Recovering the Solurus Systems mod

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  • Hi guys, I'm just trying to return to Freelancer and I understand there won't be any way to replay online old mods, but those mods work in open SP.


    I found in the archive the old Solurus Systems mod 1.181. While I do have the big archive, I do not have the DBSAutoUpdater, however was called, the installer.

    I know Lancer Solurus lost the files and Brockenstein told me years ago that it's all done for, but I just can't believe there is no way to recover this.

    I only lack the installer, and the files are encrypted with something that even ChatGPT can't break. Maybe Lancer remembers and we could recover the mod...

  • Any link to the download so I can take a look?

    I only can find version 1.13

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  • Any link to the download so I can take a look?

    I only can find version 1.13

    There is no link. I have it on my hard drive, since a very long time ago actually.

    It's a big 7z archive. and inside is a "Packed" folder, in which there are all the files. I belive it is not an update, but a full mod release.

    Files have concatenated names with paths, something like "DATAMISSIONSENCOUNTERSareatradefreighterini".

    But what's worse, is that many of them are encrypted, with a header like DBCP0002 or DBCP0003, including the filelist.bin

    I tried for days, and ChatGPT would go on presuming all kind of nonsense, but I can't break the encryption.


    If you want to go into the files, or may be if you can get a hold of Lancer Solurus to tell us how to decrypt and remake the DBSAutoUpdater (probably at least the 1.121 version) that would be nice. I actually have it on my google drive.


    It's far bigger than the one you put long ago, the Solurus Systems 1.13, it's about 8 times larger (800 MB unpacked).

  • There is no special encryption at all. Inside the tar is a 7z which easily can be unpacked.

    I can only speculate about the installer. But inside the 7z are all files required to run the mod (from what I was able to see).

    The files are not encrypted... just in an unusual naming scheme which includes the directory structure of each file.

    There is a binary file, probably holding the instructions for the installer.

    However, in theory all that needs to be done is take the file names, based on them create the directory structure and then copy the files into the correct locations.


    e.g.

    "DATASHIPSStarWarsXwingxwing3db"

    belongs into

    "DATA\SHIPS\StarWars\Xwing\xwing.3db"


    So in theory very well possible to restore everything. With +4700 files however, pretty tedious work.

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    Don't discuss with idiots. They only drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience there.


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