Idiocy? Obviously! Much to learn, even for Veterans!

[William Frederick Cody]

I will tell you a small story, dear community.

I found out, that if you target another ship in space, it name appears, you can see the distance from it to you.

And there is another number, that you can see:



So, obviously this number shows the level of the charakter. Yes, yes, now i know, too.

I played Freelancer from ~2004, and reached Disco ~3,5 years ago. As you can see, i signed on forum 3 years in the past.

I am not a newbie, it seems. But believe me or not: I found that level-thingie out only ~5 month ago.

Ok, i needed 2 weeks, from the start, until i recognized, that i can move a zoomed in system map by click and drag, but this level-thingie is awesome. As i found out the meaning of the number, i thought: 'What a handy tool... since when we have that?'
Around ten seconds later, i thought: 'Crap, i guess it is hardcoded since 2003...'

Blind spot it seems. I felt ashamed more than a bit, being such a blind guy, that i have waited 5 month. But now i will share this nice lil' story about failiure...

Did you experienced a similar blind spot on you own game-eyes? If so, please post.

Others are invited to give a polite comment, thank you.

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[Alex.]

That number isn't always entirely accurate - it only updates when the player undocks I think.

[.:Mongoose:.]

Guilty over the move map when zoomed, only realised last year sometime :$

[Grumblesaur]

Only recently realized that the shields say "Graviton."
I always read them as "gravitron."

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A way a lone a last a loved a long the riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay,
brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.

[Swallow]

Same with "nomand"

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FL MOD(EL)MAKING: TOOLS, RESOURCES, TUTORIALS AND MY SHIPS (OLD)

I am on discord: Roal-Yr#5994, I don't log on forum more than a few times a year.

I am not making ships for FL anymore, I am making my own space game instead:
https://github.com/roalyr/GDTLancer
https://roal-yr.itch.io/gdtlancer
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5HQB...cdH45LZgjj

[TheJarl]

I actually took a long time to see that there is a difference in the shields >.>

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[Jayce]

It took me a long time to overcome the urge to punch people who say "TurreNt." Does this count?

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[Hawk]

It was about a year before I realized there were red and green lights on the trade lanes to show you where to enter, and even then someone had to show me.

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[Slartibartfast]

It was about a year before I realized there were red and green lights on the trade lanes to show you where to enter, and even then someone had to show me.

Some 7 months for me for that one...

[gafwmn]

It was about a year before I realized there were red and green lights on the trade lanes to show you where to enter, and even then someone had to show me.

Yup..guilty of that....found out about a year ago..but been playin it since it came out...D'oh.

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