freelancer-hd-edition/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

[0.5] - 2022-01-21

Changed

• Added HD Nomad Lair textures
• Added HD Dyson Sphere textures
• Added updated version of the HD Character Models addon (tremendously improved character textures over the previous version)
• Made intro skips optional
• Made jump tunnel time adjustable
• Added native Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering options in the installer
• Added higher quality startup movies
• Added improved HD Nebulae and Fog
• Improved HD Nomad, Pirate, Bretonia, Blood Dragon and Utility ship textures
• Added many HD weapon and misc effect textures
• Added an HD Smoke effect
• Added HD Base Interior tables
• Added HD weapon models
• Added HD equipment carts
• Added HD background stars
• Added HD vanilla HUD
• Added HD mouse cursors
• Added HD button textures and other icons
• Made the Dark HUD optional
• Made the Flat Interface optional
• Improved HD cockpits
• Improved the St03b starsphere
• Added HD Base Interiors (Proof of Concept) for the following bases:
  • Manhattan
  • Pittsburgh
  • Liberty Dreadnought
• Improved station textures:
  • Fixed outline for dome trees
  • Improved dome grass
  • Improved HD station numbers
  • Added HD base windows
  • Added HD light panel textures
  • Improved texture quality of previously original textures for asteroid stations
• Added HD cargo crates
• Added optional shinier reflections
• Improved overall reflections
• Added an improved explosion effect texture
• Replaced Liberty Defender with Juni's Defender in Kress cutscene
• Adjusted the HQ reveal and exposition music so it has the same length as the original
• Reduced vanilla icon sizes in contact list so they can no longer overlap
• Add possibility for users to choose a separate save game folder
• Increased asteroid field fill distance
• Multiplied the maximum docking initiation distance by 5x
• Reduced time between contact list refreshes to 0.5 seconds
• Allowed the current worth to be shown in Multiplayer
• Increased max number of characters in the chat input box (allows for longer messages to be typed)
• Increased the max number of chat lines in the chat history window
• Improved the zoomed map by adding more, smaller stars to it
• Compressed HQ Music to 320 kb/s (fixes issues with Freelancer sometimes not looping or playing the music)
• Improved texture quality of some original ship textures
• Fixed fog colors on the New York nav map
• Made both Unknown systems appear on the nav map after visiting them
• Inverted the HD Moonblu Planet color so it looks more like the original
• Made the Text Strings Revision patch optional
• Added the Territory plugin with a custom config; shows which region of space the current system is in
• Added the Ranks plugin with a custom config; associates a rank with the playerlevel
• Added the HUDless plugin
• Replaced manual hex edits with the Factions plugin for making several factions appear in the faction list
• Added a trail-less version of the CSV engine (unused)
• Ensured the Rowlett's Revenge weapon drop has the correct string reference (it used to be called Nomad Prototype)
• Reduced LODCurve in the dyson_city hypergate ale effect to ensure it doesn't look too dense
• When both the Dark HUD and Adv Wide HUD have been selected, the player will now actually get both
• Add a visit tag to the gravity buoy in Ew01 so it can no longer be selected in the contact list
• Reverted the solid gauge bars (still made the gaps a bit smaller than the original)
• Removed a purposeless hazard buoy on the outer edge of Bw06
• Adjust colors slightly in the Ew05 and Ew06 starspheres
• Centered the nav map animation in 16:9
• Added the latest version of HUD Shift which centers all windows correctly
• Fixed seams in some Bretonia starspheres
• Added optional no-story (open single player) modes:
  • Normal: the player starts on Manhattan with a basic loadout and a default reputation
  • Pirate: the player starts on Rochester with a basic loadout and an inverted reputation
• Removed silence in the zone_nebula_nomad ambient sound
• Made the fog in the Liberty Dreadnought deck start right away, instead of 30 seconds later
• Moved Armored Transport in mission 13 cutscene so it's no longer on the same landing pad as the Anubis
• Ensured Bounty Hunter and Corsair ships have Corsair engines (like the NPCs do)
• Added updated Maximized Draw Distances addon (enables high quality sphere rendering)
• Adjusted the cutscene music attenuation according to the differences in volume between the standard and HQ music
• Mission 1 cutscene fixes:
  • Prevented the Transport ship from tilting downwards at the very start
  • Prevented Freeport 7 escorts from colliding with each another off-screen
  • Adjusted the angle and position of the 3rd Nomad attacker ship so it can fire torpedoes properly
  • Ensure the Nomad attacker ship's engines can't be seen as they are decloaking when the camera zooms out
• Properly despawn Freeport 7 so it can't be seen in New York during mission 1
• Ensured the Planet Houston -> Bering Jump Gate trade lane has the correct name
• Assigned a faction to the Alaska -> New York Jump Gate, and the Magellan -> New York Jump Gate so their names are displayed properly
• Lowered volume for music that plays when Orillion talks during a mission 13 cutscene
• Set numerous friendly jumpholes during story missions to neutral
• Prevent cloaked Rheinland Battleships from being visible during mission 7
• Turned down the volume of a rather loud voice line in mission 6
• Removed a screech in the HQ Omicron Battle music
• Added "HDE" to the version text in the main menu to indicate that the Freelancer: HD Edition installation has succeeded
• Replaced Freelancer.exe's application icon with a Freelancer: HD Edition icon
• Added an alternative base interior lighting fix
• Include a copy of ReShade with a basic, optional config (includes HDR, increased saturation, and bloom)
• Replaced d3d8to9 with DxWrapper
• Changed dgVoodoo2 version to 2.54
• Added optional player engine trails
• Added an FLDOCS folder with useful Readmes and documentation
• Include documentation regarding manual hex/binary edits for Freelancer: HD Edition
• Applied engine fixes in the gasminer3.thn main menu script
• Compressed R8G8B8 textures to DXT1 and DXT5 (saves space)
• Added an HD jump effect
• Disabled the D3D8 error spam in FLSpew (Freelancer log)
• Added flplusplus; allows for configurable draw distances, PNG screenshots, and more
• Fixed uneven edges in HD main menu Freelancer logos
• Set the mine detonation distance to 8 (mitigates the mine collision bug)
• Added missing audio files from JFLP v1.25; fixes some incorrect NPC chatter
• Applied several vanilla compatibility hotfixes (prevents crashes when playing on vanilla servers)
• Dropped support for installations via Freelancer Mod Manager

