It's the Discovery mod that you're referring to. http://www.discoveryfl.com/html/features.html It has both single player and multi player options and the npc AI seems much improved, either that or I've got alot worse.
Yep, I believe that's one of the best mods currently available - and they are constantly coming out with updated versions. There's still an active community out there with a lot of servers. The mods have really done a nice job over the years. I think you can pick up a copy of freelancer for $10 or less in the bargin bin. Buy it, download some mods, and join one of the servers - they are free. It's a lot of fun for a few months. Fun doesn't come much cheaper than that, and it'll help pass the time while Jumpgate in under development.
Is your view from inside the ship or do you see it in 3rd person from the outside? I find having a cockpit view extremely important to be immersed in space sims, which is one reason I disliked EvE, apart from combat being utterly boring.
Personally I prefer mouse + keyboard, so I'm good with that.
Is your view from inside the ship or do you see it in 3rd person from the outside? I find having a cockpit view extremely important to be immersed in space sims, which is one reason I disliked EvE, apart from combat being utterly boring. Personally I prefer mouse + keyboard, so I'm good with that.
Both options are planned but I think everything released so far has only shown 3rd person.
I did find one "FPS" view video, but there was no cockpit textures and that sort of stuff. Anyway sounds great if they have both options available I guess.
I always prefer having the option. Cockpit view always made think of the game as more real, what devs all call immersion now, but there are times when 3rd person view comes in handy too.
if this MMO is the a "freelancer mmo" I will fall in love with this game greatly. Freelancer was honestly one of the best if not my favorite single player sci-fi game I've played.
From what I can see this looks to be Freelancer(flight model w/ psudo physics) + Earth and Beyond(story/factions w/ names changed to protect the innocent, and not so...).
Erm first person view would be the view from inside the cockpit
the veiws the have ingame now are 3rd and 1st person veiw, while yea you would expect 1st to be the cockpit veiw...no
it just shows you the basic HUD/UI from 1st person veiw, they're planning to have a cockpit veiw though as far as i know.
JGC has first and third person, so I think you'll be able to try both. My friend says in JGC people ended up going 3rd person as it was most advantagous during combat.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
I bet, in 3rd person veiw you get to see more your left and right and you get to see abit behind you incease somebody is being sneaky, byt the looks of the vids you also get a better feel for the position of your ship inrelation to objects.
Personally i think ill still fly 1st person, something about it i just like.
if this MMO is the a "freelancer mmo" I will fall in love with this game greatly. Freelancer was honestly one of the best if not my favorite single player sci-fi game I've played.
Wow you never played Freelancer's multiplayer? I had good times... good times. Back in the day Freelancer had ana wesome community and some of the servers were damn lively with Alliances claiming systems, stations & territory and actually fighting over it. I remember epic battles outside of Freeport 9 & the Corsaiers planet.
Sometimes alliances would band together "jump servers" and wage cross server war on the enemies home turf 0.o;; I remember on the old Freeport 3 how a couple of us rivals called a temporary truce to fight off one such "invasion" and then launch a counterattack on their "home" server.
20+ man dogfights in asteroid fields coupled with some creative RPing lead to good times... good times.
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Yep, I believe that's one of the best mods currently available - and they are constantly coming out with updated versions. There's still an active community out there with a lot of servers. The mods have really done a nice job over the years. I think you can pick up a copy of freelancer for $10 or less in the bargin bin. Buy it, download some mods, and join one of the servers - they are free. It's a lot of fun for a few months. Fun doesn't come much cheaper than that, and it'll help pass the time while Jumpgate in under development.
Is your view from inside the ship or do you see it in 3rd person from the outside? I find having a cockpit view extremely important to be immersed in space sims, which is one reason I disliked EvE, apart from combat being utterly boring.
Personally I prefer mouse + keyboard, so I'm good with that.
Both options are planned but I think everything released so far has only shown 3rd person.
I did find one "FPS" view video, but there was no cockpit textures and that sort of stuff. Anyway sounds great if they have both options available I guess.
I always prefer having the option. Cockpit view always made think of the game as more real, what devs all call immersion now, but there are times when 3rd person view comes in handy too.
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Erm first person view would be the view from inside the cockpit
Fixed it, thanks
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Mark E. Cooper
AKA Tohrment
Proud member of Damned Souls since 2007.
http://www.damnedsouls.eu
if this MMO is the a "freelancer mmo" I will fall in love with this game greatly. Freelancer was honestly one of the best if not my favorite single player sci-fi game I've played.
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From what I can see this looks to be Freelancer(flight model w/ psudo physics) + Earth and Beyond(story/factions w/ names changed to protect the innocent, and not so...).
the veiws the have ingame now are 3rd and 1st person veiw, while yea you would expect 1st to be the cockpit veiw...no
it just shows you the basic HUD/UI from 1st person veiw, they're planning to have a cockpit veiw though as far as i know.
SKYeXile
TRF - GM - GW2, PS2, WAR, AION, Rift, WoW, WOT....etc...
Future Crew - High Council. Planetside 1 & 2.
the veiws the have ingame now are 3rd and 1st person veiw, while yea you would expect 1st to be the cockpit veiw...no
it just shows you the basic HUD/UI from 1st person veiw, they're planning to have a cockpit veiw though as far as i know.
JGC has first and third person, so I think you'll be able to try both. My friend says in JGC people ended up going 3rd person as it was most advantagous during combat.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
CS Lewis
I bet, in 3rd person veiw you get to see more your left and right and you get to see abit behind you incease somebody is being sneaky, byt the looks of the vids you also get a better feel for the position of your ship inrelation to objects.
Personally i think ill still fly 1st person, something about it i just like.
SKYeXile
TRF - GM - GW2, PS2, WAR, AION, Rift, WoW, WOT....etc...
Future Crew - High Council. Planetside 1 & 2.
Wow you never played Freelancer's multiplayer? I had good times... good times. Back in the day Freelancer had ana wesome community and some of the servers were damn lively with Alliances claiming systems, stations & territory and actually fighting over it. I remember epic battles outside of Freeport 9 & the Corsaiers planet.
Sometimes alliances would band together "jump servers" and wage cross server war on the enemies home turf 0.o;; I remember on the old Freeport 3 how a couple of us rivals called a temporary truce to fight off one such "invasion" and then launch a counterattack on their "home" server.
20+ man dogfights in asteroid fields coupled with some creative RPing lead to good times... good times.