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Difference between revisions of "Freelancer"

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* '''[http://www.moddb.com/downloads/freelancer-mod-manager-15 Freelancer Mod Manager]''' is a program that simplifies installing and managing mods for the game. Mods compatible with this program have file extansion <code>*.flmod</code>.
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* '''[http://www.moddb.com/downloads/freelancer-mod-manager-15 Freelancer Mod Manager]''' is a program that simplifies installing and managing mods for the game. Mods compatible with this program have file extension <code>*.flmod</code>.
  
 
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=== Modifications ===

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Key points

Active modding scene.
Not available on any digital distribution channels, only through retail.
Master servers for multipalyer were shut down at April 8th, 2008.[1] See fllistserver for a workaround.

General information

The Starport - modding information and forums.
The Starport Wiki installation guide.
Microsoft has individual support pages for video and sound issues for Windows 95/ME/XP.

Availability

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Freelancer is currently unavailable as a digital release.

Improvements

Patches

The official patch primarily affects server stability for multi-player and is not necessary for single player. It does not address any graphics or sound issues mentioned below.

Utilities

  • Freelancer Mod Manager is a program that simplifies installing and managing mods for the game. Mods compatible with this program have file extension *.flmod.

Modifications

Video settings

Video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Issues fixed

It is sometimes necessary to start a new game, delete all your saved games or reinstall Freelancer in order for the following fixes to be successful.

Sound issues

If there is either no sound or voices or music cut in and out the following fixes may solve the problem.

  • Most sound issues can be traced to problems with the Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec. Uninstalling and reinstalling this codec as described on Microsoft's website can fix the problem. Other people have had success in both Windows 98 and Vista 32-bit by copying the l3codeca.acm file from the c:\windows\system32\ directory to the c:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Freelancer\EXE\ directory and renaming it as l3codecp.acm.
  • Another possible fix is disabling 3-D sound in the options menu.

Video Issues

Microsoft lists several solutions for video issues.

Issues unresolved

Main issues Two primary issues when running on modern systems:

Graphics issues resulting in a black screen or general crashes.
There can be sound issues causing voices or music to temporarily be muted.

System requirements

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References