[0.4.1] - 2021-08-25

Changed

• Updated zlib.dll for better performance in Multiplayer
• Added HD Missile effects
• Fixed size of 16:9 Freelancer logos
• Added support for installations via a dedicated installer

[0.4] - 2021-08-21

Changed

• Improved HUD fixes for 1440p/4K screens
• Added HD Liberty news logo
• Added HD Nav map objects
• Added HD explosives and missile effects
• Added HD Ships
• Added HD Effects
• Added MP3 Codec Fix
• Added HD Bases
• Added HD Planets
• Added HD Cockpits
• Fixed contact list view icon
• Fixed trade request button in MP
• Fixed banding in EW01 starsphere
• Added HD Nebulae
• Added HD Asteroids
• Added support for running multiple instances of Freelancer on the same machine
• Added more sound and general options

[0.3] - 2021-08-15

Changed

• Added missing text fix for 4K users
• Improved environment map materials (reflections)
• Improved system map
• Added console plugin
• Added Advanced Widescreen HUD
• HUD realignment
• Updated HUDShift
• Script improvements
• Improved universe button in nav map
• Updated dgVoodoo
• Fixed starsphere & news images banding
• Smoothened jump effect
• Added HD Character Models

[0.2] - 2021-08-07

Changed

• Added HQ Music
• Added Flat Interface
• Added bar script fixes
• Added 16:9 planetscape fixes
• Added HD Universe map
• Added HD Starspheres
• Added HD Mission & News images
• Reverted trade lane map visibility change
• Added improved reflections
• Added HD Startup screen & main menu logo
• Added HD system map
• Added dgVoodoo2 as optional Windows 10 compat patch
• Move the neural net bar 1 px up so the pixel line disappears
• Added Freelancer manual

[0.1] - 2021-07-28

Changed

• Increased effect pool sizes
• Maximized draw distances for space structures, asteroids and effects
• 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
• 1.1 Patch
• 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 several incorrect/missing names and infocards in EW05, EW06, ST01, ST03 and ST03b
• 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
• Removed cruise speed display limit
• Removed general speed display limit
• Show "Far" in contact list only at distances of 999.999K or higher
• Removed ESRB notice
• Removed EULA on first run
• Removed unknown graphics card warning