Are you sure that you are looking at the 1_4 with spinning planets/battleship encounters? The other one "data.exe" without those extras is 1.75 megs.

hmmm, strange - downloading an 1.75Mb file but the download is continuing to its crached.

It seems that the MTU_value is not good, thats the receiving data buffer for receiving downloading files. The best way is to go www.dslreports.com/tweaks and download "Tweak Tester II" half way of the page.

After execute the program give you the results what the data of the connection, and give you the date what is the best MTU_value is.

Be carifulliy of the MTU_value, is the value to high then the connection crached, for testing do the next things manualy, if you in the back of an private_router on an single PC.

- open an DOS command screen.
- ping ping.xs4all.nl -l 1500 -l is the lowercase L 1500 is the experiment MTU valeu

if no answer the MTU_value is to high - repeated with 1470 and testing again - is there an answer go to 1785 - to high go to 1477 - answer go to ..... this is the quickist methode for an good result.

Succes

Nobody


Dutch male - 45 - living in the the Netherlands - SF_fan but not an trekkie - i feel me an Terraan and not "Duth".

i forgot one thing.

After you find the correct MTU_value notice this.

Download "DrTCP" - the link where to find this program is finding in the "Tweak Tester II"

note - used the correct netwerkcard for the correct MTU_value.

Click on SAVE

Reboot the PC.

Thats all

succes.

Best regards

Nobody


Dutch male - 45 - living in the the Netherlands - SF_fan but not an trekkie - i feel me an Terraan and not "Duth".

Well, I'm trying to figure out how the hell to install the 1.4 advanced.

Do I just copy the folders and overwrite everything? And then what? Use FLMM for the spinning planets and battleships files? Sorry to ask a stupid question ... but how do I know exact;y what to do what with?


Thanks,


Cyaron

"He who has the power to see
that which cannot be seen
shall see the truth." -Golden Sun

I gave this answer also in the general editing fhread.
Sorry for the confusion.
As it is there are currently 4 different versions of the patch in the download area.
1. Unofficial patch 1.4 in zip format. This one is without the spinning planets and battleship encounters. You have to unpack it and copy the files to their destination. This is what I released.
Now for the benefit of easier installation the following versions were created:
2. Unofficial patch 1.4 in FLMM format
3. Unofficial patch 1.4 Advanced edition in FLMM format with the battleship encounters and spinning planets.
4. Unofficlal patch 1.4 in exe format, selfextracting. I know nothing about this version.
By the sound of it you have a version with spinning planets, that is the Advanced edition and it is in FLMM so you have to use FLMM to install it like you would install a mod.

BuckDanny


Edited by - Buck Danny on 7/30/2004 3:21:21 PM

Personally, I'd go for mainstream installing the spinning planets and other accessories, as they're all decent improvements to the game (and IMO, should have been in there in the first place).

Though, I'm actually posting in follow up to my above comment on entries in surprise_solar.ini and whether or not anybody has any feedback on that. I've tested it myself and have noticed it working.

I apologise if this has been posted somewhere, but I could not find it. I loaded the 1.4 mod with the Freelancer Mod Manager, but my saves were not there. So, I deactivated the mod. Fortunately, they reappeared. Can I convert my saved files to the 1.4 format? Thanks.

A follow-up for some information that does not seem to be present in 1.4, namely some missing BGCS_base_run_by lines. Prepare to scroll, sorry.

\DATA\UNIVERSE\Universe.INI

"[Base - nickname = Rh01_02_Base, changed BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF44 into W02bF14
Oder Shipyard is run by Daumann Heavy Construction"

44 was actually correct. A child piece of this base is flagged as being "owned" by Daumann when instead it and the whole base are run by Rheinland Military. This is verified by MBases.ini.

Li01_04_Base: Benford Station, Liberty Police
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF35

Li01_05_Base: Ithaca Station, Liberty Police
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF35

Li05_01_Base: Prison Station Mitchell, Liberty Navy
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF33

Ku07_01_Base: Ryuku Base, Blood Dragons
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF03

Ku07_02_Base: Tekagi's Arch, Kusari Naval Forces
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF27

Bw_01_01_Base: Planet Sprauge (Mission), Liberty Police
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF34

Bw_01_05_Base: Baxter Research Station, Bretonia Police
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF09

Ew06_01_Base: Planet Primus (Monkeys), Order
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF53

Ew06_02_Base: Planet Gammu (Robots), Order
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF54

St01_02_Base, St02_01_Base and St03b_01_Base: Battleship Osiris (Mission), Order
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF54

Br02
br_m_hydrocarbon_miner: Asteroid Miner, BMM
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF07

Br04
br_m_niobium_miner: Asteroid Miner, BMM
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF07

Ku05
co_shi_h-fuel_miner: Asteroid Miner, Samura
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF48

Rh05
co_khc_copper_miner: Asteroid Miner, Daumann
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF14

co_khc_cobalt_miner: Asteroid Miner, Daumann
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF14

rh_m_diamond_miner: Asteroid Miner, Kruger
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF26

Bw03
gd_im_copper_miner: Asteroid Miner, IMG
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF22

gd_im_silver_miner: Asteroid Miner, IMG
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF22

Bw05
gd_gm_H-fuel_miner: Asteroid Miner, GMG
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF18

Bw08
br_m_beryllium_miner: Asteroid Miner, BMM
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF07

Bw09
co_kt_hydrocarbon_miner: Asteroid Miner, Kishiro
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF25

co_shi_water_miner: Asteroid Miner, Samura
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF48

Bw10
co_ti_water_miner: Asteroid Miner, Planetform
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF41

gd_im_water_miner: Asteroid Miner, IMG
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF22

gd_im_oxygen_miner: Asteroid Miner, IMG
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF22

And there we have it. If anyone want's a copy of my INI file, mine also has comment = lines that list base name and who owns it (in plain english) and places the roid miners in the same bases area with other bases from same.

Hey Buck, I installed your Unofficial FL SP Patch and launched Freelancer. Up came a screen saying I was hosting a Freelancer server! Re-installed original Data and Exe and FL launched fine. What's the deal?

Edited by - MeanDog on 12/15/2004 2:46:45 PM

Meandog,
I never heard of anyone having this kind of problems when using the patch.
Nor can I think of anything in the original patch that would cause such effect as you discribe. Please be advised though that there various versions of the patch available, each suited for different situations and therefore each requires a different approach inactivating.
Sorry that I can not be of more assistance to you.

See you in Sirius


BuckDanny