Freelancer Beta 1

Would there be issue with me uploading some screens? Do you want this kept quiet?

Hey Crazy run the server please - passworded

Tried running a server but it wouldn’t detect it. Tried -s127.0.0.1:2302 as well. I don’t have IPv6 either as far as I can tell.

Also, my disc check seems to have stopped working right. Probably because I tested freelancer.bat in the folder.

One of the F buttons also brings up another display, might’ve been F6.

w0dk4 wrote:
Why did they remove this…

I dont know, one of the best things I’ve seen so far…

Spent a pleasant couple of hours working on the Nomad Elite, it actually looks like the Nomad ship Icon in the contact list!

Attached a copy of the working model if anyone wants to play with it, I hacked a no_fighter sur to go with it. Very much a WIP, no wires and only basic Hardpoints. An interesting thing I have noticed is that the ship SURs do not have shield bubbles or weapon/shield/thruster hitboxes

w0dk4 wrote:
Why did they remove this…

The entire Beta UI is much better than the one shipped with the game. Seeing an overview of your ship and where the equipment is located seems much more intuitive than a list with class numbers.

Thaddeus wrote:

Nomad Elite

I might try restoring the animation on that Nomad Elite. I found animation nodes in the cmp, it seems the spikes are supposed to fold. Edit: Then again, not likely to be seen.

On another note, I noticed that the Bering gate was locked, I assume all gates out of Liberty are locked. Looking at the files however it seems the rest of Sirius exists in the Beta, deleting the locked gate entries would be useful in seeing if there’s any deleted content outside of Liberty (I’m looking at you, folding-winged Valkyrie!)

Noticed orange targets - they are near enemy for me

Zeus: PgUp/PgDown - camera switch between NPCs
Shift+PgUp/PgDown - camera switch between solars

-Hitting an object in cruise disrupts engines.
-F7 brings up Audio Viewer.
-Hostile NPCs (Rogues in the Badlands, at least) simply run in a straight line until ~730M before turning and opening up. Staying behind them means they just fly in a line.
-Ships visible flying past from the bar, including cruisers.
-Crazy speeds achievable through EK and thrust.
-Turning neutral NPCs hostile doesn’t affect new spawns, they will spawn neutral even with other NPCs of the same faction hostile. I think attacking NPCs turns all the ones currently in the vicinity hostile, though.

Slightly different Junker CSV model. Has an extending animated arm.
Slightly different Rh Banshee doesn’t have the cocked up texture on starboard cockpit.
Slightly Different Planet Malta planetscape, blue inside of yellowy, no surrounding terrain (hi_01_madrid_cityscape.cmp)

Yep. Malta looks better and reminds about cardamine

Edit: tried to run singleplayer(?) scripts from data\ScenarioSaves\ dropping them into exe folder with fl files - no luck.

So intresting what command line parameters has freelancer.exe

Some starspheres are different. The Omega starspheres are missing that weird-looking orange nebula south of Sirius. The Dyson Sphere starsphere is really different as well but it’s using blurry textures.

w0dk4 wrote:
You dont have problems with the music files? I seem to be missing a codec…

Found it! Anybody missing the codec, install this:

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Indeo_Codec.htm

All right…
I have the game installed, running with the correct cdcheck hack this time, changed the date, and am running my widescreen monitor at 1024x768 as it didn’t seem to work at the wider and higher resolutions.

Now, despite installing the Indeo Codec above I’m getting the following:
createsoundbuffer failed, error=#80070057 on loading of the initial menu screen.

Anything else I can try?

FYI, attempting to install the codec starts the installation the wheel spins, and then ends. Reading more it looks like I should have more options during the install but they don’t show.

Am I screwed because I’m 64bit?

won’t go past the first dialog box, just spins and closes

Beta Dyson Sphere:

w0dk4 wrote:
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Set your windows date to September 2002 and you will get …

As offtop or bonus you will cheat Skype by entering chats where you was removed

About topic: yeah, this one Dyson is better IMHO

Wish I could see it…
I’ll have to find an XP box somewhere…