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Hello Starport members! I am currently looking making my own mod, granted player base is low nowadays, with a few mods that have life. Looking at you disco Even if in the end no one decides to play so be it.

Anyway, looking at starting from proof of concept to a server up and running for people to play. I got my idea (no mod name yet) and am now in starts to make it happen.

Where to start, I'm using sdk 1.3 as reference. Starting with 2 folders, exe and data.

Is this the bare minimum needed to start?

I've added some of Adoxa's plugins as well. They seem all to work.

I'll start digging through the forums for problems I run into, but I'll ask here if I can't find a answer.

Hope that you guys can help, give advise, and even help guide me on this hopefully enlightening journey. Thanks in advance.

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First question:

Using ResHacker, what parts do I change to change mod version? See below:

Code:

1 VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION 1,0,1223,11
PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,1223,11
FILEOS 0x40004
FILETYPE 0x2
{
BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
{
BLOCK "040904b0"
{
VALUE "CompanyName", "Microsoft Corporation"
VALUE "FileDescription", "Freelancer"
VALUE "FileVersion", "1, 0, 0, 0"
VALUE "LegalCopyright", "\xA9 2003 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved."
VALUE "PrivateBuild", "Release"
VALUE "ProductName", "Freelancer"
VALUE "ProductVersion", "1, 0, 0, 0"
}
}

BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
{
VALUE "Translation", 0x0409 0x04B0  
}
}

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Using ResHacker, what parts do I change to change mod version?


For the displayed + server versions, you'll probably want to change FILEVERSION, PRODUCTVERSION, FileVersion and ProductVersion in all instances. I think the game specifically reads FILEVERSION when looking at what it can/can't connect to, but I generally adjust all of these to be safe!

Also I'd avoid using the SDK to build a mod on as if I recall correctly, 1.3 has a few bugs! These days a JFLP-patched install comes fairly close to perfect in terms of fixing vanilla ini issues.

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You can move on from using the 1.3 sdk as well as your starting base code. Try adoxa's Freelancer patch 1.25, way better than the sdk, plus adds in widescreen and many other enhancements as standard.

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Ok, switched to: JFLP-patched

I tried using ResHacker to change those lines of code, yet it does not save them. See below, hopefully added to the right lines)

Code:

1 VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION 11, 0, 0, 0
PRODUCTVERSION  11, 0, 0, 0
FILEOS 0x40004
FILETYPE 0x2
{
BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
{
BLOCK "040904b0"
{
VALUE "CompanyName", "Microsoft Corporation"
VALUE "FileDescription", "Freelancer"
VALUE "FileVersion", " 11, 0, 0, 0"
VALUE "LegalCopyright", "\xA9 2003 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved."
VALUE "PrivateBuild", "Release"
VALUE "ProductName", "Freelancer"
VALUE "ProductVersion", " 11, 0, 0, 0"
}
}

BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
{
VALUE "Translation", 0x0409 0x04B0  
}
}



Also, do I need to change the sever exe as well?

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Ok, got that fixed. Works now.

Question:

Freelancer exe is still running when I close out of game and server. Any idea why it won't end completely?

I'm running windows 10.

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Also, what program you guys use for Limit breaking? Looking to make modifications to some things using what you guys have on the wiki.

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Alucard wrote:
Freelancer exe is still running when I close out of game and server. Any idea why it won't end completely?

It is a general issue with Freelancer on any Windows system newer than WinXP afaik. Happens on WINE in Linux, too.

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Ok, thanks. Thought it was something getting messed up.

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Alucard wrote:
Also, what program you guys use for Limit breaking? Looking to make modifications to some things using what you guys have on the wiki.


Anyone can to share what they use?

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I've added a new faction and am trying to make that faction as your starting faction. But it's showing the starting faction as Liberty navy, here's the code:

newcharacter
Code:

[Pilot]
nickname = trent
body = trent
comm = trent
voice = trent_voice
body.anim = Sc_MLBODY_STND_000LV_A_31
comm.anim = Sc_comm_body_unfold_female, Sc_headCOM

[Package]
nickname = ge_fighter
strid_name = 11051
strid_desc = 11551
ship = ge_fighter
loadout = MP_ge_fighter
money = 20000

[Faction]
nickname = new_player
rep_group = gd_f_grp ; original = co_ic_grp
base = Li01_01_Base
Package = ge_fighter
Pilot = trent



mpnewcharacter
Code:

