why everything works so bad

I FOLLOWED EXACTLY BY THE INSTRUCTIONS, BUT EVERYTHING DOES NOT WORK EQUALLY, THIS IS A TORTURE.

1) I started the Freelancer installation as administrator,

2) rebooted the PC,

3) I deleted the read-only flag on the game folder (but it is still grayed out , but not empty inside)

4) I installed FLMM (I install it separately from the Freelancer folder, D: \ games \ flmm)

5) I installed crossfire2.0 in the mods folder without problems (I ran the game before that so the setup file started without errors)

6) I rebooted the PC AGAIN

7) I activated the mod (everything is still going fine)

I have 3 icons on my desktop: freelancer, FLMM, launch crossfire mod. I launch Launch Crossfire Mod and it asks to specify freelancer.exe, I do this and the launcher starts BUT the options are empty and do not give anything to choose, and the launcher immediately gives an error in the update line.

9) I press SP but there’s an error.

10) I I open the user folder(C:\users\etc) and find the EXE folder inside it LauncherUpdater.exe I launch it but it doesn’t work, it says that it lacks the dll (I don’t understand where this folder came from and this file is in it)

11) I move this file to Freelancer \ EXE and confirm the replacement (I saw on the forum that this solves the problems with updating as in paragraph 9).

12) when starting from there it asks to open the launcher, I launch the launcher from the desktop and then launch LauncherUpdater.exe and it is updated

13) after that the launcher starts again and I press SP and about MIRACLE, the update starts on 2036 files, but after the update folders appear DATA and EXE and

new other files in the user’s folder, I don’t understand what they are doing there, I think they should replace the files in the mod inside FLMM or in the game folder itself.

14) I launch the launcher after the update but it does not update, but it must download some files for MP and then run SP (options do not work from the launch crossfire mod shortcut)

15) I launch through the freelancer shortcut on the desktop and the launcher appears and The options work correctly (I select cursors and classic shaders) then I press SP and after that I select Yes, the launcher downloads 114 files and launches the game, but I still don’t understand if the mod is updated or not

16) after that I install the translation in my language (Russian) but when I run again through the freelancer shortcut and push again SP and after that I select No,launcher starts the game, BUT the game is still in English, although when installing the translation I replaced the files in the game folder with the files from the translation, the translation should change the text, but nothing changes, I think that the mod somehow incorrectly updated and started because if you follow this instruction (Crossfire 2.0 Installation Issue) I can not perform step 11 , and nowhere is it said that the launcher shortcut on the desktop should require freelancer.exe (but this is not very important, I think), but the launcher cannot be updated and cannot start updating the mod, but here (Frequently Asked Questions - SWAT Portal) it is written that the launcher should update itself after launch if it needs it, and that the update will start after pressing SP but none of this happens and the solution from my 10 point doesn’t help

Quote from Ajay

There is actually no Russian translation to the mod (not counting bootleg stuff). If you are speaking about different language options in the CF installer, then it just specifies the dialogue language of the installer itself.

I meant a fan translation, but the point is that when replacing files in a folder, everything works in English, but Russian does not appear anywhere, which means replacing files in a folder with a game does not affect the mod. This means that the mod files are not used from the game folder

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Now this is strange... I usually just launch CF through the same Freelancer shortcut (since launcher should replace FL executable).

I think that when updating the luncher downloads files to where it was originally, that is, in the user folder (I wrote that I take

the launcher from the user folder, although I do not know why it appears there after activation)

Quote from Ajay

ow this is strange... I usually just launch CF through the same Freelancer shortcut (since launcher should replace FL executable).

I'm talking about the fact that the mod, even without translation, is strangely updated and launched, I'm sure that what should happen should not be at all, that is, the appearance of the EXE folder in the user folder and the further appearance of the mod files in the same folder, although when I I start FLMM for the first time, I show him the path to the game directory, because it will not start without it. it will probably be better to accompany each step of the instruction with a screenshot so that all players perform the same actions when installing the mod. maybe after the activation of the mod I shouldn’t use the launcher shortcut and launch the Freelancer shortcut right away, since it’s nowhere said that the mod shortcut should be launched, here Frequently Asked Questions - SWAT Portal it is written just to launch the launcher, and the shortcut to the crossfire launcher shortcut does not work correctly initially, maybe it just is not needed because the launcher appears even when launched from the mod manager

my problem is that the mod files appear in the user’s folder, I understand that writing you a translation is wrong, because the translation has nothing to do with you. I'm talking about how the mod is somehow incorrectly updated and the files appear not where needed. I think my idea that you need to run freelancer.exe right away and not use the shortcut that appears after activating the mod on the desktop

Quote from Ajay

Now this is strange... I usually just launch CF through the same Freelancer shortcut (since launcher should replace FL executable).

Quote from Ajay

Well, try reinstalling FL+CF and do exactly that.

I will try to remove this option in the launcher and I will not use the shortcut that appears after installing the mod in the FLMM

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here is my result immediately after activating the mod, I launched the freelancer.exe shortcut

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I also got this folder

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there is this file inside it

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I moved this file to the EXE folder of the original game, I ran this file with the launcher turned on and these two errors got there, I clicked a single game, and clicked yes for updates and the update started. BUT new files began to appear where this folder with the file used to be, as in the screenshot

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that's what appeared after the update

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after that I took new files and placed them in the game folder and confirmed the replacement, but the errors did not disappear, after that I launched the FLMM and launched the launcher through it, then I clicked single player and clicked yes for updates, but the launcher stopped on preparing to update, after that I closed the launcher and started that way again, but clicked no on updates and the game started

I think I found the right path, immediately after installing the mod and activating it, I launched the game through the FLMM, the mod launcher started and updated and works correctly (options are not empty) I clicked single player game and clicked yes for updates (1627 file updates started) I checked the user’s folder and the games folder and didn’t find another EXE folder there, maybe the only way to run it was through the FLMM

Quote from SWAT_OP-R8R

The correct installation procedure would prevent that in my eyes.

I want to say that everything worked correctly when I started only through the FLMM, I started the game right after activating the mod through the FLMM, and everything worked correctly, no problems, the launcher was updated correctly, the game also updated correctly and started, and most importantly for me, fan The translation was also installed and earned. I want to note that everything worked through FLMM, but the crossfire and freelancer shortcuts led to strange update paths and errors