Hence, the ships are weightless and feel more responsive, though they require constant application of engine power to move. Its flight model is based on a looser interpretation of space physics instead of realistic Newtonian physics.
FREESPACE 2 FREE MOD
The improved game engine is also used by various mod projects, for example The Babylon Project and Diaspora which are based on the science fiction series Babylon 5 and Battlestar Galactica respectively.įreeSpace 2 's gameplay involves the player piloting a starfighter using mounted weapons to destroy enemy starfighters, performing reconnaissance behind enemy lines, or escorting other starships.
In cooperation with the FreeSpace Upgrade Project the game's graphics are kept up to date. This code became the core of the FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project, which continuously improves it and enables new features. In 2002, Volition released the source code for the game engine under a non-commercial license. A persistent galaxy was also available as SquadWar for players to fight with each other over territories. Free multiplayer games were available via Parallax Online which also ranked players by their statistics. The game features large numbers of fighters alongside gigantic capital ships in a battlefield fraught with beams, shells and missiles in detailed star systems and nebulae. While defending the human race and its alien Vasudan allies, the player also gets involved in putting down a rebellion. The game continues on the story from Descent: FreeSpace, once again thrusting the player into the role of a pilot fighting against the mysterious aliens, the Shivans.
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