Post Subject: Antares Mod: an Awesome New Dimension for Freelancer
Posted on: Apr 10, 2009
>>The Antares Mod<<
(click for link to the home website of =VFF= Productions for the DL & instructions)
brought to you by the team of =VFF= Productions, Team Leader and original author Achilles of GrimAxe
You flew all the missions of SP as Edison Trent and ended the Nomad threat to Sirius...or so you thought. Fifty years after what is now known as the First Nomad War, the Nomads are back with a vengeance. Humanity is evacuating the planets and bases of the Sirius Sector and withdrawn to the newly discovered Antares Sector.
>>The 2nd Nomad War<< brings unique challenges and opportunities to Freelancers and Clans. Gone are most of the bases and tradelanes in the Inner House systems. A few bold Freelancers continue to smuggle refugees past the Nomad Fleet. Opportunities arise in the buildup of infrastructure safely for the moment hidden behind an ancient alien Hypergate in the recently discoverd Antares Sector.
The Antares Mod brings Freelancer into a whole new dimension, with new systems, new factions and bases, including player designed and built custom bases and planets. A dynamic new commodity system updated with each release of Antares Mod Updates allows great opportunities for trading...and for piracy.
The equipment is totally interchangeable, and players can order new weapons designs. Ever wish you could arm a patriot with code guns and nomad weapons? Now you can. Modular design allows players to customize thier ships with unique powerplant, reactor, thruster, armor, scanner, and tractor beam designs.
The Antares Mod features dozens of new systems, an improved physics engine, myriad new modular equipment options and scores of new ship designs ranging from screaming fast Light Fighters to heavily armed Torpedo Bomber Very Heavy Fighters, some with multiple CD/T Launchers, all the way to player flyable trains, gunboats, and capitol ships.
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This is a PvP Server
Player Looting is Enabled
While most of the players there are friendly to newcomers, once you are established you may be attacked at any time without provocation by pirates (or by police and navy if you are a pirate or a smuggler) and Nomads (Nomads are for the time being limited to the Sirius Sector and the Zeta Corridor linking Sirius to Antares)...all in good fun and in the interest of keeping the action lively ;)
-Please respect the {Vanguard} and {Sentinal} Server Admins-
Remember: they're there to help the community, and they're doing on thier own free time!
No swearing allowed in System Chat, period.
No swearing allowed in Private Chat or Group Chat without the consent of all parties.
Please keep in mind that the 'vicious pirate' or [NOM] you're mad at could very well be a ten-year-old kid or somebody's grandpa with his grandkids watching him play Freelancer over his shoulder.
Please read and abide by the server rules! >>Vanguard 2 Server Rules and News<<
The Vanguard Federation of Freelancers
=VFF Productions=
Antares Mod Team:
Achilles
CK
Han Solo
Poidrac
Lancer Solurus
Mutilator
Haunt
Ruppetthemuppet
Scorch
Maxwell
Killer B
Special Thanks to Ship Contributors
XMT
Panther X
Mini-Me
Mancer
Forsaken
for contributing ships to the upcoming Antares 5.0 release
[/u]Additional Credits from the FLMM read-me for Antares Mod by Achilles of GrimAxe:[/u]
Giving Credit where credit is due!!
This MOD would not exist today without something these people have in some way added to it or to my knowledge of Freelancer MODDING
Thanks go to all those who have offered their modding knowledge up to help new modders on The Lancers Reactor forums, this has gotten me past quite a few bumps while making this mod.
