For about a week now, I've been able to log into the game, but if I alt tab or when I close the game my PC freezes and I can't do anything else until I reboot it. Any idea what might be causing this? All other games are working fine. It seems to be a problem with freelancer only.
I didn't want to bump this soo soon, but does no one know what might be causing this? I was trying to organize a raid for this weekend, but this will make it significantly harder.
I have no idea if it will help, but FL tends to run everything on 1 core; I remember seeing in a guide that the fix was to force it to run some things on a seperate core. Can't say I've had the problem since. Otherwise, there were some crashing issues with one of the recent patches. Reinstall the update patches, maybe that'll fix it?
I tried reinstalling the game and mod. It worked for a couple of days, but today I went to play and had the same problem, so I assume it's not an installation problem. Any ideas?
CPU?
RAM?
Windows-Version? (excact via "winver")
Virus-Scanner?
Any other special thinks to know about your System (like a VM or runs on a Mac via Bootcam)?
Ok, i have some data now, but i can be helpful for everyone, so i post the answer (and some additional Questions) here:
Did you turn-off your AV-program before installing Freelancer and the mod?
(Some AV-Programs can sort-off files in that case.)
To find your exact Windows-Version press the Windows-Button & "R". There will popup an new window (names something like run…) where you type-in "winver" (without quotemarks). The next window shows your exact Windows-Version (Windows 10, Version 1803 or 1809, the build is unnessesary).
If your Windows-Version in noch 1803 or 1809 (for Windows 10) you should make Windows-Updates ASAP.