Hi,
could somebody help me to solve this problem?
My freelancer copy just won’t run. It keeps crashing on loading screen. I have Windows 7 x64 with latest updates, runtimes, etc.
But still it is missing some dll’s I never heard about.
PS. Screenshot: http://epvpimg.com/4sMjc
First of all you create a folder called “update” or any other name you like, on your server.
Then you open this folder and create 3 more folders called “exe”, “data” and “dll” where you put all your files you want to be checked. It’s like normal Freelancer architecture of folders, like if you want to update for example “misc.ini” (<- is in data\equipment folder in Freelancer), you upload it in “data/equipment/misc.ini” on your server.
That all about uploading files. Now you should edit “patch.cfg” file.
Open it with any text editor you want.
If you did, you will see this:
[PatchServer]
; This is your server url.
Url = http://www.example.com/
; This is a folder name you created from start.
; For me it was "update"
Root = updater/
; This is a file with all the files you want to update.
; You can create this file with help of "Patch builder".
Data = update.txt
[GameServer]
; This is an IP address of you FL server.
Ip = 127.0.0.1
; And also port.
Port = 2302
Edit it with your server information and save.
Now we going to create an update list. First step is to open “PatchBuilder.exe”. In first textbox you should select your mod folder. In second textbox you should select a path where you want to save your update list. Now simply click “Create” and it will create full update list of your mod. Now upload this list to your sever in “update” folder. Now try to run updater and it should start to path your standart freelancer folder. You can change your standart freelancer folder in registry.
@How it works:
This updater simply checks MD5 Hash of the file on the web with current one in your Freelancer folder. If it’s not the same it will delete current file and download new one. If curent file does not exist in Freelancer folder but on server, it will also download it.
@KillerJaguar: Look at my updater here.
It’s still in beta becouse i didnt have any free time to improve it, i even forgot to upload it to forge lol. But there are no bugs so far. Originally i wrote it for Tekagis Treasure server so if you want to test it, go on and give it a try, so you can give me some feedback about it or some info about features you want/need so i can release them in next version. If you need help with it contact me 
@Cannon: Thanks for pointing me on this forge project I forgot about it lol.
**Hello everyone.
Today I want to show you my new updater release for Freelancer.
This updater is fully standallone application, that means it requies no external DLLs,
runtime interpreter or anything else.
It has userfriendly interface and it’s also easy to configure.
Feel free to test it but beware of bugs becouse it is still Beta.
If you find some bugs please report them to me via PM.
For more information contact me via PM.**
Screens :
Project type : Tool
Project name : Freelancer Updater
Project nickname : FLUP
Description :
This tool is a small updater application for Freelancer written in Visual Basic. It will help people who running big mod’s, easy to create update packages, and make sure that the players running latest version of your mod.
Forge acc name :
Grimmjow
Well i had the same problem long time ago. I also created a server but no one of my friends was able to connect to it.
So i searched for a solution and i found one. Try program called Hamachi. This program creates a private network between 2 or more PC’s. Here is more information on how to use it. http://hamachi.en.softonic.com/
If you need help with this tool, just pm me
Grimmjow out.
ok i gonna give it a try
Well I had the same problem two weeks ago
So I did the same thing… just edited it with ResHack 
Now i have no probs so far.
P.S : VB rocks !
Good job… respect 
Thanks
C++ is nothing for me.
Btw Visual basic got some cool futures in 2010 edition.
I can give it a try. Pm me with more information 
Well ya. ^^ I tryed C++ but never liked it. And then i found .NET
and coz i dont like C-like languages at all i took VB.
Hey guys.
Well today i found my old updater for freelancer made in VB.NET that i made long time ago.
So i through maybe someone need this. It’s may be very buggy
becouse it is still Alpha version. So feel free to correct it or make it better if you want.
This updater has userfriendly Gui (All in one window) so it wont be a problem for a newby to run it.
The whole problem is .NET Not every player has .NET 3.0 - 3.5 installed.
Well for me it takes about 1-2 mins to update full freelancer with 12.000 files.
But ya. Connection playes a role. So if you have internet connection 700kb - 1mb
it can take longer.
Screen :
But well. Here is sourcecode.
If you want to use it, there it only one rule - let Autor label like it is. Dont change it.
http://rapidshare.com/files/262197425/RealUpdater.rar
Well … List file should look like this :
/exe/dacom.ini
/exe/gls_workaround.ini
/exe/gls_workaround.dll
/exe/libcurl.dll
/data/folder/file.ini
/dll/folder/file.ini
So you should only write file path from exe , data or dll folders.
For more information pm me ^^