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Welcome to the Total Format Community Freelancer Server.
It is my intention to update and edit this post with server info / news etc as often as possible. so you will need to check it regularly for changes and additions, I will * new info.
Please take a moment to read below, its a mini-faq of sorts and contains much of the information you will need at this time. If I have missed anything, or you would like something changed / added, please PM me.
What is Freelancer:
Freelancer is an open-ended universe filled with an infinite number of adventures. You are the freelancer, an intergalactic jack-of-all-trades. Your mission: whatever you want. Become a smuggler or a ruthless space thug, a naval hero or a trader, disrupt the corrupt government, enforce the law, chase human prey...every game is different. Want access to easy money? Become a Lane Hacker: take down cargo ships and sell the goods on the black market. Feeling noble? Join the Liberty Navy and help make the universe a safer place for everyone. The choice is yours
Multi-player:
Join with friends and conquer the universe together. Play cooperatively or competitively. Fight together as you take on missions too difficult for the lone wolf. Bait and ambush pirates, flank trade lanes, and employ tactical complexity beyond the reach of the solo Freelancer. After all, carefully wrought alliances make the universe what it is.
What is Reputation?
Your choice in missions, your successes, your failures...they all change your reputation constantly. Play as a Naval Officer and everyone associated with the Navy will treat you better. Become a pirate and hunt down cargo vessels and you’ll soon have friends in low places. The missions you’re offered and the technology you have access to all depend on who you become.
How do I play?
You will need Freelancer, its considered to be old and can be purchased quite cheaply from Amason for £4.99, or from £2.16 pre-owned (p&p to be added).
I would personally check out you local second hand games store, it was re-released on the eXplosive range a while ago.
What is the server called?
www.TOTALFORMAT.com
Whats all this about a mod?
I have decided to run the game with a mod, the mod I will be using is created by the Discovery Team: DIRECT LINK and the mod, well Discovery Freelancer 4.83 can be obtained here.
I am using this as it vastly expands the game in every way, and it is quite clearly more than just a standard mod, the team that created it have really put some effort into it and it shows, below are some of the benefits:
107 new pilotable ships of different classes, including brand new ships, custom ships based on original game models, and ships previously available only for NPCs: Starblazer, CSV, Juni's Defender, advanced versions of House fighters, transports, trains, liners, gunboats, cruisers, destroyers, and battleships.
63 new systems, including: 9 fully populated systems - Newcastle (Bretonia), Dundee (Bretonia), Munich (Rheinland), Omega-15, Omega-55 (Border Worlds), Omega-47, Omega-49, Omega-52, and Omicron Delta (Edge Worlds)
Numerous new bases both in new and original systems.
Player credit limit increased to 2 billion; maximum item price increased to 1 billion.
Unique and simple docking system - large ships can dock everywhere
Evolving storyline about the war between Kusari and Bretonia, and about the pirate war between Corsairs and Outcasts.
View range increased - you'll see stations, ships, trade lanes from a longer distance
Numerous new factions, including 30 guardian factions, Freelancer faction, and more.
Many dozens of balanced new guns and turrets for fighters and capital ships.
New equipment, including armor upgrades, scanners, thrusters.
New commodities and trade routes; all ships drop pilots when destroyed.
Battleship encounters in most populated systems.
Battleship killing missions available, all mission rewards increased
NPC AI enhanced, NPCs use shield batteries and nanobots.
Please note that this is server is not an official part of TotalFormat.
It has no affiliation or links to Totalformat other than me: RATIO
I am doing it for the Total Format community, for fun.
It is not maintained, controlled or influenced or officially affiliated with Total Format, in any way shape or form so..
If you have anything to say about it - direct it to me.
Total Format can provide no support in terms of the game running or issues encountered, so if it wont work for you, tell me. Its MY fault not Total Formats.
Total Format will accept no responsibility for the game.
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Last edited by Ratio; 16-06-2007 at 12:26..
