the fake freeworlds mod

    If there was a way, we could put him on Freeport 7 one minute before it was destroyed. Just a thought, mind you. "This is Liberty hall, you can spit on the mat and call the cat a bastard." Commodore John Grimes, Rim Worlds Naval Reserve

    This is Liberty hall, you can spit on the mat and call the cat a bastard. Commodore John Grimes, Rim Worlds Naval Reserve

    In (what we call) Real Life, white dwarfs are solid ya know. The sun´s layer of burning gas gets so huge that it cant hold it and it just floats off. Thats what scientists think will hapen to outr sun. I´m A Forum Bowser! Edited by - darkfighter on 9/26/2005 3:42:37 PM

    I am as much in the dark over who has done this as anyone else. One of my mod team found on the net a Freeworlds 1.66 mod for download (which is quite strange in itself, as even the test mods are not called Freeworlds 1.66 and the mod is unrealised to the public as yet) and realised it´s potential danger. I am not sure what type of file it is, but it is apparantly 150meg and contains a bat file that goes through and deletes several important windows files. This leaves me to believe that is someone who has at least read a topic here in Lancers Reactor a while ago. Why? Because in one topic I mentioned I was looking for a self-extracting exe type file for Freeworlds instead of the normal FLMod zip file (for certain reasons clear in that thread), and that it´s approximate finished size at that time was guess would of 150meg (it will be very different in size to that with the continued development). And now this has turned up with the same characteristics but with the potential to harm peoples PC´s. That is the only time that that estimate was given. Coincidence? However, all I can say is hopefully we caught this in time to limit as much damage from this potential abuse. At several main freeworlds sites and also here we have made it clear that when Freeworlds 1.66 is finally released, that you should only download it from an authorised source. To repeat what is in the news, these sites include: Lancers Reactor, the Freeworlds Development Forums, the Freeworlds RP Server Forum and the Freeworlds-FR Server Forum. People should not download the mod from any other location when it is released. I find it very sad that some twisted individual has developed this, especially after all the hard work and sacrifice (and I really do mean sacrifice, you guys have no idea), that has gone into making Freeworlds 1.66. But what is probably even sadder is that this individual who has done it is probably thinking they are big and clever in doing so and laughing at the amount of trouble they have caused so far with it. I pity such a person. Freeworlds Mod Developer Author of Modular Station ´There is no Good nor Evil in the universe, just perceptions and circumstances.´ Edited by - Aldebaran28 on 9/26/2005 6:44:58 PM

    Freeworlds Mod Developer Author of Modular Station `There is no Good nor Evil in the universe, just perceptions and circumstances.`

    Well, then the best thing, is to report them to thier server, the one where you can get this download. As it is intended to harm Windows files, it can then be considered a crime and they can go to jail for it. Best way to get even, is to turn them in. <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

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    I agree with Finalday, they should go to jail, someone that destroys property (Namely files, windows components) should be tracked down and at least fined. By the way, why was my word bleeped? I´m A Forum Bowser!

    <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>By the way, why was my word bleeped? <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> its a filter, and it removes words that were deemed to be offensive etc. I dunno what word it was, and I don´t want to know either - the filter is weird and removes some words, but leaves others (especially english swear words). It doesn´t mean post with swear words though... As for what to do? Calm down, don´t get worked up - and change the version number if people are worried about it. Building up a frantic hate campaign isn´t actually going to acheive anything at all, so you may as well divert your energies into having the download removed from its location (unless its a P2P network), and then working on alerting the community whom maybe vulnerable (I wasn´t aware people looked for mods downloads on P2P networks when they have TLR offering them first anyway... why was someone?). Lets keep this out of Steam Forum type convos though - &quot;OMFG lets hax0rs teh lo53rs&quot;.

    It´s a disgrace that some freak is so sad he decides to ruin a good game for people. I´ve seen all the screenies of 1.66, so if its a big new shiny version why not call it 1.7 or 2.0? It´ll stop anyone getting confused. I mean if this is 1.66, then any mod afterwards is going to be...well...amazing. Keep up the goood work. Also...what to do with the person who created it: string him up and let him watch all the fun people are having when the REAL 1.66 comes out. <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Edited by - Woody on 9/30/2005 8:13:18 AM

    If any of you are familiar with the Corsairs, you should keel-haul him. Put him in a tattered space suit, hook him to a tough cable, and go through a jump hole. Slowly tears the er...umm..victim to shreads. Thank king henry the III for that one <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

    Hay ya know what i do with my prisoners? I made a system and a &quot;fake&quot; bace so you camnt dock, or see it. When i move u and u respawn you just explode and respwn in the same place but it looks like its space the only difff is that its black and you cant do anything...

    ------------------------------------- "You dont see me, you dont hear me, but you know im there." I will bild the first Galactic Empire!

    now THAT´s evil. that´s like...worse than banning. Worse than being sent to Oosthuzien in 1.65 freeworlds. (only had that happen to me once, luckily, never banned!) if you want evil, there´s prison station mitchell in the alaska system. or you could just make an entire prisoner system, the starscape is the rules!!!! and no way out. instead of banning people, you could just send them there and have them beg for forgiveness while reading the rules. (i know that rp.kurbaga.com does this for the forums...the DOOMED by zaccar.) ok what we should do: *note not realistically* slap him into a glass house, but the lights are blazing in bright red, blue, green, yellow, purple, alternatively, and you can´t shut them off. and there´s no computer. no internet, no radio, no TV. You better not touch that button. *touch* Great, you just deleted the best mod ever. What mod? Too late now. You deleted it.

    no; we should toss the holy hand grenade at him!(or she) the manual shows how: &quot;And the Lord spake, saying, &quot;First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.&quot;

    "And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it."