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@BC46 BC46 released this 23 Aug 19:41
· 380 commits to main since this release

Visual

  • Added all remaining HD Base Interiors & Planetscapes
  • Added HD vanilla starspheres for the following systems/regions:
    • Liberty
    • Bretonia
    • Rheinland
    • Unknown systems
    • Independent Worlds
    • Tau-37
  • Added HD oceans
  • Added HD skies
  • Added improved Earth and water planet textures that look more like the originals
  • Added HD vanilla ship textures that are more faithful to the originals
  • Improved ship window textures
  • Added improved HD station number textures that have a higher resolution
  • Improved the Nomad asteroids
  • Improved the Planet Pittsburgh cliff textures
  • Added HD sun effects that look more like the originals
  • Added a new set of alternative icons
  • Improved the commodity icon
  • Added higher resolution space cursor textures
  • Improved cargo pod texture clarity
  • Added HD mine and spike textures
  • Character model and props changes:
    • Compressed textures to save space and reduce load times
    • Fixed artefact on Orillion's lip
    • Fixed ridge on the green glass
    • Removed orange stripes from Tobias' mustache
    • Improved several textures which were previously not as good as they should've been
  • Denoised jump effect texture
  • Added improved lava asteroids
  • Added improved Badlands obsidian and mined asteroid textures
  • Added HD organism effect textures
  • Added more general improved HD effects
  • Added optional Adaptive Sharpening
  • Ensure all menu intros use space backdrops with stars
  • Added the unused Neutron Star effect to Omega-41
  • Added new optional explosion effects
  • Improved the Mission and News vendor images

Features

  • Installer updates
  • Added more pitch variations for the NPC chatter as an option
  • Added the DelayDisplay plugin which shows a cooldown timer for weapons that require ammunition
  • Added the MultiIntro plugin which shows an unused 4th menu intro
  • Allow the player to visit the lab on Planet Toledo

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused the debris explosion trail effect to stretch out tremendously
  • Updated the faction for the Alaska -> New York jumpgate to prevent it from being hostile in mission 11
  • Added an engine to Battleship Arizona so it can properly move towards the Alaska -> New York jumpgate during mission 11
  • flplusplus plugin changes:
    • Fixed an issue that caused Freelancer to crash when launching on some Windows installs
    • Improved timestamp logging
    • Removed sound-related patches that previously caused issues
  • Assigned correct description names to the nebulae in Omicron Theta
  • Corrected numerous German typos and inconsistencies in the English text resources
  • Fixed typos and newline issues in the neural net and interface text resources
  • Fixed seams in ST03b (Dyson Sphere system) starsphere
  • No longer overwrite the neural net and Pirate voice audio files with English versions by default
  • Fixed black space backdrops in Kensington and Waterloo station bars
  • Applied general fixes to the space backgrounds in numerous bar scripts to ensure they represent an accurate view of the space the bases are in
  • Prevented the Valkyrie from landing on the same position as the Anubis in one of the Planet Toledo mission cutscenes
  • Reverted a change regarding asteroid draw distances that caused player ships to not be able to collide with some asteroids
  • Corrected Frankfurt's nebula color on the nav map
  • Ensure Juni will always say her last voice line in New York during mission 4
  • Make Ozu and the Blood Dragon escort say something before and after encountering the first hostile contacts in Tohoku during mission 9
  • Made the edges of the job board icon softer
  • Ensure Ozu and Hakkera's ships use the correct engine effects during the Tekagi cutscene in mission 9
  • Updated the MP Rep plugin to fix a crash that would occur on some Windows installs when the equipment or commodity dealer window is opened
  • Ensure the correct help text is shown for the Change View button
  • Fixed an issue that caused one of the uncloaking Rheinland ships from mission 5 to attack the player too early sometimes
  • Updated the orientation of the Freeport station in the gasminer3 intro script so it's no longer upside down
  • Fixed an issue that caused Benno Henning on Planet New Berlin to sometimes show an empty bribe dialog
  • Fixed the double spaces issue in Zoner pilot names
  • Centered the Scan Cargo window
  • Replaced outdated jumphole infocards
  • Removed a duplicate news entry titled "RHEINLAND ATTACKS LIBERTY!" from mission 9
  • Use correct logos for news items from Los Angeles and Crete
  • Made alarm (klaxon) quieter at the end of the final Battleship Osiris story cutscene

Misc

  • Compressed nav map textures for faster load times
  • Compressed several Manhattan base textures for faster load times
  • Removed unused and unedited texture/configuration files
  • Updated ReShade to version 5.3.0
  • Ensure the user sees some explanations about ReShade on first launch
  • Check "Inherit Color Profile" option in the default dgVoodoo config
  • Reduced time between weapon list refreshes to 0.1 seconds
  • Increased time between contact list refreshes to 1.5 seconds
  • Added a Tonemap shader which will be used when the fullscreen windowed option is enabled
  • Renamed "GMG Station Glorious" to "Mining Station Glorious"
  • Added an ambient sound to the lab on Planet Toledo
  • Changed icon of the track rings in the Dublin system to trade lane rings
  • Added a description for the Racetrack Buoy in the Dublin system
  • Decreased saturation and darkness for the ice white blue planet
  • Changed the "WEAPONS OFF-LINE" text to "WEAPONS OFFLINE"
  • Renamed "AMBIANCE" to "AMBIENCE" in the sound options
  • Renamed "CUT SCENE" to "CUTSCENE" in the video options
  • Revived the unused water planet menu intro from the original game files
  • Updated the in-game version text so Freelancer: HD Edition's version number is displayed too
  • Reduced the draw distances of the lower Unknown asteroid field
  • Added the missing for sale ship in Omicron Minor Battleship Osiris
  • Disabled encryption when save game files are created and saved
  • Adjusted next and previous sub-target button positions slightly
  • Removed an unedited icon file and several unused ReShade effects

FreelancerHDSetup_v0_6.exe MD5 Hash: ac02963a7ec97c44fe7308c02ad2e356