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Anyone remember Freelancer?

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Yeah, many of you recommended a MMORPG, but I don't like those. An oblivion-like single player RPG is what I want, but in space! 🙂

Someone on this forum must work for EA games or something...MAKE THIS GAME! NOW!
 
Found my copy last night and reinstalled it. My saved games from 2003 were still there 😀. I installed the Tekagi's Treasure mod, which adds a bunch of systems, weapons, and ships. It's primarly a multiplayer mod, but you can play in single player, and I spent a bunch of time flying around exploring last night.
 
Originally posted by: Markbnj
Has anyone gotten Freelancer to run on a X2? I tried reloading it a couple of months ago and it just crashed.

Great game.
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I just got around to loading it up again, got the urge to fly around some more from this thread. Runs great on my Opty 165.
 
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Markbnj
Has anyone gotten Freelancer to run on a X2? I tried reloading it a couple of months ago and it just crashed.

Great game.
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Yup, play it 5-6 times a week online with my X2 3800.
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To answer the original question by Markbnj - Yes you can run Freelancer on an AMD X2. I had a problem with it on my setup (randomly crashes when going through jumpholes) and was able to straighten it out simply by disabling 3d sound under the audio menu.

Now - here is a question for all you Freelancer enthusiasts out there who are on the cutting (bleeding) edge of technology:

Has anyone been able to do Multiplayer Freelancer using Windows Vista 64 bit yet? FL seems to work beautifully under Vista (yes on my X2 4200+) but when I attempt to get online with it to get some multiplayer time in, it simply tells me (almost instantly) that the server(s) stopped responding or there is internet problems. Doesn't matter which server - I get the same thing. I can browse the server list just fine, it only chokes when I attempt to *connect* to a server. I've already tried disabling the firewall - that didn't help.

Suggestions? Comments? Solutions? Any would be appreciated......

Thanks,

Ax
 
For any of you who liked Freelancer, you should try the Darkstar One demo. Darkstar One is a new game that, imo, looks pretty much like Freelancer's successor. It has almost all of the same features Freelancer had such as open ended play, trading, and the same "dynamic" look that Freelancer had. Graphics seem pretty much like X3 but the voice acting is horrible compared to Freelancer
 
DSO is pretty decent, but I'm afraid that I won't be buying it when it hits the shelves for the simple fact there is *no* multiplayer option at all. Online is where its at these days, and if a game doesn't support online gameplay then its just not worth buying to me. X3:Reunion is a decent game also, and has fantastic graphics, but no multiplayer - so it limits itself.

Thats why I keep going back to FreeLancer. Multiplayer action online with your friends and other hundreds of people (The Void 2112 Mod) is a lot of fun.

Ax
 
Originally posted by: junkerman123
Yeah, many of you recommended a MMORPG, but I don't like those. An oblivion-like single player RPG is what I want, but in space! 🙂

Someone on this forum must work for EA games or something...MAKE THIS GAME! NOW!
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they did already and it lasted 1 year....
it was called "Earth and Beyond" and Westwood made it...

was a fun game but EA crapped on it.. and killed it like thier other MMOs
 
Originally posted by: fierydemise
Freelancer was one of my favorite games of all times, I really wish someone would see how much promise an open ended space RPG has (Sci Fi Oblivion?). X2 didn't have enough combat for me, it was essentially an economy simulator which while fun didn't hold my interest so I haven't tried X3. I'm having a real hard time understanding why the game companies can't see how popular oblivion was and how popular sci fi games are, so shouldn't a combination sell brilliantly?
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A game already in development from the creator of kotor , NWN , Blauder gates. Its called mass effect exclusive for the xbox 360 and the most good looking RPG at E3 2006.
 
Originally posted by: tuteja1986
A game already in development from the creator of kotor , NWN , Blauder gates. Its called mass effect exclusive for the xbox 360 and the most good looking RPG at E3 2006.
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Thanks for the heads up, I may have to get a 360 for that game but I'll hold out a little hope that it appears for PC.
 
Originally posted by: Chriscross3234
For any of you who liked Freelancer, you should try the Darkstar One demo. Darkstar One is a new game that, imo, looks pretty much like Freelancer's successor. It has almost all of the same features Freelancer had such as open ended play, trading, and the same "dynamic" look that Freelancer had. Graphics seem pretty much like X3 but the voice acting is horrible compared to Freelancer
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Oh, if only my GF4 could run DSO better.
Twist my arm into playing Freelancer some more ;D
 
Hmm I oughta try Darkstar One...

