Posts by Legacy-ZA

Just an update on this:

I think I might have figured out what the problem was. I replayed the Crossfire campaign exactly like I did before; the only exception was, is that I destroyed the wrecks and looted the Black-boxes. I did not do this on my first attempt, as you usually get the Dialogue box, stating what happened to the ships occupant and what he has discovered, directly after that, the game gives you a new heading which I headed to directly. This is the only action that I did differently, as I always followed the way-points marked by the game. As I am not one that believes in coincidences, this was most likely the cause.

Hope this helps.

I am glad that you managed to get your SweetFX to work. Hopefully, others with Windows 8 and above will see this, if indeed, they need a bit of guidance.

Well, I think I might be able to help you out, you see, SweetFX can be tricky to use. The one that installs with Crossfire 2.0 didn't work for me either, this is because I use Windows 8.1 x64 Enterprise, it will be like that for anyone using Windows 8 and above, SweetFX hates Windows 8 users. What I suggest is this:

Uninstall the SweetFX version installed with Crossfire 2.0. Download ReShade + SweetFX 2.0 here. This works with Windows 8 and with all my games, just make sure you select the correct Direct X level. Then head on to the creator of ENB and download this. (This is optional) it is a DX8 to DX9 converter for DirectX 9 effects.

The ReShade + SweetFX 2.0 you downloaded will unpack with a ReShadeSetup.exe file, which you need to run, select whichever game .exe from your computer you wish to enable these effects on, if the Auto-Detect function fails (Which it usually does) select the DirextX version the game in question uses; this can be gotten with a quick google search or checking the games requirements. In this case, it will be DirectX 8. If you can't launch the game with DirectX 8 while using SweetFX, then install the file you downloaded from enbdev.com. Take note; if you do this, you will have to re-run ReShade Setup and make sure you use the DirectX 9 installation instead, otherwise your game will crash on startup.

Enable the effects you want in the SweetFX_Settings file under the folder "SweetFX" this will depend on your taste, but with the settings I use, the game now look like this:

Before and After
Before and After

I hope this has helped you.

Quote from Martind Forlon

Blackboxes should be from Altair wrecks (DK space) when is followed campaign path (Ptah, Mitra, Menton).

Strange... as I said, I got "Datadisks" from those wrecks.

Quote from NucNuc

That's completly normal. These "updates" are mostly changes that have been made after 1st release and the launcher ... just doesn't look if they are already changed ^^.

What comes with these changes is also a cchange of the economy aka what is where sold and bought for whicch prize (changes every day). So, if you came across a VERY interesting trade and wanna exploit it a bit more in SP => you don't have to let the launcher change it, just reject the question for updating.

It is only essential for MP.

Thank you for the answer, I really appreciate it.
I am just trying to figure out if I am doing things wrong, such things haven't exactly inspired confidence with my troubleshooting, but now I know.

Alrighty, please be patient with me.

As most of you have seen, I have been struggling a bit with configuring my mod etc. So I launched and exited Freelancer quite a bit. I have noticed though, that each time I try and launch the game from the Crossfire launcher; the same 11 files keep trying to update. This is a second update that happens after the first update with 201 - 210 or so files after a clean install. Is this normal?

Thank you.

I am also posting this here, for people that use Windows 8 or 8.1

You can't disable visual themes in order to get your intro videos to work, not even per program as it is integrated into the OS and used for its' metro UI. The only way you may see them, is if you are playing in Windowed mode as suggested by SWAT_OP-R8R

Here is a link:
Compatibility administrator and the old setting "Disable Visual Themes"

Oki, Well, I gave your save game a shot and guess what? It worked like a charm. So it's not my installation, geeze I was really starting to doubt myself if I installed it correctly... Now, I need to understand where it went wrong in my save game, I see you have "Blackboxes" in your cargo hold, I don't have those in mine, perhaps that is it? Mine are Datadisks... two of them are worth 8 mil credits each.

Thank you, I will give it a shot, perhaps this will tell me if it is my save that is faulty, or some file that is missing.

Quote from Martind Forlon

.. this usually means that on some moment was not followed mission path as should be and mission triggers therefore do not works correctly. Normally should work if you will load your last MISSION save and follow exactly (using F2) all mission points.

Exactly what I did, I will try again, but geeze... I am playing on hard and the mission before that was no pick nick, my ship was burning, with no nanobots / batteries when I reached that gate in the end. Well, it was fun.

I think I need to buy upgrades before attempting that again. Problem is, I am afraid it might break something else, because I will have to deviate from mission way points. There is also no guarantee that it will fix the problem...

I am re-downloading the whole mod, maybe some things got lost, will let you folks know in about 3 hours or so.

Well, the only options I have available under Windows 8's Compatibility tab for this is:

*Compatibility Mode
Windows 95 to Windows 7

*Reduced Colour Mode:
8-bit
16-bit

*Run in 640x480 Resolution
*Disable Display Scaling on High DPI settings
*Run this program as administrator
*Enable this program to work with OneDrive files

I tried them out, nothing.

Hello folks, It's me again,

Well, I have a problem with the following:

Mission 28: Crossfire Chapter 8 - Utopia>
As soon as I get near the Jump Hole, I can't dock, it clearly says that access is denied. Do I need to buy some sort of licence to pass through the jump hole? I dunno, as the mission clearly states that the Reinland Government has granted access to this system.

Things I have already tried:
Re-Installing Crossfire / FLMM (Both installed as Administrator
Starting the mission right from the start, no docking to stations etc, except the transport rings and jump holes indicated by the waypoint marker.

As for my problem with the intro videos:
With Crossfire 2.0, I just have black screens with audio. Meaning I can hear them play, just not see them. They work perfectly fine without the mod installed.

Again, any feedback and assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

That did the trick, thank you very much for the help Moorhuhn, I really appreciate it. It really was annoying; this has also fixed the text spacing in my HUD, I can finally play without these HUD annoyances. I am so happy.
I only wish I could like your post more than once.

Take care.

Hello,

I was hoping someone can help me out with this. It's pretty much what I have said in the subject area. I have installed a fresh copy of Freelancer (V1.0) I then proceeded to install FLMM 1.31 and last but not least, Crossfire 2.0. I have tried several options, things like; support for Widescreen, the Crossfire Gold Hud 16:9 version as well as the 4:3 versions and without Widescreen support, but it just refuses to display. I really am at a loss...

Any ideas?

Thank you in advance for any advice and tips.