Freelancer

Here are some tools, plugins, information files and mods for the Microsoft/Digital Anvil game Freelancer.

Jason's Freelancer Patch v1.25 (3.1M). Expands on the work of Louva-Deus (SDK/QuickFix) and Buck Danny (Unofficial FL SP patch), providing many additional improvements and some new features (additional controls, including rolling and vertical strafing (warning: may be considered cheating on some servers); actual Stats displays for Powerplants, Engines, Scanners, Tractor Beams and Armor; widescreen support). All the information given below is based on this, so if you're not using it, some names and loot might be different. The resource file sources (674k; FRC) I created are also available.

JFLP.DLL v1.25 (7k). Just the DLL (and its source) if you only want the new features.

Mapping:	A description of how to use my mapping system.
Bases:	List of bases with their (abbreviated) owners.
Gates:	List of jump gates.
Holes:	List of jump holes.
Wrecks:	List of wrecks with their loot.
Commodities:	List of (non-standard) commodity prices at each base.
Trade:	Best possible buy/sell prices and bases for each commodity.
Routes:	Convenient trade routes.
Weapons:	An Excel spreadsheet containing details on all the available weapons (and the H.F. shields).
System nicknames:	Translate internal system nicknames to the corresponding Sirius name.
Base nicknames:	Translate internal base nicknames to the corresponding Sirius name.
Run by:	List of the BGCS_base_run_by values.
FL Info:	A zip file containing all of the above files.
HU Info:	Additional information for Hostile Universe V8.3.

Bonus Hp:	Activates additional hardpoints on some ships.
Eagle Forward-Firing Turret:	Adds a forward-firing turret to the Eagle.
Hostile Universe V8.3:	Too easy for you? Try this out... (3.2M; doesn't need FLMM.)
Intros:	Additional intros available when using FL Hack (or MultiIntro).
Scenes Cut (JFLP or SDK):	Removes the cinematics from the story.
Show Unknown:	Shows the two Unknown systems on the Nav Map (after revisiting).

All Nomad:	Not sure whether to use Nomad Energy Blasters or Cannons? Why not have both... (This is also my “completed” game, but no, I didn't use this loadout.)
Eagle Mission:	Don't like a challenge? Use a decked-out Eagle for the story missions. Comes equipped with Tizona Del Cid, Salamanca Mk II, four Nomad Energy Blasters and a Salamanca Turret, and has an additional Tizona, Salamanca and Rapier Turret.
No Story (1.0 or 1.1):	A new game (rename to Restart.fl to actually use as “New Game”) without the story missions and your reputation completely neutral with everyone. Choose the same version as Freelancer. (SP from MP does the same thing, except for the reputation.)

• Go to your Freelancer group and start FLServer (or run Freelancer\EXE\FLServer.exe);
• enter anything for the name and make sure “Allow New Players” is checked;
• you might like to add -c to its shortcut to avoid the dialog in future;
• bring up the properties for your Freelancer shortcut; you should now see the “Target” highlighted, so press End and paste in everything between the quotes: “ -s127.0.0.1:2302”;
• it seems you need an actual network for 7 (probably Vista and later), so if you don't have one, make one:
  • go to “Device Manager” (or run devmgmt.msc);
  • right click your computer name, select “Add legacy hardware”;
  • Next; install manually, Next; select “Network adapters”, Next;
  • Select “Microsoft” and “Microsoft Loopback Adapter”, Next; Next; Finish;
• start Freelancer, select “Multiplayer”, create the account if you haven't already done so, select “LAN” and you should see your server there;
• have fun.

Jason Hood.
31 May, 2023.

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