@robocop Try wiping out the Freelancer folder in My Documents/My Games (after backing up your MP ID of course)

Also as its MP, are you 100% sure you are loading a Vanilla character? e.g. no FLU modified equipment/ships mounted?

@GoobleGaming are you sure you are launching the Freelancer HD shortcut instead of the Freelancer shortcut? The original one won’t launch in the same way you are describing.

I wonder if the problem is your save directory since you mentioned it crashes on dock. Perhaps OneDrive sync or anti virus or something is causing a file lock? There’s an option in the HD installer to change the save location.

Ensure you have DirectPlay installed under Legacy Components in Add/Remove Windows Features

@Squ1dly Version will always say 1.0. 1.1 does not change the visible version number.

If you’re invincible take a look at PerfOptions.ini in My Games/Freelancer and see if DIFFICULTY_SCALE is set to 0.00. it needs to be set at 1.00 to take damage.

Hi, the no cd exe is included in the vanilla patch: https://the-starport.com/forums/topic/6250/how-to-get-vanilla-freelancer-running-in-2023-no-cd

@Gold_Sear I’m afraid since it’s been converted to a static html site, that is no longer possible. However it should have been indexed by Google now. Try something like: site:lancersreactor.com test

Just done some googling and I don’t think the ROG Ally supports direct x 8 which Freelancer runs with. If you install the HD edition, it offers various wrappers for later versions of DirectX. Alternatively if you’d prefer to run the Vanilla/Combined patch, here is a link to the wrapper I use: link

Hi mate, are you just running Vanilla on it’s own without a no-cd hack / patch? If so, install a patch from this thread (assuming you’re not planning on running mods) and see if it resolves your issue.

Hi all,

Just been looking at the Forum stats over the past week and noticed one of our most popular searches is “no cd”.

So just thought I’d copy the guide we have on Discord over so people know how to get Vanilla Freelancer up and running in 2023.

This guide is only intended for Vanilla players, that means no other mods.

Download and Install Freelancer

The first step is to download and install the base game. I won’t post a link to the download here, but it’s pretty easy to find.

We recommend that you don’t install Freelancer to Program Files as this has caused issues for users in the past. If you have another drive, installing to D:\Microsoft Games\Freelancer or something would be ideal.

Patching

You have two options here, only select one of these.

Freelancer HD Edition
This contains all the fixes (JFLP, No CD EXE, and more) as well as additional bug fixes and graphical improvements.

• Download the latest FreelancerHDSetup.exe from https://www.moddb.com/mods/freelancer-hd-edition/downloads
• Open the setup file and read the instructions on-screen carefully

Vanilla Patch (Combined 1.1, JFLP, No-CD)
This contains just the fixes required to get you up and running with no graphical improvements.

• Download the self extracting zip
• Extract to your Freelancer installation e.g. D:\Microsoft Games\Freelancer

You will need to right click and “Run as Admin” for the patch if installing to Program Files.

Installing other mods

If you are intending to install other mods, we recommend not installing the patches above and instead following the mod’s installation instructions. HD Edition and the combined patch are intended for Vanilla players and are not compatible with other mods unless otherwise stated by the mod’s developers.

No prob! Btw if you have discord, we’re more active on there currently: https://the-starport.net/discord

It is up and working. Have you updated your freelancer.ini to point to the new list server?

In order to install it, you must browse to your Freelancer executable folder, usually found under C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Freelancer\EXE. From there, locate “Freelancer.ini” and open it up in a plain-text editor.
You’ll find the following line:

hostname = fllistserver.zone.msn.com ; GUN server in Redmond (DNS entry)

Replace that line with the following lines:

;hostname = fllistserver.zone.msn.com ; GUN server in Redmond (DNS entry)
hostname = gun.fllistserver.com ; www.fllistserver.com

Welcome back!

If you haven’t joined already here is the Freelancer discord: https://discord.gg/8vZnZGF

If you haven’t already I’d recommend doing some online tutorial for Git as well as some basic introductory course to C++. Just google around, there’s plenty of them.

Here’s what I would recommend:

• Clone the repo and compile the project for the first time.
• Set up a test server and load your compiled copy of FLHook
• Start looking at the source of each plugin. See if you can make a simple change (e.g. change the wording of some of the outputs)
• Try and make a more complicated change (e.g. a new command that does something simple)
• Start documenting the current plugins. Having to write comments explaining what something does will force you to figure out what it does.

Doing those things will give you a starting point for further FLHook development. I’m afraid you won’t find much in the way of FLHook tutorials.

There’s a few FLHook people in the community discord: https://discord.gg/8vZnZGF Feel free to pop in and ask a question if you get stuck.

I don’t know that much about it so these are probably basic suggestions:

1.) Check the following entry is in freelancer.ini

hostname = gun.fllistserver.com ;GUN server provided by www.fllistserver.com
port = 2300

2.) Add the IP address via http://flserver.de/add_server.php

Whats the error? Usually the issue is:

You will need to right click and “Run as Admin” for the patch if installing to Program Files.

Hi all,

JFLP changes loadouts_special.ini for a number of Battleship bases. For example br_battleship_co_01 (Battleship Hood) removes the engine and the tractor.

If a server is running completely Vanilla and the client is running JFLP (or vice versa), this mismatch in the Solar loadout can cause a client crash.

Replication steps are:

1.) Have a vanilla server
2.) Have a client with JFLP
3.) Undock from the Battleship Hood, shoot it to make it hostile. Fly around it for a few minutes. Crash usually occurs when you are about 500m from it.

I have attached a debugger and had the following offset:

Exception thrown at 0x06621C15 (engbase.dll) in Freelancer.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000005.

Any help or advice would be appreciated. An ideal solution would be one that allows both Vanilla and JFLPd players to interact with these Battleship bases without a crash.

Laz wrote:
I have encountered issues with this before if the path is invalid, it will not start. Check that the path set in the registry is correct.

Just confirmed that UTFXML.exe will crash without the correct FL install path in the registry:

Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000
Faulting process ID: 0x2848

Setting Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Freelancer\1.0\AppPath resolves it.