Dev's Limit Breaking 101 Techniques

robocop

No, that wouldn’t work at all…

Make sure your version of the files is correct. If they reference says 1.0, that’s the vanilla install of the game. If they say 1.1, that’s with the microsoft update applied.

Most of the edits require the 1.1 update.

ngetal

Hmm interesting I thought the MS update doesn’t change the exe and that’s what is being edited in this particular one. Am I wrong?

robocop

You’re right… It’s flserver.exe that I was thinking of.
and yes, at 0x2309 I have the same data there that you do.

R

adoxa

It depends which version of Freelancer.exe you have - the original is protected, so it could be anything; there’s a NoCD that is the decrypted version of the original, which is what you have; then there’s the re-release version which was never protected, which is what I use (2.2 meg instead of 3). The bytes you see are just junk left over from the decryption process, so it’s safe to write there.

starworld

starworld wrote:
Is it possible to disable the update “Rank” by the money/ship/equipment, in MP?

adoxa wrote:

Content.dll, 0A94D4, 04->39, disable money-based rank

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Really genius, thx - will be very intresting to check it

ngetal

Awesome info about the exe, thanks lads.

Here’s one more for you

I don’t really like the limitation of the contact list that it can only display 8 things. Sometimes I have to scroll to be able to see what I am targeting.

I have already tried tweaking the fonts in the ini files but that only made the letters smaller, the 8 item limitation stayed.

Is there an exe tweak to change this?

starworld

@ HeIIoween
It works. I have no problem for the moment.

My Flhook code for update the “Rank” :

int Level=0;
int iRepID;
				pub::Player::SetRank(iClientID, Level); //setrank menu Y
				pub::Player::GetRep(iClientID, iRepID );
				pub::Reputation::SetRank(iRepID, ToFloat(IntToStr(Level))); //setrank menu F8

adoxa

@ngetal: Sorry, that one’s rather fixed.

ngetal

adoxa wrote:
@ngetal: Sorry, that one’s rather fixed.

thanks anyway. BTW where do you get this kind of info? Have you got the source code or something?

adoxa

Diassembly listing.

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starworld wrote:
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adoxa wrote:
Content.dll, 0A94D4, 04->39, disable money-based rank

But in this case what controls the rank? PvP Kills/Mission stats?

starworld

For me Flhook only, with various stats : pvp, pve, mining, mission, map, online time

J.R.

Since there is a “owner_savetime” entry for mines I wonder if its possible to have a HEX-Edit or a plugin.dll to extend this behavior towards group members.

What i´m thinkin of is a kind of “booby mine” that has a very long “active-period” but only affects enemies like non-group-members and NPCs. This would enable some tactical varieties in warfare when it comes to huge server-battles.

Greetings J.R.

J.R.

Is there any chance to do the above ?

OFF-TOPIC-P.S.: Pls can someone explain the use of this FlHook-Setting –->MissileDmgToMine (Whats the difference ?)

Greetings

starworld

MissileDmgToMine: If set to yes then missile damage is changed to mine damage.

Change the message kill, exactly the same thing for :

TorpedoDmgToMine: If set to yes then torpedo damage is changed to mine damage.

J.R.

AH… So it only changes the kill-messages regarding the weapon-types.

THX a lot mate.

adoxa

J.R. wrote:
Since there is a “owner_savetime” entry for mines I wonder if its possible to have a HEX-Edit or a plugin.dll to extend this behavior towards group members.

Group Mine.

J.R.

Simply AWESOME mate !!!

As I PM´ed you… will try it later…

Greetings J.R.

J.R.

Moved the List to: http://the-starport.net/freelancer/forum/viewtopic.php?post_id=58000#forumpost58000

Greetings J.R.