Hi All!

Wonderful news, Whertz has released his new version of Buffet, the FFE3D editor. Here is a rundown of it's features Whertz wrote on the Frontier Forum. Original link here http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1638

" After almost 4 years I decided to have another look at BUFFET and update it. A lot has changed since version 1.0 and a big chunk of the code has been rewritten. Even though this is version 2.0, consider it beta as there is probably some bugs and I've not tested it on many systems. Once I get any bug reports, I'll release v2.01 and so on. I've only tested it on Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 x64 and it seems to run okay on my test machines.

I strongly suggest reading the docs before messing with the Ship Manipulator and Ship Replacement features. The readme has a little tutorial to explain how things work. The rest of the new cheats are pretty self explanatory.

Have fun!

WHATSNEW:

+ Rewrote the routine to detect when JJFFE is already running, fixing the "Explorer.exe" bug, 64bit incompatibilies and eliminating the need to search for JJFFE by window title.

+ Rewrote the entire loading routine, it is much better and no longer assumes JJFFE is running after a certain time. Now it will wait, because FFED3D takes a long time to load.

+ Full compatibility with FFED3D. When running BUFFET for the first time on FFED3D, it will seem to take a long time to find the offset. This is normal, FFED3D loads all of it's textures and models first, before initialising the FFE memory area.

+ Config file rewrite: BUFFET now stores information about the JJFFE exe in 'BUFFET.ini' and stores this information for every version of a JJFFE exe that is loaded. Automatic starting of JJFFE has been removed.

+ Command-line support: You can now specify the JJFFE exe on the command-line after BUFFET.exe, or drag-and-drop a JJFFE exe onto the BUFFET.exe file to launch. Example: BUFFET.exe "c:\ffe\jjffe.exe".

+ Proper XP-style skin support.

+ Reorganised window gadgets into the correct order (tabbing through buttons).

+ Cheats are on panels now, with all the old cheats on panel 1, and the new cheats on panel 2.

+ NEW CHEAT: Time travel. You can now go to any specific date in time. Note: Commander Jameson dies in the year 3317. You can go to this date and beyond, just don't let the day end or the game will be over.

+ NEW CHEAT: Medals and Permits. Add or remove medals and permits.

+ Bugfix: Criminal records were not cleared properly.

+ Added a ship manipulator feature. It is now possible to 'train' computer controlled ships and do other interesting things to them.

+ NEW CHEAT: Set the time of day.

+ NEW Feature: Change the colour of your ship.

+ Added ship replacement feature. This is a powerful ship editor that allows you to replace A.I. ships in the game to a totally new specification. For example you can make all hostile ships have a certain weapon, or change the ship completely.

+ Removed freeze rate slider, as it was of no use and taking up precious space.

+ Code coverted and compiled to PB 4.41.

+ Spin gadgets can now go above 32767 as a result of compiling with the new version of PB. This fixes the reverse thruster max value.

+ NEW CHEAT: Wormhole. You can now go anywhere in the galaxy almost instantly with the minimum ambout of fuel required to jump. Just enable the cheat and go to any system on the map, it doesn't matter if it is out of range. Note: The hyperspace icon doesn't show up but just click where it usually is and it will still hyperspace.

+ NEW CHEAT: Service drive and equipment. There is also an option to never have to service again.

+ Changed cash input box to a spin gadget.

+ Added an option to fix Escape Capsule/StowMaster Fighter thrust values when launched from your ship. This is how FFE should behave but there is a bug in FFE which doesn't set the thrust values for launched Escape Capsules/StowMaster Fighters, it keeps them the same as your current ship."

You can download Buffet 2.0 from the SSC download section here BUFFET 2.0

Have fun people and remember to post any bugs you find 😉