Hi all

since this topic seems to have turned into a flame war (or something of the sort) i'd like to add my say to the fray and see what happens.

i'll comment on most of the sayings that Nog said, even tho Tasiin has anwserd them very well.

"Fl Crashes at random when a web browser is left running."

hum i never browser a web page AND play games, but i have left IE open and theres no prob

"Fl crashes for no reason for many players."

aint had a prob with 3 of my comps

"It has fatal sound card issues with SB Live and Audigy cards. (Not entirely FL's fault)"

dont got it so cant comment but in most forums i aint seen many complains about the sound

"The installer has a fatal bug that does not permit the game to be installed on some machines.
FL has graphics issues with the latest Nvidia chipset and most ATI chipsets."

worked fine on the 3 comp's one was formatted and reinstalled again all worked fine

"Many players cannot connect to MP games despite having done everything correctly."

hum u sure? i got a router and firewall and it works fine, learn to configure stuff and its sorted

"Microsoft has not kept the master servers up on a reliable basis."

tell me when the main server has been down, cuz its worked every time for me and i been playing online for 3 weeks now

"2 out of 3 of the masters listed in the Freelancer.ini file do not exist on the internet despite having registered domaign names."

thats a MS prob alright, but notice they have been cut out with // or so, = BACKUP :p

"The Master server lists will list dead servers as live for hours after they are gone."

this didnt have with 2 of my comps, the second i shut down the server and refreshed the list, they didnt show up anymore

"When a failed connection attempt is made, FL stupidly sends a last packet to the dead server and then waits for a return, locking up the game for 30 seconds while it waits for a packet that will never come."

just making sure.. ESC key is helpful

"The game browser server polling runs at a snails pace."

how many servers do u think there is? how many ppl wanna connect to them? how many ppl want the list of servers BEFORE they have to wait 7 years for the ping times?

"No cheat protection what so ever. (what were you thinking here?)"

my god, if your lame enough to cheat go get a life


Now to the gameplay:

yes yes fun time now :p

"AI physics allow large ships to spin uncontrollably in certain circumstances."

never seen it b4, cut down on the drugs plz

"Lag can cause mines to vastly extend their blast and detection ranges."

get broadband - dial up sux :p

"There are items for sale that cannot be bought."

never seen this b4 - less drugs plz

"SP only jumpholes are not removed in MP play, only disabled."

REALISTIC WORLD

"Thrusters can actually slow a ship under certain circumstances."

which circumstances r they?

"If you lag out in a "random" battle, it is often seen as a loss, and all cargo is lost. I can see this being ok in missions, though."

dial up sux :p

"Auto pilot can often crash players into bases, jumpgates and, planets while attempting to dock. "

never seen this the whole time i was a newbie in solo, but now i drive right next to the dock and it docks right away

"Auto pilot does not account for formation for the wingman of the formation. This can cause wingmen to be destroyed when local objects are reletively sparse. When traveling around a sun or planet this can be especially deadly to the wingman"

poor poor wingman, learn to fly yourself and dont b lazy

"Players can be destroyed while in the docking sequence locked view by other players."

as tasiin said, u cant hurt players as they dock

"There is no discernable auto reset for derelict ship items."

go raid a derelict warehouse and go back there the same day - is the stuff there again? didnt think so

"Players always start as navy in MP. Needs to have no affiliation."

kk sure u want the liberty police shooting u at the first second of the game when your in a star flyer?

"Server engine is unstable at best. Totally unreliable at worst."

when? server worked fine for me

"Game installations can "die" for no reason. Making the game unplayable. Sometimes even uninstalling the game and reeinstalling the game does not fix this."

didnt u complain about the installation already? also this aint a gameplay fault - make a new heading plz

"The default game resolution runs above most existing cards optimal specs. 800X600 32bps default is fine."

wtf u on about? get a up-2-date grapics card

works fine on a 16mb card which my lame comp uses

"I think I made my point here."

which point would that b? plz say it in simple to read, cuz atm your point = d u h ?


well that was much fun and would love to carry on, so if Nog or some other such person's would like to reply, b my guest

personally i think FL is a great game, i had no probs with it so far and im sure as hell wont get a prob, Gratz to everyone who took part in making the game and may FL2 b better.

Devil