People, i remember Crossfire and i sow disco.
Disco has balance and crossfire has good effects\backgrounds\picture\shades\landscapes and others.
crossfire is dead by the balance and idea...this is long story.
Disco has more potential,but graphics can be better.
So,maybe lets try to collect library of pictures\shades and others from other games\websites and others?
I mean collect it in one pack,what we can update in our freelancer.Which will not fix main and important things.
For example planet landscapes: image 1 image 2 image 3 image 4 image 5 image 6 image 7
I mean maybe somebody has good picture of some planets and want add it to game.
He will post it here and will write to which planet he want add it.
Or background\stars and other...
Like "Utorrent",somebody will show\post something interesting > all will like it > add to storage of new pictures\backgrounds\landscapes and etc.
For first time - this storage will put to fileshare or "depositfiles" for download.Somebody will update it always,if dev will take something from it - this is will be good for all of us.
I think everyone can give something interesting to Freelancer and do this game more beautiful,more realistic.users will be offered to developers interesting additions, so - developers will be less work. Each has contributed to the mod, as it will put a brick in the building of a new mod from all players of Disco.
Post only similar by color\type propositions. If Planet is ice (like California Minor) - this is mean it must have ice color,not red volcanic or green toxic.
If system is blue (as GMG sector) it must has blue color in main,not purple or yellow. If you dont know where to place it - only post it.I think people will find the place.
Posting image:
>Where did you get it
>Where you plaining add it to (future landscape of California Minor\Baden-Baden,background of Omega 41\Sigma 13)
>Types of files
>link for download.
Disco often has undemanding graphics, cos lots of people play on older computers. Its one of the nice things about disco, that it doesnt make my laptop overheat like every other game these days.
That said, there used to be a thread of "approved graphic mods" (pinned above) where you could find mods to improve graphics, that didnt conflict with disco, but it was closed for 4.86. Itd be nice if this was restarted for 86/87 so those who can, have the option of nicer looking stuff.
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Although I don't know of any way to change the planet textures (which seems to be the main focus here) without triggering the anti-cheat, you can change the star backgrounds using Hunor's Starspheres. They look really great if your computer can handle the HD images while running the game, definitely changes the way I look at the Walker and Barrier nebulae.
In fact, everyone can use its own customized starspheres, textures, effects, without triggering the anti-cheat.
Me, I'm currently using some stuff from the mod SWWT, and some other random planet textures, I've found somewhere.
Even ship models and effects can be changed. Though I'm not sure how the anti-cheat engine reacts on those. Therefore, I've stopped tuning them.
Anyways, it'd be awesome, if someone is working on some selfmade stuff for Discovery.
you know....some stuff like disco...IS way better to be Classic as it is. after all , Crossfire had somehow what people wanted....but yet disco is on top. Imo.
I mean lets try to collect planet landscapes, backgrounds of space some space details and pack it to one archive.
For example i find some model of planet Hamburg...
I post here screens of it
Name for which planet it will be
and players on forum will say : "yes" or "no" for adding it to the little mode.
If yes - we moving it to mode pack.And then Re-upload to some filehost,where all who like it - can it download and copy to his freelancer.And make him more beautiful.To feel real new freelancer not only by ships and systems,but even by new shades of planets and realistic space.