Blocking DataStorm

Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:54 am by Manhattan_Guy

I noticed in the DataStorm forum, that some mods block access by datastorm onto some or all systems.

Simple question: How is this done? How do I keep the users of the mod from using DS to look at the systems? Cuz finding one special system is an essential part of my mod.

Ah, and BTW: I've rearranged the systems a bit and now the system backgrounds are messed up, some systems not having one at all, others showing the backgrounds of different systems. I suppose this is hardcoded by DS, isn't it?

Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:18 am by Darth-Vader

Ya I had a prob masking some jh/jg I maneged to mast a system off the map but it was in game not in DS but still explorer can see it cuz its made for sysstem creatating so you need to see everything.

Sat Aug 13, 2005 2:25 pm by FriendlyFire

Simply put a second universe INI File (And reference to it in Freelancer.ini) and put all the systems you want to hide in this second Universe INI File.

Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:35 am by Darth-Vader

HUH? how you bloack a system from DS? cuz i dont know what you said.

Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:05 am by Accushot

Create a new file in the same location as universe.ini called something else, like "universe2.ini". Then, in freelancer.ini add the line "universe = Data\Universe\universe2.ini" after the other line that says "universe = ...". This works because Datastorm only reads the first universe entry, so anything in the second file will be hidden and not shown in Datastorm.

Mon Aug 15, 2005 1:26 pm by FriendlyFire

@Accushot :
It does?? I was pretty much sure DataStorm does not ever read Freelancer.ini and assumes default files. I do think it works like this, as I simply changed the name of universe.ini in reality and in Freelancer.ini and it didnt show the systems, it used the original universe.ini

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