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Amount of NPCs at a bar
• T Timmy51m

  @CommanderArgelo Have a look at EXE/freelancer.ini and you’ll find these entries. I think from memory some of them shouldn’t be messed with, but I think spacepop and basepop might work, I’ve definitely played with them in the past. Try changing basepop to one of these BELOW_NORMAL, NORMAL, ABOVE_NORMAL, same with spacepop

  [Initial SP DLLs]
  path = …\dlls\bin
  DLL = Content.dll, GameSupport, HIGHEST
  ; required to operate gates and docks
  ; required to create ships in space
  DLL = Content.dll, SpaceSupport, NORMAL
  DLL = Content.dll, BaseSupport, NORMAL

  DLL = Content.dll, StoryLauncher, BELOW_NORMAL ;story/static missions
  DLL = Content.dll, SpacePop, LOWEST ;populator
  DLL = Content.dll, AISandbox, BELOW_NORMAL
  DLL = Content.dll, TestAutomation, BELOW_NORMAL
  DLL = Content.dll, BasePop, LOWEST

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How to get Vanilla Freelancer running in 2025 (no cd)
• R Raikkonen

  @robocop Try wiping out the Freelancer folder in My Documents/My Games (after backing up your MP ID of course)

  Also as its MP, are you 100% sure you are loading a Vanilla character? e.g. no FLU modified equipment/ships mounted?

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How to get Vanilla Freelancer running in 2025 (no cd)
• R robocop

  Running Windows 11 Pro.
  Game installs fine, noCD patch applied, no other mods.
  Game opens fine, I get to the character selection screen, select my char, enter game, and a black window opens up and nothing…
  When I alt-tab out to switch the black window closes and Freelancer.exe is not running in task manager.
  What’s up?

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NPC Shield wont go under 10%
• T Timmy51m

  @CommanderArgelo I might try again if I find spare time, I just wasn’t expecting to encounter other problems along the way. Hope you get to the bottom of it one way or another.

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NPC Shield wont go under 10%
• T Timmy51m

  @Gold_Sear It’s weird mate, he gave me a download link for the mod, it won’t even launch for me, so there’s not much point trying to replicate what he has. There’s lots of mods to shields, loadouts, equipment, you won’t replicate it by plugins and hacks alone.

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Dev's Limit Breaking 101 Techniques
• I IrateRedKite

  @Gold_Sear Sorry for the delay! I’ve added these to the Limit Breaking 101 list, good work figuring them out!

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Freelancer story glich and save editing
• T Timmy51m

  Just revert to an earlier save, it makes plenty of them along the way, you won’t lose out on much in the way of time. It’s not worth the hassle.

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NPC Shield wont go under 10%
• T Timmy51m

  Yeah, it would be nice to clear this up. I know he’s made changes to shields, but placing the equivalent player shield on cosmo doesn’t cause any problems. He does return to a fully charged shield state after he gives up as opposed to about 5% with an npc shield, I don’t know why that is though seeing as there’s no time for the recharge rate to take effect.

  He’s told me he’s using the HD mod as his base, so assume that any changes made in the HD mod are present.

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NPC Shield wont go under 10%
• T Timmy51m

  Upload the file somewhere and I’ll have a look at it if you like. You broke something, you’ve just given up looking for what it is. I personally think it’s always best to bury dead bodies rather than leave them rotting in the street, causes disease later on and more dead bodies.

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NPC Shield wont go under 10%
• T Timmy51m

  Okay, so the npc shield does regen very slowly anyway, even though it only has a value of 1. When I try it his shield goes to 0, hull takes damage, he gives up and it restores a very small amount of shield which then regens slowly.

  Have you tried starting a new game with a new save file in case the save is broken?