I have given much though about having a FS2 mod here in Sins. But the limitations are similar to other materials, like Battlestar Galactica, or StarLancer, or Star Wars, Wing Commander, etc.

Most of those universe revolve around the Fighters class ships. The personality of those titles are given by the fighters dogfighting. In Sins fighters take a seconday role in combat. And IMO, Freespace without the dogfighting is rather boring and generic.

I don't want fighters to be as unimportant, fragile, expendable, small, generic, insignificant unless you have a swarm type of unit, just as they are rigth now in Sins.

Now, if it can be done so that a flight of 12 Hercules is a force to be reckoned with, then go ahead.

As has been pointed out, the HW2 freespace mod does exist. The models used in that are straight rips from freespace 2 itself (not the SCP, but the original FS2). I should know, I worked on putting a few of the ships into that mod. Just wanted to say that the models already exist, and that they can be taken straight from the game and converted into any format that is required. If the original models are high enough quality for you, I'm sure the guys at the SCP will lend you their high-poly ones, but I don't think that would go very well performance wise.

Actually, I think i'll post a short tut, in case anyone wants to pick it up (at the moment I don't have the enthusiasm/time to get into modding another game, but anyway).

Firstly, you will obviously need a copy of freespace 2. This can be obtained from a couple of places on the net for free. Now all the models that FS2 uses are packed into .VP files. Using a program like ModelView32, you can open up these .VPs and you will get a look at the models contained within. Using this, you can note the names that each model has (for example, the Orion model is called capital01) and what textures it uses (also contained in the .VP). Now with VPVIEW32, you can open the .VPs and actually extract the files (a model file .POF, and various texture files) that you need. The textures can be converted to DDS (I assume that is what Sins uses) with something like photoshop, but the .POF is a bit more complex. There is a program called POF Construction Suite that can convert these .POFs to .COBs. Now that we have a .COB, I used Deep Exploration to open that .COB and save it to my file type of choice. (Once again, no idea what sins uses, but no doubt you could get it to the proper format from most of the common filetypes with sometype of tool). Granted most people will not have a spare copy of Deep Exploration lying around, and in that case I don't know of any other program that will open it and convert it to whatever you want. All I can say that a .COB is used by Calgari Truespace modelling software, and I think there is a trial available, so perhaps you could use that.

Phew, sorry for the lengthy post, but I just wanted to point out the models are out there, ready to be used.

I'm lucky and I happen to have the GOTY Edition, with the FRED and all that stuff. The sticker on the box says it's 1462 out of 2000. Must just be that production set.

If I can figure out just how to extract the models from the game and turn them into a format for Sins, it'd be great. What I'd really like though is to get in touch with some people about this and start a mod team. If there're any volunteers, feel free to message me.

EDIT: Wait, nevermind, there's a certain lengthy post I didn't read all the way that explained all of it (about the models). I think all that will be do-able then, so long as it's mostly freeware. The offer for the team still stands though.

Aren't what you guys doing a bit..stealing?

Uh guys. Freespace 2 is completely open-source. Meaning we can use whatever we want as long as we don't try and make any money off it. Since mods are non-profit, no problems whatsoever.

Alright Freespace MOD!

As soon as I started playing this game i wanted to somehow make it into a freespace scenario. Me personally I would just be happy with a map and correct starting points for Terrans(TEC) Advent(PVN) and Vasari(Shivan), and I think a great war scenario would be AMAZING!

I wish I was more skilled at MODing and graphics so I could help out, but let me know if you need somebody to test it!

I think im gonna go re-play freespace2 now.
FREESPACE MOD!!!

I kinda see what your saying but not realy, I see the Vasari sentinel resembling a mara and one of their strucktures (dont know which one) resembles a shathanis.

Alexmase, you ever play the Second Great War Part 2 Mod for FS2? So bad it almost rolls completely around to being good. Almost. But, you get to fly a GTVA-made Mara fighter later on, which s awesome cause the Mara kicks absolute ass.

Thank you Mazer, I wondered if I was losing my mind. Nevermind I lost it years ago now that I think about it. Anyways there are two Fs2 Mod Threads, and the other one has stuff besides idle chitchat on it. So I suggest we all move there.

There might actually be a Freespace 3. It really depends on the success of the new Earthworm Jim title. Interplay is trying to produce games again since they made a bit of money and mostly got out of debt from selling Fallout 3.

That's in the FS2 main campaign. You and a wing of the Special Intelligence Recon (something like that anyways) members fly into an area of Shivan space where there are those massive machines you have to blow up, since they think they're communication units. You fly a Mara in that one, and they are VERY fast and VERY maneuverable. I was running circles around one of the Dragon fighter Aces in that thing.

And when I said freeware, I meant the tools to build the mod and convert/make the 3D models.

Hahaha, I made a map with a huge fleet of everything, and more than one Sathanas and other Shivan cruisers. There was one Sathanas I put in the center of the group that I edited the explosion radius and damage on, so when it blows you up have to out-run it's explosion and the ones from all the other ships it kills. I never beat it yet. lol I wonder if we could put the explosions into Sins somehow? So that they kill fighters and damage cruisers.