Posts by Lone_Renegade

Uh guys this thread is waaaay old and is about Crossfire 1.7, not 1.8...

Someone should bury this post to prevent confusion.

Ah darn, I have some mounted on my APC in the Turret slots as well... I just hope that doesn't mess up my character. I thought it was odd but at the same time I needed the firepower...

Oh snap, I hope I haven't lost anything... I can't get on. I just hope its OP doing work and not some idiot who hacked the server.

OP when doing work, could you give us a little warning maybe?

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Originally posted by Bond
*whistling*

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

As far as I know, Destroyers and Battleships have fixed shield, meaning you cannot change them for better ones. I don't know how yours became unmounted and I don't know how you can fix this, but it is probably a bug.

I think it should work if you backup your savegames. When OP said to delete your old savegames he meant from 1.7.

Also, I recommend you select the old crosshair set. You will be able to see those very well.

hosti

If you used one of the new Cursor sets, thats the problem. The cursor *is* there but its so faint you can hardly see it. I had the same problem at the beginning, and in the end I switched back to the old 1.7 Cursors.

Great news

I am not one to complain, especially because I am aware that there is a lot of work going into this mod, but I was starting to be worried about the lengthy server downtimes. It was especially frustrating for me because it would crash (and not restart) around the time I wanted to play. But its giving me the chance to play the Single player campaign again, so its all good.

Anyways, its good to know you've discovered the source of the problem.

I'm guessing you bought a Mercenary license for your ship. In Single player licenses don't do anything. If you wish to remove the yellow diamond above your ship, just sell the license.

As for the crosshairs well, I don't know if you can do that without reactivating the mod. I personally had to reactivate it 5 times (and reinstall each time because it wouldn't work...) just to get the settings perfect.

Yes the server's been down for the past 2 hours. I guess OP is working on it. Don't worry, it'll probably be up and running tomorrow.

Meanwhile, you can read the story behind the Crossfire universe.

Not sure if this is a bug but, right now I tried connecting to the server after updating with the client, and I get kicked off as soon as I connect to the character screen. The server is there, 34 players are on, but I can't connect... Was the patch that you guys put out earlier meant to be downloaded via the launcher or viat SWAT-Portal?

EDIT: Never mind... I restarted my computer and it fixed itself...

I think OP and Haegar are still working on getting the update up correctly. Maybe they found some last minute changes they needed to add to the patch.

I can't wait to reconnect, this mod is so great and now with the added content, there's a lot to explore.

Okay I found an actual bug this time.

I was carrying BMGs, and got scanned by police, but nothing happened. I then checked my cargo and nothing showed up. My cargo was being occupied by the BMG but nothing showed up as to what it was...

Dunno if this affects that one particular BMG I was carrying (Station Blueprints) or all in general.

I'll try again after the update, see if it happens again.

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Originally posted by SWAT_OP-R8R
i dont know where you got the old launcher from
i checked the files and nothing contains a command to that downloads this launcher

my guess would be that you re-installed FL (or deinstalled) and a CF1.7 file was left on your hdd inside the FL directory (in fact CF1.7 did contain such a file that could replace the launcher)

however... IF your launcher does show 1.6 or anything else below version 2 then you of course will only receive CF1.7 updates which are incompatible with CF1.8 and therefore crash the server

Well yeah turns out it *was* that. I forgot to delete the directory where Freelancer was installed. So when I started it the 2nd time it got confused and loaded the old launcher.

Fixed it now, its working.

First of all I want to say, thank you OP.

And now I have a bug report. First time I launched the client after a clean install and everything (deleted old savegames too), the new launcher comes up and patches. I start the game, forgot that I needed to adjust the FOV settings for the resolution, so I quit. When I started the launcher a 2nd time, its back to the old one (1.6)!!! And everytime I try to start, its still the old one.

Also, in game, trying to launch from Trenton Outpost, with some BMGs on board, the game kicks me from the server and reports me as a cheater. Now the others told me its cuz I have the old bugged version, maybe its due to the old launcher version.

Any way I can fix this? Maybe a clean reinstall? Or is that a bug from the game?

Voted too! I love this mod, and we deserve the proper recognition.

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Originally posted by Diablo
Problems problems problems... everybody keeps mentioning there are problems but I cannot see any problems nor I have xperienced any... please enlighten me... WHAT ARE THE FREAKING PROBLEMS EVERYONE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT? THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS!!
The things you call "problems" are pety arguements based upon differences in opinions... nothing problematic about that.

No, thats exactly the problem. It's those pety arguments that would normally be resolved by way of PMs but instead get dragged onto the forums and made public. I mean, lets say someone is unhappy about being banned. Instead of going on the forums to whine about it and complaining that the SP who did it sucks and all, that person could've simply contacted that SP and maybe OP. But no, they drag this to the forums and thats how SPs' lost their jobs... All because of a single player.

Pety arguments being blown out of proportions is exactly what we need to resolve.

Kraken: Ok, in that sense I see what you mean. And I couldn't agree more. Taking RP and RL issues apart is the best we can do.

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Originally posted by Myric
The point is that (at least from my point of view) most of the problem come from the fact players get strongly associated with their avatar and people start expecting the players to have the same characteristic that is expected from the stereotype of the RP they play. The only way I see to prevent that from happening is if the players get to know each other out side of the game or at the very least outside on the role they play.

That is exactly what I was trying to get at earlier. And that is why in my opinion RP is a bit of a problem. People can blame things on it, and act all childish when something happens to them. Seriously though, how is acting like a whiny 5 year old roleplaying?

Huor: I don't expect cops and pirates to work hand in hand, I just want us players to be friends, so that as characters we can shoot each other in good fun, without taking things personally. Like KraKen said, Marauder chased him for a while and they had fun. That is what I want to see from all of us.

Also, whilst I'm (again) on the subject of RP, why is it I get the feeling most mercs are more like "legal" pirates? I never had the chance to have a merc work for us. Maybe the bounty system isn't ideal, in that pirates mostly use that system so that mercs only end up shooting cops or other pirates.

KraKen: How is blaming RP naive? It is exactly because of people who take things personally, and behave like idiots and start flame wars, that end up blaming that on RP... It shouldn't be an excuse.

RP is what keeps the game alive. If people just shot each other for no reason, then we better start playing Unreal Tournament or Counter Strike... This game is far more elaborate for immature people who don't want to RP and when something happens, blame it on the RP.

Also, if anyone else thinks that RP isn't the problem, I'd like to hear it. Maybe we are looking in the wrong direction? And like I said, it's just my opinion.

@ AwesomeMan:

As far as I can remember, I joined the community about 3 years ago, back when 1.56 was the current version. Back then, there was already an old story about a clan (who's name I've forgotten right now) that had caused a lot of trouble. It was a fairly large clan, almost as old as Blood Guard, they were eventually banned.

Anyways, these two things are distinct and seperate incidents, but it goes to show that there has always been tensions and grudges on this server.