could this be because it said “graphics card not supported” on very first startup?
i could not find my card in the flconfigdatabase.txt so i could not see if it had “ForceSquareTextures” applied to it (someone i forgot where wrote that deleting that line can help).

edit: okay, it seems to not appear when iZ3D driver is deactivated.
i get that iZ3D driver injects into D3D9.dll but i cannot find any evidence of freelancer using a custom D3D9.dll or anything.