[WIP] Fleet Operations 4

[Blade]

Hiya all I have released an update to Fleet Operations 3.2.7 using the Fleet Operations 4 launcher that was released with the final version of Sigma. For those who dont know FO4 allows the use of xml techtrees, dds textures, normal mapping for bump maps (to be used with dds textures) and new odf stuff such as codes to allow ships to swap 1 texture depending on the ship name (used for hull registries).

As far as I am aware this should all be working ok but I do need testers to report back any bugs so I can fix them.

My plans for the future of this modification is to expand on the current races such as adding hull registries to the Federation, improve Borg assimilation and add a leveling element to the collective. I also plan on adding new races such as Cardassians, Sra'Xa'Diin (a unified races of Undine [Species 8472] and Noxter [FO2 race]) and possibly a Breen race (replacing the Breen from the dominion avatar with Son'a)

Any way here is the FO thread containing the mod install FO3.2.7 and then install this over it (it overrights some core files)
https://www.fleetops.net/forums/modscompleted/fo4-sortta-13103

or if you just want the installer
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2tZu ... jhfS21JUVE

 

[Sqweloookle]

any updates? or are they all over at FO?

 

[Blade]

because im doing this on my own its taking a while

 

[Sqweloookle]

Thank you for carrying on with it. Will you post updates here as well as at FO forums?

 

[Blade]

yh when i have something to show

 

[Chiletrek]

Hello Blade:
Very good to see you alive!

 

[Blade]

yh been bit bust with family stuff expecting my niece to be born by end of the week

 

[Chiletrek]

Hello:
That sounds great, Blade!

 

[CptBenSisko]

Sorry to dredge up an old thread.. but has there been any progress made on this? Just out of curiosity. Ive been out of the game a long time, and im just trying to get all caught up

 

[Chiletrek]

Hello:
Last time I spoke to Blade things were like hectic, that isn why there has been no news as of yet, but there is an intention to return to the FO4 project (since the FleetOps dev team work on the totally new NX project).

 

[CptBenSisko]

yeah i remember reading about the NX project, but i haven't heard much about it in a long time

 

[Chiletrek]

Me neither, so I guess we'll have to keep waiting, although I haven't visited the FO forums in ages.

 

[CptBenSisko]

I have recently.. not much to report sadly.. the Discord is pretty active though... so thats a good sign.. Tryptic's mod is still alive and kicking as is Defiant's (Drayzon) i believe he frequents here as well.. hes doing retextures of the FO models

 

[dvatreknerd314]

I'm not holding out hope. I'll believe it when I see actual progress and news releases that look like the project is converging on a release and not feature creep.

 

[Jetfreak]

Agreed, until we see some real tangible results, the FO devs only have their PR hot air. I think its fine and dandy to be *ambitious*. But developing a game engine from scratch is no laughing matter. I'd rather have a working FO 4 with some compromises/limitations rather than NX vaporware.

Things like basic screencaps, 3d model WIPs, etc. should be enough. But they insist on their "muh secrecy". I've seen more honest, credible progress in Husker's DS9R project compared to NX, that should be telling enough.

 

[TUB_Husker]

Oh that's a nice compliment!
I learn a bit to handle with the unreal engine and that isn't easy, also with engine.

 

[Terra_Inc]

Yeah, it's sad that the project is so quiet. I agree with Jetfreak, showing at least a bit of WIP would be great and keep people interested in FleetOps.

 

[Chiletrek]

All the secrecy is an awful rememberance of mods like "Battlestar Armada" and a very interesting mod for Armada1 which name I don't recall right now, none of them were ever completed.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

All the secrecy is an awful rememberance of mods like "Battlestar Armada" and a very interesting mod for Armada1 which name I don't recall right now, none of them were ever completed.

Future Tense?

 

[Chiletrek]

Yeah, I think it was Future Tense. Not sure if that one is still been worked on, but oh boy they had a secrecy back in the day.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Yeah, I think it was Future Tense. Not sure if that one is still been worked on, but oh boy they had a secrecy back in the day.

I think there is occasional work, but I'm not sure. I think most of the discussion was on AFC a while back.

 

[Chiletrek]

Is AFC still online? I haven't gone there in ages, specially as I was always mad at them because they never posted my first mod... I was sure I followed all of their rules and stuff .

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Is AFC still online? I haven't gone there in ages, specially as I was always mad at them because they never posted my first mod... I was sure I followed all of their rules and stuff .

Sure is! Not sure how active they are anymore

 

[Chiletrek]

Well, they surely outlived A2files.

 

[CptBenSisko]

Damn! Armada Fleet Command is still around eh? Gonna have to check it out

 

[Chiletrek]

Hello:
Please let us know your findings, I am still too proud to go there and try to be active at all