Get and download FLMM and install it. Open FLMM and activate the mod, then exit. Start a new game of freelancer and your ready to go. You can use the Open SP mod to by-pass the story line.

Yeah, if you want to do it by the book, you'll have to play the storyline.
But don't worry, you'll get the access codes to all of Liberty fairly early on..
Then you manoevre further on and go freelance for a while, until Juni needs you again, and you'll get more access codes as you play.
i'd recommend you to play the storyline, as you get to do some cool missions, and otherwise, Juni will bother you the whole time if you ignore her
But you can also use the mod of course, the choice is up to you..
I'd rather not use any mods, as there are so many faulty ones that tend to mess up your game..

Edited by - cuber3 on 6/20/2005 2:06:56 AM

Highly recommend playing the storyline through at least once think of it as basic training, it will give you a feel for some of the ships and controls , and also familiarize you with the basic map system, if not then get the mod manager here, and then the open sp mod here

hope you have a blast

Whether you spectate or participate, Life Happens

Edited by - Amedeus on 6/20/2005 6:57:54 AM

Edited by - Amedeus on 6/20/2005 6:58:37 AM

@cuber: sorry to be an @ss here:

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I'd rather not use any mods, as there are so many faulty ones that tend to mess up your game..

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The FL-ModMakers have put thousands of hours of free work into some excellent and stable mods for the sake of game-play. This community has grown that big because of all this work. And the community provides us with the outstanding tool "Freelancer ModManager". If you use this tool correctly (and follow the mod's installation readme) you can mount and unmount dozens of mods without any problem. And in case of problems with a file reinstalling is easy.
So please, cuber, be fair to the modmakers: if you have been in trouble with a specific mod, then name it. Don't attack the others

Sorry guys, i wasn't attacking anyone.
I haven't really used so much mods, but if you read the technical errors forum,
you see loads of errors resulted from mods.
I'm not saying they're all faulty, and i have tons of respect to mods-makers, as some mods can indeed raise your gameplay fun, and they've spent months working on them.
I was just trying to say that some (a minority) can cause some damage (which you can probably repair anyway), and that's why I'm pretty careful with installing them.
I'm pretty sure there are lots of brilliant mods out there, so loads of respect to the people who made them, and my apologies to my 'quote', i didn't mean to point any fingers in any way...

90% of any possible errors a modder could make are deleted when you restore backups. When in doubt, restore backups. When still in doubt, install fl sdk. oh yeah, and don't forget to RTFM!

Thanks, i'll remember that !

cuber, thanks for your explanation and making it clear

Ok thanks for all your comments. Think ill play the story line and then delve into the mods - ive downloaded the mod picker.

PS how many mods! Surely this is one of the biggest mod communities on the net?