Posts by DrStraw

MaxPower and Vesata got in after ~15 trys.
I do NOT want to encourage you to storm try it now or else we can say goodbye to the server again^^. But try it now and then and maybe you are lucky and it works. It worked for MaxPower and Vesata. I for myself better stay logged in^^

the event managers fund is allready happy whenever i come by ^^.
I am not into supporting megalomanic franchise organisations. Oh.. wait.. are we talking about that special contrabant coffee from earth? Im on it! lol

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The best part, of course, is that a clan here doesn't have to give the admin a billion credits a month to keep their system.

I would like that actually^^. Other than placing bountys there is basicly nothing you can do with $ on the server. Would be a good thing for the smuggler clans aswell.

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Lange Rede kurzer Sinn..: Pro für die website stats, Contra für ig commands (für player).

Hielt ich eigentlich für recht eindeutig^^. Wenn ihr nichtmal zwischen ingame und website stats unterscheiden wollt, was komm ich denn da erst mit der unterteilung regular stats/pvp stats Naja schade.. dann vote ich für alles behalten. Alles oder Nichts sind in keiner Situation optimale auswahlmöglichkeiten. Denke was Bahamut und ich versucht haben war eine Kompromisslösung zu finden, die möglichst vielen zusagt aber keinem den Spielspaß raubt. Wenn wir in Zukunft unsere Meinung nur noch mit einem ja und nein äußern sollen ohne uns über das Thema an sich Gedanken zu machen, dann müsst ihr das schon irgendwo anmerken *spaß*.

i vote for ingame. Once 1.8 is out send us into the right direction tho so there wont be too big of an hassle to learn about the story. (or put as news in the bars.. whatever^^.. ingame)

*gg*

Also soweit ich das mitbekommen habe wurde die website datenbank ein bis zweimal täglich geupdated. Das heißt man konnte nur den progress von einem Tag im gesamten anschauen. Diese Form von stats halte ich eigentlich für recht sinnvoll. Man sieht wer die letzten 24h aktiv war und der großteil der stats waren eher sachen wie NPC kills, missions, visited bases/jumpholes/systems und der ganze kram. Das sollte auf jedenfall überleben! Gerade für Neulinge ist das eine gute Motivationsquelle.

PvP Stats wiederum sind was den ein oder anderen betrifft vielleicht doch diskussionswürdig. Meiner Meinung nach -sollte- es keinen Grund geben solche stats zu entfernen. Ich behaupte jetzt einfach mal die wenigstens Leute checken regelmäßig /frags und noch viel weniger Leute nutzen die Liste um sie PvP Partner zu suchen (oder andere Leute zu meiden). Ich persönlich find es immer schade wenn ein Feature aufgrund der Doofheit weniger user dann wegfallen muss. Wenn der /frags command wircklich wegfallen sollte, dann müsste er dennoch für die SPs und EventManager zur verfügung stehen. Ansonsten gibt es Probleme beim Team Deathmatch Event^^.

Lange Rede kurzer Sinn..: Pro für die website stats, Contra für ig commands (für player).

true Simba. The missiles tracking added a whole new level of skill requirement to the game. Its very hard to master, still, a perfect gunner and a perfect missiler are even enemys (see simba and doom). I wonder what everybody complains about fighting against spammer^^. If the enemy spams for real he should be out of ammo pretty soon as long as one stays evasive. If one fails to manage to stay evasive in order to wait for the perfect point to attack its surely not the spammers fault. Thee who spams usually dies in less than 10 seconds being CDed his own missiles.
Its all about launching rockets only when you know they hit 100%. People who do spam usually are the ones trying to find out which angle/speed/momentum allows them a 100% hit probability. Its fair to assume those people eventually learn where to launch missiles and where not. Chances are atleast higher compared to those people shutting down the comp because they were spammed to death and didnt know how to counter or evade. Evading missiles is of no doubt more difficult than evading guns and requires a lot more skill. Same goes for launching them.. clicking an aimcross with the right mouse button is far easier then precalculating the angle and launchpoint of your missiles.
Definatly lets not mix up missiler with spammer. Where spammer are the easiest enemys to come across, trained missilers are the deadliest ones.
Just my morning wakeup 2 cents.

Tyrael can I put that in my sig?^^: "Guys lets talk straight [...] What are we talking about ?!"

still after the next windows reinstall you would have to put in the code manualy taken from the mpaccountid.hta. With Hours regfile it only needs a simple doubleclick^^.

nothing wrong with the batch there m8^^.

SYMPTOMS
When you start a batch file or use a command prompt, you may receive the following error message: Out of environment space

CAUSE
The default space for environment variables is 256 bytes by default. More environment variables are being set than can fit in 256 bytes.

