Crossfire 2.0 - Activation

    The activation of Crossfire 2.0 usually must be made with the Freelancer Mod Manager 1.3. So once you have finished the installation process (also detailed in FAQ) you should have a new entry in your mods list of FLMM. Before you choose to activate Crossfire 2.0 make sure no other mod is activated. If there is one activated - first deactivate it before you proceed.

    NOTE:
    There is one minor thing you should be aware before you continue with the activation of the Crossfire 2.0 mod. Make sure you have full access to your freelancer installation folder - eventually remove the write protection on files and folders. It turned out that this might prevent the mod from properly activate. You are now ready to activate the mod.


    In FLMM click the button "activate mod". You now will get a pop-up dialog (Choose mod options) where you are asked to choose the options Crossfire should be activated, e. g. what character you want to have, if you want to enjoy the mod in full details (high res graphics) and a lot more. Please make sure you choose wisely. Once chosen and activated you can not switch to another option easily. Mainly this means to do the whole installation and activation process again. If you confirm your selection FLMM will start to activate the mod. Depending on your PC this might take a few minutes. During this process FLMM eventually will not respond or refreshes its dialog. This is normal - you should be patient until FLMM will notify you about the proper activation or errors. In later case FLMM will not activate Crossfire 2.0 and report in its own log box the reason for the errors. Mostly this is either due to missing access rights or files that could not be copied or are missing. Unfortunate once an you witness an error you have to do the whole thing again. A clean installation of Freelancer and activation of the mod.


    So the basics steps summarized:


    • Before activating the Crossfire 2.0 mod:

      • Start the Freelancer Mod Manager 1.3
      • If you have played other mods before you need to deactivate them all. Also the previous version of Crossfire - 1.9. [How to unmark the mod without deactivating it in FLMM can be find in FAQ - entry called "Q: is possible have installed and play more FL mods at once?" ]
      • At least now make sure you have a clean installation of Freelancer. The mod wont properly activate if eventually other mods are activated or there are files missing from the Freelancer folder.


    • Activate the Crossfire 2.0 mod:

      • Press the button "activate mod" in FLMM.
      • Choose your mod options - following a list of possible options

        • Choose your Multiplayer Character: (Note: previews you can see here: Crossfire 2.0 - Mod options )

          • Crossfire Trent
          • Original Trent
          • Tekagi
          • Orillion
          • Quintaine
          • King
          • Syd
          • Ozu
          • Lonnigan
          • Akiro
          • Tobias
          • Kress
          • Vanpelt
          • Vance
          • VonClaussen
          • Walker
          • Blix
          • Neimann
          • Dexter
          • Reed
          • Hochstedler
          • SWAT_OP-R8R (himself)


        • Choose how Juni should look like:

          • Classic Outfit
          • Sexy Outfit 1
          • Sexy Outfit 2


        • Choose your Intro music:

          • Crossfire Standard
          • Crossfire intro 1
          • Crossfire intro 2
          • Crossfire intro 3
          • Crossfire intro 4
          • Crossfire intro 5
          • Crossfire intro 6
          • Crossfire intro 7
          • Crossfire intro 8
          • Crossfire intro 9
          • Crossfire intro 10
          • It's my time to fly
          • Highway to the dangerzone
          • Imperial march
          • Serenity
          • Defying Gravity


        • Choose your Interface:

          • Modern Crossfire HUD [gold]
          • Crossfire HUD [red]
          • Classic FreeLancer HUD [blue]
          • StarLancer HUD [green]
          • Crossfire HUD [Orange]
          • Crossfire HUD [Blue/Red]


        • Which Singleplayer mode do you want?

          • Normal Singleplayer
          • Open Singleplayer

          Unsure if this option is in activation for 2.0, you can for sure easily change it now anytime in mod launcher - options button in bottom-right.


        • Which set of Intro scenes do you prefer?


        • Which Cursor set do you prefer?

          • New Cursors set 1
          • New Cursors set 2
          • New Cursors set 3
          • New Cursors set 4
          • New Cursors set 5
          • Classic Cursors


          You can now easily change it anytime in mod launcher - options button in bottom-right.


        • Which system backgrounds do you prefer?

          • High Quality
          • Standard FL


        • Choose particle color?

          • Blue
          • Gold
          • Green
          • Orange
          • Purple
          • Red
          • Yellow
          • White


          You can now easily change it anytime in mod launcher - options button in bottom-right.


        • Advanced Shader:

          Unsure if this option is still there for mod activation. You can now easily change used graphic shaders anytime in mod launcher - options button in bottom-right.

        • High quality effects:

          • Enabled
          • Disabled


        • Dynamic lights:

          • Enabled
          • Disabled


        • Movie options:

          • Original FL Intro + CF Intro
          • Alternative FL Intro + FL story prequel
          • Starlancer: Sol Wars trailer
          • Skip movies


        • SWAT-Portal Recticle Mod:

          • Normal Recticles
          • Recticles for color blind players


        • Compatibility mode for old graphic cards:

          • Deactivated
          • Activated (for 128mb cards or lower)


        • Render low res Nebula clouds:

          • Deactivated
          • Activated


          You can now easily change it anytime in mod launcher - options button in bottom-right.



      • Wait until the mod is activated or an error is reported. The FLMM dialog may not respond during the activation process. Leave the program running and dont quit its process.
      • If the mod was properly activated a green checkmark will appear in front of the mod entry in the "List of mods" of FLMM


    • After the activation:

      • Start your Freelancer installation.
      • The Crossfire Mod Launcher will start. This tool download the latest updates and packages to synchronise your PC with the server. This is needed and necessary. Wait until it downloads all updates. The "Launch Crossfire Multiplayer" will become active after the updates have been downloaded.
      • Either select the "Multiplayer" or "Singleplayer" button to start the game
      • Singleplayer will start the game without any possibility to join the Crossfire Multiplayer Server. If you want to join the multiplayer - you have to start the game by the launcher again.
      • NEW: Be sure to check settings in mod launcher - The big square Icon in launcher bottom-right corner!


    Congrats and welcome to the Crossfire Universe!
    If you have any problems with the activation, feel free to post your concern in our Technical Problems forum.