*** Tutorial *** Removing story in single player.
Nor does this go into editing initialworld.ini to unlock the gates.
First go to your Freelancer\EXE\ folder and open freelancer.ini
Find the line
<pre><font size=1 face=Courier>
DLL = Content.dll, StoryLauncher, BELOW_NORMAL ;story/static missions
</font></pre>
And comment it out by putting a semicolon in front of it.
Now go to your Freelancer\DATA\UNIVERSE\SYSTEMS\FP7\ directory
Add
<pre><font size=1 face=Courier>
[Object
nickname = Dock_Ring_Li01_01
ids_name = 261168
pos = 0, 0, -3000
Archetype = dock_ring
ids_info = 66141
dock_with = Li01_01_Base
voice = atc_leg_f01a
space_costume = , robot_body_A
reputation = li_p_grp
behavior = NOTHING
difficulty_level = 1
loadout = docking_ring_li_01
pilot = pilot_solar_easiest
</font></pre>
to the end of it.
Now start a new game and head towards the large star in the center of the map.
As you get close you should see a set of docking rings sitting in the middle of space, dock with them, ignoring the entering sun's corona warnings you get.
You are now on manhatten, but if you check your status you will see that you are level 0 and need a few billion credits to level up
I'm trying to figure out how to fix that.
Also you are trapped in New York, but all you have to do to fix that is to comment out all the locked gates in initialworld.ini
Once I get some sleep I'll work on it some more