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** UTILITY ** 2D System Editor _ Freelancer Explorer

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Post Tue Jun 03, 2003 10:14 pm

Are they reappearing if you click on Show Zones ?
I have found another issue with the link. It can't be done before the zone has been saved to disk. Because it's trying to read the file describing the zone, but if it's a new one, there is no file yet

Post Wed Jun 04, 2003 3:38 am

Ok, I try to make a nebula and then make the open hole inside the nebula so you can see around, but when I put in the exclusion zone. I start the game and play, all nebula and no empty space in the nebula. What am I doing wrong?

Also, after I click and create the exclusion circle, I click on all the buttons under the map including link, but nothing happens in the game.


HELP!!!!!!!!!!

Post Wed Jun 04, 2003 4:25 am

Hmmm... It isn't adding the ids names to anything in the universe.ini. I'd try to fix it myself, but it's not supposed to work on uncompressed ini's... I think it only does this if you create a new system and then add things in it and then save... but I'm not sure... because I made the system... saved... tested it... no names on anything.... added more stuff... and it had names.... so I dunno...

P/-/3@R D@ D@\/\/G F00lZ

Check out what I'm doing for Reynen's Mod @ my website!

Post Wed Jun 04, 2003 6:46 am

He cant find the emty_resources! I put the wrong path when he asked for empty resources and now he always says "failed to update empty recources" I re-installed the program already. How can I tell him to locate it?

Post Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:22 am

sealnova,
open regedit and take a look in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\Shsan\\Freelancer Explorer"
Remove the key and it should be fine.

If you don't have a default path , you can also use the FLE.INI (once you removed the key) to specify where to look.
You need the latest version for that (i think).

Hope this help

Post Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:27 am

MLEdele, you need to select a zone first before clicking on link.
so use the select zone button , then the next/prev to find the one in which you want to add the exclusion, then click on link.

click on show zone again to see all the zones.

That should work.

bobthedog, are you working the a mod already existing or are you starting from scratch ?
There might be a problem when starting with a mod not created by my tools.

Post Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:51 am

WinME

Can someone tell me how to populate my systems?

Post Wed Jun 04, 2003 10:22 am

I think i misphrased, when I link all the zones and click ok, all but one vanish FROM THE LIST, not physically from the system. I'll try creating the zone first this time.

Post Wed Jun 04, 2003 3:14 pm

A new one with a fresh copy of freelancer.

ALSO: I have been having the exclusion zone problem myself: I make an asteroid field or nebula and I make exclusions.... I save so it has a field ini to write to and then i hit link exclusion and select all the esclusions I made for it and I hit ok... and then I look at it again and there is only one exclusion listed...

P/-/3@R D@ D@\/\/G F00lZ

Check out what I'm doing for Reynen's Mod @ my website!

Post Wed Jun 04, 2003 3:50 pm

Ah right yeah...

The thing with the populating the systems thing... I don't want to try putting in patrols at the moment, cause if I do, I can't delete them, meaning I have to delete my system and try again.

I'm even going to dare try using patrols until...
Oh yeah, I noticed. Placing loads of zones on top of each other doesn't work

Ah well...

The ones who have havn't...
The ones who don't do...

Post Wed Jun 04, 2003 3:51 pm

Oh yeah, What is UNICOWS?!?!

The ones who have havn't...
The ones who don't do...

Post Wed Jun 04, 2003 4:00 pm

Just an Idea when you place a star it could be useful if you could choose to automatically place a Zone for the death about 2km after you enter the Sun Corona.

Post Wed Jun 04, 2003 7:36 pm

UNICOWS is a unicode dll that allows programs to use unicode, since FL uses them in compressed files.

Thats what I think it is.

Post Wed Jun 04, 2003 7:53 pm

Ah. O.k. Just asking!!

The ones who have havn't...
The ones who don't do...

Post Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:05 pm

JSWY, ok that seems to be a bug indeed.
bobthedog, strange i'll test again then.
I'll add the patrol deletion this week too.

Mjr.Hurtz, i forgot about it again, i write it down and do that soon.

Kendo THM, Unicows is indeed a dll for unicode (under Win95/98/ME) but that's not for what i use it. There is a function inside to update dlls (already available in Win2k/Xp) and i use it to create the custom name dll.

I am also preparing an installer

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