Can you set Ioncross to run in XP compatibility mode, I don’t know if that would make a difference but it’s a suggestion if you haven’t tried!

I found what seems to be a very compliant decoder / encoder here: http://nullprogram.com/projects/bini/binitools.html
I haven’t seen quotes in the ini section headers but I tested it and it appeared to work, although other versions of bini don’t do the same…

Is anyone more familiar and can comment on the difference here?

That said I tend not to use bini and use the SDK as a starting point instead, it has a quite a few bug fixes as well as including the ini files in their decoded format.

Ah right, I do use Xfire and run a ventrilo server on my computer for chatting when playing games (usually Red Alert 3 these days, it’s no freelancer though!). It’s a pity IRC isn’t used, It may be an ancient protocol but I do love it!

What are the most up-to-date mods in use at the moment? Would that be things like the Void mod?

Thank you for the warm welcome!

Well hello!

I haven’t actually heard of this website before!

Anyway I’ve been playing Freelancer since the demo with an episode of PC Gamer before the actual release date where I loved this game, I guess my most fond memories spawned on Ioncross back when Victor’s MP mod was in use, fun times!

It’s been something of a goal of mine to write a mod for many years now but I’m not sure if that will ever happen now, the game is looking fairly dated now! And it takes quite an effort to get everything working (new hardware causing problems, global server down, resolution requiring patches to cameras.ini and the like).

Anyway that combined with the fact that I’m currently at university trying my luck at programming is leaving my void of spare time, so I don’t know how realistic this goal is!

I’ve probably met a fair few of you before, nice to say hello everyone! I’ll attempt to play a little active part in the community here, see how that works out.

Also, is there an IRC channel on the go anywhere?! I do like the real time chat!