- Distance between Yaren Base and Planet Nauru in Omicron Delta was increased for safer undocking.
- Energy requirements for stock turrets of capital ships and for Corsair battleship turrets reduced.
- Placing of Liberty Dreadnought additional turrets fixed.
Discovery 4.79 complete changelog:
- 22 new pilotable ships:
Kadesh Freighter
Kadesh Heavy Swarmer
Kadesh Swarmer
Kushan Freighter
Kushan Heavy Fighter
Kushan Scout
Kushan Bomber
Kiith Somtaaw Light Gunboat
Kiith Somtaaw Heavy Fighter
Kiith Somtaaw Light Fighter
Turanic Raiders Freighter
Turanic Raiders Fighter
Taiidan Freighter
Taiidan Heavy Fighter
Taiidan Bomber
Death Scythe
Raven Claw
Talon
Battlestar
Battlestar Advanced
and more.
- 5 new systems:
Newcastle (Bretonia)
Munich (Rheinland)
Omega-15 (Border Worlds)
Omega-47 and Omega-49 (Edge Worlds)
created by Angel, with bases, encounters and complete infocards.
- New bases in Liberty and Rheinland systems, created by Angel.
- New bases in Omicron Delta (Freeport 11) and Omicron Minor (Battleship Isis).
- Strafing up and down is now enabled. Players may assign keys for new strafe moves in Options menu.
- NPCs became tougher, especially higher-level ones; now they have better equipment and improved AI.
- New encounters included, featuring advanced fighters of Sirius houses.
- Added 28 new weapons, including Tizona del Cid turret, new capital ship weaponry.
- Battleships, destroyers, gunboats and liners can equip cruise disruptors.
- Ammo limit for all weapons increased from 50 to 70.
- Planet Toledo now has a mooring fixture.
- Turret views and cockpit views improved for many ships.
- Agility stats for most new ships changed.
- Battleships have better power supplies, and their weapons consume more power.
- Number of turrets for capital ships of similar class is now similar.
- Marsflyer has stronger hull, but comes with less powerful weaponry.
- Liner and Prison Ship can carry more cargo than before.
- All mines deal better damage.
- Omicron Delta is no longer directly connected to Alaska.
- Alaska jumpgate moved to initial position for singleplayer missions integrity.
- New York internal jumphole moved to initial position for the same reason.
- Many balance-related changes for new weapons, equipment and ships.
- Sounds for new items and music for new systems became more versatile.
- Server stability and performance significantly improved.
- Many bugs, flaws and infocard errors fixed.
See beta changelog in readme.txt for more details.
Open SP for Discovery 4.79 is largely similar to Open SP for 4.78, but in the newer version you may choose new systems added in 4.79 as starting places.
This modification completely removes storyline from original game. It also allows you to choose your starting location, starting reputation and credits while activation. Changing uniform is possible from original Discovery activation menu.
Freelancer Mod Manager v1.3 is needed to activate this modification.
First activate Discovery 4.79 mod, then Open SP. You will see a warning that Open SP mod conflicts with Discovery mod. Confirm activation (press Yes). You will see one more confirmation screen. Press Yes again.
Open SP is for singleplayer only, don't forget to deactivate it while online play. Deactivating Open SP will cause Discovery mod to deactivate too, but you can safely activate Discovery again afterwards.