Just bought 2 copies of some sort of Freelancer beta

Did you delete My Documents/My Games/Freelancer/Accts? That could be causing the crash. If that fails, you could try this:

-Make a new, separate folder.
-Copy EXE and DLLs from a regular retail 1.0 FL install to the new folder.
-Copy the DATA folder from one of the Betas to the new folder.
-Clear the accts folder and then try running FL.

This could allow you to access the beta using the more stable 1.0 exe and dll files. Or it might crash because of differences between the beta and retail.

EDIT: Comparisons with the vanilla retail 1.0 exe:
Size - 2.86 MB
Version - 1.0.1223.11 / 1, 0, 0, 0
Modified - 04 February 2003, 20:04

I’d be very interested in a copy of both. PM me.

Interesting, I was only aware of the 0.89 beta.

ImgBurn is a good way of making image files, hint hint

Wow, this is so cool !! It’s like a treasure hunt where we discover long forgotten artifacts

Yeah, it would be awesome to have an image of the beta versions, for lost content and maybe lost functionality.

Do you have a reasonably fast internet connection to upload it somewhere?
I could give you an ftp account or you can directly upload to our download database and we’ll see about how to share with interested folks to keep it legal (i.e. senior area).

I may help you to run disks by teamviewer

Any screenshots?

5-pool-cat-rush wrote:
Any screenshots?

You didn’t read this thread, did you?

I must say I’m fascinated!
As far as I can imagine it, there should be difference between this beta’s engine (the 2001 version most likely) and the engine we see now (not less, but more features in the beta), if this beta really is what I think it is.
Share a link once you upload it!

I admit i am excited and would love to explore the image too