See... this is why I "depose" the things I want and just add them to the regular game via the ini files instead of using FLMOD. It may overwrite and then even re-encrypt something I wanted to keep.

I suggest you start parsing the various mods by taking out the pieces you want and putting them in the regular game files instead of installing mod after mod. That way you get what you want and nothing else.

Read some of the beginners editing stuff and get the editors you will need and then go from there... You will be a happier guy.

@ JustSomeGuy, are you nuts or something,doing it like that all it takes is 1 mistake by you and you'll corrupt your game files, and that means installing Freelancer again.

Do what the rest of us do and create a folder in FLMM's mod folder and build your mod in that.This way you can safely acctivate your mod without worrying about F***ing up you game files.

No, he's not nuts - this is what I do a lot. It's how I've been doind stuff for a long time. This is how Rebalance got spinning planets (looked and saw what Chips did in the spinning planets mod, then opened up my files and edited them myself instead of doin the FLMM-activate-the-mod way. Yeah, sure, one mistake will mess your game up -- but that's how everything with computers is Most modders do everything themselves by hand, and they usually avoid creating big typoes. And when there is a crash, it usually IS because of a typo from doing it by hand It's just a necessary evil of modding really.

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Thank you Ro9ue...

Nuts indeed..!

When I started doing mods there was no mod manager or anything else. Finally along came some neat editors, mainly bini, bine lite, FLED_ids, and lots of helpful tuts from the rest of the community and I was hooked. Now there are a plethera of editors, scads of tuts, many experienced modders and yes, FLMod Manager. The problem I now have is that with over 100 extra ships, a couple of DLL's, mods to almost every system, new faction, 60 new weapons, a bunch of commodities... all made by me, I wouldn't know where to begin to put it all in a mod and use the mod manager. I just occasionally make a dvd of all the downloads, the entire Freelanacer directory, and the saved games and back up that way. If I do crash sometimes, its because of a change I just made, so I go back in and fix it right away and usually all is well. By the way... never put a colon where you mean to put a semi-colon.

Edited by - JustSomeGuy on 6/28/2005 11:06:54 PM