Is there a mod for Freespace 2 which makes it an open-ended, free-roaming game along the lines of Freelancer?

In a word, nope.

I don't think it's even possible to do such a thing within the constraints of the game engine. (maybe to do a really incomplete half-arsed version with a fraction of the features, perhaps)

Alright, thanks.

I don't think it's even possible to do such a thing within the constraints of the game engine. (maybe to do a really incomplete half-arsed version with a fraction of the features, perhaps)

I know someone once came up with a bare-bones proof-of-concept campaign that demonstrated something resembling Freelancer; you could select which corporation you wanted to work for and switch between a few mission areas. With enough work and fiddling around, I feel like one would probably be able to craft something at least remotely resembling Freelancer, through the use of persistent variables and one heck of a complex campaign file. You'd probably need some sort of interface additions, or at least scripting, to give it a reasonable level of polish.

I've been looking into this kind of thing myself. I must say, it is not as easy as it looks. Of course, it depends what angle you look at it and how exactly you're trying to construct it.

Me? Here's what I've done.

1. Created three mission templates of random "systems, each with a jump node. Third is the same as number one but with my craft of choice in the direction of exiting the node
2. Created triggers for the nodes that allows jump travel when within range and transferring to the next area.

So basically, in other words, here is how I had it laid out.

System A1, jump out, enter System B.
System B, jump out, enter system A2.

A1 is my start position and A2 is my re-entry from B.

There are many ways you could go about it. What would have made it more of an experiment is if there was a trigger to randomly create a ship of a specific or random type every now and again and have it doing something on its own.

At that point, why not just get freelancer?

The freelancer engine is very limited. if it were open source, it would be sooo awesome.

Starwolf, Are you referring to the cryogenised "mercenary" campaign MOD in the archived section of game warden?

Goober made something similar I believe, but I haven't gotten hold of it.

Nope. Not referring to any mod.

*bump*

http://staff.hard-light.net/goober5000/ ... lancer.zip

I remember that
was going to be used for the mercenaries project, that is until shadowwolf disappeared...
http://game-warden.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=29

ShadowWolf.

yea. i am greatly saddened by his disappearance, even years later.

He was so pumped up about all of his projects and was making great progress on them. He also was doing some really cool things as GW admin. Then boom. he just disappeared.