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Post Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:54 pm

unknown error

I have an unknown problem.

freelancer is crashing randomly with this nova mod I'm working on.

windows is telling me ntdll.dll is causing the crash and flscan isn't helping at all to locate a possible reason for the crash.
what could cause a random crash in freelancer?

it started to happen after I was tinkering with one of my custom weapon

I'll upload the mod to my site later for those who want to dig through the ini files

Post Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:31 pm

If its a windows dll file, your in trouble. I highly suggest a reinstall.


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Post Mon Aug 15, 2005 1:29 am

It's the main Windows NT system file - if it does go wrong you are in trouble. It won't be related to whatever you were doing to Freelancer, I'd suggest it could be a virus. Run a virus scan on your system, then try reinstalling the DLL: either from your Windows installation CD's or download a copy here.

Post Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:49 pm

I don't think it's a virus as it happens on 3 other computers
Windows XP SP1 maybe causing the problem

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features include
capitalship encounters.
order encounters.
nomad encounters.
luxury liner encounters.
random wormholes (warning frame rate drop) one near earth within 30k radius on the left side of the tau ceti tradelane.
osiris, liberty dreadnought, liberty cruiser, rheinland gunboat, large train, luxury liner for sale.
4 custom weapons.
torpedo bombers for liberty navy and rheinland military.
all factions drop credits sellable at commodity trader.
increased scanner range.

multiplayer starts on earth, sol sector system
open singleplayer starts on manhattan new york (sol
sector jump hole near manhattan(turn left once you leave manhattan and travel parrallel with the tradelane

requires openspv1 mod and ghost docking ring (untested newer open singleplayer mods)

tip: turn on rollover tooltips to display the system areas

known bugs
only a few of the bases offer missions earth begin one of them
contrail steams shake during tradelane transit
rings on planets draw before planets render
most tradelanes that lead to empty systems are lable unknown object or netrual
random errors may occur

Edited by - ARevenger on 8/15/2005 11:10:09 PM

Post Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:43 pm

or you could just reinstall freelancer...

Post Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:47 pm

...or one of the files in the mod is infected, and you've damaged other computers... o_0

Post Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:23 pm

I've removed the 4 custom weapons I created and that seems to have stopped the crashes

Post Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:23 pm

If you have a mod your making, and leave out or change something, all files must match down to sound effects or when activated, it cause a crash. I tried this when bringing in a single wep fro another mod, but forgot a file. It crashed every time I tried to use it. Took me a while to trace the missing file and add it, then all went well.

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