please help me, this is a big one!

Sun Jun 20, 2004 9:20 am by shadow505

look, i have been modding alot with my game, different mods like adding ships and editing other things is mostly what i have used, and IONCROSS mk lll for my server.
after i had played for about 2 months i was docking on "manhattan" and went to the ship dealer, and guess what?
the game crashed.
After that i couldn't get to any shipdealers apart from pittsburgh, which worked ramdomly (not always)
After a while of no ship dealers i couldn't dock some planets, and bases.
i started getting annoyed so i reinstalled Freelancer on my PC.
Now it says "cannot locate CD-Rom"
I tried installing it on another computer, it should have worked but still
"cannot locate CD-Rom"
I have now reinstalled it about 10 times, guess if it works?
nope...
well, for your information: when i put freelancer on the starting up picture looks black in the background, and has white text that says "Freelancer", kind of reminds of the matrix.
anyone have an idea???
please help me. thx, Shadow(/)

Sun Jun 20, 2004 9:27 am by H.Q. Victor

Try the reinstall again, but first do a un-install first, then open mycomputer/programs/microsoftgames/Freelancer and delete the whole file, then try reinstall. Make sure you use the same drive to install, that you use to play the game. Had the problem once, and this fixed it. Install just the game and try it before installing anything else.

Edited by - Finalday on 6/20/2004 10:28:46 AM

Sun Jun 20, 2004 9:46 am by shadow505

Im with ya, deleted it all i while ago, it still wont work, also explain how it didn't work on another PC?
well, i will try again, thx.

Sun Jun 20, 2004 10:53 pm by shadow505

sorry people but its fixed, some stupid file got into the cd, dont know how but i needed the right file, and i was smart enough to have backed them all up.

thx for the help guys

Sun Jun 20, 2004 11:03 pm by Chips

You cannot WRITE to the CD at all, even with a CD burner, as its NOT writable. Therefore, for any file to have "gotten onto the CD" means................

Mon Jun 21, 2004 7:24 am by nottheslacker

It means that Shadow 505 is a software pirate and one of the reasons that we may never see a Freelancer 2.

Tue Jun 22, 2004 7:55 am by hyperhuman007x

He must be drowned in bad german sauerkraut....

Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:14 am by Solid_Snake

Dude if it says "cannot locate CD-Rom" you need to get a game refurbisher (at gamestop, funcoland, software etc.) to clean it, and if it still dont locate, you need to buy ANOTHER FREELANCER. I am on my 3rd freelancer myself for the same reason. I went through the same problems, and i found out that it was the CD AND THE LENS that reads the cds, i took a Q-tip and some alchohol, took out the cd drive, then dipped the Q-Tip in the alchohol and wiped the Q-tip on the lens. I then took a very soft fabric, (DO NOT USE TOILET PAPER), to wipe it off, and now it works perfectly. Believe me i had the same exact problems with the game. Im glad i could help.

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Tue Jun 22, 2004 2:14 pm by Solid_Snake

YOU KNOW YOU SHOULDNT DOUBLE POST TOPICS MAN! JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE DONT WANT TO HELP YOU, DOESNT MEAN YOU CAN DOUBLE POST, CHIPS!! WHY HAVENT YOU SAID ANYTHING YET! USUALLY BY NOW HE WOULD HAVE ALREADY YELLED AT YOU FOR IT! YOUR LOSING YOUR GRIP CHIPS! I BEAT YOU TO IT! NANANANANA!

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Tue Jun 22, 2004 3:20 pm by Chips

Telling me what to do are we? its called our DISCRETION - but i obviously give you far to much credit by assuming that you could have ever grasped this concept.

Instead, i see a crowing post of self importance, which is derogatory to yourself.

This thread was dying nicely until you continued to post in it for whatever purposes. The issue was solved, so it should have died (it really was on its way down there!). However, instead your keeping it alive for no reason really - especially given that last post.

*shakes head*

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