Connecting to servers

Bas

Yeah, Microsoft shut down the official masterserver - But no reason to worry! We have created two masterservers/global servers by ourselves ;D

http://fllistserver.com/patch/FLListServer_Patch.zip.flmod
For installing, you need the freelancer mod manager:
http://flmm.fllistserver.com/files/FLMM1.5beta1Installer.exe

Have fun, welcome!

Mini_Me

http://fllistserver.com/news/category/fllistserver/

I believe that’s what everyone’s usin’ nowadays

methinks that should be a quick link on all the FL community sites, since MS likely won’t bother to update their page.

bah BAS got there first

eyeless47

Thanks guys. Yeah it may be a good idea having a quick link somewhere. I didnt know anything about them shutting down the global server. Havent played in atleast a year or 2 mind

eyeless47

Back again lol.

Its now showing all the servers but it wont let me connect to any of them… any ideas?

Bas

Which antivirus do you use?

IV. Can’t connect to any Server (Vista)
Norton, mcafee securityCenter or Kaspersky aren’t allowed to be on your PC, deactivating them don’t do it!, if you have Avast! you have to deinstall the NetworkShield.
You should eventual turn off IPv6 and give a static LAN IP Addresse in the IPv4.

eyeless47

im using norton av atm. so ive got to uninstall it? kinda confused lol

ive allowed access to fl thru the internet security option in the firewall but still no joy

oh great and to top it all off while trying to figure this stuff out its deleted all my save games!

every time i try and open flmm it says ‘access to freelancer.ini is denied’

Bas

every time i try and open flmm it says ‘access to freelancer.ini is denied’

Disable Options->“Ensure new FLLIstserver will be used”
(btw it is just a warning, you can still open the FLMM ^^)

And yes, you have to uninstall nortal totally. (You can try deinstalling network software of it only, but not sure about if FL would work then)

oh great and to top it all off while trying to figure this stuff out its deleted all my save games! Sad

It moved the savegames, but didnt delete them. See your My Document\My Games\Freelancer folder.

eyeless47

ok, cheers for your help mate

Wicked_Witch

Maybe you have something on this one.
Scroll down to the 2nd post from Sushi.

http://the-starport.net/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=927.0

eyeless47

ok i bit the bullet after deciding whether or not to get rid of norton.

now that ive done it im having other problems lol. it seems now i cant get the servers to show up in the list again.

ive uninstalled everything fl related. installed fl, updated, installed quick fix, and activated fllistserver mod and yet still nothing. constantly getting a box saying access denied to freelancer.ini. ive even tried going into the file myself and changing the hostname but it wont let me save it as an .ini file.

edit: dunno if it matters, but it wont let me deactivate the fllistserver mod thru flmm, saying that there is no backup file. never had this problem when i did it the first time round?

any ideas guys?

FriendlyFire

This looks like you had FLMM activated or something and it screwed up.

You might need to reinstall FL again, uninstalling FLMM in the process too.

As for trying to edit freelancer.ini, check if the file is read-only (right click -> Properties, it’s one of the checkboxes at the bottom). That also may help for FL itself, although I’d be surprised.

eyeless47

ill try the whole clean install again.
i did check to see if it was read only, and it wasnt. just wont let me save it

Bas

Disable the feature of FLMM “ensure that the new Listserver will be used”, deactivate all mods and try again to modify the file (maybe you want to “restore FLMM backups” first)

eyeless47

thats solved the deactivating problem.

so if i was to activatee the mod then open freelancer.ini would i be able to see the change in the line that the mod does or would it be the same as normal?

eyeless47

ok ive done a clean wipe of fl and flmm and installed it all over again yet im still not getting anything?

is there not a program out there i can use to edit freelancer.ini ?

god knows what to do …

eyeless47

ok im sorry guys i must be becoming a real pain in the backside now but i appreciate the help.

ive managed to get the server list showing again, but still getting the same problem saying i cant connect. ive uninstalled norton and now have avg on. ive unblocked the 2300 port on windows firewall so not sure whats going wrong now?

cheers
eyeless47

FriendlyFire

Try unblocking ports 2300 to 2400, not just 2300. You may also want to try unblocking 47624 and 6073, as they also are used by DirectPlay, which FL runs on.

AVG has been known to cause a LOT of headaches with Freelancer. I’d suggest Avira Antivir, which is free; I’ve never had any issue with it running Freelancer.

eyeless47

and its still just as good with protecting the pc?

is there no easier way to open multiple ports than adding them individually thru windows firewall?

FriendlyFire

Most firewalls allow to open a port range, which is more adequate.

If you really need a firewall, I suggest you try something else than the Windows Firewall, which is utter crap. ZoneAlarm, Sunbelt Personal Firewall and Comodo Firewall are three free ones that I’ve known to be good for the most part, although I use none personally.

eyeless47

ok ill have a gander. ive given it a go while ive had windows firewall turned off and it still wont go in so im assuming its nothing to do with that…

although i just uninstalled avg so no anti virus at minute but still dont work, havent rebooted yet tho so may still be files on pc