Posts by Mesachie Man

Thank you Martind Forlan and Swat_Op_R8R for your quick responses, especially given it's the weekend. Both are much appreciated.

I must admit; I am intrigued. Possible cheating. Wow, I wonder what I did. I had a new (64 bit) gaming machine built. I installed Freelancer from my game CD and without even playing it once I then installed Crossfire 2.0 as per the directions provided with the download. My Panda anti-virus is always in gaming mode and I've added Crossfire to its exclusion list. I checked my firewall and determined that Crossfire, like my other games, is allowed through the wall.

Last night's foray was my first in MP. As far as a ship_related cheat might go, I was given a Starflier, immediately traded it in for an entry level cargo ship (Humpback? I'm not sure of it's name). I worked NY until I had the coin to buy a Bullpup Mark 1 and traded it in for a Sabre on Plant Blood. I was using the Sabre when I started experiencing connection issues, ending in the notice of my being banned.

I don't know what else I can do. Do you recommend uninstalling both and reinstalling both again, or just Crossfire perhaps? Any idea how long I'm banned for? I appreciate your assistance.

Cordially, MM

My Microsoft OS (Win7) blocked some of Crossfire's access to my home network (saw the dialogue box for the 1st time when I exited CF). I exited CF because I received a pop-up informing me I was banned from the server. I've since allowed CF to have full access to my LAN.

Could the blocking be the cause of the banning?

Can you tell me long I'll be in the penalty box?

Many thanks, MM

p.s. NIce game. I'm enjoying it.

Thank you RINGTWIN and DENNE. I need to take a break from losing to Hovis so I'll head over the MP shortly.

Cheers, MM

Thank yous to everyone for your timely replies, good humor and assistance. I especially appreciate MartinD Forlon's direction. Until he indicated otherwise, I'd always thought that button was just a graphic. MM

Thanks for your quick response ORDRAYDENMK. Can you point me in the direction of where I should look for directions on changing the crosshairs then? MM

On September 5th, 2016, I was so excited to apply the Crossfire 2.0 mod to Freelancer and experience the new game. Every couple years since I bought the original game I've dusted off my CD and played Freelancer from scratch. Despite over a thousand hours played on each of Dungeon Siege, MW3, Skyrim and The Division I still count Freelancer as my favorite game. So this year, this week in fact, I was feeling adventurous and installed Freelancer with Crossfire on my new 64bit gaming machine. Today, September 8th, I feel the same way as I did before I started and haven't been disappointed at all. Crossfire is tougher than I recall Freelancer being but it could just be that I'm a couple years older, and slower, than the last time I played the vanilla game.

I have found the red crosshairs a little difficult to see in some of the combat scenarios, and wonder if anyone can direct me to instructions on how to change the color of the crosshairs in the game. Thank you to all of you who've helped create and prove Crossfire. Sometime down the road, after I've finished the Single Player, I look forward to checking out the Multi-Player game. Hopefully, it'll still be running then. MM