Troubleshooting
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Microsoft Knowledge Base Freelancer <- This Support Base answers many questions .
Global Server down/Can’t see any Server
The Global Server is currently down and don’t comes back, except Crazy get his DNS and launch his own one, but you can still connect to the FL Servers. A Global Workaround Tool is self installing and available here .Freelancercrash
Go to the FL Options Menu and deactivate the 3D-Sound.
Eventual rest of mods are still in Freelancer, then just open FLMM, go to Tools->Restore Backups. If this doesn’t help, reinstall Freelancer.Can’t connect to any Server (Vista)
Norton 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.FLMM under Vista
FLMM may don’t work right under Vista system, just right-click on the shortcut or FLMM.exe -> Properties, tick on “Execute as Admin” and set the compability mode to Win XP or Win 2000.Gigant/no font ingame
Just move the fonts from the FL CD to C:\Windows\Fonts.
If you don’t know where your CD is, you can also download them here. -
Thanks for the tips CatDog. If anybody has anything to add to those, feel free to do so!
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**Router port settings for LAN and WAN usage
2300, 2301 - do not do anything other than a passthough on these ports, otherwise only one computer on your LAN will be able to connect to the outside world
2302 - direct this to your server’s IP on your LAN network, this is the one of two ports you need to set to point to your server if you wish for WAN access
6073 - this is the second port you need to route to your server for it to operate properly, if you don’t set this one some users may not be able to connect, this is the port used by DirectPlay for communication betweeen copies of itself
Don’t forget to set your firewall properties to allow the server and client access to the web. With these setting users on the web should be able to access your server and you will keep your family happy since they can still play online.**
