Trade route tools and Crossfire

DataStorm isn't compatible with Crossfire, as Crossfire is a huge mod, and there are lots of times OP has made multiple versions of systems, such as X3043, Omega-3, Kyushu, etc tht messes up its calculations in Datastorm, and stuff like Canis and IC systems are jumbled into one place. If you need to find anything in-game use the Lexicon link: https://swat-portal.com/forum/lexicon/Lexicon/ And if you need any help with Trade routes, Save your game then buy an amoured Transport and map all of the Commodites. (Dont know if this works on SP but it works on MP btw )

never ever use any tools or other mods in the same time when CF is ur choice. never ever edit any files of the CF mod. most probably u will corrupt ur CF installation.

the only way to get a good overview for trade routes is this: take ship and go to all bases, buy one of each commodities. the more u continue the more u can scan the daily trade routes (trade routes change daily). this works for single player and multi player. best trade routes bring u profits of more than 50 million per hour, u would need a train for this.

I could reject Juni, and become a Billionaire before I even started the Vanilla missions

And for the beginnig, you may ask other player for good routes, most of them are so polite to tell you some.

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What I really like about FL CF or any other mod or game I have ever played above all else has been flying and exploring docking each new gate & jump hole and then exploring each individual sector.
Along the way you trade, fight and build, which you now can do in CF if you are in a clan.
Joi_Trent has got trading figured, he is a TRADER and knows on which day that next big trade is going to happen.
I have had some great tips from him and have made millions.

For myself I have still made millions, but I FLY FIGHT POD AND TRADE AS I GO .
JUST PODDING CAN MAKE YOU MONEY and in CF heaps of credits.

When you have your first train you will make 100 million quite easy and that is trading legally.
When you want to have a bit of extra fun you buy your smuggler licence and act like a rogue or pirate , avoid the constabulary and MAKE EVEN A WHOLE LOT MORE MONEY.

Just fight and trade and enjoy the flying, the more you EXPLORE .... THE MORE CREDITS YOU WILL MAKE.

SO MUCH YOU WILL END UP GIVING MILLIONS AWAY to help any NEW PLAYER STARTING OUT .

excuse the long winded story and any typos ......no.1 Enjoy the Game.

Back when these tools were created I convinced the developers to include code that prevents these tools to work with mods where such tools are considered "cheats".
FLcompanion was the first that included a fuction which simply crashes the tool if its used with a protected mod.
Datastorm a bit later also included a somewhat different protection.
Freelancer Trade Route Calculator delivers to a large amount false data.

They work on other unprotected mods... but they dont work here.

Trading in SP is not needed at all. High lvl missions after campaign (or in Open SP) plus selling escape pods into prisons give you all you may need. If you will do little search for bonus mission, you can have in campaign half more as 100m ... short to say, in SP moneys are not issue.

CF is primarily MP mod and therefore we have some restrictions. In MP are good reasons why are 'scanning' tools disabled.

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Quote from driftwolf

I see. So even in single player I'm going to have to spend the extra hours building my own lists.
OK then. I guess if it gets too onerous I can always just go play with another mod.

From my perspective, I play a game to have fun, not to spend extra hours on the same kind of tedious paperwork I'd do at my paying job. However, I'll see if I can ignore that in this case, just to get to the extra missions.

Thanks for the reply.

Well, Id assume that players which played the mod in all the years had fun even without any extra tools.
It also doesnt matter if you play SP or not... the way how the market works is the same.

and btw, i never trade in SP. podding (= killing NPC-s, collecting their life pods and selling the pods to prisons) is more fun, profitable enough and less time consuming. mostly i don't even take any missions. killing battleships in New York is enough

the point is that you dont need any tools or any paperwork to play and trade in crossfire

I keep a calculator handy (I.e on my phone) to get an idea of how much profit I'll actually make (net vs gross profit

my tool is excel i have for nearly each day one profitable trade route of appr. 50 mill per hour or more listed in my file.

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