Genesis Server, should it rise from the ashes?

[Gibbon]

Giving some thought to restarting and hosting the Genesis mod. Is anyone interested? Do you care? Let me know your thoughts

[Cadfael]

Hi Gibbon,

Interesting question. I haven’t played freelancer for quite some time as you know but am completely into Elite Dangerous since last year and still playing it regularly.
It could be very nice if more people like to play FL at certain times so there’s a bit of community feeling again.
I hope more people will react and give their thoughts.

[lnghar22]

I play freelancer still, I have always enjoyed your games, not much of on line player but I'm sure there
a lot of guys that have missed on line playing. Seems I don't have enough free time for things . Hope that you
a great response. I'm sure you will.
[e-mail]

[DrBullwinkle]

Do you ask because you want to do it (but you know that it will require some work)? You have worked longer and harder than most other modders, and it would be good for the world to share the results of your efforts.

What would be the alternative to restarting your server? To release your mod so that others could host their own LAN servers?

I just played through Freelancer SP again recently. Still the best space sim ever made, IMHO. Too bad it was cut short. (But thank goodness that it is so easy to mod).

[Gibbon]

I'll be honest, yes i do want to host it again. But I also realise the server won't be filled with players either. Putting together a server pc and having the bandwidth to host are not the issue. Pretty much anyone can put a server together these days for next to nothing, and as for bandwidth, most of us have decent connections. I'ts more about keeping FL alive as it is my favourite game of all time. There are not that many servers left, around 35 last time I checked. Most of the popular mods are supported which is as it should be. It would be a shame to have Genesis sitting in the 'where is it now?' category.

That being said, i'd like a core group of around 20 players who'd be playing the mod on a regular basis. If I can get the server population up to around that figure, i'll settle for that

[YellowEagle]

It would be great to have the Server back up, and yes i would play again. I do have a couple of other games i play and a clan i watch over in another game but would play freelancer again. You always had a good server. and were's that avatar of Gibbons i remember so well ?

[shepard]

Haven't played FL in last two years but would love to come back to it. I voted yes.

[Bruno]

Hi Gibbon you know ill be there for you bud so take that as a YES PLS and maybe get the angels back on I still talk to a few of them

[emem]

Love to play again but cannot even get sp to load on my win 10 machines

[Gibbon]

Freelancer runs fine on windows 10, what are you doing? PC or laptop?

[Gibbon]

The other thing is, i'll probably do a new version of the mod with some fixes from the bugs page, and i'll shrink the Pachyderms by 10% which should make docking a lot easier. If anyone else has suggestions, feel free to add

[Jerico]

Hi Gibbon,

I would be willing to help you. I am not the greatest server admin on the planet, but I am an experienced network/securty engineer and a keen learner, and I even like to play freelancer.

If you want some help and support just let me know how I can help you.

I miss Tortuga...


All the best,

Jerico

[OldPenTom]

Szia Gibbon!

Ha indítod, itt a helyem, jelenleg is fent van a Freelancer, több módja is, Windows 10-en fut mindegyik. Őszinte leszek veled, mostanában az NSU Európai szerverén játszottam nagyon sokat, de Ott is elég gyér volt a forgalom, viszont ha elindítod, én jövök és játszok, nekem is még mindig az első nagy kedvenc a Freelancer és "mod"-jai!
Üdv: OldPenTom

[Geraldine]

Hi Gibbon o/
Well if ever I needed an excuse to dig out my aging FL disk, this would be it, but I am gettin old these days for PvP so, for me, just exploring and doing the odd faction mission does these days. I loved exploring in Genesis and seeing all the amazing systems you created. You are, and will always be, amongst the best of the FL modders out there Gibbon. Everything you create is always different, always surprising, so yes I'd love to see Genesis being played again.

[Gibbon]

Geraldine,
Too kind

@oldpentom
Mindig jó látni

As things stand i'll be trying to get a server up over Christmas. This is assuming i can get into the router, as it's not mine. If i can't get into it, i'll have to think of a plan 'B'. Bear in mind a new version of the mod will be up on Moddb called 'Genesis 1.3 MP' which you'll need to download first. I'll let you guys know when that's been uploaded