Battle Tech Freelancer Mod
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Hey. Just shot you an MSN friend request.
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What is not told in the tutorial above and what might be the cause for your problem:
1. Get the FLModManager and install it. (http://the-starport.net/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=1&lid=4) Make sure it runs as admin.
2. Get the SDK, which is a collection of all the Freelancer ini files, else you won’t be able to read and edit the files.
3. When making a new mod, create a new folder in the ModManager’s “mods” folder with the name of your mod. In that folder you place the files you added oder changed in the same place where they are in the original game. The ModManager itself manages the activation of mods, it exchanges the files so you don’t have to do it yourself. You should still have a complete backup of your Freelancer copy, so you can just copy it over the other one if something goes wrong on deactivation. Never change files of a mod while it is activated!!You can find me on Skype as mrquarks. Feel free to ask.
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Hey,
I was gonna send you this but no response on MSN - so just check out this tutorial here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WT7FP7U8
Cheers!
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UPDATE:
Ok, so i spent YET ANOTHER NIGHT learning how to work this freelancer modding stuff, and i am pleased with the help of hahukum. We managed to place a single jump gate smack dab in the center of the NY system, well. You may think “No big deal” right? well, remember this is new to me since i have NEVER EVEN touched any of this modding software before. And this to me was a MASSIVE leap of improvement since when i first tried to learn how to mod this game i couldn’t make heads or tails of the program. And well, i am happy to note that with the single placement of a jump gate in to the game and being able to rename the jump gate and move it around is a great improvement.So, ware am i going with this you ask? Each jump gate will be given the designation of his “Developer Planet” For example, planet tsudaten located in the jade falcon territory in clan space. So, to sum it all up. This is a good start, i have moved the jump gate to an undisclosed location in NY space because currently i do not want the jump gates to be easily found….Yet…anyway…
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Congrats on the modding achievement! Nothing beats that feeling when something you add works. You get hooked after that!
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Freelancer explorer Now go and build yourself some systems, you’ll have some fun with that tool. It’s not perfect, but if you’re starting off with modding you’ll love it.
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I should note that FLE is not perfect and you should expect to learn how to tweak “by hand” as well. You can build mods two ways:
1. By using XML in FLMM to create the changes you want to make, but this can mean a fair bit of hand editing.
2. “Building up” the mod directly on the Freelancer directories and then packaging it up as an installable executable or the like.There is a third way which you can use to make the mod flmm-able but I don’t exactly remember how.
Anyway, good luck, and make sure to keep backups!
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Haukum, i added two more systems. Twycross, and Tharkad. But now the issue i am having is i do not remember how to move them, i was up pretty much all night trying to remember how to even put jump gates in each system on till i began to finally get it right. Now when you come on later, we can do a “Join.me” session and you can look over what i have done so far and point out some things i didn’t do it right. And as before i will let you have access to my computer to help point out ware i went wrong.
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You let someone have remote access to your computer? Do you know them?
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Definitely a security risk. As a matter of routine principle I don’t take part in such remote sessions. There should be ample Youtube videos to consult, though.
