Posts by The Dark Lord

If a first-person view is what you mean, try: ´CTRL-V´ First person view is standardly bound to this key combination. ´V´ is for rear view (looking behind you, seeing the pilot) You can check all key´s under F1 => options => controls

I have the same problem, but only under very strict circumstances: I have to buy a new ship, then change screens (from shipdealer to say, launchpad). Then it disconnects me from the server. However, this is a problem I´m only experiencing online. Singleplayer AND LAN play function perfect. Unfortunately, I haven´t been able to find a solution yet, so no online gaming for me... <img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> I know this isn´t much help, but check the following: -Mods installed? Get rid of em, install again if necessary (I have a clean install) -ALL drivers up to date? (video, sound, BIOS etc.) -Try a remove, reinstall

Huh? A file got corrupted on your ... <b><i>CD </i> </b>? That´s not only very odd, that an impossibility. Unless you have your game on a CD-RW (which means it´s a copy of the original ... illegal or otherwise), it´s just not possible. And even <i>if </i> it´s on a CD-RW, even then I question the possibility of a file getting corrupt on the CD. No, if you´re serious, the problem has to lie somewhere else.

Hm... that seems awfully weird. So, the game ran perfectly up until mission 5, then every time you start the game it crashes before you effectively get to the main menu? Are you running any mods that we should know of? Any more details? &quot;Never interupt your enemy, when he´s making a mistake&quot; -Napoleon Bonaparte

No dice. Uninstalled FL, rebooted and then installed it again. No luck. It still crashes every single time I try to buy a new ship. The lag seems to be more bearable now though, as I was able to complete my first mission (yay!). However, since I´ve received damage during the mission, I tried repairing my ship. That resulted in a disconnection from server. This also happens <b>EVERY </b> time. *sigh* I´m running out of theories, ideas and hope. So, please... anyone? <i>help! </i>

This just popped in my mind: You sure that none of the hardware got damaged during the storage (due to frost, vapor etc.)? Perhaps ... as a test, you could try to install a different videocard? I don´t know if you have easy access to one. I once had a similar problem with a vid card. That was due to the hardware being faulty. (was a TNT2 at the time).

Did you check all the settings after you installed the latest forceware drivers from NVIDIA? Perhaps one of the settings in the drivers is causing these flashes?

Hi there! Prepare for alot of hassle. I´ve <i>had </i> the same problem. I´ve upgraded my graphic card drivers (I have a GF ti 4200) from 43.45 to 44.something and I got that very same message. Solution: stuck with 43.45, then downloaded the new Foreware drivers from http://www.nvidia.com and after a reinstall of FL <b>AFTER </b> I installed the new drivers it worked! So: -remove freelancer -download latest forceware drivers from nvidia -install latest drivers from nvidia -install FL If that doesn´t work, shoot off another message. I´m betting that it has to do with the drivers for your video card. You could also try a rollback of the drivers to 43.45 (that always worked with me). Good luck &quot;Never interupt your enemy, when he´s making a mistake&quot; -Napoleon Bonaparte

Thanks again for the replies... No mods are active, since I haven´t even installed one yet. I recently formatted my HD, and FL was a clean install: no flmm, no mods; just the v1.1 patch from MS. I´ll try to remove FL and then full install it again, but I´m losing hope here... Anyway, thank for the assistance so far. Any more ideas perhaps? &quot;Never interupt your enemy, when he´s making a mistake&quot; -Napoleon Bonaparte

<font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>Hers´s your problem buddy. The same thing happened to me. I think because you are on a 56 k connection, you shou bad connection, so when you buy that rhino, it takes a while for the game to realize it. Same thing with weps. If you sell a wep or shield or something, you will not recieve the money for like a minute max. The thing with the rhino is that the game was trying to process the purchase, but your 56 k connection took it a while. So when you launched, it crashed. I am guessing you better get DSL/Cable connection. Please correct me if I´m wrong. <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> Thanks for the reply Lancer Pilot. I´ve been thinking the same thing. However: I get a ´server disconnected´ message EVERY time I purchase a new ship, while buying individual parts (such as new weapons and a countermeasure dropper) works perfectly! So that kinda rules out your theory in my specific case... Ah, I wish broadband was available here in the Highlands of Scotland. Unfortunately, since this is such a remote area, the only viable broadband would be through satelite. And that´s just way to expensive to my taste... <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> &quot;Never interupt your enemy, when he´s making a mistake&quot; -Napoleon Bonaparte

Nope... All games run fine. But then again, because of my connection speed I tend not to play them online, soooo... I wouldn´t really know how well they play on the ´net.

