and after clicking on the icon
sorry… I have no idea how to minimize these pictures =/

Sure! I took a picture with my phone. Immediately after this window the game crashes to the desktop without any other Error.

I didnt install it in the default folder. I use another Hard Drive for my games. But a good idea.

Hello my dear freelancer-community,

some days ago, my roommates made me a special birthday gift and bought me Freelancer. I really loved this game back then and I was pretty excited to play it again. But well… you know what comes next. But let me tell you first, that I spent many hours in the internet to solve this problem by myself.

Im using Windows 10 Ultimate 64 bit
8GM RAM
CPU Type
Intel Core i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz
Freelancer: Ubisoft Exclusive

Problem: If i want to start freelancer this happens:

• Notice: Freelancer probably wont work exactely because of my graphics card (AMD Radeon R9 200 GDDR 5 4096 MB). I answer the question if I want to continue with “Yes” and go on.
• Everything works including the intro-video
• for a short time I can see the Freelancer-Screen (picture of planets and stuff)
• then I get a notice, that my “used account and password arent valid on this server” or something like that. Notice: I never played Freelancer on this PC before.
• right after this I can see the Freelancer-Screen again for about half an second and then the game crashes to the desktop. No menu, no nothing.

This is what I tried until now (in this sequence I think)

• installing freelancer directly from the CD
• updating the game to version 1.1
• using the “one and only” No-CD-Exe from Starport
• enabled legacy options (Direct Play) from within ‘Windows features’
• Running the .exe file as Admin
• running it in Compatibility Mode for WinXP SP 2/SP 3
• using the JFLP file (I think for widescreen-compatibility… not sure)

Nothing worked. I also tried to use an ID-Generator and the account manager but the game still crashes after the intro. Only thing which changed is the message I get right before the crash. Something like I should change my Accound and Password. But no menu, only the crash.

Also I searched for old save files even if I knew that there couldnt be one… you know, because of internet advice.

Now Im pretty disappointed and have no Idea what to try next. I would really love to play this old piece of gold again. Please help me!

Notice: Sorry for my english… aaaand Im not so good at PCs. I would really aprecciate it if you could keep it as simple as possible ^^.

Thanks for your help,

Martin