Freelancer Discussion

NeXoSE wrote:

cheeseontoast wrote:
I like this… Can we get a Like button? ^^

Good guide fella =]

Maybe this

I lol’d 😄

It’s hard to say, I know. It could’ve pulled a Duke Nukem Forever on our asses, maybe become a Too Human, but it also could’ve gotten us a Starcraft 2.

We’ll never know for sure. The initial plans sure were extremely ambitious, but ambition isn’t a bad thing. Microsoft severely cut back down on this and I just feel like they could’ve been a bit more lenient. The way they cornered Ensemble and forced them into a console-only RTS before shutting them down, as well as taking down Flight Sim, however, make me think MGS might not be the best publisher around.

Self indulgent Elitist crap… 😄

I like what they did with it though… shame about keeping the silly “we own this…no you cant freely use it” S*^t… like… whats the point really… most “done” mods dont want you overhauling the data and risks banning and you crashing other players and or server…

Be better if they just gave it out as a “hey… here’s that mod you all want… now you can use it”

But then… im dreaming 'eh… this is the FL community were MINE is law

Indeed, I’d assume when the day comes the majority converts to IPv6, either there will be a compatability solution for IPv6 applications or there is a way to make the Directplay protocol use IPv6.

I mean, you can already see IPv6 addresses in the FL server browser…

Oh sry, delete it

JustAWhisper wrote:
Out of curiosity, do any mods remove the linear progression of missions and equipment of Liberty -> Bretonia -> Kusari -> Rheinland? I always through it was really goofy from an RP/atmosphere perspective. It seems like for multiplayer it would make more sense to make each faction equalish. Just a thought.

88Flak also does this.

I’ll be very happy witht the removal of the 2000 resource limit. Not that I run into it; but I just hate limitations of any kind 😉

Reminds me of something theoretical I was thinking of, and should be opening a new post for…

522 now - you must have dropped in at lunch time! lol

TheDvDMan wrote:

Where do I find FLSpew?

Apart from your whole issue with FLMM, it is recommendable to get acquainted with FLSpew.txt!

On my laptop (running on Vista) it’s in

C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Freelancer

(actually it’s in C:\Users\gebruiker\AppData\Local\Freelancer but ‘gebruiker’ is Dutch for ‘user’ so I suppose that in an englisg version of Vista the location would be the one I gave)

In other Windows versions the location might be slightly different, but similar.

FLSpew.txt is a horrible file!! You will want to use FLSpit.vbs, which renders an easier-to-read copy of the FLSpew.txt, named FLSpit.txt file. I assume this tool can be found in the download section. If not, I can send ya a copy.

Btw it is indeed necessary to look into this file when you’re tracking errors, but you will also find errors you weren’t ware of. Some of them important, others much less so.

FriendlyFire wrote:
What parts of let it die did you not understand, DvDMan? -_-

I agree.

Does anyone know of a guide which states which factions gives a mission against another faction? It seems that factions that are neither allied nor enemies might offer missions against each other. I’ve recently found out that Kishiro offers missions against Hogosha while being neither allied nor enemies.

adoxa wrote:
Yes.

This must explain why I got blasted by the lane hackers just after I did a mission for them. It turns out there were Outcasts (who are hostile to me) nearby.

The star size on the Universe Map is a random number between 3000 and 5000 (freelancer.exe, 0915F4 [range] & 091605 [min], ints).

The entry you’re looking for will be in the system ini file.

Here’s an edit to the Hosho Maru wreck in Omicron Beta which is configured in Ew02.ini.

<data file=“data\UNIVERSE\SYSTEMS\Ew02\Ew02.ini” method=“sectionreplace”>;Fix Recurring Loot Drops

[Object]
nickname = Ew02_suprise_ku_freighter_1

<dest>visit = 0</dest>
<source>
visit = 16</data>

It changes the visit entry from 0 to 16 making the wreck lootable only once by each character. Changing the values from 16 to 0 would make them lootable multiple times by every character. The wreck once looted, would be empty until the server reboots again…
I believe every wreck is labeled with a ‘suprise’ as part of the nickname. Note the mispelling of ‘suprise’.

Thank you for the tools.

With FLHack I actually can unlock the whole map.
It’s quite funny, I’ve been playing Freelancer for some years
now and never knew that the map wasn’t really revealed
completely.

DSAccountManager saves the visited places, while
FLHook and console just show the bases, etc.

Omicron Theta and several border worlds systems seemed
to be buggy after the final release, as there was never the
possibility to show the nebulas. (I’ve flown every route
manually. It took me about 40 hours.:-) )

Nevertheless, thank you very much for your tools.

Hell… Why Discovery? Don’t you play any other mods? I don’t say its a bad mod, but people always go to the most popular insted of the most well done. Try something new, like Crossfire, Nightstalker’s Universe, Freeworlds ToW or Shattered Worlds (mods with best graphic I know) if youre looking for graphic and quality. If its only quality youre looking for, stay with Discovery.

interesting, ask him to contact me, im admin for a discovery forum

For the pathing you will need to look into curve generation. Examples include bezier and cat/mull/rom curve creation. I don’t remember which one the thns use but that is the common method of making smooth movement. For point to point movement it will be a simple lerp with ease in/out.

i have a evga 9800gt with 1 gig of ram supports two monitors. the newer cards with dx11 support do that too.

Well it matters! Generally seen. And if there is no one who complaints then there is no one who would need to judge about it.

In times where a lot of communities (such as facebook and other major social networks) don’t lay much interest on privacy - i think its at least good to know that there is something like this still valid. Everyone has its own right to have his private stuff protected. And if someone don’t want to be mentioned for any reason then its not allowed to mention him (generally).

Asking for permission has nothing to do with privacy in my eyes - that would fall under the term copyright. Both are two different things.
Mostly - nowadays - people might be happy to see their stuff used. But in any case the author don’t want that you use his stuff you have to remove it. But that may differ between the countries and their laws.

You could add a phrase that you are sorry if you have forgotten someone to mention in your credits and you are open to receive the names of the author by PM, mail whatever 😉