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Heres a question thats been asked a million times... - Nicks - 11-28-2009
I used to be a regular discovery player, but when i got my new PC, i stopped playing Freelancer in favour of newer games like TeamFortress 2 etc. But i couldnt keep myself away from Disco for long!
Ive installed Freelancer, patched it, installed FLMM 1.3, extracted and activated Disco.
But when i go to join anysevers, it displays some jargon about "Being unable to connect because the server has just shut down or i have connection problams etc..." which ive never had before.
- I'm using windows vista 64 (the only thing thats changed)
- My internet is fine, its the same internet setup i used to use.
- Ive tried disabling my firewall.
- Ive tried restarting both my router and my PC.
- Ive tried using direct connect and altering the shortcut to connect to servers.
- Ive installed and re-installed FL several times in different places (My Documents, Program Files etc)
- Ive given freelancer full permissions on my PC.
But nothing i do seems to work! Is there some patch ive missed or some trick i havent learnt?
Any help offered will be greatly apprichieated.
Thanks
:crazy:
Heres a question thats been asked a million times... - Cannon - 11-28-2009
I'm about 75% sure that it will be anti-virus software firewall related.
Disabling your firewall isn't going to work unfortunatately, you have to uninstall it completely - just the firewall part not the whole anti-virus package.
Heres a question thats been asked a million times... - Nicks - 11-28-2009
Hmmm.... It would appear that my Antivirus is on the so called "Black list" for Freelancer....
How would you recomend getting round this?
I know there is the option of un-installing my Anti Virus, but its part of my internet package, so i dont know how that would effect it.
If i have to uninstall it, what would you recomend as a replacement?
Or should i just use the default windows one?
Thanks
Heres a question thats been asked a million times... - MarvinCZ - 11-28-2009
' Wrote:you have to uninstall it completely - just the firewall part not the whole anti-virus package.Please, read Cannon's reply above. You don't need to uninstall the whole anti-virus, just the firewall part.
Heres a question thats been asked a million times... - Nicks - 11-28-2009
Cant. My Anti-virus isnt an official one, its a strange version of Mcafee called "BT Net protect plus".
Its either all there, or all gone.
Heres a question thats been asked a million times... - forald - 11-28-2009
Why don't you use a firewall / antivirus software that doesn't pose such limitations. I use Avast! and it works out fine for me.
Heres a question thats been asked a million times... - Nicks - 11-28-2009
I'm thinking of switching to avast or avg actually. Whats it like?
Also, i just uninstalled Mcafee and i still cant connect (Using windows defender in the mean time)
Heres a question thats been asked a million times... - Lump Lorry - 11-28-2009
' Wrote:I'm thinking of switching to avast or avg actually. Whats it like?
Also, i just uninstalled Mcafee and i still cant connect (Using windows defender in the mean time)
I would suggest you this combination
-1) AVG Antivirus
-2) Zonealarm Firewall
They are both free and with this combination Freelancer should work.
Heres a question thats been asked a million times... - Mimic - 11-28-2009
With Windows Vista you need to disable UAC ..( user account control) How to do it
Now with that setting activated you need to do a fresh install of FL
Install the game ..restart
Install FLMM..restart
Activate Mod.. restart
Then all will be fine.
Heres a question thats been asked a million times... - Nicks - 11-28-2009
I dont see how UAC can have an effect on Freelancer, i right click and run as admin every time any way...
Ive tried avast, and i dont really like it. Plus, it has no firewall, so it makes no difference.
I guess i'll try the UAC thing, thanks.