Don’t know if I’m a bit lost in the woods here, a bit late in any case, but a nice little program I’ve been using is Freelancer Simple Save Editor. You can change practically everything with it.

Thanks for your reply Bobthemanofsteel , but I managed to find an answer, at last. Not the one I would mostly have wanted, since I would have preferred a pure Windows one. But still, it seems to work, and it might be helpful for others too, fighting with some problems in this area –- Windows 7 seems to have a paranoid headache with the Administrator part: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html?ltr=T

Otherwise a good OS, probably the best Microsoft produced.

Sorry Friends, if I’m repeating something, I tried to look for answers here and through Google. I also feel bad about not being very active within Freelancer.

Anyway, I went over to Windows 7, and I can’t turn the Freelancer files from Read Only to files I can manage, even if I’m logged as Administrator.

Thought someone here might have had some problems like this, thus the courage to ask.

Cheerio-o-oh.

Hi and welcome.

Space is addictive. It may be all the space there is…

Freestalker.fr wrote:
Why? It has always interrogate me. Is it lod’s, animations, or other?

As far as I understand it’s those “Heaven only knows” things. I’m not an expert modder, or IT specialist, but from what I have read wiser ones, the only real solution would, probably, be to get our hands on the Source Code.

“There’s a pea somewhere under the princess’ mattress, and without the Source Code we are unable to locate it”.

Welcome Friend. You could revolutionize the asteroid part, eh?

Welcome people. Feel free to ask around. I’m not a grand size modder, but if you need basic knowledge in Systems, I may be able to give you some.

But generally, people here know a lot more than me.

So what? Space is a great place to be, eh? … enjoy!

I’m probably repeating what you already know, but in case someone else might need it:

First you resize the .cmp by 1,8 or 0,2 or anything, and it’s “comma” not “dot”.
Then you resize the .sur by “Automatic to cmp” or other, value 0 - ~.

It works fine with custom ships et.all., but vanilla has problems.

Hi.

I could be interested in making some Systems. You can find my works in http://s514.photobucket.com/albums/t350/Hamarahakki/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ20. I was rather active in the Uberlancer project, but haven’t really been doing much in the past two years.

I’m quite experimental and improvising. I generally think that space is black, but components may be highly colorful. My main inspiration is Hubble http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/nebula.

Feel free to contact, best done through e-mail. I’m a sturdy old bull with 52 years on my neck.

Cheers, and best of luck.

• PT

Good to hear Juni is fine. Best news this far in 2011.

Don’t know, I may be a bit out of everything after a couple of years of non-activity in Freelancer, but as a System Builder I must say, I don’t recognize your problem.

Why not start your Systems with Freelancer Explorer? It’s a rather debated program, but it works fine in the initial stages - and besides, one of the most stable mods ever produced in Freelancer, Epsilon, was built with it.

Sorry if I’m out… just wishing to help.

StarTrader wrote:
Welcome back.

But I claim the title “Old Man” for myself!

You can have it and keep it. No problem.

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Thanks for the welcomes, everyone.

Yeah well, the topic refers more to my physical age (52) than any real hardcore experience in Freelancer, not to mention modding it. Haven’t been active with FL for almost two years, and to my personal embarrassment I must say, I hope no one remembers my previous presentation here on Starport… not the brightest of moments in history of mankind.

I was active in the late Uberlancer project, but then I sort of died when it died… which death occurred first, is hard to tell.

Anyway, I’ve sort of revived, and heading back to space. I just played vanilla, and it was gorgeous, and all the new details coming through an updated PC - not the supermodel though - was simply awesome.

OK, just wanted to say hi. In the mod area I’m a System maker, and I have this urge for big systems, using all of the 3D of space. In case someone else is there too…

But, cheerio, all of you.

And I must say, it’s quite an achievement to have kept this site this well alive for this long!

What’s bright mind, or mad blindness above everything?

In the sense of a game, I doubt our knowledge.

Get along, it’ll be just fine.

@Nightstalker:

I hate doing this so here it goes. This needs to stop now, this thread has turned into who has the best community, who’s been in the FL community the longest, and I have done this for the community, etc, etc. I see one little jib turn into 5 pages of spam. Does it ever stop?? I can go to at least 3 different sites and see the same stuff over and over again. I even get propositioned by the Swat Community to join them (Jan 2008). Now I know why I like to be quiet because of all the negative stuff that goes on in the Freelancer Community in general. More than likely anything I try to post on my mod will get overrun by fanboys and their ilk (Come to this sever we have the best community, we have the best mod, we won this award, we have been nominated this many years in a row, etc. Come on, just because a mod is nominated doesn’t mean it is the best) and the original topic be forgotten (Like this one).  Come on guys, are we trying to kill FL or make it live?? More than likely, I’ll catch flak from this, but I can care less. I am about to strike out on my own if stuff like this keeps on going on.

You’re just about right. And persons who have been associated longer with Freelancer, have said the same: There’s unnecessary competition within the Freelancer community. My personal view is, I would want to participate in the best mod ever - I’m a member in Uberlancer - but can that be made?

I wish it could, I’m even sure it could… but the narrowmindness of men seem to obstruct.

I welcome you and all others willing to participate in a common cause. Personal e-mail [email protected].

I’m a half crazy 50 years old system maker, not a pro at all. But I can do some nice stuff, check at

http://www.uberlancer.com/index.php/topic,645.msg7506.html#new (Uberlancer / Space my trace).

In case anyone is doing something meaningful, I just might be available. Personal e-mail [email protected].

Remember: I love the game, not you.

Concentrate on the work, and even: what you can do for others.

Otherwise, may beeps bite you.

Thanks Grey Wolf.

Cats are scratchy, I know that. But I’m not a digger, I’m a maker and a builder. I know there’s a lot we could do to improve this grand game, and I don’t really care about the name of the project.

The thing is to get it rolling, and rolling well. That way we can all enjoy it.

I’m an idealist, I know, I know… ;D

Hi everyone.

Im certainly a part of the senior club here - modestly 50 by age, getting better by years just like good wine.

I played Freelancer for a couple of years, started to try mods, ended up with Frontierspace, and by that time I (clumsily) began to alter files.

About a year ago I joined the Uberlancer project, and I’m still active there. I think there are a lot of acchievements to be made wihin this game. My field is systems building. In case you’re interested, my work can be seen at www.uberlancer.com >>> space my trace.

Looking for a nice screensaver I ended up with an own package. It’s completely freeware, and has 80 authentic Hubble pictures. Even if you don’t use it as a screensaver, the slide show is worth to see. You can pick it up at

http://www.mediafire.com/file/jml2dlik2ow/Screensaver_forwarded_by_PT.zip

Anyway, nice to be here. I’ve already downloaded several of your tutorials. ;D