tbh. DX9 is all a space shooter needs, most of what's new in DX10/11 is stuff like water reflections, interactive water and so on. All stuff completly useless for a game that is entirely set in space.

Surely people can get past these clashes and are mature enough to continue on a project that would have the possibility of Freelancer having some form of renewed future, is the community really that selfishly driven still?

Ah, I always thought you had tessellation in DX9, I just had a read up on it there though and DX11 will actually tessalate the meshes for you where as DX9 you actually have to have an already tessalated mesh for tessallation to work.

Actually tesselation is nothing new, it's been around since DX 7. But until the advent of DX 10 it has never been supported directly by MS (geometry shader). Before that you had to use the SDK provided by the video card manufacturer and it was limited to that specific manufacturer's cards.

Don't give up hope .. u might get wat u wished 4

We need to overcome our egos and realize that everybody could get their idea into a new game if only we get together to make it happen.

The reason why modders are not coming together to make Freelancer 2 is mostly because they disagree on the plot. Nobody wants to give up his/her plot because it is so important to how the world looks like.

I have read the stories of some here and I think all are great. I'm good at modelling and particles. But I'm horrible at texturing because I don't have a touchpen and have never done digital painting.

I also think I would only be ready to join a Freelancer 2 project if we migrate to an engine that will cover our butts for the next 2 decades. I've been talking about CryEngine 3 for a while and I really think it is great and with the know-how, you could re-create the Freelancer world.

The most difficult part would be to program all the NPCs and how they travel as well as the dynamic trade system. But mods like Hamburg City Server which improved the trade system, show that people DO have the know-how.

So it all boils down to ego and when all sides are going to realize that the Freelancer Community is shrinking and we'll soon have no other choice than to do one mod together or no mod at all.

True. Without some software engineers, Freelancer 2 won't make it. It's kinda sad that Microsoft just dropped Digital Anvil despite the fact that it was the best in its class.