Mon May 12, 2003 11:49 am
Freelancer is altering its own ini files.
Hello.
For weeks now certain odd happenings have been taking place in Hostile universe. Settings have been forgotten, Changes that I remember making ahve been reversed and ini files lose half of the new data but remember the other half just fine.
AKA reported an error in version 3 of Hostile universe where the price for the ships say price = price 1000. Well i spotted this just before release and fixed it before I started testing again. Yet some of the new ships had their prices reverted back to that figure in AKAs report to me and I found my files said that too so it must happened during my last test run.
The odd thing is, my test ship for the last run had the correct price and thats a new ship in version.
So doubled checked my theory by looking at a new hyperspace system i created this morning. I had set the visits to 1. It current says visit = 36.
So freelancer does edit its own ini files and I believe these changes depend on what saves/events have been happening before hand.
If you guys done believe me, try reseting newyorks manhattan visit line to 0 and dock a few times and see what happens. Its not a test ive ran but im guessing im right here.
It would explain why people report some very weird bugs to us mod makers and why some bugs simply cannot be traced and all configs appear to bejust fine when examined.
Edit: the figure being changed in the systems ini files appears to be zones not jumpholes or planets. So check those zones.
BTW im not dumb enough to say my system is totally secure or totally virus free but unlike many others I do actually run a virus checker and a hardware based firewall. My definations file is onlt 5 days old anyway. So the first thought you will have is unlikely to be the case. Especially when the hacker/virus happens to know how to edit freelancer files but doesnt touch any other program.
So this is one scenario I happen to blame on the game and not some virus or hacker. As Webmaster, I get viruses in the mail all the time and I am very familiar when them and how to deal with them.
Giskard
Edited by - giskard on 12-05-2003 13:09:20
For weeks now certain odd happenings have been taking place in Hostile universe. Settings have been forgotten, Changes that I remember making ahve been reversed and ini files lose half of the new data but remember the other half just fine.
AKA reported an error in version 3 of Hostile universe where the price for the ships say price = price 1000. Well i spotted this just before release and fixed it before I started testing again. Yet some of the new ships had their prices reverted back to that figure in AKAs report to me and I found my files said that too so it must happened during my last test run.
The odd thing is, my test ship for the last run had the correct price and thats a new ship in version.
So doubled checked my theory by looking at a new hyperspace system i created this morning. I had set the visits to 1. It current says visit = 36.
So freelancer does edit its own ini files and I believe these changes depend on what saves/events have been happening before hand.
If you guys done believe me, try reseting newyorks manhattan visit line to 0 and dock a few times and see what happens. Its not a test ive ran but im guessing im right here.
It would explain why people report some very weird bugs to us mod makers and why some bugs simply cannot be traced and all configs appear to bejust fine when examined.
Edit: the figure being changed in the systems ini files appears to be zones not jumpholes or planets. So check those zones.
BTW im not dumb enough to say my system is totally secure or totally virus free but unlike many others I do actually run a virus checker and a hardware based firewall. My definations file is onlt 5 days old anyway. So the first thought you will have is unlikely to be the case. Especially when the hacker/virus happens to know how to edit freelancer files but doesnt touch any other program.
So this is one scenario I happen to blame on the game and not some virus or hacker. As Webmaster, I get viruses in the mail all the time and I am very familiar when them and how to deal with them.
Giskard
Edited by - giskard on 12-05-2003 13:09:20
