As I understand it, you want to get a random ship out of a group of ships when you start a new game...assuming that is what you mean:

A major hack would be to first make a copy of whatever file specifies your starting ship for each ship you might want to start off with, editing them so that each specifies a different starting ship. Then, write a batch file that randomly selects one of the copies and then makes a copy of it, named whatever Freelancer actually looks in to determine the starting ship. Then, the batch file starts up Freelancer, with the randomly selected ship. This obviously would only work between program launches, not in-game "new games".

So, I guess it's possible, if this could be considered a solution. If it can't (I admit, it's a hack if there ever was one), then I don't know a way to do what you're asking.

Edited by - Aegis on 6/18/2004 1:48:20 AM

if someone did something like that than i would bow before them - in other words, it AINT gonna happen

unless Joe Boomz makes a new verson of IFSO where it automatically updates a ship based on specific things such as: if a player gets on and the first thing they buy is a justice mk1 than IFSO would kick them and give them a certain ship and such as oppose to them buying a new shield than it might kick them and give them the exact opposite ship. Very similar to IFTW mod where it edits your file if you DONT have a life commodity in ur cargo hold. He told me in a pm that it was simply an edited version of IFSO, so i guess if he decided to release that to public than it would work, but i doubt it. It is one of the things that makes the IFTW mod stand out.

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