Thanks for the reply! Here´s the deal: formatted harddrive, freshly installed WinME with DX9.0b Updated drivers for: -graphics -modem Bios updated to latest version Fresh install of Freelancer (NO mods... I didn´t even install flmm) installed the v 1.1 patch from Microsoft (I know, it´s primarily for server ops, but I´m desperate here) Another note: works perfectly over LAN and singleplayer, but freaks out over the Internet. It´s probably got to do with my 56K connection, but I´m not really sure... I hope someone else can offer me some <i>intelligent </i> help.

yeah, it´s pretty odd that civilians do show up the way they are intended, and the rest as ´ID?´. From what I gather, Chips is a bit at a loss at this too, but the good fella is working on it! He´s contacting ppl to see how he can fix it. It´s really weird though that civilians do show up. Maybe he did something different here? Anyway, I still haven´t been able to fix the ID problem on my WinME comp. <img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

Good to see that a patch is near and that you´re working on the ID problem. Since I´m on WIN ME I´m willing to do some test work for ye. Just give me a shout at: jheijgelaar@hotmail.com

Hi Chips! I saw your mod here the other day, and downloaded it. Installed it into flmm just fine, activated it and launched FL. No problem here. Started multiplayer server and joined up. Here´s the problem: All infocards are missing.The solars list doesn´t show names, the navmap doesn´t show the system names and station names. All I get is ´ID?´ as a name. I´ve read in this thread that this may have something to do with not having WinXP installed (I have Win ME). I don´t buy that. firebase here posted something that might interest you to fix this (you haven´t replied to that yet): <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade> FYI... Chips... There will be a very minor and so simple and overlooked problem on inserting addons that will contain generatestres and generatexmlres. fllmm1.dll will be located under this label [DATA. [Resources DLL = InfoCards.dll ; Contains all infocard text resources DLL = MiscText.dll ; Contains other bulk text resource: rumor, offer, and mission text DLL = NameResources.dll ; Contains names of things, primarily. DLL = EquipResources.dll ;Contains names of equipment (in string table) and infocards for equipment (in HTML resources) DLL = OfferBribeResources.dll ; Contains random mission offers and bribes DLL = MiscTextInfo2.dll ;Contains MP UI elements as well as other misc. text DLL = te_mod.dll ; dll for the TEMP mod - don´t remove whilst active DLL = te_infocards.dll ; for the extra information search things [Data flmm1.dll &lt;----- will be written here by flmm and it will cause id generated to not function properly. you forgotten to insert a space DLL = te_infocards.dll ; for the extra information search things &lt;----- must put space here [DATA so flmm can insert its file correctly. and one other thing. very nice mod you have there. I used my mod with it after i corrected the problem. those battleships really rocks. Now if you could make them really strong, cuz when the raven comes it will really kicck it´s battleship´s ass. lol btw. The starviper as your starting default ship has a minor LOD problem. you didn´t change the parameters in the LODRanges it must be equivalent to 0, 99999 so we can see it in far distances as in the cinematics and cityscape. <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> I´m not a coder or modder, but this sounds like the solution to the infocard problem. Only problem is, I don´t know how the heck I could fix it myself! I figure it has something to do with a script that flmm uses to activate the mod, but I don´t know where I can fix it. Could you please help me with this, as I´m really looking forward to playing your mod. Ps. I have the 3 files installed: evolutions, the server patch and the miner patch. Hoping you can get back to me soon! Kind regards, &quot;Never interupt your enemy, when he´s making a mistake&quot; -Napoleon Bonaparte