Game Crash after starting SP (Clean Install / Windows 11 on Parallels)

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    Hi all,


    hoping someone can help me with a technical issue. I have installed FL as a clean install with the No-CD Patch and the Crossfire 2.01 Mod. The game launches fine but crashes once I start a new SP campaign. I get the load screen, but quickly FPS reduces and the game crashes (I never get past the load screen).


    Some technical info:

    - FL install is clean (no existing save games)

    - Running on a M1 Mac Mini in Parallels with Windows 11

    - Game is not installed in x86 folder but directly on drive (e.g. C:/)

    - Tried various Render Modes (DX10/11/12 works, I have DX12 installed)

    - Running game as admin, also tried with the FL Patch (no change)

    - I have tried running the Crossfire Exe both in Compatability Mode for Windows 8 and without


    I checked the log, but all I get is the generic Error Code 0000000001.


    See some further info below:

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    Any help would be greatly appreciated. I was hoping to finally play FL again after 10 years away...

    Edited 2 times, last by apache101 ().

    Hello, apache101,



    Try delete (or move) old save games and then try start campaign. That, or maybe "non-original" version of FL can have such effect (as far as I remember reported issues). And then just maybe issue (unlikely) with mod installation which should be not the case anymore with latest installer.



    "C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\Documents\My Games\Freelancer\Accts\SinglePlayer"


    Can you try start once Multiplayer? ... could be worth to check if game engine runs. Below added intallation instructions how I installed game last time in 2023.


    Hi Martind,


    thanks for the tips.


    On deleting save games: Interestingly that folder where the save games should be is empty (i.e. no "Freelancer" Folder in Documents). However I have not started an SP campaign in Vanilla FL so perhaps it only creates the folder upon first launch of a campaign?


    I tried also launching MP, I can see the Starflier on Manhattan, however when I enter the bar, commodity dealer or anywhere else the game just exits with the usual error code:


    07:06:07.982 --> [i]:Starting Update...

    07:06:27.694 --> [x]:Wrong or missing answer from server

    07:06:27.697 --> [w]:Source file "brbatwreckMaterial #173.tga.dds" does not exist for download

    07:06:27.744 --> [i]:Prepare Crossfire Start

    07:06:30.206 --> [i]:Starting Crossfire

    07:06:36.999 --> [i]:Crossfire is running

    07:07:48.044 --> [x]:Crossfire Exit - CODE 00000001

    07:07:48.778 --> [i]:Crossfire was closed


    If i try leaving Manhattan for space, I actually get a brief error message after the launch sequence:


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    Not sure if the helps.

    The download error is something I can fix later this day.


    The crash however is strange.

    That error message in the image is something I have never seen before but I found it reported once in a different mod back in 2006.

    The suggested solution was to reinstall because model geometry might be missing for some reason.

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    Fifteen percent concentrated power of will,
    Five percent pleasure,
    Fifty percent pain,
    And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!

    Ok i did multiple fresh installs of FL and CF sometimes got crashes so i tried to solve like this:

    Install FL then install CF. After that, don't start CF right away, start FL and start the first mission. You don't have to complete the mission, it's enough for FL to create a Save game folder in the documents folder. Then start CF louncher normally it should not crash anymore.

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    Edited once, last by Jericho.: I offer few solutions for windows then noticed that you are on Mac ().

    Thanks both for your help. I figured a completely fresh install of Windows on Parallels would be the best way to test this, so here are my steps:


    • Downloaded Freelancer from Oldgames (Freelancer - Old Games Download)
    • Installed Freelancer according to instructions directly into C:/Freelancer (i.e. not into the Program Files folder) and restarted
    • Downloaded No CD exe from The Starport (How to get Vanilla Freelancer running in 2023 (no cd) | The Starport (the-starport.com)), only copied Exe file, no other patches used
    • Launched game and installed DirectPlay as prompted
    • Started SP Campaign in Vanilla as per post above, quit directly after end of movie sequences before entering Bar on Manhattan
    • Launched Crossfire2Setup.exe and installed into C:/Freelancer Crossfire with all settings / customizations left untouched and restarted
    • Started game through launcher in SP mode with update (5918 files in total)
    • Launch screen, Reshare renders all effects (side note: mouse reactivity works fine before but becomes extremely laggy once reshade is done)
    • Launch SP - game exits during load screen same as before

    As I am not getting any new error messages I'm afraid it's still the same issue as before. Not sure I have done anything wrong here, perhaps there is just an issue with running the game in Parallels

    Parallels is a toool to enable windows apps to run under MacOS enviroment something like a sandbox. Obviously can't run some games probably a driver issue. I did sometimes tried to install windows on Mac laptops there was issue with drivers every time i came to a point that i think it's impossible.

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    Only dead fish swim with the stream.
    Don't discuss with idiots. They only drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience there.


    This is ten percent luck,
    Twenty percent skill,
    Fifteen percent concentrated power of will,
    Five percent pleasure,
    Fifty percent pain,
    And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!

    Does the same issue happen with opensp or mp?

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    Only dead fish swim with the stream.
    Don't discuss with idiots. They only drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience there.


    This is ten percent luck,
    Twenty percent skill,
    Fifteen percent concentrated power of will,
    Five percent pleasure,
    Fifty percent pain,
    And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!

    It seams to me like that you have problem with writing data to save game folder check out that save game folder is not read only or your AV is cousing troubles.

    Or its just parallels issue. Just to be clear save game foder in documents contains the game configuration also


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    And Crossfire uses that folder also

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    GPU: Asus ROG Strix GeeForce RTX 3080 10GB White edition

    CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X + NZXT Kraken Z63 AIO

    RAM: 2X16GB F.u.r.y. DDR4 3600MHz

    storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2X 1TB M.2 Nvme +4TB HDD

    Case: NZXT H710i

    any crash logs similar to eventviewer available?

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    Only dead fish swim with the stream.
    Don't discuss with idiots. They only drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience there.


    This is ten percent luck,
    Twenty percent skill,
    Fifteen percent concentrated power of will,
    Five percent pleasure,
    Fifty percent pain,
    And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!

    hast du direcetplay activert

    что multiplayer что singleplayer всё одинаково игра после обновления не работает дальше,загрузка игры прекращается. both multiplayer and singleplayer everything is the same, the game does not work after the update, the game loading stops.

    the last update has not changed anything other than adding the new renderer

    if it was working before it should also work now (if you select the old dx shader options)

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    Only dead fish swim with the stream.
    Don't discuss with idiots. They only drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience there.


    This is ten percent luck,
    Twenty percent skill,
    Fifteen percent concentrated power of will,
    Five percent pleasure,
    Fifty percent pain,
    And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!