4.85 Beta 2

黑暗枪骑兵

Igiss:
After a long wait that lasted for more than a year, Discovery Freelancer 4.85: Reunion finally comes online.

This wait was a very long one, and the testing stage for the new mod has lasted since the last Autumn. Since then, more than a hundred updates were released internally. So, if you expect problems with the new mod, you are right: problems are to be expected. But not as many as there were for old Discovery beta versions.

What's more, Cannon has provided an array of serverside tools to ensure smooth transition to the new version, and also programmed a mod updater that will allow all players to update the mod once serverside version is updated without restricting offline single-player games. Yet, if you are going to play on existing 4.84 servers, you are advised to keep a separate Freelancer installation for previous version(s).

We will update you with news on any updates, issues, and bugs that will be found throughout the beta testing. There have been a lot of rumors on spoiled balance and other things that we "spoiled" during 4.85 development. I admit that mistakes might have been made in certain areas, but we are still faithful to the old Freelancer gameplay basics, and nothing was changed just because we could change it.

Remember that this version is still a beta. And many things are expected to change. We'll have plenty of time to accomodate user feedback and eventually release a bug-free, stable, and balanced final version of 4.85: Reunion.

The complete change log for the new version is not ready yet. What you are presented now is a "beta version" of the changelog prepared by Jinx, with some precise statistics about the updated ships/systems by myself, to make the update look cool and worthy.

While transition, you will NOT have to re-buy any ships. Necessary changes to the ships will be made automatically.

Year is 817 A.S., and Sirius sector is on the brink of a global war. While Kusari pushes its onslaught against Bretonia deep into the Leeds system, Bretonia attemtps to surround Kusari forces in Tau-31. Liberty attacked Rheinland in Bremen and Hudson, and Rheinland has to pull back to defend its own borders. Discovery of a pathway into Gallia has added a new powerful player to the scene, and no one can tell what goals will the new House pursue in this troublesome time. Rumors arise that the nation of Gallia has been betrayed in the times of the exodus, making historians and politicians of various Houses search deep into archives to find out what truly happened more than 800 years ago in Sol.

If you prefer online play, you are welcome to official Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 and PvP 24/7 servers, and a number of other servers running Discovery mod. Server operators are allowed to run this mod without any restrictions, IONCROSS data files are included.

In January 2007, Discovery mod was chosen to receive the Simulation Genre Award of ModDB.com's Mod of the Year-2006 contest (MOTY-2006).

Visit Discovery forums at http://www.discoverygc.com and Discovery website at http://www.discoveryfl.com for more details.

Features

General Enhancements:
- Introduction of a new house: Gallia, with its own lawful and unlawful factions, and 5 densely populated systems to explore.
- Fully formulated history of the new House which is embedded in the ongoing and dynamic discovery chronology/history, including rumors on new and old bases, faction adjustments, political adjustments and behaviour of interacting factions;
- Dynamical adjustments concerning the war between Kusari and Bretonia;
- Political adjustments concerning Rheinland and Liberty;
- Many "imported" ship designs replaced with genuine and original Discovery designs unique to this mod;
- Many completely new ships, completing shiplines for factions as well as showing the ongoing development of factions;
- New ID system that enables and assists RPing even special characters and provides the player with more logical guidelines based on canon RP.

Revised Gameplay:
- Revised NPC AI;
- Adjustments to NPC repair abilities;
- Rebalanced NPC loadouts and difficulty;
- New NPC behaviour that allows friendly fire (CDs do not cause instant aggression from allied NPCs anymore);
- Revised NPC patrol paths;
- Revised NPC scanning behaviour;
- New wrecks and lore;
- New NPC mission difficulties to reflect a better adjusted difficulty level and to provide more challenges to even high ranks.

Rebalancing:
- Unique and accurate hitboxes (collision & weaponfire hits) for almost all the ships, old and new;
- Fully revised fighter and bomber weapons along with new weapons for these classes;
- Fully revised capital ship rebalanced based on player specifications;
- Revised special weapons on capital ships (ship to ship torpedoes, flak cannons);
- Fully rebalanced ships, old and new ones;
- Rebalanced damage on explosives;
- Rebalanced vulnerability of all ships to achieve equal vulnerability across old and custom ships;
- Revised equipment (CMs, CDs, Mines, etc.) along with durability, efficiency and functions;
- Revamped capital ship patrols are now more appropriately balanced towards their supposed power.

Enhanced Trade System:
- Enhanced commodity system with many new items based on house economy as well as roleplay demands;
- Fully revised and rebalanced trade route system based on logical offer and demand as well as logical placements of commodities;
- Adjustments on profit, danger, flight time, political changes to reflect a complex economy;
- Graphically enhanced commodity icons for a better differentiation.

Graphical enhancements:
- New weapon projectile and weapon impact effects;
- Large and epical explosions for playerships and customships;
- New custom models for guns, turrets, and other equipment;
- Optional ENB mod that enables bloom (please read forums and DO NOT enable it unless you are sure what you are doing).
*FLMM is unable to remove ENB mod during de-activation. You will have to remove d3d8.dll from the freelancer/EXE folder manually.

Statistics for 4.85:
- 79 new player flyable ships with custom models introduced;
- About 30 ship models re-designed;
- 248 player flyable ships in the game total;
- 10 new systems: Languedoc, Dauphine, Burgundy, Champagne, Lorraine (Gallia); Pennsylvania, Kansas, Ellesmere (Liberty); Omicron-81 (Hispania); Unknown system (Nomad).
- More than 25 systems significantly updated, including Alaska, Alberta, Baffin, Bremen, Cassini, Coronado, Dundee, Frankfurt, Londonderry, Minnesota, Okinawa, Omega-52, Omega-54, Omega-56, Omega-58, Omicron-80, Omicron-91, Omicron-94, Omicron-99, Omicron Iota, Ontario, Orkney, Tau-42, Tau-45, Vespucci;
- 133 systems in the game total;
- 430 bases in the game total;
- Over 100 new weapons introduced;
- 46 new commodities introduced;
- 53 new role-playing IDs introduced.
下载地址:
http://igiss.net/files/Discovery4852beta.zip.flmod

海洋之水

好东西,相隔这么久终于出了

~猪猪~

英语盲,看不懂~

海洋之水

英语盲,看不懂~
~猪猪~ 发表于 2009-3-8 11:22

整体上就是优化/修复一些问题~~

没什么大碍的...

neo

RP服毫无自由度可言~

neo

不过mod还是不错的

mdxjayad

希望有人汉化

france005

那就你来汉化吧~

海洋之水

那就你来汉化吧~
france005 发表于 2009-3-8 16:07

你的'你'指谁?

mdxjayad

你当然是指你。。