New Ships created by
Baene
Ceptyr
Redemption
Shifter MK I
Seething Fury
Scourge
Bloodrage
Switchblade
Spectre
Darkhorse
Plague
Colossus
Elite Defender
Draconji
Starskipper
Guardian
Gunstar
Interloper
Enfilade
Ragebringer
Silverfish
Marauder
Devestator
Starfield
Juggernaught
Outrider
Demon Experimental
Starshift
Anomaly
Bullpup MK I
Bullpup MK II
Bullpup MK III
Elite Nomad Fighter
Hydra MK III
Rapier
Silverfish MK II
Skiff
Templar
Stumpy Tug
Undertow
Zeus
Ferocity
Grim
Miser
Orb
Pantheon
Phoenix CR
Peregrine
xR844 Interceptor
Pod
Meesa Racer
Vortex
Soul Reaper
Assassin Mk 2
Demon Mk 2
Artemis
Final Breath
Ceptyr A-3
Defiant
Emperor's Might
Ubermacht
Bloodfeast
Baene's Tooth
Black Dragon
Crusher
Nephthys
Praetorian
Loki
FireBase
Ghost
Basilisk
Black Specter
Death Scythe
Phantom
Ravenclaw
Slipstream
Astral Prime Studios
Starviper
Cougar
Hornet X
APS Pegasus
APS Griffen
APS Hydra
Aug Ship Pack
Gaijin MK I
Gaijin MK II
Halycon MK II
Halycon MK I-A
Halycon MK I
Ryuoken
Seraphim
Behemoth
Hawkeye MK II
DwD/Wanderer
Thunderbird
X Fighter
Y Fighter
Z Fighter
Raven
Caid
Bretonia Champion
Ospery
Osprey
Havikar, UltraLeon Works
SwordFish
Buckaroo Banzai
Starblazer
DS9 Starfighter
Thunder (aka Aen Nnea Thhaei)
Author Unknown (please send me any information reguarding authership of these)
Mauler
Hydra
Longsword
Order Bomber
Thanks to Nephilim and his Capital Ship Encounters Tutorial on Lancers Reactor that got me stared in modding.
Alcander is also due some thanks for the transferable engines and credit limit incress patches he created, keep up the good work Alcander.
Nebulae Wolf for the of the icons used for some of the new equipment.
Wyrmblight Dragonsbane for the new commodity icons, the opening splash screen, and the Universe map background.
Haunt for several new weapons.
Han Solo for his work on the Saskatchewan system and a few new toys to go with it.
CK, Poidrac, Scorch and the rest of the Vanguard Mod Team for their assistance, it would not have gotten done without all you guys.
Icon Pack v1.0 by Nebulae Wolf
Some of the new weapons were taken from the "Just For Fun MOD v 1.1" by Jim Rupp (Old Beowulf).
Of the following I atlered a few things to better fit the Antares Expansion MOD but left as much of Beowulf's work as I could.
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Mines and Countermeasuers:
Liberty Experimental Mine
Bretonia Pursuit Mine
Order Plasma Mine Mk1
Order Plasma Mine Mk2
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Missiles:
Javelin C Missile
Eraser C Missile
The above 2 missiles use the standard ammo but mount on the cruise disruptor hardpoint.
Liberty Experimental Missile
Order Missile MK1-C (cruise disruptor mount)
Order Missile MK1 (class 9 gun hardpoint)
Order Missile Turret MK1 (class 9)
Order Missile MK2-C
Order EMP Missile MK1 (cruise disruptor mount)
Order EMP Missile Turret MK1 (class 9)
Nomad Torpedo
Nomad Cruise Disruptor
Dragoon Type 4 (Outcasts, class 7)
Dragoon Type 4 Turret (Outcasts, class 7)
Funny thing here. The Outcasts had class 6 and class 8 tachyon-based weapons, but no class 7, so I added them.
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Guns and Turrets:
Naginata: Blood Dragons, class 8
Death's Hand Mk IV: Order, class 8
Death's Hand Turret Mk IV: Order, class 8
Death's Hand Mk V: Order, class 9
Death's Hand Turret Mk V: Order, class 9
Reaper Mk IV: Order, class 8
Reaper Turret Mk IV: Order, class 8
Reaper Mk V: Order, class 9
Reaper Turret Mk V: Order, class 9
Hornviper Mk III: Rhineland, class 10
Tizona del Cid Turret: Corsairs, class 9
Kraken Turret: Outcasts, class 9
BLOODSTONE TURRET: Bretonia, class 10
Tobie's Edge: Bretonia, class 7
Tobie's Edge Turret: Bretonia, class 7
Bretonia Pursuit Gun: Bretonia, class 8
Bretonia Pursuit Turret: Bretonia, class 8
Bretonia Pursuit Cannon: Bretonia, class 10
Xenos Solution: Liberty, class 1
Xenos Solution Turret: Liberty, class 1
Liberty Experimental Cannon: Liberty, class 6
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Class 10 Turrets:
Bretonia Cannon Turret
Hornviper Mk III Turret
GOLDEN BLADE Turret
ARCHANGEL Turret
DARK BLOSSOM Turret
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**XTS Solar Replacement Mod**
Model & Texture created by XTS ImperaTodd
Hardpoints & Script done by XTS The Xtreme
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**XTS-Vancusz**
Model & Texture created by Todd
Hardpoints & Script done by The Xtreme
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=VFF Productions= Antares Mod Team
Needs code modders to help us develop the current Antares Mod update.
