No Infocards

Nihillo · Sep 16th 2008

Hi there, I downloaded Crossfire yesterday, had a bit of problems with the installation (the "Trojan detected" anti-virus problem, a few bugs, etc) put finally managed to make it work... well, almost.

The infocards of my ship, weapons, cargo and even the description of missions and objectives are blank.

Here, take a look:

Unless this is some sort of extremely secret operation, there is something wrong here..

How am I supposed to know what I am up against?

No information on my Starflier.

Nothing to see here.

I tried to find a solution in other threads in this forum, but this seems to be a new problem, I would greatly appreciate any kind of help.

(By the way, I did follow the installation steps described in the Crossfire manual)

Homeros · Sep 16th 2008

lol really no infocards
as is guese this are singleplayer screens are in Multiplayer game no infocards?

**SWAT_OP-R8R** · Sep 16th 2008

looks like a corrupt installation

Nihillo · Sep 16th 2008

Alright, I tried reinstalling everything again but nothing changed, so I downloaded that 1.7a patch and launched Crossfire, this time the mission objectives and description were visible, some escape pods on my cargo bay had infocards, while some other loot didn't. I'm not sure if the patch helped me.

There is no infocard for my ship and some mission objectives are messed up (instead of the message: "There are more liberty rogues at the mission waypoint, go get 'em", I got: "Fort Bush>Planet Pittsburgh", a trade lane name).

Maybe I should download the installer again... this is tiresome [sigh]

magnet · Sep 16th 2008

yep - it's a bugged install. make sure you delete C:/program files/microsoft games/freelancer folder after uninstalling FL also, try redownloading and reinstalling CF

Nihillo · Sep 18th 2008

It's working now, I downloaded the installer from SWAT Portal and it worked perfectly, my previous installer was from the Mod DB page of Crossfire, it looks like their version of the mod is badly corrupted.

Thanks for the tips guys.

**SWAT_OP-R8R** · Sep 18th 2008

its the same version that they have but i think that there is a problem with the download server from time to time

Fire_Wolf_br · Sep 19th 2008

hey hey another brazilian here...

and i was thinking i was alone here btw... heh [11]

Nihillo · Sep 19th 2008

Well, I found something, the infocard bug is related to anti-virus protection somehow; I was tired of that "Warning: trojan detected" thing everytime I launched crossfire, so I turned it off for a while, and then the infocards were normal. But when I returned for another session a few hours later (and had my anti-virus up) they were missing, blank, again.

So, uhh, I guess that is the solution, if you have blank infocards, try deactivating the anti-virus before playing (hope that advice wasn't already given, if that is the case, sorry, didn't see it).

Fire_Wolf: Yup, it's very difficult to find another brazilian out there... specially in forums. saudações de florianópolis, SC

Solidnebula · Sep 19th 2008

be aware that the trojan warning is not actually a virus. some anti virus programs can't decide what it is so they scream "VIRUS!!!!!!" at you.

Fire_Wolf_br · Sep 19th 2008

looks like ur AV blocks CF's or a modified FL dll... this is the most likely thing to happen to cause this imo...

Nihillo (OT): cool, I'm from Curitiba. not too far eh?

(btw ya would like to join the brazilian community in the orkut, where i'm a mod. take a look ^^)

also, which AV you're using atm?

see ya
Fire_Wolf_br out.

Nihillo · Sep 19th 2008

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Originally posted by {DP}_Pheonix
be aware that the trojan warning is not actually a virus.

some anti virus programs can't decide what it is so they scream "VIRUS!!!!!!" at you.

Yeah, I thought it was for real the first time, but a quick search in this site made it clear that it was a false alarm.

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Originally posted by Fire_Wolf_br
looks like ur AV blocks CF's or a modified FL dll... this is the most likely thing to happen to cause this imo...

Nihillo (OT): cool, I'm from Curitiba. not too far eh?

(btw ya would like to join the brazilian community in the orkut, where i'm a mod. take a look ^^)

also, which AV you're using atm?

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I'm using Avast.

Actually, I don't have an orkut profile, I used to have one, but deleted it some time ago... it wasn't useful for me, just an annoyance, thanks for the invitation anyway.

Oh, by the way, I'm sure you have heard this a lot of times before, being the creator of one of the most successful Freelancer modifications and all, but I'm going to say it anyway:

You did a great job, OP-R8R, the graphic improvements (lighting), new sounds, ships, etc are simply awesome, npcs are really tougher now, the systems I found were a bit... empty, but beautiful nonetheless, each of them makes it worthwhile to explore, with wrecks and free nomad depots (a good way to grab some loot without worrying about reputation or fighting someone) "hidden" in the horizon, the new systems breathe new life into the good and old Freelancer, I'm enjoying it -- and I'm not even out of liberty yet!

The only complaint I have is about the amount of credits you get as a reward for giving escape pods to the Prison Ships. I jumped in a fight between an Ageira convoy and the Rogues, beat the Rogues, got the pods, went to Texas, sold the pods...

