The map is all open :(

ctalien

Guys, I need your help!

I downloaded a game with HD textures and all that stuff, but the problem is that the whole universe is visible and open on the map. All the routes and these blue lines.

What can I do to make it all not visible until I find it myself?

I just started the game and was very disappointed about that fact.
Thank you in advance!

On the picture below - that is what I see in the first mission. I think something is not right here.

Radiant

@ctalien I’m not completely sure. Is there some mod activated which modifies these files?:
\Freelancer\EXE\newplayer.fl
\Freelancer\EXE\mpnewcharacter.fl

You can also try to reset/move your savegames, they are stored here:
C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\Documents\My Games\Freelancer\Accts\SinglePlayer

ctalien

@Radiant The point is when I start a new game the map is fully open. No matter how many times I will make a new game this problem will persist. I don’t use any mods except for HD textures, but I’m not sure this is a mod at all.

robocop

I think you have to open up the Freelancer\EXE\mpnewcharacter.fl file (use Notepad) and go to the last section.

If you see more than the following, replace it with this:
visit = 2745692751,1 ;Li02
visit = 2208818767,1 ;Li03
visit = 2745633359,1 ;Li04
visit = 2945966082,1 ;Br01
visit = 2409077762,1 ;Br02
visit = 2945943554,1 ;Br03
visit = 2409063426,1 ;Br04
visit = 2945937410,1 ;Br05
visit = 2409040898,1 ;Br06
visit = 2281145474,1 ;Rh01
visit = 2818046082,1 ;Rh02
visit = 2281172098,1 ;Rh03
visit = 2817982594,1 ;Rh04
visit = 2281116802,1 ;Rh05
visit = 3013596745,1 ;Ku01
visit = 2476714569,1 ;Ku02
Visit = 3013590601,1 ;Ku03
visit = 2476692041,1 ;Ku04
visit = 3013559881,1 ;Ku05
visit = 3146760779,1 ;Iw01
visit = 2609888843,1 ;Iw02
visit = 3146754635,1 ;Iw03
visit = 2609858123,1 ;Iw04
visit = 3146732107,1 ;Iw05
visit = 2609851979,1 ;Iw06

This will probably not fix the problem for existing characters but hopefully it will fix it for any you create afterwards.

You can use this file: https://the-starport.net/freelancer/download/singlefile.php?cid=2&lid=24 to decrypt newplayer.fl and see if there’s anything in there that will fix the prob. I’ll check it out and get back.

EDIT: Nope, nothing in the vanilla newplayer.fl file that will make a difference. Just out of curiosity, what is the date/time on your newplayer.fl file? Should be June 30, 2009:03:24. If not, PM me and I can email you the vanilla file.

You can try that SaveEditor program on your restart.fl file in the My Games\Freelancer\Accts\SinglePlayer folder to see if there are any visit = lines in there and remove them.

disclaimer: my feeble skillz such as they were are much more rusty now than then. YRMV

Finally, you can always do a reinstall, just make sure you back up your My Games\Freelancer\Accts\SinglePlayer folder before you do.

Jeider

May be problem in Freelancer.exe. I know mods about open map. Try to find clean version of Freelancer.exe.

For example - this is hack for open map, may be your Freelancer.exe have it:

0009177A: 24 B0 show systems
00096CF7: 0A 0C show objects
00096CF8: C2 01 
0009765D: A8 0C show paths between systems

```Source: https://www.elite-games.ru/conference/viewtopic.php?t=21688&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=ee0a638857a6b081621242d0ddd52696

ctalien

Thanks for the help guys! Problem was in the .exe file. Thanks a lot!

robocop

Glad you got it sorted.
Which mod was it?

ctalien

I dunno the exact thing, but I found information about the installation, there was a small mentioning that the EXE for win7 was patched and included the open map…