The Antares Mod is an evolving mod for Freelancer. Updates are normally done about every three months, with new bases which have been built by the players, planets that have been colonized by the players, and new weapon and equipment orders added to the growing universe of the Antares Mod.
The Mod Team decided to add several new star systems, populated with new races and factions, all with thier own unique weapons and equipment this update, and add in the Wingman Mod at the same time.
Somewhere in the massive effort, some peice of new code is not getting along with the rest.
Once we have the current update for the Antares Mod under control, we plan experiment with using FLMM 1.5, which should allow us to release Modular Mod Updates, with small changes added to the game as coding and testing allow.
We also plan to develop a new SPACE COMBAT FLIGHT SIMULATOR (untitled as yet) with joystick compatibility and realistic physics. One of the aspects of the Antares Mod that attracted me to it is that the physics are more realistic than vanilla Freelancer; however we seem to have reached the game's built in limitations.
If you are interested in joining the =VFF Productions= Antares Mod Team, please contact us:
PM to Achilles or me
0n the Vanguard Federation of Gamers Forum
Post a reply in this topic
or PM me in this forum
Thank you, [OC]Killer B =VFF=
[OC]Killer B =VFF=
=VFF Productions=
Antares Mod Team
Author's note: Apologies if you feel I am spamming your forum. I made this ad to simply to draw more players to the game and server I love to play on, and to try to get the Mod Team some help from the Ubergeeks who use this site
Vanguard is a non-profit .org
If on the other hand you like the Antares Mod ad, and would like to know more about the games and servers I love to play, JJG has asked me to help him get the word out for the CFS-2 Flight Deck; he sent me some cool pics and I made up an ad for his site too.
Humbly,
KB
p.s. I am not a spambot, but I'm starting to feel like one...eight ads for Antares and two for the Flight Deck in the last three days...all those cut & paste and [url= and then go back and edit because this forum doesn't support the features of that forum...
Updated: I am now a moderator in the Antares Mod Team
[OC]Killer B =VFF=
=VFF Productions=
Antares Mod Team
Thank you GhosTly. I stumbled across this site while searching for the Universal Modding forum, which was supposed to be more oriented to game modding. This site peaked my inerest though, you guys are doing some crazy stuff with equipment
[OC]Killer B =VFF=
=VFF Productions=
Antares Mod Team
Oh, its what we love doing. We are more of a hardware modding community, but we do love our games as well. On occasion, you will see a few game reviews, and we do lots of hardware reviews. We also love seeing new hardware mods, no matter how small.
FreshWater
Core2 Quad Extreme QX96500-ES @ 3Ghz, 4gb Patriot DDR2-1066Mhz RAM, 4gb Intel Turbo Memory, 3x 500GB WD Blue drives, Samsung DVD-RW, GTX 560ti-1gb Gfx card.
Future Mods: none for Freshwater. Next build will be all new.
i was waiting for the spokeman from bandai to come out holding the game case and spouting locations
i dont think i could get involved with a game of this caliber. good luck finding coders though. usually the gamers who have half a brain and dont want the game to end are you rbest bet. try asking current players if they can code they will have a much bigger "obligation" to the cause
**safety note**
try not to think of the price of the part your cutting in half.
Right, well that's pretty much how I got involved with the Antares Mod Team. I did just that last year, and we picked up a couple of dedicated players from V2 who knew how to code. Unfortuantly the rest of the player base either has no idea how to code or have too many RL commitments to take on a gaming commitment.
My job description on the other hand is PR guy, critic, test pilot and mud-stirrer. I've been offline for the last year due to, ah, domestic complications, but now that I've got my own computer again and internet im trying to learn how to hack code myself.
[OC]Killer B =VFF=
=VFF Productions=
Antares Mod Team
Apologies if you feel I am spamming your forum. I made this ad to simply to draw more players to the game and server I love to play on, and to try to get the Mod Team some help from the Ubergeeks who use this site
