Posts by Riebens

  • Riebens RolePlay Information

    Hi


    Riebens started off as a Freelancer and later joined the Silver Arrows Clan.


    Due to some RL issues, the amount of work in maintaining a position in the clan forced either 1 of two decisions, Stop Playing on the Server as there is no time to do the Clan admin and play on the server or switch back to Freelancer and play as time permits.


    After discussions, I felt it was more important to be on the server as RL time permits than sticking with the Clan tags and not being able to play. (Other issues were also reasons for leaving the clan, but this was the most important one - Cannot have untagged Chars while in a clan- )


    I am still Senior Advisor to the SA clan, and interact via other means on a daily basis with the clan members.


    The clan leadership and I have also come to an understanding as to the fact that While I am a freelancer and still have good friends in the clan, I am free to choose my Licenses and RP as I see fit, but always to try and balance out the server and help create some RP.


    I want to thank Creshten specifically and the "Horses" for some nice RP and actions. :applaus:


    And a big bottle of sparling wine to the Members of the Silver Arrows clan. :thumbsup:


    Some day in the future when my RL time allows me more free time. I will be re-joining a clan - but at this time I work between 16-19 hours a day and just some days take a few hours to be online on the server and itneract with my mates. The rest of the time i spend sleepign or interacting with my family.

  • installer auto activates my game, then game crashes????

    Hi


    You have not metioned you have done the following:
    Make sure you have deleted or re-named the 'Freelancer' folder in the 'My Games' directory. When freelancer start's up, it looks there for settings.


    If FLMM shows CF already installed, it means you have instaleld the game before and the settigns for FLMM is held in the system registry. then it is also very possible that there is a Folder in the My Games folder holding incompatable settings.


    Kind Regards.

  • Black Market Goods price issue - a public report

    I am very sad at the response this thread has gotten.


    We did do the basic and some advanced checks to eliminate problems or find source of problems before posting here in the hope that some MEANINGFULL alternatives are suggested.


    BOTH Initial posts say we have alredy made sure about the read/write attributes on the files.

  • Clans - Up's and Down's - What out ways What?

    I appreciate your point of view, but friendships build in clans does not garuantee that the clans are active on CF.


    Why is Disco so successfull in having high player counts ? I do not know because I ahve never actually played Disco MP before. Maybe someobody else out there has an answer.


    I don't think we need a seperate threat for what is not workign and why, this is the thread - At least the name implies that to me.


    Clearly CF is the most graphical advanced version of FL out there, but we still have issues keeping people on CF. Even clan members commenting how different CF is to Disco.


    People like a challenge - my thinking - and CF is a stable, predictable server where you can trade in peace , pew pew in X or Arena when you are frustrated, and then leave.


    There is no competition to gain a higher level as there is no recognition to it. No THING that makes new players stick around more than a few days and then disappear again.


    In my software I develop, I find that more users use it when the ycan PERSONLISE it and make it 'their own', and I think this is why Disco can boast 179 players (i just schecked now) and there are only 14 on CF.


    Would you not come back more often if you had the capability of LOOSING your base, ship, money, etc due to actions of others while you are inactive ? Would you not be hanging out in your own custom base, or defending it from attacke by others?


    War and strife brings life to FL. Sorry to say, but CF does not have that any more, and ALL who whine to OP about being dockraped, or killed 'unfairly', just makes CF weaker.


    GO OUT THERE AND KILL THEM BACK.


    And if you cannot do it, get some friends to come back you up.


    CF has become a very bland game server. It needs more action , adreniline and stress to keep you comign back to achieve that single goal of ... whatever ...


    Like I said, Create a Clan license, and Attache certain equipment to each clan license, and only clans can have that equipment. So what if it creates and imbalance on the server.. . that is what we want.


    If I want some equipment, or ships, or level of guns or level of sields, whatever, I need to gain that clan license to get that equipment,etc.


    With Clan licenses, no need to have Tagged Chars to indicate the clan, but can be optional.


    Clan licenses are linked to Base Reps - and disallow docking to bases where you have a 'red' rep. It's too easy to dock and spend 2M for a rep and purchase quipment after that.


    Sorry for the disjointed responce, but I am prepared to document somethign like this if I know it wil lbe seriously concidered.


    As an afterthought - Just look at how popular EVE is, not because it's protective ofplayers, but because it creates a challenge .. to build a ship, to gain money , to be killed without warning ..


    WE are to blame for the CF situation - not OP - We asked for player protection and a way to 'complain' when we feel we were unjustly treated on the server.


    Afterthought 2- Look at how many people was in the IC misisons of late - 15 and then 14 . That is basically 3/4 of all the players on the server ... and ask why? Because there were fighting and killing and specific goals to be acheived as a group.


    Kind Regards

  • Clans - Up's and Down's - What out ways What?

    Michael.. .A very sensible reply. Thank you.


    I do have a way of confusing or missing the 'point' of a thread and do often post what others consider 'off topic' when i think it is totally on topic.


    Just one of those things.


    Totally agree.. there is WORK in a clan ...and it's mostly nice and REWARNING work.


    Kind regards

  • Clans - Up's and Down's - What out ways What?

    Spock. I agree with a lot you have said about why being a freelancer is better than being a clan member.


    The main thing for me is that there is really no benefit, but much more restrictions on a player in a clan than as a freelancer.


    Another this is that a Freelancer looses his reputation and stats when joining a clan.


    I am still waiting to see 'Clan RP' on the server. When i was SA, we had nice RP interaction with PX, (diplomacy, scirmishes, threads,etc), but Police,Merc,Pirate,Smuggler RP is not clan RP and in that even a Freelancer can partake.


    I don't see Clan actions against another Clan - Server wars, Interdiction, Asset Destruction, Asset Building (why build if nobody can destroy it?), etc.


    I don't see Clan Stats updated, Player Stats updated, etc ....


    Maybe I am one of those contributing to the death of CF due to not being in a clan, but I was there, did the thing, and found it to be a LOT of hype and very little substance.


    SA Clan - They are the most organised, documented and career orientated clan on the server with decent record keeping and awards. Thank you SA.


    My suggestions havealways been


    - Allow Char Names to get tagged/untagged
    - Allow Destructable bases that needs to be defended
    - Allow clans to deposit money on a base char , and deduct a 'death amount' from this if a base is destroyed.
    - Make a death cost a person MUCH MORE so that senseless pew pew forever in X is stopped and people are actually forced to help each other stay alive.
    - ALLOW bats/bots during combat (see point above) This will also force people to fly ships for specific missions and not everybody jump in a Cayman.
    - Make the Rocks in Venn easier to navigate with heavier ships
    - Allow Rep takeovers of bases through combat with the base repped fighters ...basically a dynamic Base Rep system via play interaction.
    - Give each clan a License and code certain objects only to that clan license - Base dockings, etc ( See point above)


    There is a whole lot more that will make belonging to a Clan much more beneficial that just belonging as a Freelancer.


    I am sure a lot will say .. no - cannot be done, but it CAN be done .. other mods are doing it....


    Kind regards

  • Preview

    8). a new blackmarket rum distribution location. We can sit there the whole day and wait for smugglers and pirates to arrive and shoot them.


    :P

  • ship mod and autosave

    Hi


    I have not tried to add mod ships to CF.


    There are various tutorials all over the internet on how to add ships to a mod. It's not a 10 minute job.


    Here is a video tutorial on how to go about doing it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxB5Oi6hnaE


    Hope it helps you get started.


    REMEMBER. Once you add ships to your SP, you cannot use that installation to play MP any more.


    Kind Regards