same like in freespace 2.
The problem in Freespace2 was that everything was scripted... so you could make that a beam fires with longer time between it and so on.
That is in this way not possible in X3TC.

@ JESS 246: I don´t make Freespace 3, nobody can that . But i thought that the name "Freespace X3" sounds good .

I contacted the peaople from the freespace upgrade project for some help with models and textures. Hope they will give the allowness