hi nicknock, you seem to have done all the initial stuff correctly. many of us have experienced the same problems. all i can recommend, and you probably don't really want to hear it, is to do a clean install of everything again.i would recommend that you uninstall everything so far and make sure that nothing is left on your computer, fragments are sometimes left behind.then re-download the CF mod and the mod manager v1.31 from this forum. do a clean install of your Freelancer disk, don't play i…