RESOLUTION
1. Right-click the MS-DOS Prompt shortcut, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Memory tab.
3. In the Initial Environment box, set the initial environment size you want (from 256 to 4,096 bytes, in 256-byte increments).
4. Click OK.

( source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/261825</a> )

Its not possible to store multiple IDs in the registry at the same time so you would have to overwrite the current regfile entry with a different one whenever you want to switch accounts.
Once you have created a new 2nd account (via creating a new windows user, loging in with it and starting the game) you can extract it with your batch file and just doubleclick the resulting reg file for whatever account you want to use^^. Only make sure you copy and save your first account when attempting to extract the 2nd one.
Freelancer Account Manager does kind of exactly the same but with more hassle in startup, memory load in the background (hence its another app you have to start rather then doubleclicking a *.reg file^^). Some people claim FLE to not be intenionally usable either. I think I will switch to the regfile method now

//edit: @ Supercars: Maybe there is a little missunderstanding. The batch file does not 'generate' you a new code in order to make a second account. It does extract the information of your CURRENT code into a handy piece of regfile to export and import anywhere. (So it doesnt get lost or you can take that file to your friend playing with your account from a different place or pc.) If you want to know how to create new FL accounts on the same pc read the sections above and/or take the Freelancer Account Manager readme which sums the process of making a new account up very well. (just google for it).

sweet Now i finaly know how to extract reg entrys with a batch command
Surely a nice tool for people who dont like the Account Manager and/or play with 1 account only!

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this server aint crap the players who use it are
nothing wrong with game or mod or server
just something wrong with ppl
o wow nice server police lets kill it

op can you help me i got banned and dunno why

well it seems childish but this is whats going on now

With what kind of people are you surrounding yourself making you call the entire community names? No offense inteded but I am not sure anymore if you are acting in the community's interest or your own.
Jeez if someone would come up with "op can you help me i got banned and dunno why" it would be more worth a laugh than anything to be offended by^^. Killing serverpolice is against the rules as far as I know. SPs actually do react when being fired upon some people say^^.

The only thing childish I see here is the 'angry young men' complaining (literaly speaking).

Just try to have some fun m8. If you cant maintain a smile when being shot down in an unfair fight, community based games might not be the best choice.

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so you no more need to hang out in arena

As I said a few posts before. People will delete all their chars BUT the arena chars. Including you, I bet^^. (and stop playing when the $ is wasted in ammo)

restrictions are usually needed when too many people go way out of the line in the status quo. I dont really see that happening here. Why should we restrict the fun of the majority of the player when there is no real need for it? Just because 'it sounds like a good idea' and some people might want to try it doesnt mean that this is in the interest of an healthy community.

If this rule is about to be enforced there will only be arena chars left and the players of them will leave as soon as all the $ is wasted in ammo.

ok cool
Check my edit in the post (added some stuff and didnt see u replied alrdy^^).
Once again sorry Privy for intruding your thread. Even tho it wasnt too much off topic.

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Originally posted by Gunny
Ok here is the definition to your question: As long as clan members have all related chars tagged, then it is legal.

If members SHARE a pc in two clans or as clan / FL, then you could be accused of having a "fake" character.

So, its legal until you get caught/

Im hopping in here to ensure DrDoom and mine actions dont get illegalized now Here is the story: We are both in different clans. DrDoom is coming to my place almost everyday to play Crossfire on my 2nd PC. Now when I want to mule something and he is not there Im activating mine (private unshared) mule account on the 2nd pc and do whatever transfer i need.
Gunny Im sure you were talking about sharing the account rather than the PC/IP. Would be pretty weird if 2 friends cant use the same computer as long as they dont touch the others accounts (which we dont.)

Im not sure if you got that yet Privy: You can have an infinite amount of freelancer accounts on one single pc. Also depending on the power of your pc you can run Freelancer as many times as you want parallel using vmware or other sort of OS emulating apps.

//edit: As for the rule how many people can be online from the same IP.. As long as they dont popup with the same name or something out of nowhere it can always be an internet cafe or friends for example playing together. I kind of remember that occasion where some guy used 4 chars simultaneously and got banned or 'dealt with' in the end. Such obvious overdoing no good things are clearly not allowed by default anywhere^^. I think its OK to use 2 chars online for muling purposes but any more is just plain useless.

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Originally posted by Tyrael
So, Straw u've been in Greece, and u didn't just travel a bit north to visit me, eh ?

Next time, promise

doesnt work yet.
Commodity settings are still like yesterday and whenever I buy a black market good and try to undock I get kicked for possible cheat.

F : You are dead sexy. (still a little more sexy than dead..^^)
A : You like to drink. (sometimes a few beer..)
B : You like people. (people are always welcome:])
I : You are great in bed. (especcialy whilst being asleep ;))
A : You like to drink. (OK you got me.. I forgot the absinth)
N : You are understimated (especcialy by myself)