Tue May 18, 2004 1:00 pm by VAN03
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I play single player all the time and the mods are great for making the game interesting. I have two suggestions for you, one about mods and another about using them.
The best mods are the ones that have been around for a while and have a lot of bugs worked out with them. Among these are rebalance, W T S, TNG, and some others. Always read the comments before downloading. I like rebalance the best because of the many ships available, the new systems, and the ability to change engines and powerplants. You can also travel to new systems early in the game. I'm currently playing WTS 1.3 because it has the Andromeda ship, and the code is well written by experienced modders. However, give the new mods a chance.
The F. L. M. M. mod manager is a great program and you should use it, but doesn't exactly worked as advertised. When you switch between the big mods, make sure you download and use the S D K program. I also make my own backup directories of my saved games.
Here's a hot tip. Finish the regular single player game,unmodded, continue to get lots of money. Buy your favorite weapons and a low level game ship and land on Manhattan. Save your game and notice the time and date that the file was made. It will have the weird name, so check your date, and copy this file from . . . my games/ freelancer/accounts/single player folder to a directory of your choice. Load your new mod with F. L. M. M. you should have no saved games. Start a NEW game and play through the first single player levels. Copy your special saved file into the . . . my games/ freelancer/accounts/ single player folder. Most mods will let you start that game and skip the single player missions. It works with every mod I've tried, but this is for single player. You'll have all of your weapons and money and can go by whatever ship you want. You can also still play from the beginning. Pretty cool.
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