Server hosting birthday and 4.86 development
by Igiss on May.08, 2011, under Discovery Blog
On other news, the development of Discovery Freelancer 4.86 is speeding up. PvP balancing is largely complete and almost all updated ship models that were planned for 4.86 are in the development build. There are still system changes, bug fixes and submissions to integrate and we hope to complete this soon. Infocard writing is somewhat behind but we are not worrying about this until the system integration is finished.
As of today, we have 83 open tickets out of a total of 198. Many of the open tickets are waiting for integration and QA rather than implementation.
I’ve noticed on the forum that a number of people have said that “discovery will never use stuff from other mods”. This comment is not accurate. What was meant is that our Dev team will never steal content from other mods. We sometimes use content with permission but we prefer to develop content ourselves so that ownership issues do not arise.
As people constantly ask me about these, I can confirm that the following features are actively being worked on or are already finished.
- Player constructed and controlled bases
- Player controlled commodity and equipment dealers
- Player docking on ships
- Cloaking devices
- Jump drives
- Different cruise speeds for ships
- Control of lights on ships, hud colours, shields and group targeting
- Turret zoom
Some of these features are similar to other mods but I think we have a better implementation. I’m not aware of any other mods that allow players to construct their own bases.
Here’s a sample of some of the new commands:
There are a lot of other features we would love to add but we have to focus on getting 4.86 out and so these might have to wait until 4.86 update 1 or 4.87.
Have fun.
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May 8th, 2011 on 09:31
Wow cloaking finally in Discovery 4.86!!!
Hope the servers will get better!!!
May 8th, 2011 on 10:18
ich hoffe ihr behebt den fehler das grössere schiffe in stationen manchmal stecken bleiben oder es sollte dann so sein das zu grosse schiffe nicht an docken können
May 10th, 2011 on 08:18
That changes will only be for multyplayer or we will be abble to play with them in Singleplayer.
And what is with story line that is with the missions
May 14th, 2011 on 08:09
Great news, really appreciate the work you do with discovery mod!
May 14th, 2011 on 14:20
This mod is definitely the best !!
no … it’s the best !!!
May 15th, 2011 on 03:11
:O Cloak!? you mean we can cloak? Thats great for exploring new systems, and no counter! we can sneak up on basses without being seen! and we can never pirate again because traders will over use it… but still, awesome job.
P.S. why the self destruct and the drop shields?
May 21st, 2011 on 04:39
Oh em gee, I CAN’T WAIT!
May 21st, 2011 on 04:39
Thank you so much! Really appreciate the hard work you do for the mod!
May 27th, 2011 on 05:57
Great work, cant wait for the release, Discovery keeps getting better with time.
May 29th, 2011 on 07:43
i feel so excited, we had a 22hr Discovery 4.85 lan party…we got crazy! one of the best works ever seen…kkeep going!
June 15th, 2011 on 02:34
Sounds really amazing…love how you’re keeping FL alive and kicking. Keep up the good work!
June 19th, 2011 on 12:22
Realy good news, but where new news about 4.86?
June 20th, 2011 on 05:47
How crap :O “Player constructed and controlled bases” That is going to be awesome =D I love the work you guys do here and you have the most amazing freelancer mod I’ve ever played! =D
Keep up the great work guys =) For me its the discovery mod that has kept freelancer alive =D
Steve
June 20th, 2011 on 08:54
Oops meant Holy crap* ^^”
June 21st, 2011 on 16:25
Wow. The feature set is starting to make me drool with anticipation, keep up the good work dudes! You have my full support!
June 28th, 2011 on 10:00
Wow player constructed and controlled bases?That means:BASE WARS!
June 28th, 2011 on 23:33
I’m pretty sure with all that Discovery 5.0 is a lot more appropriate. Or at least 4.9
July 2nd, 2011 on 13:57
We all eagerly await the 4.86 release. If any of us at Archys can help out in anyway please let us know. You guys rock!
July 7th, 2011 on 07:02
i cant wait for the new updates
July 12th, 2011 on 17:43
is it still in development? any suggestions when it will be out?
July 26th, 2011 on 07:51
really good news for freelancer worker. i wish may you be live long.
August 4th, 2011 on 07:44
Hi,
I’ve played Freelancer like 6-7 years ago and it was superb. I want to try it once more after these years. My question is, does Discovery mod appends or replaces the original storyline ? I would like to play tweaked version (balanace, new contents like weapons, models, better graphics etc) of Freelancer but also play the original storyline first.
Thanks for your mod!
September 7th, 2011 on 17:15
hey any words on a release date?? or is it(like people are saying) all a Hoax? Common i mean another update on the status i feel is LOOOOOOOOOOOONG over do common please dont tell me you will cut gallia off like that i realy cant wait for the Core Systems of Gallia to open ill finaly be a Realy Gallic Navy officer!
LONG UNLIVE THE SHADOWSCYTHE!!!!
September 20th, 2011 on 23:45
I like to know how I where I can buy this game or update my freelancer to discovery freelancer.I have the original from microsoft but I cann’t play online.So please tell me where I can get this game because I like it so much,besta regards Roco.
September 25th, 2011 on 21:38
Thanks a bunch for taking to time to make such a fun mod while still allowing it to be free. ^_^ Keep up the good work guys you’re making a lot of people happy.
September 29th, 2011 on 12:24
Ive only just discovered this mod after having the game for years and just the other day me and a friend who use to play were saying how good it wud be if u cud be able to create ur on bases, u guys have breathed new live into this game after all these years…
October 8th, 2011 on 12:11
Just wondering when the new update is coming to your homepage.
I follow it every several days but nothing happens in months now?
Still, great job you all, really impressive indeed!
October 14th, 2011 on 17:07
gr8 work on the mod…simply loving it…cannot w8 for the next release…thanks alot
October 23rd, 2011 on 05:57
Is this mod still active? i surely hope so, i really enjoyed 4.85 in the past. i was thinking of giving it another spin but 4.86 is still not released as of October 2011.
October 23rd, 2011 on 09:09
I am loving 4.85, I plan to join the RP server as soon as I get a better wireless card :P Looking forward to 4.86!
October 25th, 2011 on 03:34
Great work guys!
Am definitely looking forward to this!
October 26th, 2011 on 00:51
hola me gustaria saber si ya esta listo el discovery 4.86, y donde podria desgargarlo?
November 4th, 2011 on 04:46
Aproximate release date for 4.86 mod? how’s developemnt going?
November 5th, 2011 on 18:50
I find it rediculous that there hasn’t been an update about the development or release date of 4.86 since May. Many people have been waiting in anticipation since last christmas, which I hae heard was ment to be the release date. It is now November 2011, atleast an update on the development would be nice.
November 10th, 2011 on 04:44
Are there people still playing online?
November 23rd, 2011 on 03:07
when the mod is avaliable to download or download link pls ?!
November 24th, 2011 on 15:30
hey is this a hoax? or are you guys actually coming out with 4.86???i mean its nearly december almost the end of 2011 are you coming out with it any time soon???
December 6th, 2011 on 00:16
How can a player construct his own base?
December 12th, 2011 on 10:17
You are one of the few who still continue to develop this game. Thank you for that.
December 24th, 2011 on 13:04
plz make it work for windows 7 .. crossfire does
December 26th, 2011 on 05:36
Sounds interesting. Waiting to get more info.