A preservation mirror of community modding tools for Starlancer (Digital Anvil / Microsoft, 2000) — the space-combat sim set in the same universe as Freelancer. Original tools were gathered from download.wcnews.com/files/starlancer/.
These tools are 24+ years old, written for Windows 95/98/2000/XP. Many work fine on modern Windows, but expect to use compatibility mode, run in a VM, or run installers under Wine for the InstallShield-packaged ones. None of these were made by me — see Credits.
None of these tools are mine, and this repository grants no licence over them. Each is preserved exactly as its author distributed it and remains under that author's own terms; several are explicitly copyrighted. See TERMS.md. If you wrote one of these and want it removed, open an issue and it will be done.
| File | Tool / Version | Author |
|---|---|---|
sse.zip (readme) |
StarLancEdit 1.11 — edits MYGAME*.IFF save files |
Raidersoft Technologies |
SSGEdt.zip (readme) |
StarLancer Saved Game Editor 1.0 — edits callsign, kills, rank, level, mission, difficulty in saves & multiplayer profiles | Twister (Twisted Media) |
| File | Tool / Version | Author |
|---|---|---|
SLEDIT2Beta.zip |
SLEdit 2.0 Beta — full InstallShield installer (ship swap, stat editing, HOG editor) | Dustin |
sledit_2_1beta.zip |
SLEdit 2.1 Beta — updated SLEdit.exe only |
Dustin |
sledit2_16.zip (readme) |
SLEdit 2.16 — final patch release (drops into an existing SLEdit install) | Dustin |
sltool14.zip (info, new, whatsnew) |
SL Tool 1.4 — SHP model viewer + attachment editor (engine flames, hardpoints) | Mario "HCl" Brito |
hexcheat.zip (readme) |
Hex-edited stat files — pre-modded SHIPSTATS.BIN / GUNSTATS.BIN / MISSILESTATS.BIN, drop-in (not a tool, modded content) |
Userunfriendly |
| File | Tool / Version | Author |
|---|---|---|
slextract.zip (readme) |
SLExtract — extracts files from Starlancer's .HOG archives (binary) |
DraconPern & KingLord |
slextractSC.zip (readme) |
SLExtract source code — Visual C++ 6 / MFC source | DraconPern & KingLord |
| File | Tool / Version | Author |
|---|---|---|
lwo2sl.zip (readme) |
LWO2SL — LightWave Object → Starlancer SHP converter (DOS) | Mario "HCl" Brito |
milkshape_shp_plugin.zip (readme) |
MilkShape SHP Importer — import Starlancer ships into MilkShape 1.4.5+ | Mario "HCl" Brito |
ms_shp_exporter.zip (readme) |
MilkShape SHP Exporter — export MilkShape models to SHP (supports material effects, translucency, etc.) | Mario "HCl" Brito |
All tools, plugins, and modded files in this repository were created by their respective authors:
- Dustin — SLEdit (all versions)
- Mario "HCl" Brito — SL Tool, LWO2SL, MilkShape SHP Importer/Exporter
- DraconPern & KingLord — SLExtract (binary and source)
- Raidersoft Technologies — StarLancEdit (SSE)
- Twister / Twisted Media — StarLancer Saved Game Editor (SSGEdt)
- Userunfriendly — hex-edited stat files
If you are an author and want your work removed (or want attribution corrected), please open an issue.
Original distribution: download.wcnews.com/files/starlancer/.
This is a preservation mirror. I did not write any of the tools or content in this repository and claim no ownership over them. There is deliberately no repository-wide licence: one would imply I can grant rights over other people's work, and I cannot. Each archive stays under its author's own terms, and those terms are often unstated, which means all rights reserved rather than public domain. Full detail in TERMS.md. My own contribution — this README, the tool tables, and the arrangement of the archive — is released under CC0.
Original archives in *.zip are preserved bit-for-bit. Plain-text readme excerpts in readmes/ are extracted verbatim from those archives so you can preview a tool without downloading it.