Reason: under constant review
missing my big ship - hurry up and stop being ill so the server is back online
I reached lvl 30 on the solo game and finished the first set of missions destroying the nomad base but dunno if thats it or if there are more missions to come after i level a bit ?
missing my big ship - hurry up and stop being ill so the server is back online
I reached lvl 30 on the solo game and finished the first set of missions destroying the nomad base but dunno if thats it or if there are more missions to come after i level a bit ?
Im so ****ing stuck, im struggling so hard my ship just doesnt stand a chance! im in the rheiland area and im just dying all the time.... did you do LOADS of jobs on the side to get a decent ship?
sorry all, i have just been knocked sideways by some child illness.
server will be up tonight from surprise surprise before 19.00 hopefully, i am going to do a bunk from work!
Hope you're feeling better hun. We had thought thats why you hadn't been doing the server. If you need any help with it we have a few spare pcs that I'm sure Harv could stick on as a server some how. (You would have to talk to him cos it's so woooosh over my head )
I am having trouble connecting. I am using version 1.0 of the game, but the the server is on 4.83. I have downloaded the mod manager, but don't know which mods to activate (if any).
I think it may have been the internet caboodle as it worked fine with the password before. I would try again with the password and see what happens.
I wanna see som PK action on there tho. I do need a new ship as my current one is too big and has no guns for me to mount beam weapons on - my favoirite - however with 600000 shields and 700 shield batteries im going to take some right hammer before i get hurt.
When are you doing the server wipe ratio ? And what are you starting players off with as without the solo missions its rather hard to get leveled up quick unless you up the NPC mission rewards a little.
1-5k per mission barely covers the cost of repairs - im a bit gung ho
I think it may have been the internet caboodle as it worked fine with the password before. I would try again with the password and see what happens.
I wanna see som PK action on there tho. I do need a new ship as my current one is too big and has no guns for me to mount beam weapons on - my favoirite - however with 600000 shields and 700 shield batteries im going to take some right hammer before i get hurt.
When are you doing the server wipe ratio ? And what are you starting players off with as without the solo missions its rather hard to get leveled up quick unless you up the NPC mission rewards a little.
1-5k per mission barely covers the cost of repairs - im a bit gung ho
Ummm.....
Well this week is a llil bussy at night, so i think first chance i get to sit down and double check things out i will probably do the wipe. This Friday Night is looking good:
I have to REALLY edit the game hard to impact the general level of cash that NPS give out, but i will research it, or i can make the general game easier? (thats not actually that hard).
I may add a mission expansion pack and dont forget that the economy is currently skewed, so your doing missions out of sequence for your level, i think.
And the game is PK friendly just not in Manhatten... but again i can alter that if you want?
I think more players on would enhance the game more tan anything, as far as ease of play, it a doddle tbh even with no starting boost. I have finished the solo game and earned 10 mil so far and if you pick the right combo of weapons there is little to challenge right now. I want to kill other players tho as that seems as tho it would be the most challenge.
Onething you may want to look at is a co-ord map to hidden jump gates to get you to harder more challenging areas. oh and i dont know if you have implimented huge ship docking fix but i keep getting stuck in system gates.
I made 10million profit on alien artifacts trading yesterday so once your big enogh its really easy and will def need the skill difficulty raising.
nice serverf once you connect tho, no real glitches found so far.
Sorry to disappoint but my psu blowing up in my game pc, then my laptop having a wobbler mean i have to swap everything around, so the TF Freelancer server is currently out of action (has been for a while if i am totally honest).
Its a shame as Microsoft have even closed the server lookup server.... so a third party app is required.
I hope one day to get this all sorted, but who knows......
If anyone wants to know how to start up the server and run it all i can give you the links and the wealth of my knowledge.
If anyone wants to know how to start up the server and run it all i can give you the links and the wealth of my knowledge.
Contact Harv regarding this, he mentioned to me about Freelancer a day or two ago, i'm sure something could be sorted out, I mean, I still haven't had a chance to join in yet, so hope i'll still be able to at some point as I love Freelancer.
Funny you mention that Det,
I have had a brief chat about it with him, and there are options we can explore, so it looking better than it did yesterday
TFC Freelancer Server
Cost me £2.00 from ComputerExchange 
Will be on this weekend 
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