Discovery Gaming Community

' Wrote:A little something I was asked to make, this tutorial is about how to connect to Discovery RP 24/7 and how to install the GLS Workaround by w0dk4. Each tutorial has different options on how to connect to Discovery, pick the one that's best for you and you're good to go.

Select your option and then scroll down.

• 1. Using the GLS Workaround
  
• 2. Using Direct Links from the Mod Files
  
• 3. Creating your own direct link
  

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1. Using the GLS Workaround:

For all who don't know, GLS stands for Global Server, which unfortunately Microsoft shut down a few months back. Quickly afterwards though, a Lancers Reactor Community member (also the owner of Hamburg City) created a secondary GLS based off this statistics page: http://www.freelancerserver.de/topservers.htm

Now, how to install? Well, simple, first things first, you download it. Select one of the three mirrors below.

(And yes, you only have to chose one of the links. If the first mirror doesn't work, use one of the other two.)
Mirror 1: http://www.freelancerserver.de/download/gl...round.zip.flmod
Mirror 2: http://files.filefront.com/gls+workaroundz...;/fileinfo.html
Mirror 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/108368454/gls_....zip.flmod.html

Next?

• 1. Download the file and open it in FLMM
  
• 2. Activate the mod ON TOP of Discovery.
  
• 3. Run Freelancer, Multiplayer, and then Internet
  

In order for this to work, you must activate it after you've activated Discovery. And yes, you are allowed to do this. After you've completed that, you should be able to log on to any server that's listed on the statistics page (Discovery is one of them).

(Different formats of the download can be found here for those who want them. http://stats.freelancerserver.de/)
(Also, yes I know, I haven't added fllistserver GLS workaround as I find it far to buggy at the moment to be of use. Plus I find this one better anyway. ^_~)

Done! There ya go, you should be able to connect to Discovery like you would if the Global Server still existed.

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2. Using Direct Links from the Mod Files:

For those who haven't noticed, Igiss has added a link in to your Freelancer directory called "Discovery Freelancer RP" that has Freelancers 'direct connect' option added, which automatically has the RP server come up in both your LAN and Multiplayer lists. The link can be found in your main Freelancer directory. (Default: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Freelancer)

You can copy this link on to your desktop, or wherever else you prefer, and run it to connect to the server. Easy, simple, done.

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3. Creating your own direct link:

Creating your own direct link can be useful at times, as you can add your own settings (such as windowed mode), and more then one IP. How to do it? Well.

• 1. Right click on your Freelancer link and click properties.
  
• 2. In the "Target" value, add -s82.113.48.5:2302 at the end of the link outside of the quotes. So it should look like this. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Freelancer\EXE\Freelancer.exe" -s82.113.48.5:2302 - Now, if your link doesn't have any quotes at the beginning and end of the link, it's fine, just add the code that I've written above.
  
• 3. Click apply and close the window.
  

Done, you've created your own link. Now of course you can add more then one IP in the link itself, just have a single space between each set. If you wish to have your game in windows mode, add "-w" to the end of the link just like you would for the IP.

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FOR WINDOWS VISTA USERS!: To learn how to configure your system properly to work with Freelancer and Discovery, check out my tutorial on getting Freelancer to work with Windows Vista. http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9310

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And there we have it! All finished. Three easy options to connecting to Discovery, hope this helps. Enjoy!:laugh:

-DBoy