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# Freelancer: HD Edition
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Freelancer: HD Edition is a modpack 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.
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**N.B. This modpack 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 modpack to play on all vanilla servers as long as the server owners allow these changes.**
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## Content
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### Visual
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* Increased effect pool sizes
* Maximized draw distances for space structures, asteroids and effects
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### Gameplay
* Added support for scrolling through menus
* Added support for zooming in turret view
* Allow players to be called differently in Single Player
* Enabled NPC paths in multiplayer
* Include player ships in ship filter
* Make all planets spin slowly
* Make the first and last trade lane ring in a sequence visible on the nav map after encountering them
* 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
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### Misc
* 1.1 Patch
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* All content from Jason's Freelancer Patch v1.25
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* Direct3D 9 wrapper
* Disabled IPv6 adresses in Multiplayer Server list
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* Fixed friendly jumphole in mission 6
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* Fixed many typos, grammar mistakes, inconsistencies, and more, in the game's text strings
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* Fixed several incorrect/missing names and infocards in EW05, EW06, ST01, ST03 and ST03b
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* Improved infocards for unknown factions
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* Improved Nomad group member names
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* Make energy, shield, and hull bars solid
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* No longer hide The Order and the Nomads from the factions list
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* No-CD Patch
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* Prevent intentional frame drops from occurring
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* Removed cruise speed display limit
* Removed general speed display limit
* Show "Far" in contact list only at distances of 999.999K or higher
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* Removed ESRB notice
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* Removed EULA on first run
* Removed unknown graphics card warning
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## 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
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## Installation instructions
** N.B. Do NOT exctract the files manually
* Make sure you have a clean install of Freelancer
* Download the mod under "Releases"
* Open the .flmod file using [Freelancer Mod Manager 1.31 ](https://www.moddb.com/games/freelancer/downloads/freelancer-mod-manager-131 )
* Install it like any other mod
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## Credits
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* BC46
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- Many misc fixes
- Many misc improvements
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- [Maximized Draw Distances ](https://github.com/BC46/freelancer-maximized-draw-distances )
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- Spinning planets
- [Text Strings Revision ](https://github.com/BC46/freelancer-text-strings-revision )
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* Buck Danny
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- [Unofficial FL SP 1.4 patch ](https://www.moddb.com/games/freelancer/downloads/freelancer-unofficial-patch-14 ) *(included in Jason's Freelancer Patch)*
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* crosire et al.
- [d3d8to9 ](https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9 )
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* Jason Hood
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- [Call Sign plugin ](http://adoxa.altervista.org/freelancer/plugins.html )
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- [Jason's Freelancer Patch v1.25 ](http://adoxa.altervista.org/freelancer/index.html )
- [MP Rep plugin ](http://adoxa.altervista.org/freelancer/plugins.html )
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- [Numeric plugin ](http://adoxa.altervista.org/freelancer/plugins.html )
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- [Wheel Scroll plugin ](http://adoxa.altervista.org/freelancer/plugins.html )
- [Zone plugin ](http://adoxa.altervista.org/freelancer/plugins.html )
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* Louva-Deus
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- [Freelancer SDK/QuickFix ](https://swat-portal.com/forum/filebase/file/619-freelancer-quickfix-1-0c/ ) *(included in Jason's Freelancer Patch)*
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* Microsoft
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- [Freelancer Patch 1.1 ](https://www.moddb.com/games/freelancer/downloads/freelancer-patch-11 )
