It's in your "My Games" folder. And to anticipate your next question, changing the difficulty scale to 0 will make you invincible and no, it won't work in multiplayer.

ok i looked for the my games folder and i couldn't find it so then i used the search thing and set it to look everywhere including system folders and files and hidden folders and files and it came up with nothing and i did the search at least 3 or 4 times. is there a place i can download this file or am i pretty much sol?

"I'm all highway"
~Rodney Farva

On mine its:
C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx-xxxxx\My Documents\My Games\Freelancer\PerfOptions.ini

The xxxx-xxxxx bit is my unique desktop-username-thing, most of the bits seem to be generated by the options, i`m not too sure about the rest.

The PerfOptions.ini will get generated after you save a game...You have to save a game first or the file will not get generated.

You should not need to DL it - it should be on your machine once you do as bp mentioned and save a game.

However, it is simply an .ini file in the My Documents\My Games\Freelancer\ folder with the following info (or very close to it - depends on what you set in the Options screen) :

[PerfVersion
version=5
SkipMachineWarnings=FALSE

[PerfCount
count=36

[PerfOptions
mouse_speed = 0.56
gamma_ramp = 0.35
DitherControl = 1.00
MipFilterControlCallback = 0.00
TurnSensitivity = 0.00
generic_effect_perf = 1.00
Nebula = 1.00
SunEffect = 1.00
Asteroids = 1.00
space_dust_detail = 1.00
star_sphere = 1.00
AtmosphereMaterialConfig = 1.00
HUDAnimConfig = 1.00
level_of_detail = 1.00
use_environment_maps = 1.00
high_detail_textures = 1.00
sound_max_dist_scale = 1.00
sound_level_of_detail = 1.00
USE_3D_SOUNDS = 1.00
audio_music = 0.85
audio_ambient = 0.85
audio_sfx = 1.00
audio_interface = 1.00
audio_voice = 0.70
rtc_performance = 1.00
general_graphics = 1.00
advanced_graphics = 0.00
default_graphics = 1.00
skip_transition_scripts = 1.00
enable_tooltips = 1.00
enable_rollover = 1.00
cockpit = 1.00
USE_DYNAMIC_COMM_HEAD = 1.00
DIFFICULTY_SCALE = 1.00
autohide_maneuver_bar = 1.00
max_submitted_sounds = 1.00

[Display
size= 1280, 960
color_bpp= 32
depth_bpp= 24

Sorry you went to all that trouble to try and find this little bugger - formatting sucks

- Ro9ue
_________________________________
"Do or do not. There is no try."
- Jedi Master Yoda

Edited by - Ro9ue on 6/18/2005 7:27:04 AM

well i started a new game and seved it and the file showed up so thanks for the help.

"I'm all highway"
~Rodney Farva

No problem.

Ah, and apparently, FL was slated to have multiple difficulty settings: Easy, Normal, Hard. At least, this is what I am guessing, as there are entries in the Resources.dll that could denote settings (some among the dozens and dozens) that were omitted from the game.

DIFFICULTY_SCALE = 1.00 must be "normal," while something like 0.75 would be easy, and 1.25 would be hard. And a slider bar or check boxes would probably control it from the Options menu...
Darn DA - why'd y'all have to get lazy on us?

- Ro9ue
_________________________________
"Do or do not. There is no try."
- Jedi Master Yoda

ro9ue there is an option for difficulty they just didn't include it in the list...
i've just uploaded a little script for you here that will add the slider
Enjoy