Posts by Ptolemy

There are very few things that can cause

this condition.
1. Friendly universe mod has been used and the single player game folder

has not been deleted (which results in a corrupted Multiplayer start up.
2. The IFSO is

set up to make the nomads sympathetic towards you...if you kill their enemies. (You

treasonous weasel.)
3. An admin has deliberately adjusted your rep.
4. Someone has

gone into their ini data base and altered the faction database.

I am in complete agreement with

OP-R8R....
It was used by nomads and Reinland (when they were under control of the

nomads). I've seen the ini data base.
It should stay where it is. Only in the single

player game.
Using it in MP causes SERIOUS LAG ISSUES. I've personally seen this happen

on servers. I hate it with a passion and If it happened on my server...I'd make sure the

offending party using it was BANNED AT THEIR IP SOURCE SO THEY WOULD NEVER GET BACK ON

AGAIN.
Using one to catch one is absolutely ABSURD...IT WILL NOT WORK and In game the AI

still see them, NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS.
On one server where I've seen it used by

admins..it is no longer used. Anyone who uses it WILL BETRAY THEIR POSITION WHEN THEY FIRE

THEIR WEAPONS.
It is nothing but a cheat and that is all it will ever be.
Anyone

caught using it...(and there is ways to catch them with the IFSO) should be banned forever.

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Well Op-R8R,
I'll be waiting till you get your server back on line. Wish I

could help you with that, but its out of my ball park.
Good Luck on getting it fixed.

Crusader : for now, its agile and

suites its purpose well. 4 project cannons, Neutralizer and Havoc missles, cruise disruptor,

sunslayer.

Even though it isnt here, my favorite is:
Starfury (Vortex):

5 nomad blasters, cruise disruptor, sunslayer. Most manuverable ship Ive ever

flown. Based on a story about the last of the Terran fighters. Very old technology. hard to

hit and damn tough to beat.

why not just set your waypoint back to the jump hole you came through?

A serious psycological impact took place with the dropping of Little

Boy and Fat Man.
It was "acceptable" to see clouds of warplanes that would carpet bomb

cities. They were expecting an invasion. But when Little Boy was dropped, it gave them pause

to think. However, when Fat Man was dropped, it drove a drastic point home. Instead of

clouds of warplanes that would kill thousands during a bombing raid, they had to reconsider

the possibility that just a few warplanes now had the power to completely exterminate

them.

It was a brutally clear last resort to end a war.

What could have been the worst war the world has ever lived through? There are many

opinions. Each war has its own terror and carnage. I dont think any war has elegance, honor

or glory.
Remember the phrase, "the war to end all wars"?
It's been applied to many

of them. War itself hasnt changed, but the face and sophistication of it has. Every epoch of

humanity had its "technological advances".

In the long run, it wont be a war that

will wipe us out. Nature itself testifies to that. We will eventually overpopulate ourselves

to a point it will crash again like it did 10,000 years ago. Many contributing factors are

presently at work now that guarantee this will happen. Population growth, famine, disease,

climate, war and not to overlook the astronomical event. (Yes, DNA evidence points

specifically to a population "bottleneck" that occured, leaving a population of roughly 40

thousand to 50 thousand survivors out of a few billion inhabitants.) It happened before and

it will happen again.
Looking at present conditions, I'd venture a guess this will

probably occure somewhere around 2032. (That's only 27 years to go.)

But what is it

that draws people together from all walks of life? Natural Disasters. That is when there is

honor and glory. When One Human Being reaches out to help another in need. That builds the

bridge between cultures.
Evil in its etherial form is that which tears the goodness of

humanity down and brings the world to the edge of destruction and chaos.

Regarding

Crossfire:
When I venture into hostile territory, the enemy dies until I decide to leave.

When I encountered the Coalition, they too were fighting the nomads, but seemingly

ineffective. (in other systems that were not of Sol, but through a dimensional rift). But

the hatred goes deep when it should at least be put aside to fight an enemy who would rather

see humanity draw its last breath. This would only be right considering the circumstances

between humans and an advanced alien species. What did the nomads do to the coalition? Was

it any different than what occured in Sirius? But oddly, we who live in Sirius won a great

conflict against the nomads in the Freelancer story. It seems the Coalition didnt fair

nearly as well as we did against them. Yet, why would the Coalition seek to continue the

struggle against the Alliance when even the Coalition itself must have been nearly

exterminated by the nomads whome we defeated.

If the Coalition had been truely

superior in the initial surprise attack when the Alliance launched the sleeper ships, we

would not be here today. I dont think the Alliance was beaten or really "driven out", but

evidence suggests we actually chose to leave to start a new life.
1. 5 Sleeper ships

(with their escorts) against an armada?
2. Afterwards, nomads invade the Sol system and

nearly wipe out the coalition?
3. 800 years later, we run into the nomad threat and

defeat them.

Ok. Benefit of doubt. 2 coalition sleeper ships....one of them sent to

search for us. I am guessing they just didnt get the news about their homeworld? So now we

know where they are and it seems they arent as technically advanced as we seem to be.

Something just isnt quite adding up.

Just some observations.

HAH! You

havent seen bad scores till you see mine.
Still, I'm kindof newbish and working on my

kill ratios.

For Gods sake...what's the point in cheating? Losers.

Any ideas how to get through

the single player game without being blown to dust in every mission and without using a "god

mode". (Even if in god mode, that wont help the poor suckers you have to protect.)
I've

been trying it out and all I can say is, its tough.

Alien ships....
It sounds interesting. Like a change of pace from the usual ships.

I'd be curious to know how they would fit into your strory. (Have the nomads upgraded? Have

the Dom Kavash returned?)

Yep, asblutoley!

Thanks Jib,
Guess I'll occupy my time with something else

for now.
Btw....single player...is murder. lol

Can it be done

and will it help with lag issues?

I dont have a problem with having to wait till I dock to

use the F1 key. But when red lag causes my ass to be murdered by the AI then I have a

problem.
I had to "end process" in my task manager due to Red Lag while I was trying to

dock.
What's causing this red lag issue? I noticed that someone had just been kicked for

a speed mod. Could that have had something to do with it?

What I look like? Jeeeez,

wouldnt want to break anyones CRT...
but here is a

shot.

aka Rankor

Im really curious about this idea you have. I have one thought that haunts me though

and I'd like to share it here.
Since the Alliance left the Sol system in sleeper ships,

it took about 800 years to reach the Sirius system, then another few hundred years since

then.
The thought is, if the Alliance was in hibernation for a period of 800 years

(except the one sleeper ship that was crippled)...doesnt that mean the Coalition had at

least an 800 year head start on technology?

If anyone knows electronics, one also knows what capacitors are for. "Storage of

energy, signal shaping and filtering".
What good is a capacitor going to do for a shield?

In acutality, nothing.
A capacitor if used with a very powerful weapon would be a

different story. Once discharged, it would have to be recharged.

That is unless some

goofball electrorookie has been watching to much Flash Gordon.

By the way, Im new.

Fresh meat for the grinder for you hard core, bloodthirsty, merciless pilots.