FFED3D Project

[Potsmoke66]

need more input, ok:

[Pinback]

potsmoke66 wrote:
need more input, ok:
Not familiar with perry rhodan,was there a game out last year about it?.Like the ether ship,looks like the bottom front turret would get in the way of any landinggear animation.The paper& pen RPG Traveller would make another good source.

[Potsmoke66]

just for the fun of itperry rhodan is a german sci-fi "pennybook" series from around '64 to ? and it has been translated to as many languages as the bible.

[Pinback]

ARN has released his space station model Absolutely Stunning [url]http://www.elite-games.ru/conference/viewtopic.php?p=2359741#2359741[/url]

[Shant]

Is there any video available of this game, besides that ocean scene? I've never heard of this game before I joined up here and everyone keeps mentioning it. How old is the game? And what does FFE stand for?

[Shingen]

Shant wrote:
Is there any video available of this game, besides that ocean scene? I've never heard of this game before I joined up here and everyone keeps mentioning it. How old is the game? And what does FFE stand for?
FFE stands for Frontier: First Encounters (1995) sequel to Frontier: Elite 2 (1993), which was the sequel to Elite (1984).Here's a video from FFED3D the latest version of FFE: Here's what the game originally looked like:

[Pinback]

Shant wrote:
Is there any video available of this game, besides that ocean scene? I've never heard of this game before I joined up here and everyone keeps mentioning it. How old is the game? And what does FFE stand for?
The vids are about a year old now and theres been a number of new models for the game,You can download thegame from the download section.[url]http://www.spacesimcentral.com/downloads.php?cat=37&sort_by=0&order=ASC&start=30[/url] as I understand it Dreamzzz who is the main programmer on the project is busy with other commitments,so updates to the code may be few and far between.

[Geraldine]

PINBACK wrote:
Unfortunatly as I understand it Dreamzzz who is the main programmer on the project is busy with other commitments,so updates to the code may be few and far between.
I wonder if a certain Cambridge based games development company is keeping Dreamzzz busy? Just a thought!

[Shingen]

Who knows.. E4 was originally supposed to be released in 2008.. http://www.videogamer.com/news/hardly_any_elite_4_online_info_is_true_says_braben.html "'We're working on it and it's very exciting', says Frontier boss.Hardly any information currently online relating to Elite 4 is true, Frontier boss David Braben has said.Speaking to VideoGamer.com at a Nintendo press event to promote upcoming WiiWare and DSiWare games, including Frontier's own LostWinds sequel, Braben refused to confirm or deny various online chit chat relating to the hotly anticipated title, which was confirmed to be in existence a whopping eight years ago.Elite 4 information is scarce. Unconfirmed online reports suggest it's an MMO, that it will be released on PS3 and Xbox 360 as well as PC, and that development will only begin once Frontier's The Outsider is completed.Braben did, however, allay fears that Elite 4 may never see the light of day by confirming it is in development."

[Geraldine]

Hi ShingenNews about Elite IV? You are more likely to meet Elvis selling hamburgers at Mc Donolds! On the Frontier forum, http://forums.frontier.co.uk/index.php , that is the number one question and try as they might, the forum members have had no luck as such getting any info on the new Elite. There is a healthy thread though, called Collection of Ideas For Elite IV, which the Frontier managment assures us, that is checked regularly. What ideas may actually find their way into the game is anyone's guess.

[Pinback]

IIRC Elite4 was ment to come out in 2001/2002,I know that they canned that version of the gameand theres been nothing but vegue muttering since.Interstly Braben mentions in this interview that they are working on two big and one small unannounced project?. [url]http://www.develop-online.net/features/715/FAQ-David-Braben[/url] JUST MAYBE

[Pinback]

Whertz on the Frontier forum is working on a new version of Buffet,which will be FFE3D compatibleif you have any suggestion head over.[url]http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1537[/url]

[cultist]

anyone knows if they are planning to add new features to FFED3D and what they might be? :DLater edit: i guess not.

[cultist]

Why don't they release the code for this game already,it's pretty old game.

[Pinback]

cultist wrote:
Why don't they release the code for this game already,it's pretty old game.
Do mean Frontier?.
cultist wrote:
anyone knows if they are planning to add new features to FFED3D and what they might be? :DLater edit: i guess not.
Short answer dont no,they have hinted at a few things but nothing def.

[cultist]

Sorry,let me rephrase itWhy don't they release the code for FFE already,it's pretty old game.I don't think they can add new features to it if they don't have the original code right?

[Pinback]

Well I think it would be up to Frontier Develoments to release the original code as they are the copyright holder of it.From reading the EG forum i think there intention is to remove all of Frontier code then add new feature to the game as they go.

[cultist]

And yes by they i meant David Braben & Co (Frontier Developments).So Pinback you mean that the EG guys are working with an emulator of sorts?Don't they work with the original FFE code?

[Pinback]

cultist wrote:
So Pinback you mean that the EG guys are working with an emulator of sorts?Don't they work with the original FFE code?
I don't know,the best place to ask would be the English section of the EG forum.[url]http://www.elite-games.ru/conference/viewtopic.php?t=47373[/url]

[Potsmoke66]

FFED3D not E4 is the name of the project :lol:means, i don't want to see another forum full of speculations about E4