I kinda enjoyed Freelancer. I also tried X3 and had alot of fun playing that but I was a little annoyed by some of the quirks/bugs in the game. But what I really didn't like about X3 was the combat system- it felt so limited and boring.

I was a big PRivateer 2 fan but I just couldn't get back into it anymore after playing the newer games

One game I am surprised not mentioned is Independence War 2! It was not as robust as X3 in terms of owning various space stations but it's piracy was alot better and the combat system was phenomenal. I have yet to play a space sim with a more fun combat system...
 
Originally posted by: Patrick Wolf
I just played the Darkstar One demo, major resemblance to Freelancer. I thought the voice overs were fine.
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Eh, maybe I'm being picky, but you can definately tell it was made in German then translated.

"landing permission was granted" being one of the big ones.
 
Originally posted by: PsharkJF
Originally posted by: Patrick Wolf
I just played the Darkstar One demo, major resemblance to Freelancer. I thought the voice overs were fine.
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Eh, maybe I'm being picky, but you can definately tell it was made in German then translated.
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Yeah, you are being picky. I didn't mind at all, I'm glad the characters have accents...makes it more interesting/dynamic.
 
I liked Freelancer's story despite the rushed ending and the huge universe had a lot of potential, but the game was generally too easy and got boring quickly after the story missions ended. And the voices were ridiculously repetitive. I must have heard that inane "We don't really run this place but we have an understanding with the people who do" like a hundred times. :roll:

By the way, if any of you are interested in space sims in general, Freespace 2 is now free and is simply a must play game, especially with all the enhanced graphics and stuff that has been added since the source code was released. You can get the things here and someone there can direct you on how to set everything up.
 
Originally posted by: Patrick Wolf
Originally posted by: PsharkJF
Originally posted by: Patrick Wolf
I just played the Darkstar One demo, major resemblance to Freelancer. I thought the voice overs were fine.
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Eh, maybe I'm being picky, but you can definately tell it was made in German then translated.
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Yeah, you are being picky. I didn't mind at all, I'm glad the characters have accents...makes it more interesting/dynamic.
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I wasn't meaning the accents. It just sounds gramattically odd in some places.
 
Originally posted by: CP5670
I liked Freelancer's story despite the rushed ending and the huge universe had a lot of potential, but the game was generally too easy and got boring quickly after the story missions ended. And the voices were ridiculously repetitive. I must have heard that inane "We don't really run this place but we have an understanding with the people who do" like a hundred times. :roll:
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Heh, I would definitely have to agree that Freelancer's voice acting leaves a bit to be desired, but for a different reason. It uses this system where it has a bunch of pre-recorded voice clip for the various non-storyline characters, and it basically strings them together to make a phrase. Unfortunately, it's far from seamless. I lost track of how many times I wanted to pull my hair out after hearing "Freelancer...alpha...one...dash...one...You have been granted permission to dock at...docking port...two" or something similar. I'm seen this system used to much better effect in some other games.

 
Christian? Is that you? 😀


yeah freelancer was great 🙂. never finished playing it but it ran perfect on my 7500 radeon at the time (2 years ago 😱)
 
Has anyone successfully made freelancer widescreen ... and playable? I went over to widescreengamingforums and they have an outline for how to do it but there is a required modded file, cameras.ini that while linked to is no longer hosted. Anyone have the modded file? Thanks.

Edit: got it modded correctly and the file is hosted again on the link available through widescreengamingforums, life is good.
 
Has anyone gotten Freelancer to run on a X2? I tried reloading it a couple of months ago and it just crashed.

Great game.
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Yep runs fine on my dual core X2 cpu,just finished playing Freelancer and Darkstar one,playing "Tachyon the Fringe "again.

I have X2 but can't get into that game at all,way too slow,was going to buy X3 but scared it would be like X2,anybody got X2 and X3,if so are they the same in gameplay?
 
Hmm got nostalgic and just installed Freelancer last night. Played through a couple of the early missions just to get refreshed since it's been about 3 years since I've touched the game.

Thinkin of startin up multi tonight. Might try out this Void 2112 mod as it seems to be one of the more popular ones. Any thoughts on that?

I'll be connecting from East Coast, US.
 
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