Freelancer - Freelancer: HD Edition v.0.6 - Game mod - Download

Freelancer: HD Edition is a mod for Freelancer, created by Freelancer: HD Edition Development Team.

Description:

Freelancer: HD Edition is a mod that aims to improve every visual, aural, and gameplay aspect of the game Freelancer (2003) while keeping the look and feel as close to vanilla as possible. It also serves as an all-in-one package for players so they don't have to worry about installing countless patches and mods to create the perfect HD and bug-free install.

This mod was made possible thanks to the assistance of project Freelancer: Nomad Legacy. Huge thanks to the developers for allowing us to use their textures!

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Freelancer: Nomad Legacy Mod DB page

N.B. Freelancer: HD Edition does not add additional content op top of Freelancer but rather enhances what the game already has to offer. Although minor gameplay changes were made, Freelancer: HD Edition will always be compatible with vanilla Freelancer. Therefore, players can use this mod to play on all vanilla servers as long as the server owners allow these changes.

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Content

Visual

HD Asteroids

HD Character Models

HD Cockpits

HD Effects

HD Mission & News images

HD Nebulae

HD Planets

HD Ships

HD Space objects

HD Starspheres

HD Startup Screen & Main Menu logo

HD System & Universe Map

Improved reflections

Increased effect pool sizes

Maximized draw distances

New interface with new icons

Audio

HQ Music

Gameplay

Advanced Widescreen HUD

16:9 planetscape fixes

Support for scrolling through menus

Support for zooming in turret view

Allow players to be called differently in Single Player

Fixes in many bar scripts

Enabled NPC paths in Multiplayer

Include player ships in ship filter

Make all planets spin slowly

Set maximum level in Single Player to 40

Show the names of zones as you enter and leave them

Show the remaining shield and hull points of the selected target as numbers

Misc

1.1 Patch

Added more sound and general options

Added support for running multiple instances of Freelancer on the same machine

Added updated HUD Shift plugin

All content from Jason's Freelancer Patch v1.25

Direct3D 9 wrapper

Disabled IPv6 adresses in Multiplayer Server list

Fixed friendly jumphole in mission 6

Fixed many typos, grammar mistakes, inconsistencies, and more, in the game's text strings

Fixed missing/small text on 1440p and 4K displays

Fixed MP3 codec error spam

Fixed several incorrect/missing names and infocards in EW05, EW06, ST01, ST03 and ST03b

Freelancer manual

Improved infocards for unknown factions

Improved Nomad group member names

Make energy, shield, and hull bars solid

No longer hide The Order and the Nomads from the factions list

No-CD Patch

Prevent intentional frame drops from occurring

Realigned HUD elements

Removed cruise speed display limit

Removed general speed display limit

Removed ESRB notice

Removed unknown graphics card warning

Show "Far" in contact list only at distances of 999.999K or higher

Single Player console

Smoothened jump effect

Updated zlib.dll for better performance in Multiplayer

Windows 10 compatibility patch (dgVoodoo2)

Recommendations

For the best possible experience, it is recommended to force enable anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering for Freelancer through your GPU settings. To learn how to do this, please visit the link from your GPU manufacturer:

NVIDIA: https://www.nvidia.com/content/Control-Panel-Help/vLatest/en-us/mergedProjects/nv3d/Manage_3D_Settings_(reference).htm

AMD: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/dh-012

Intel: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000057285/graphics.html

If you have selected the Windows 10 compatibility patch when installing this mod, you can learn how to enable native anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering here: How to enable native MSAA and Anisotropic Filtering with the Windows 10 compatibility patch

Due to the large file size of many textures used in this mod, some users may experience significantly longer load times during gameplay. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to install Freelancer: HD Edition on an (M.2) SSD.

Installation instructions

N.B. Do NOT extract the files to your Freelancer folder manually, it won't work! This mod comes with a lot of custom options that can only be configured in FLMM

Make sure you have a clean installation of Freelancer

Download the mod from Releases

Open the .flmod file using Freelancer Mod Manager 1.31

Open Freelancer Mod Manager as an Administrator

Activate Freelancer: HD Edition

• Last update: Tuesday, September 6, 2022
• Genre: Simulation
• File size: 1886.4 MB