[Player]
name = %%NAME%%
;initial_rep = %%FACTION%%
rank = 0

money = %%MONEY%%
;voice = %%VOICE%%
;All must be Trent!
voice = trent_voice

costume = %%BASE_COSTUME%%
com_costume = %%COMM_COSTUME%%

system = %%HOME_SYSTEM%%
base = %%HOME_BASE%%

house = 0.91, li_n_grp
house = 0.91, li_lsf_grp
house = 0.65, li_p_grp
house = 0, br_n_grp
house = 0, br_p_grp
house = 0, ku_n_grp
house = 0, ku_p_grp
house = 0, rh_n_grp
house = 0, rh_p_grp
house = 0, co_alg_grp
house = 0, co_be_grp
house = 0, br_m_grp
house = 0, co_nws_grp
house = 0, co_hsp_grp
house = 0.65, co_ic_grp
house = -0.3, co_khc_grp
house = -0.3, co_kt_grp
house = 0, rh_m_grp
house = 0.65, co_me_grp
house = 0.65, co_ni_grp
house = 0, co_os_grp
house = -0.3, co_rs_grp
house = -0.3, co_shi_grp
house = 0.65, co_ss_grp
house = 0, co_ti_grp
house = 0.65, co_vr_grp
house = -0.3, fc_bd_grp
house = -0.3, fc_b_grp
house = -0.65, fc_c_grp
house = -0.3, fc_fa_grp
house = -0.3, fc_g_grp
house = -0.3, fc_gc_grp
house = -0.3, fc_h_grp
house = -0.3, fc_j_grp
house = -0.65, fc_lh_grp
house = -0.65, fc_lr_grp
house = -0.3, fc_lwb_grp
house = -0.65, fc_m_grp
house = -0.65, fc_ou_grp
house = -0.65, fc_rh_grp
house = 0, fc_or_grp
house = -0.65, fc_u_grp
house = -0.65, fc_x_grp
house = 0, gd_gm_grp
house = 0, fc_uk_grp
house = -0.65, fc_n_grp
house = -0.65, fc_ln_grp
house = -0.65, fc_kn_grp
house = -0.65, fc_rn_grp
house = 0, fc_ouk_grp
house = 0, fc_q_grp
house = 0, fc_f_grp
house = 0, gd_im_grp
house = 0, gd_z_grp
house = -0.3, gd_bh_grp
;
;-------------------------------------Custom Factions
house = 0, gd_f_grp
;
;


visit = 2745692751,1 ;Li02
visit = 2208818767,1 ;Li03
visit = 2745633359,1 ;Li04
visit = 2945966082,1 ;Br01
visit = 2409077762,1 ;Br02
visit = 2945943554,1 ;Br03
visit = 2409063426,1 ;Br04
visit = 2945937410,1 ;Br05
visit = 2409040898,1 ;Br06
visit = 2281145474,1 ;Rh01
visit = 2818046082,1 ;Rh02
visit = 2281172098,1 ;Rh03
visit = 2817982594,1 ;Rh04
visit = 2281116802,1 ;Rh05
visit = 3013596745,1 ;Ku01
visit = 2476714569,1 ;Ku02
Visit = 3013590601,1 ;Ku03
visit = 2476692041,1 ;Ku04
visit = 3013559881,1 ;Ku05
visit = 3146760779,1 ;Iw01
visit = 2609888843,1 ;Iw02
visit = 3146754635,1 ;Iw03
visit = 2609858123,1 ;Iw04
visit = 3146732107,1 ;Iw05
visit = 2609851979,1 ;Iw06

%%PACKAGE%%



What am I missing?

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Got a hex editor, now those are done. Still trying to figure out what's up with the starting char. I don't get any ctd.

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Nvm, I got it!

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For max credits for mp, which do I use:

Code:

Max Money all integers max 7fffffff (2.1 bil) change to ff ff ff 7f
Server.dll
0006f46e
0006f475
0006f4a6
0006f4ad
0006f51e
0006f525
0006fb9b
0006fba3
0006fbae
0006fc00
0006fc08
0006fc1c
0007543c
00075443
000754e0
000754e7
00076426
0007642d


Or this:

Code:

999999999i
server.dll

06F46E
06F475
06F4A6
06F4AD
06F51E
06F525
06FB9B
06FBA3
06FBAE
06FC00
06FC08
06FC1C
07543C
075443
0754E0
0754E7
076426
07642D

adoxa maximum credits that a player can have in MP (ALL offsets must be changed!)


I understand the first one, im pretty sure. But i'm not sure what to edit in the second one.

I'm guessing this part:

hex = 06F46E

Single float - 0.00354006374254823 -what do I change this to? And do I change all of the hex to the same thing?




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Quote:

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What am I missing?


You need to delete your restart.fl file in your save directory! This is regenerated on launch when it's not there, but is basically a cache of the new player loadout.

On Limit Breaking, I've moved away from patches in a hex editor, but if you don't want to compile code for offsets, Hexplorer is a very good option that lets you edit simple data types as well (you'll need to change the default fonts though!

For editing values as listed in Limit Breaking, you'll need to edit the data type! In Hexplorer this is under View\Simple Data Types, but ymmv with other editors.

Also make sure you're using the new Limit Breaking List! It's got a lot more in it than the one hooked onto the current TSP forum and will eventually replace it: https://wiki.the-starport.net/FL%20Binaries/limit-breaking/

If you have a ton of modding questions, you should totally drop by the Galactic Community Discord, you'll usually get answers a lot quicker for small stuff than on this forum!

Posted on: 5/22 6:32
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