Problems running single player or accessing the server

[Starfighter1]

1st Problem: I am not sure if this is a Vista problem but when I download the Freelancer Quick Fix file, my system opens Adoble Reader and says it does not recognize that type of file. What do I need to change and how do I change it to get the download to work?

2nd Problem: Again, I am not sure if Vista is the problem but I loaded the downloaded the FLMM file OK, but when I downloaded the Void patch it told me that a dll file and a bin file could not be accessed. The file still loaded and I could activate the Void patch but it crashed when leaving Manhatten in single play and I could not connect to the server even after following and implementing all the fixes and changes I could find on the forum.

Please help, Jim:-<

[Maverick]

I'm sorry but this all sounds like abracadabra to me. Are you trying to play singleplayer with the Void mod on or something?

[Starfighter1]

Am I not supposed to play single player with the Void mod activated? Yes, I was trying to play single player with the Void mod activated and it crashed when trying to leave Manhatten.

Elsewhere, When I tried to download the Quick Fix patch to play Freelancer in single player mode, I did not have the Void mod activated. I believe this is a seperate problem. It does not seem normal for Adobe Reader to be the program trying to open the patch. My settings may be goofy. Can you tell me what and how to change that?

Either way, after trying all the fixes and changes I could find on the forum, I still can't get access to the server with the Void mod activated. Is it some problem due to the FLMM telling me it was denied access to a dll and a bin file when downlloading and activating the Void mod? Once again the mod did say it sucessfully downloaded after telling me of the acess problem and I was able to activate the mod.

[Kosmiker]

Make sure you're using the and only the Void mod 2115 Nov 2008 v6 (latest version).

[Maverick]

All I can tell you that you don't need anything more that the game, the Void mod, and the FLMM. If you are using Vista, make sure you run them all in admin mode. Any patches you might have installed, can hinder you from joining the server.

If you have a firewall make sure you have made an exception for FL and any related programs. If you are using a router, make sure you have forwarded the correct port.

I am not up to date with playing the singleplayer, but it appears to me that any patches have to be inserted into the actual gamefiles. And altering gamefiles is not something I want to discuss on the public forum. Maybe someone else knows how to go about this and sends you a pm.

[statue]

Hi Starfighter1.

I'm wondering why you are able to start in Manhatten in SinglePlayer with VOID-MOD activated.
If i start SP with activated VOID-MOD i start in Omicron Minor!!!!?????  :-?
Nothing around; only three suns!

Do you have the Void-Mod really activated or only extracted with FLMM?

Maybe this can also be usefull (Starting with 2. you must have Admin rights!!)
(This is for a clean installation; all seved games ar gone after that)


1. Download all necessary progs (Game, QuickFix, FLMM, VOID-MOD)
   [Save (extract) the MOD anywhere (e.g. Desktop) as is!
   Means: Void2115v6.zip.flmod (with the extension "flmod");
   let not handle any program the downloaded files. Only store them to disk]

2. Be sure that NO MOD is activated (see pic1)

3. Uninstall all above ("Software --> uninstall") and also delete if have been left after uninstallation
   %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Games\Freelancer
   %ProgramFiles%\Freelancer Mod Manager
   %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Games

4. Restart your machine

5. Start now with "Admin rights" in exactly following order:
   Install the game (CD or downloaded installation file)
   Install QuickFix
   Start Freelancer once in Single Mode and save a game (the folder "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Games" is now generated)
   Exit Freelancer
   Install FLMM and Start FLMM; be sure to have this options activated (see pic2);
   Close FLMM
   Right click your saved MOD File "Void2115v6.zip.flmod" and OpenWith FLMM
   FLMM will now extract all necessary files into the mods folder
   Start FLMM and activate the VOID MOD and only this MOD.
   Try to connect to the void-server and generate a char.

If it's not possible maybe you have a router problem (if you have a router, as Maverick posted allready)
Be sure that voidserver (85.14.217.82) is able to reach you from port 2300 to 2304 by portforwarding to your internal ip-address.

I hope this will help and you ar able to join The Void !

Regards

statue

PS: If port forwarding is the problem PM me

[Starfighter1]

OK after tryiing Statue's helpful hints I noticed the following problems:

The other possibility of a problem is the following; While I was loading the Void mod, using FLMM to do so from my desktop, I got the following messages near the end of the mod load.

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'The Void:2115 Nov 2008 v6' succesfully loaded
Reading mod script...
Parsing mod script...
Found mod: C:\Program Files\Freelancer Mod Manager\mods\Void2115v6
--------------------
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Unable to load mod!
Error: script only works with FLMM v1.400000 or newer (this is v1.300000)
Reading mod script...
Parsing mod script...
Found mod: C:\Program Files\Freelancer Mod Manager\mods\fluaddon
--------------------
Error: unable to extract a file from mod archive 'Void2115v6'. File possibly corrupt.
--------------------

Also on the monitor I got the following message near the end of the mod load in FLMM; Acess to C:\Program Files\Freelancer Mod Manager\mods\Void2115v6\DLLS\BIN\Content.dll was denied.

Does anyone know if a corrupt file exists in the download files from the Void directed free download site? I tried it several times with the same results.

As you see above, FLMM said the mod loaded successfully, yet  after activating the mod, which went well and I got the green check mark next to the mod name, but when I started the game and chose Multiplayer, I did not get the message from the Void Mod saying it loaded correctly and we can proceed to the server. I got the old message from Microsoft, the disclaimer about playing games online. After choosing internet the message at the top still said it was looking for the global server, that is the old message when looking for the Microsoft glosbal server.

Also just in case this is partly due to my using a router, cab anyone tell me how to portforward ports 2300 to 2304 to my ip address as Statue suggested that I do.

I hope this information helps someone help me to get online, JIm

[Maverick]

Error: script only works with FLMM v1.400000 or newer (this is v1.300000)

Try this

[Starfighter1]

OK Maveriick, that got rid of that problem but the access to the content.dll file is still there when I load the file. That tells me there is a very high probability that a file is corrupt from the free download site for the Void mod v6. Who can replace the file/files that may be corrupt? Has any other new-comer fun into this corrupt file problem and can't get onto the server? I know I still can't get onto the server.

Thanks for your help, Jim