THANK YOU STEVERHUD! THANK YOU! even thought it was kinda obvious lol.

like i said, all i want to do is GET TO THE LATER MISSIONS. Ive sworn to myself that someday i WILL beat hovis. so to all who recommend not cheating: dont worry. i WILL win against hovis someday.

hey, can someone please tell me where to find the bini.exe file which is needed for the "cheat"? is it already somewhere on my computer? where? or do i need to dwnload it from the net?
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"There's only two things I hate in this world. People who discriminate against other races, and the Dutch."-Austin Powers dad

Edited by - emu on 10-08-2003 15:38:19

ok guys i found and downloaded bini and followed the first 2 steps of the cheat described in davidiusbrown's thread in the general editing forum. here are the steps:

1. Download bini (in the utilities list)

2. Copy bini to this directory
c:\program files\microsoft games\freelancer\data\missions\m06

i did those two without conflict.
I didnt understand this one:

3. Run bini.exe on the npcships.ini files in each directory to uncompress it into npcships.ini.txt

can someone please explain how to do this third step so that a n00b like me would understand?

PLEEEEEEAAASE

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"There's only two things I hate in this world. People who discriminate against other races, and the Dutch."-Austin Powers dad

Sterling means he has a fine character.

The race really isn't that hard, once you get the hang of it. But you have to hit the cruise engines IMMEDIATELY or Hovis will have won the race before the first ring. If he gets a lead on you, it's all over. It's easier to beat Hovis on the second round, when that instruction panel doesn't pop up in front of you and slow you down by having to click it off. Also, try to position yourself so that you are almost aiming at the next ring by the time you enter the one in front of you. You don't have to go through dead centre. You can angle through and just cut the corners.

I really hate that #$&@!! race, since I think it is an assinine thing to put into a game set in the 31st century. How the hell did Bubba and his drag racing get so far into the future? Some programmer hung up on The Dukes of Hazard reruns???

p.s. I did have a hell of a time before I went out and bought a new mouse -- an optical one. I'll never have a ball mouse again.

okay. so basically i should get an optical mouse?

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"There's only two things I hate in this world. People who discriminate against other races, and the Dutch."-Austin Powers dad

Optical mouses are the way to go. Do not be fooled, however, by those with TWO lasers. I have discerned no real advantage with them.

The trick to beating the Hovis dude is this

Theres a certain part of the race where you have to double back on yourself, (well almost).
He will bank left, YOU will bank right, this puts you miles in front of him.



There easy, and with no cheats =D