I went from level 2 to 27 in a matter of seconds, the only thing I had at the time was a Starflier with two Justice laser cannons (it is on the screenshots) and suddenly I had enough money to buy a Defender and equip it with Vengeance cannons, Windstalker Missiles, Starkiller Torpedoes and the full gear! I mean, this is a shortcut to higher levels, for those who don't like to spend their time in a Starflier or Patriot, until they have enough money to get a better ship and leave liberty, but it's unbalanced in my opinion...

Well, you are the one who decides if it is fair or not, just my thoughts. Congrats on your success and thanks for your efforts.

Homeros · Sep 19th 2008

Install nod 32 if you want i will say you link of cracked verison
i had avast and Nod 32 is 2 times better
Avast cannot destroy some virus
when i had avast i needed to reinstall windows every 3 month and with nod 32 i need to do it in every 6-8 month

magnet · Sep 20th 2008

lol I have KIS and I don't need to reinstall my computer
also, I don't have KIS anymore, cos I lost my computer (i'm now almost computerless :()

And god help me if anyone starts a antivirus flame!!!

Twisticals · Mar 12th 2009

Problem solving vista issue, I hope this helps:

I wanted to update you on my mod installation progress and how I managed to get it to work again with Vista64bit - Note the reoccurring problem at bottom please:

After 2 days of trial and error to install mod I managed a successful install (wont detail this unless you want me to).
*After install it started up as it should but when I got into the game I found items/planets/NPCs and basically everything had a blank name or "IDS?" as it's title.

So I did the following given that it was a read/write issue (I assume):

*I uninstalled AVG
*I installed freelancer as admin (clean)
*I clicked freelancer dir and unclicked "read only"
*installed FLMM as admin
*Unticked "read only" for FLMM directory
*Installed CF mod as admin (while FLMM was open as Admin)
*Closed FLMM and opened again (as Admin)
*Installed CF mod with FLMM (default settings)
*Waited till done, went to FLMM+Freelancer and unticked "read only"..again
*Ran Freelancer icon (as admin)
*Auto Updated and clicked multiplayer from the CF client
*played game with no problems

..Now this is where is gets weird:
*Next time I came to play, opened freelancer (as admin)
*started game, but this time I had noted the following issues:
*when I look at any of the planets they have a blank name, also system names were blank but no issues with item names (ie none saying "IDS?").
*I exit, unticked "read only" for FLMM and freelancer directory ... again (WTF!?)
*Go back into game, it works fine, I then started the game a number of times since (each time unticking "read only" before I start - no problems
*Today I forgot to "untick" so in-game, all planets were blank etc. I decided to quit
*I changed all permission for each directory to full access for all users/system/etc. I unticked "Read only" for FLMM+Freelancer... but game wont give me planet names unless I do this 3 or 4 times. I am certain this is a read only issue as the read only attribute keeps coming back.

I am happy to test anything you would like or send screen shots, I'll send a dxdiag if you want my system info too.

FYI:
Hardware: p4 quad core 3.0Ghz / 4GB RAM / 2x Nvidia 260 graphics cards (in SLi) / win Vista ultimate 64bit.

Best,

Lord Azlan · Mar 12th 2009

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Originally posted by Nihillo

You did a great job, OP-R8R, the graphic improvements (lighting), new sounds, ships, etc are simply awesome, npcs are really tougher now, the systems I found were a bit... empty, but beautiful nonetheless, each of them makes it worthwhile to explore, with wrecks and free nomad depots (a good way to grab some loot without worrying about reputation or fighting someone) "hidden" in the horizon, the new systems breathe new life into the good and old Freelancer, I'm enjoying it -- and I'm not even out of liberty yet!

Nice to read this - us old timers don't say it enough!!

Twisticals · Mar 12th 2009

Yes I agree Azadur, OP's work has been fantastic. Many a retail product have been shoved in the bin due to simulair frustrations mentioned above, but this mod is so spectaculair I have endured many many hours of irritation knowing the end product is worth it.

and with 1.8, CF is going to blow Discovery out the water and leave them bleeding for many years to come----again.

Now All I ask is for someone to look into this issue for me please. I am sure ther are people who dont bother even trying the mod because of the frustrations I experienced above and that would be a damn shame for them to miss out on the most fun, thoughtout, fantastic mod I have ever played.

Best,
Tristan

**SWAT_OP-R8R** · Mar 12th 2009

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and 1.8 is going to blow Discovery out the water and leave them bleeding for many years to come----again.

now that statement I can not agree with as I wouldnt want to compare those 2 mods with each other... as they belong to very different categories

Twisticals · Mar 13th 2009

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Originally posted by SWAT_OP-R8R

now that statement I can not agree with as I wouldnt want to compare those 2 mods with each other... as they belong to very different categories

I cant wait till Mod awards 2009 - I really feel Crossfire will have 1 hell of a mod for the show.
-T

Gast · Mar 13th 2009

As long as Moddb is not changing its own structures and give other genres (than first person shooters) the chance to win as well - we propably would have good resources to take part

But unless they change nothing - i doubt someone will recognize that FL exists^^

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