2016.11.30
Old-Admin notice for future admins
DUE TO THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF SHIP BALANCE CHANGES, IT IS FORBIDDEN TO RESTORE INACTIVITY-WIPED SHIPS BY THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM. If you are forced to restore -anything- from a backup due to other reasons not related to this thread, double-check the .fl file for the correct engine and powerplant.
Gheis Notice for Unlucky Souls: Gheis hasn't been active in a very long time. You can PM me, but I won't ever read it. You're best off to look to a current Server Administrator for help.
RESTORING YOUR LOST CHARACTERS IN THREE EASY STEPS
Freelancer is an old game. Unlike today's titles where all of your progress is kept server-side and your account information is accessible anywhere via a simple login feature, we are stuck with what limits the game places on us. If you do not manually back-up your account information from your PC, there is a huge chance that sooner or later you can lose access to your progress.
It happens. We understand. This is the thread that will help you in those rare cases. All you need to do is to follow three essential steps to restore your accounts in the case of character loss.
~The administration team
STEP 1
Provide us with all the necessary information
The premise is simple. If you accidentally deleted a character, it will be restored from the last server backup. If you lost access to your account, your existing ships will be given a /movechar command code and you will be able to transfer them to your new account manually. Before you can do that:
Code:
[b]Character Names:[/b] names go here
[b]Reason for Restoration:[/b] explain what happened
[b]New Character Name:[/b] give us the name of at least one character on your new account
Character Names: Brian.Mortez ; Charlotte01 ; MrBreezy Reason for Restoration: Harddrive failure. All of these characters are mine.
New Character Name: Tempychar1
First of all, you will need to copy-paste the form above and fill in the needed information. We are looking for the names of your characters. In the case of multiple accounts, try to provide the names of at least one character per account.
Secondly, tell us what happened that lead to the loss of these characters. Use this line to also specify whether or not these characters are shared between you and other members, or are they your own personal ships.
The third part is simple - create a single character on your new account and provide us the name. This will be used for verification purposes as well as where you will have money transferred from one of your characters for you to use the /movechar command.
Notice: Characters that have been lost due to inactivity wipe (read: have not been logged for 6 months) will not be restored.
The administration team may decline your request for character restoration in certain cases, for example: if we cannot fully confirm that the characters belong to you.
STEP 2
Wait for your request to be processed
Have patience. Restoration and retrieval of characters is a manual process and will be done by a Server Administrator. You will receive a Private Message regarding your particular case and will be given either the codes to the characters which you can then use to move them with or the further instructions in order to do so.
In the cases where the restored characters are the only ones the player has, the temporary ship will have some credits transferred to it from the lost characters, in order to allow the player to execute the /movechar command.
STEP 3
Ensure you do not need to ever use this thread again
Restoring lost characters is bothersome for both the player who cannot enjoy the game and the admin who has to look through logs and manually set up everything in order to process the restoration request. It only makes sense that it would be easier for both sides not to have to deal it in the first place. As such, the third and final step is simple:
PLEASE BACK UP YOUR ACCOUNTS
You can do so by following these steps:
Step 1: Go to your Discovery Freelancer Launcher and click the My Accounts tab.
Step 2: Click the ''Import/Export'' button and then "Export All Accounts" to your Desktop.
Step 3: Place the exported XML file on your USB Thumb Drive, Phone, Email it to yourself or place it on your Google Drive account.
To IMPORT the accounts simply go back to Step 2 and use the "Import DSLauncher Accounts" option and select your file from whichever location you placed it in.
Character Names: aceoflegacy Reason for Restoration: i just jumped with my liberty bs and navy ID and i jumped thru the gate and it crashed and now it is crashing every time i open it
Character Names: Achernar Reason for Restoration: I had 2 "FRENZY" codename shield equipped on it before the patch release but they disappeared after patch.
New Character Name: No need for new name, just my shields back. Thanks in advance!
Character Names: Cadenzza Reason for Restoration: Last time played was in 2019, want to remember where I stopped, if I even played for considerable time
New Character Name: No new character, just want to restore old one.
Thanks!
Only ship on server with that name was from 12th August, 2024, presume this is yours. The fact that you could use the same name as 2019 xcharacter means the 2019 ship has gone - Tunicle
(08-10-2024, 07:41 PM)The_Godslayer Wrote: Character Names: =LSF=Excelsus Reason for Restoration: Not completely sure, but I believe the account got shared at some point and the individual ran off with all the ships instead of just the cap. Alternatively, he deleted the snubs, in which case this is nothing.
New Character Name: temp#2billionand1
Character doesn't exist. ~ L1ght
It definitely used to. Is it possible to know what happened to it? I also have the last DSAce log I have attached to it.
Code:
[03.01.2022 02:24:09] 2022-01-03 02:24:12 SMT Traffic control alert: =LSF=Excelsus has requested to dock
Sorry, searched all logs, no joy, limited logs from 2022. PM sent - Tunicle
I'll do something about my superiority complex when I cease to be superior.
"Whatever happened to catchin' a good old-fashioned passionate ass-whoopin and gettin' your shoes, coat, and your hat tooken?"
Character Names:
Lost_transport not on server
Lost_miner moved
Dragon_Blade moved
Eagle_flame moved
[Star]protector not on server
[Bank] moved
Jaims West not on server
[MFH]Scraper
[MFH]Scrapking not on server Reason for Restoration: Harddrive died when i moved pc from my appartment to my new house and i didn't know my character data was on it till i started to play again and couldn't find the file
New Character Name: SkipJack
[MFH]Scraper and 4 others on that account need a new character/account to move to - Tunicle
Reason for Restoration: Ship accounts are linked to the banned player "Kellys". He has transferred the accounts to me for personal reasons (over a year before his ban) and my access to the accounts got blocked. Essentially, I request the Credits of said ships.
I can provide context and a list of other players, who can verify my claim to these ships/accounts. Would prefer to handle it via DMs.
New Character Name: |Credit-Collector-7| / |Credit-Collector-8|
We have Banker 1, 2, 3 and 13, none on banned accounts and none with much cash on. No ships on server with "Bank" in any form are on banned accounts - Tunicle
Banker-13 is surpising to me, the others I have access to and they were not part of the request.
Sent accounts in question to you.