Re: Freelancer and Windows 10

the 5.48e on moddb was pieced together by one of our admins who really had no clue what he was doing at the time…so I’m not even sure if it works properly. If you want a 5.48.2 that you can use for SP, best bet is in the downloads here.
https://the-starport.net/freelancer/download/singlefile.php?cid=8&lid=2668

Trying to find the file perfoptions.ini on windows 10 after installing the game, but I cannot locate the file anywhere. Even performed a PC wide search but nothing comes up. Anyone know of this issue or where to find the file. Otherwise the game runs fine for me so far.

Have since found the solution. The my documents portion of the game did not appear until after the game was first launched, was not aware the game had to be launched first, my apologies

Thanks

I´ll post this, because there are plenty of poeple out there
in need for hints or solutions when it comes to issues with Freelancer on WIN 10. Be advised, that the following steps should work as well on all other “x64” OS´s (like WIN 7 and WIN 8 / 8.1) :

Important Note:
Every Install SHOULD/MUST be done with the right-click option: “run as administrator” !!!

1:
DO NOT install the original game in the pre-defined Folder "…/Program Files(x86)…) NEVER ! NO NO NO ! Just… DON´T !
Choose another location instead. (maybe another hard-drive would be a good solution too and should always do the trick to avoid incompatibility-issues)
Example: “D:/Freelancer” or “D:/Old-GAMES/Freelancer”…

2:
Activate/Install the Windows Legacy component: “DirectPlay” in your System-Settings ! This is VERY IMPORTANT !
Otherwise Freelancer WILL NOT RUN on WIN 10 (and other more recent OS than WIN-XP).

3:
Install the official MS-Patch called “1.1” to avoid issues when it comes to Multiplayer-Account-creation and other minor bugs of the first release.
download: https://the-starport.net/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=1&lid=2639
and run it as administrator as well.

4:
You NEED to use the no-cd Freelancer.exe, as Win10 misses the drivers required for the copy protection of the original game.
download : https://the-starport.net/freelancer/download/singlefile.php?cid=1&lid=2649
and place the .exe-file in your …/Freelancer/EXE-Folder

5:
Ignore the “warning-message” regarding a non-supported Grafics-card. This is NOT an issue that keeps Freelancer from running properly on newer Systems. (A fix for this can be found here at the Forums of TSP anyways)
download: https://the-starport.net/freelancer/forum/dl_attachment.php?attachid=1521040746&post_id=63740
and place the .txt-file in your …/Freelancer/EXE-Folder

6:
MAKE SURE that Freelancer and its components are not getting blocked or deleted by any Anti-Virus / Anti-Malware-Software.
If you like to play Freelancer in ONLINE-mode you´ll have to give permission to the required components of Freelancer.
(Your Firewall SHOULD ask you how it is supposed to handle the Internet-traffic of those components.)

7:
If crashes occur right after the Intro-Movies:
DELETE the File: “Restart.fl” in your “My Documents/My Games/Freelancer” Folder-structure. Sometimes the problem is also caused by a broken / corrupted save-file from other game-sessions as well.
So, in the first place: copy your old save-files elsewhere, and keep the “My Games”-Folder clean (or even better: DELETE IT) when starting up a fresh install.

8:
Sometimes the “run as Administrator” or the “compatibility-mode Windows XP (SP2/SP3)” is required for “Freelancer.exe” to run properly.

For further help and “troubleshooting”, please feel free to contact me.

Awesome, I did what JR (above) said and it is working great so far. I haven’t been online, But I’m playing through the game again –- So long ago that I forgot what was going on. Old age makes it a new game again.

Installed from my CD - (as admin in a different directory)
Applied 1.1 patch
no-cd freelancer.exe
Lagacy - direct- X enabled (also checked to see .net 3.5 is enable)

Seems smooth on my Lenovo ideapad 100 laptop.

Just thought I’d share and thanks to this site for the help.

Placing a post here just so I can find it again later. This thread contains useful info to help me develop a new installer/launcher/patcher.

u are hero… i try 2 days. I finally got it working because of you. The part I missed is in a different directory. endless thanks

J.R. wrote:
I´ll post this, because there are plenty of poeple out there
in need for hints or solutions when it comes to issues with Freelancer on WIN 10. Be advised, that the following steps should work as well on all other “x64” OS´s (like WIN 7 and WIN 8 / 8.1) :……