Posts by Serg

  • Black screen and crash to desktop

    Thanks guys, I've reinstalled everything again and disabled my LAN adapter so the launcher has no chance of downloading anything. It worked, the game starts and I can play.


    So, how do I disable the auto update feature? And no, I don't want to use the stupid Windows firewall, nor any other software firewall for that matter.


    If I can't diable the updater I will run Freelancer while connected to the Net by mistake eventually...

  • Black screen and crash to desktop

    Hey, I've just installed Freelancer with Crossfire Mod 1.82, and... it doesn't work.


    I've installled Freelancer, then FLMM 1.31, then Crossfire 1.82. Activated it in FLMM and started Freelancer, Launcher appears, game starts... I hear sound from the intro movies but the screen is black, after the intros the Crossfire loading screen appears for a split second and it drops to desktop, leaving a blank window frame behind, followed by a crash after about 20 seconds. The solution from the other thread with a similar problem didn't work for me.


    My specs:


    Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
    MSI P35 NEO2 FR Platinum
    Core2Duo E8200 2,7Ghz @ 3,2Ghz
    NVidia GeForce GTX 275 896MB
    4 GB Ram


    What I have tried so far:

    • Reinstalling (Freelancer, FLMM, Crossfire)
    • Reinstalling after manually looking for residual files and registry entries
    • Redownloading all components (FLMM, Crossfire)
    • Disabling 3D Sound
    • Running in compatibility mode (Win XP SP2, Admin)
    • Deactivating advanced shaders in Crossfire pre-activation config (FLMM)
    • Deactivating intros in Crossfire pre-activation config

    Running Vanilla Freelancer works fine, ergo, it must have something to do with Crossfire.


    Solutions I came accross in the forum:

    • Reinstalling
    • Uninstalling codec packs (Have none)
    • Reinstalling Windows (Not there yet)
    • Deleting Savegame folders
    • Screwing with the voltage of my motherboard...

    Hope you can help me.