Hmm, 100 points on Goozex, I might have to give it a shot... I had this way back when it was new but I have since misplaced it.

This game had really atmospheric music.

Finally got on the server, that was fun blasting pirates with ya'll.

So we got a group of four people going. The Space Communist Pirates or Freelance Cosmonauts are ago. And I just played for 7 hours holy shit.

This game is made for screenshots. Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler

Will there be gangs? Like in Grease? Maybe a dance-off? In space? Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler I should be on tonight. Hooray!

Back when I was more active in Freelancer, it always seemed like I could just never quite get a good enough connection to fight AI pirate very well. I could blast 'em up good in single player, offline play. But online, there was just enough lag to make 'em zig & zag all over and I couldn't keep anything targeted. So my usual freelancer routine was to blast my way to a "neutral" status with most of the major pirate factions, in order to sneak out to that one station and buy a Dromedary (275 cargo, w00t). Then I'd start hauling cargo for cash. My usual run was to take perishables through the border regions, I had downloaded a utility that calculated how much profit you'd make on various trade runs and found that I could make a killing off of one circuit...I think I was taking luxury food to this one cruise ship, then coming back through and picking up alien organisms off one of the Zoner stations and hauling them back to a research station in Cambridge. In order to make the run, you have to fly through both radiation and pirate infested areas, and I often had issues with other players deciding to fire on me as well. I got good enough at it that I rarely had issues even if I got hit with a cruise disruptor...engine kill is a lifesaver for freighter pilots too, not just dogfighters. Since you can just tap your afterburner key and maintain your momentum, you can move at near-full afterburner speed to escape and never run out of energy.

I ran the server in a few of the incarnations of the Freelancer Game On. The only problem I had then, which is why I probably won't get in on it this time, is that, just like in MMOs, some people level faster than others. The difference here is the smaller playerbase. It got to where it was impossible to find a group in your level range. Still, I may give it a go for old times sake.

Sweet, I just got the wife playing Freelancer with me on LAN, same mod even. May have to move our activities to the internets. Ce n'est pa un bookmark.

I ran the server in a few of the incarnations of the Freelancer Game On. The only problem I had then, which is why I probably won't get in on it this time, is that, just like in MMOs, some people level faster than others. The difference here is the smaller playerbase. It got to where it was impossible to find a group in your level range. Still, I may give it a go for old times sake. I remember your server, it was very nice and had a good ping. I'd like to thank you for running it, though I can't quite remember what mod we used.

This sounds really fun, as I love Space Pew Pew... Any ideas where to look to pick this up?

I ran the server in a few of the incarnations of the Freelancer Game On. The only problem I had then, which is why I probably won't get in on it this time, is that, just like in MMOs, some people level faster than others. The difference here is the smaller playerbase. It got to where it was impossible to find a group in your level range. Still, I may give it a go for old times sake. Well, if you've got a better ship and group with someone who doesn't have a good ship, you can always take on a big mission for them to get part of that big reward. It's kind of like power leveling them. Or since I'm an admin on this server, maybe I'll give away some free cash to get someone a bit up to speed.

Toys R Us, 9.99 Overstock, 9.95 This thread is tempting me to reinstall it. I found Freelancer to be technically great. Not once in all the times running it did it ever crash or hang or have any other technical problems. Hmm tempting.. Aside from the ships, does the mod add any gameplay elements? Vanilla Freelancer gameplay with more ships isn't to appetizing. and if we use hamachi, we dont have to edit anything right?

Toys R Us, 9.99 Overstock, 9.95 This thread is tempting me to reinstall it. I found Freelancer to be technically great. Not once in all the times running it did it ever crash or hang or have any other technical problems. Hmm tempting.. Aside from the ships, does the mod add any gameplay elements? Vanilla Freelancer gameplay with more ships isn't to appetizing. and if we use hamachi, we dont have to edit anything right? Discovery does add a bunch of roleplay elements to the game. Also, yes to your hamachi question. But you don't even need hamachi to connect. just edit the .ini file!

Okay, getting started...

Did someone say screeeen dummmp? spoilerd for teh huge Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler

I remember your server, it was very nice and had a good ping. I'd like to thank you for running it, though I can't quite remember what mod we used. You're very welcome. I'm pretty sure I was running an older version of the Discovery mod. We tried a couple before settling on that one, I believe. Well, if you've got a better ship and group with someone who doesn't have a good ship, you can always take on a big mission for them to get part of that big reward. It's kind of like power leveling them. Or since I'm an admin on this server, maybe I'll give away some free cash to get someone a bit up to speed. Heh, well the problem was being the little guy. You're fighting pirates in the starting system while everyone else is off in the border systems fighting Nomads. But hey, I won't turn down free credits. I may just fire it back up. While I found the gameplay ultimately disappointing, there's just something about the ambience and the atmosphere the game has.

There was some giant alien installation thing we ran into while smuggling caradime to liberty. It was like some movie, Smugglers down on their luck run across some alien thing. It also made my internets cry. Edit: Actually, everyone is new now, except for me, Lamoid, and Exoplasm. And we are hardly up there. Almost everybody is around newyork.

Think I'm too used to playing EVE (and it's not like I played that alot). I 'figured out' the hard way that planets were... solid.

I'm not sure how I feel about this discovery mod thing. On one hand new/more ships is fine. on the other, the prices on many things are pretty retarded. Also for some reason the mod makes my pc choke and the base game runs more than flawlessly. And the load times are 10x what they were.

battles are alot more difficult now too. Probably due to npcs using nanos and batts.

Since I'm a freak who can't sleep when most people do I spent a few hours making the stats page awesome. OLD VS NEW comparison: on the other, the prices on many things are pretty retarded. Also for some reason the mod makes my pc choke and the base game runs more than flawlessly. And the load times are 10x what they were. I know the retarded prices are mostly for the more powerful ships. No idea why it runs slower for you; I have not seen a difference between vanilla and Discovery. Anyone else having issues with that? Maybe some settings can be tweaked. Edit: By the way, anyone know if there is an easy way to tweak missions a bit? Maybe make them a little more rewarding since the NPCs are really fucking hardcore when they have a supply of shield batteries and nano-bots. This would please me greatly if it were easy to do.

This sounds really fun, as I love Space Pew Pew... Any ideas where to look to pick this up? Last I saw, Target had it for $10 in the bargain software aisle.

Edit: By the way, anyone know if there is an easy way to tweak missions a bit? Maybe make them a little more rewarding since the NPCs are really fucking hardcore when they have a supply of shield batteries and nano-bots. This would please me greatly if it were easy to do. It probably can be done through the INI files. From what I remember, pretty much everything was tweakable through those. If you did make changes, though, you'd have to make them available for everyone that plays your server. I don't think there's any kind of autodownload or anything.

So are full missile boats really viable? How often does one have to go get more missiles? Also, how does one locate wrecks?