Do you think that it is possible to add new types of missions with existing ones to take in the mission boards, technically there is only few mission types currently in the game, assault, assassination, arrest, recover commodity and destroy a base(did i forget any) all of this missions are basically the same, except for the last one. Freelancer campaign can offer some ideas, what do you think?
Hi Cap.Kennedy,
First type I would like to do would be a simple Cargo Tranport mission, like in good old Elite-Frontier. You are asked to carry a cargo from Point A to Point B. First, you have to go to Point A, dock, and the cargo is loaded into you hold. Then you go to Point B, dock, the cargo is unloaded and you are paid.
Then, I would like a Scan Cargo mission, where you are asked to approach a target ship to scan its cargo. If the ship is friendly or neutral, there will be no big problem, but with a hostile it might be more difficult. Of course, target ship will usually not be alone, like a freighter surrounded by an escort. Scan itself would not cause your reputation to drop with the target faction, but it will rise with the mission-giving faction. A nice way to rise, but... if you're caught scanning, which has a random chance to happen, target ship and all escorts will turn ennemy and fight you.
The third mission type I would like would be escort missions. You find a ship in space at Point A, and on to Point B, the ship must survive. Of course, some escortees will never be attacked while other may face high odds, but you'll only have slight hints to guess that...
Now I'll try to get a hand on a mission building tuto so I can begin coding something crude... If someone would help ^-^
A link to another post on the same topic... But in this topic, some said it can't be done, because base mission types are hardcoded into the game. That would explain why, with the number of mods and things around Freelancer, no-one has ever been doing that...
Trade missions can be done. One of the current 4.86 servers is selling (for real money) one year of usage of an add-on program that generates trade missions. I won't mention the name of that server, as I don't like it, so I don't want to promote it. However, if they can do it, then others can, too.
' Wrote:Trade missions can be done. One of the current 4.86 servers is selling (for real money) one year of usage of an add-on program that generates trade missions. I won't mention the name of that server, as I don't like it, so I don't want to promote it. However, if they can do it, then others can, too.
If it's been done elsewhere, we won't get it(unless devs "re-invent" it Apple style)
' Wrote:Trade missions can be done. One of the current 4.86 servers is selling (for real money) one year of usage of an add-on program that generates trade missions. I won't mention the name of that server, as I don't like it, so I don't want to promote it. However, if they can do it, then others can, too.
That server could get into serious trouble for trying to make money off of our nonprofit work...
I'd like to see more missions tailored to specific ship types that people a chance to train. Missions designed for bombers to take on gunboats. Missions for gunboats and missions for cruisers. I know missions exist now that are mostly for caps, but there is nothing that identifies them as this type of mission.
If I want to practice with a bomber, it would be nice to be able to select missions that were made for bombers. The same if I want to train with a fighter or a gunboat.