Invisible Factions

foxUnit01

Use this plugin, written by Adoxa: http://adoxa.110mb.com/freelancer/storyfactions.zip
Webpage is here: http://adoxa.110mb.com/freelancer/index.html

This plugin allows you to list as many factions as you want to be hidden from the reputation list. Thanks Adoxa!

adoxa

I should point out that it also lets you remove the existing hidden factions, to make them visible.

TheDvDMan

Well… How exactly does it work? Just delete the entry or fill in the line with 0? Can you explain please?

Gisteron

switch to the hex editor rather than the character editor and place there 0x00-bytes where the characters shall be.

TheDvDMan

I’m not so good with hex editing… Does anyone of you guys has a modificated common.dll file that he can give to me please? Maby send me a mail or something.

Crazy

No need for hex editing.
Just download adoxas Plugin and configure the ini.

TheDvDMan

That is a bit heavy, but it works! Thanks!

foxUnit01

Yeah, I forgot to mention that. This plugin completely overrides what’s in common.dll, so if you just download / install the plugin (which consists of placing the plugin in EXE and adding it to the dacom.ini list, as well as placing the storyfactions.ini in Data) and leave storyfactions.ini blank, it’ll show everything.

Thanks again Adoxa for designing this, this has come in enormous handy for 88 Flak, which has dozens of mini-factions previously (and needlessly) shown to the player. The reputation screen is MUCH cleaner now.

StarTrader

You lot are a bunch of chickens!

Use a Hex editor and go change just the bits you want, it’s so easy!

Get Icy’s Hexplorer, it’s really a nice and easy tool to use.

Here it is: http://sourceforge.net/projects/hexplorer/

And here’s how to use it in editing FL or any other files:

(Oh no, StarTrader’s feeling another tutorial is needed….! YAWN)!

Ok, Ok, I’ve attached it to this post as a file for those who really want it! lol

foxUnit01

No, hex-editing really isn’t that bad, but in this scenario you might as well use the plugin, since it allows as many (or as few) story factions as you’d like. =P

cvekiboy

Does the storyfaction plugin shows the custom factions on reputation list if they are only defined on Objects?
Visiting them in SP mode, they not for me.

Factions are only defined in faction_prop.ini and initialworld.ini, as in custom save files, too.

lona

Thanks!