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Revision as of 00:38, 24 February 2017

Freelancer
Freelancer cover
Developers
Digital Anvil
Publishers
Microsoft Game Studios
Release dates
Windows March 4, 2003
Freelancer guide on StrategyWiki
Freelancer on Wikipedia

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Key points

Active modding scene.
Not available on any digital distribution channels, only through retail.
Master servers for multiplayer were shut down on April 8, 2008.[1] See fllistserver for a workaround.

General information

The Starport - modding information and forums.
The Starport Wiki installation guide.
Microsoft has individual support pages for video and sound issues for Windows 95/ME/XP.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SafeDisc v2.7 DRM[Note 1].
Windows
Amazon.com
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Freelancer is currently unavailable as a digital release.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Open freelancer.ini and put a semi-colon ; in front of each of the three movie lines.[4]

Patches

Update v1.1 is an official patch that primarily affects server stability for multi-player and is not necessary for single player. It does not address any graphics or sound issues mentioned below.

Utilities

  • Freelancer Mod Manager is a program that simplifies installing and managing mods for the game. Mods compatible with this program have file extension *.flmod.

Modifications

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

If you want to play Freelancer in widescreen you'll either have to editing several INI files or user a third party mod or patch. Below are instructions for installing Jasons Freelancer Patch as well as manual ini edits if you'd rather go that route.

Instructions
Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
Official servers are offline; use replacement Freelancer listserver.

Issues unresolved

Compatibility problems on modern operating systems

Two primary issues when running on modern systems:

Graphics issues resulting in a black screen or general crashes.[citation needed]
There can be sound issues causing voices or music to temporarily be muted.[citation needed]

Issues fixed

It is sometimes necessary to start a new game, delete all your saved games or reinstall Freelancer in order for the following fixes to be successful.

Sound issues

If there is either no sound or voices or music cut in and out the following fixes may solve the problem.

  • Most sound issues can be traced to problems with the Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec. Uninstalling and reinstalling this codec as described on Microsoft's website can fix the problem. Other people have had success in both Windows 98 and Vista 32-bit by copying the l3codeca.acm file from %WINDIR%\system32\ to <path-to-game>\EXE\ and rename it to l3codecp.acm.[5]
  • Another possible fix is disabling 3-D sound in the options menu.

Video Issues

Microsoft lists several solutions for video issues.

"Freelancer Fatal Error: Freelancer did not detect a 3D capable video card in your system" error

Follow the Widescreen resolution steps to force the correct resolution.[6]

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, XP
Processor (CPU) 600 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 900 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]

References