Posts by {LP}SaxonRaider{X}

An Idea just struck me...

OP, How about when people get a CTD, they test again to se if it is a replicable bug, they then PM you immediateley with their MPID and tell you what action to do to make the CTD. Then You can test it yourself, knowing you have a good install, and thats half of the problem eliminated, either it is a real bug, or it is just the persons install (or environment).

another advantage is that you may see what equipment people are using.. the makup of their char, just in case all people seem to be using the same gun for example...

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as launcher version 1.6 doesnt exist for CF1.8, and only installer version 2.01 does, your pc must be getting the version 1.6 from somewhere, and its not this mod. So make sure you delete your 'Microsoft Games/Freelancer' Folder before you install FL again so that CF 1.7 is completely gone.

you can always take a screenshot from a game by pressing ctrl and print screen, then paste from clipboard into paint and save it. however, thats beyond many peoples pc skills unfortunately. alternatively, printing an active window, such as a file explorer window on its own, you press alt & printscreen.

dont give up its a really good mod

Pipehitter, have you tried leaving the screenshot capture setting at default on install of mod, check CTD on launch thread

I downloaded the 2nd version and i dont get any CTDs at all, not once. ever.

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Originally posted by Titius-Bode
I have activated the mod and created a char but each time I launch to space form Manhattan I crash to desktop. Any thoughts?

on mod setup try leaving the setting 'Screenshots Capture settings' to default, and not switching to 'on'. let us know if this fixes the problem

It is a fantastic mod, and feels like a new game. Very addictive im totally back into it

A few of us have been trying installing using various settings in the Mod installer, and found that leaving the setting 'Screen shot Capture settings' to default does not produce a crash to Desktop, however switching it 'On' does cause problems for some PC's.

This may or may not be Graphics card or Driver dependent.

If this helps you fix a problem, please give us some details of hardware and software drivers your using. As this may help fixing the issue with this setting.

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Originally posted by Kalisie
Not sure if its a bug, or just a problem with my computer, but with the Swashbuckler (I hope thats spelled right) ship, every time I try and dock on the 3rd dock on Newark station in New York, my ship keeps repeatedly going around the station, gets close to the dock, then seems to get lost again, and goes all the way around the station again for a good minute or so, then when the docking cinematic starts, it gets very close to the door, but then gets lost again and continues going around the station for another 3 minutes or so before finally docking.

I tested it with the other 3 docking doors and it seems to work fine, its only the number 3 one.

this happens with a lot of stations with this ship, LPI huntsville is another station for example and that has only 1 dock, i think its more the size/shape of the ship that makes a difference in docking, there was a few ships in 1.7 that had this problem also.

it just crashed again, i got about 10 seconds of playing time :/.
I think i did see a few in Sol just before it crashed a player just logged in in there.
will keep an eye on it. I think some people are still running the 1st download and havent got the latest download yet.

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Originally posted by Inferno

muahahah, time to blackmail some ppl with stations

Im feeling very HUMIATED just think what Spiky wants to do with his Pink Eagle, Im glad you have one too Inf, LOL. [8]

[8] yeeehaaaa [8]

i wouldnt tax anyone below rank 70 at the moment, but theres some clans with 7-10 chars out there in 1 clan which are 70-80 lvl already and they are avoiding RP. If OP wanted people to build up, then surely they are already built up and ready for some RP?

lol Spiky, im always up for RP even in a starflier below rank 20

ah okay i missed the meeting, in that case, all i can do is trade?
it seems a little crazy some clans have so much money they could buy about 50 battleships and theres not much we can do about it

oh and i guess as i get no CTDs at all now, that means i have the latest from day 2.

Is it true that nobody is allowed to RP for 14 days? Only i was stopped from taxing some clan that has made billions so far and is by a very long way the richest clan on the server at the moment. when all i wanted was a measly 2 mil tax from them and they said its all over the forums that theres no RP allowed yet. Now ive been constantly looking here but i cant find any such post, so can i kill them all now or what?
Besides, if it were a smuggling or trading clan, then the they would already have been breaking the rules by doing their RP, trading!.

Where is this rulesaid because i cant find it here... thank you.

OP it is fantastic, i love the Swashbuckler!!!! what a great little ship
I've mapped Custo, and found that someone has destroyed Neutro!!! Already!! OMG BG need more system defenders OP.
Still, X3043 is amazing, big explosions, and i nearly died just hanging around in their, the flashes were immense.
Very impressed so far, just need to find the Rum for my twin Rum dispensers, and then i can play with my dancing girls, LOL.

that is a good plan Kalisie. One think i did notice was that with hardware shaders turned off, when i exited the game, the Vista was stuck in Vista Basic Graphics rather than Aero, this does make you wonder whether theres still some compatibility probs.

I have also an XP machine at the ready, if it runs better on that then i'll install there instead lol.

ive just spoken with quite a few people on the server, and theres quite a few people who have to untick the advanced shaders in the mod setup menu, when activating the mod.
You lose all the fancy new graphics bloom effects and stuff, but still, it looks a little better than 1.7.

And BTW, with the Orange HUD i couldnt see the commodities list very easily, it seems a bit too bright, so i recommend a darker colour...

Kalisie, i may have an older Graphics card, but it has all the latest shader model 3.0 and everything and DDR3 with a 1.3 Ghz bus speed. Shame i can use it all.

i had same problem as Kalisie, but when i reinstalled everything and turn off the advanced graphics (which may cause problems for some users) it now works fine. Its a bit strange because we both have completeley different graphics cards. I have an ATi X1950Pro.

I think OP means he wont see you in space, because hes in Germany. and i bet he wants to find this bug.

When playing it, i will see if i can find anything consistent that might be a pointer to where the problem is.

I think we all need to be patient and give OP some good feedback.
Only tell him about a crash that is replicable. I.e. it happens everytime, not just randomly. That is the best chance of bugs getting fixed without introducing more bugs. We dont want to overload him with random CTD events which wont help fix anything.