Discovery Freelancer 4.86 : Exiles Public Beta
by cannon on Jan.02, 2012, under Discovery Blog
Several days ago we released Discovery Freelancer 4.86 : Exiles for public beta. Unfortunately the post didn’t go up on this site at the time. Installation instructions and downlinks are available from here: http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=115036
Today we release the first update for Discovery Freelancer 4.86 : Exiles has . If you have installed the game using the link above, the update will be downloaded and installed automatically when you start Freelancer.
The last 48 hours has been very hard but the development team are making progress in resolving the issues. A major server stability issue related to mission spawning and path finding has been found and fixed. One jumphole between Honshu and Okinawa has been removed and 3 jumpholes from Burgundy have been removed and all path finding data regenerated to fix this issue.
The issue above was the cause of the 85%-95% of the crashes the server has experienced. At its worst the server crashed at least 150 times in 24 hours. The server will still crash but hopefully much less frequently.
This update includes other minor changes including:
- Model and hardpoint fixes for 5 ships.
- Market updates to fix bugs
- ID updates to correct cargo allowance mistakes and fix typos.
- Fixes for shipdealers in Zeta, Skye and Nimes.
- Fixes for Poole bases appearing as “unknown stations”
- Fixes for NPC loadout errors.
There are other serious issues that are not fixed in this update. The developers are working to resolve these as quickly as possible.
The release status for the mod remains beta trial and it will be this way for 2-3 weeks.
For the first time since the upgrade to 4.86, the server ran for 2 hours and 30 minutes without crashing. There have been a number of server side patches to achieve this and this update should significantly improve the stability. However, please note that the server will still crash.
Please note that the development team are reading your bug reports. Most are finding there way into the issue tracking system.
The team’s priorities are:
- Server stability
- Client stability
- Lost ships and login issues
- IDs and tech-compatibilty
- Everything else.
If you have NOT DOWNLOADED AND INSTALLED Discovery Freelancer 4.86 then
Please read the instructions and download and install it. You can not upgrade an existing 4.85 installation
If the automatic update does not work, the update can be downloaded manually from [url=http://igiss.net/dsupdate/486update1a.zip]here[/url]. Unzip the contents of this directory inside your Freelancer installation.
If the automatic update does not work, the update can be downloaded manually from here . Unzip the contents of this directory inside your Freelancer installation.
That’s all for now.
Have fun!
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January 3rd, 2012 on 09:19
Is there any possibility to run that with a German version of the game or do i have to buy that one another time just to have 4.86 ?? It would be nice to have the opportunity to do it with flmm like before. It just worked.
January 3rd, 2012 on 12:20
I agree with Johnny on the simplicity and reliability of the installation, ” the previous method.” He worked well and the English version and, in general, the localized Russian, from the ” New Disc “.
January 3rd, 2012 on 13:33
Hello,
After installing the update I get the error saying that freelancer could not detect a 3D capable card. The game worked fine in 4.85 if I didn’t have the bloom effect on. Is there a work around this? Is bloom enabling even though I left it off? is there some other things that use this type of technology or pixel shader 3.0 that I can remove to play?
January 3rd, 2012 on 16:36
Man just go to a torrent site and download a cracked version of the game so much easier and cheaper
January 3rd, 2012 on 23:27
How do i run my own LAN server ?
January 4th, 2012 on 02:42
Make sure that you have downloaded the complete installation. I have added the download instructions to it.
January 4th, 2012 on 02:44
We are adding support for the German and all other versions of Freelancer as soon as possible. It should be available in a 10 days.
January 4th, 2012 on 04:15
Hello again, now that the wording is more clear I now see there was an update for the update. I dunno if that did it or restarting again did but i did both and now it doesnt give me previous mentioned error.
thanks, see you guys on the server!
January 4th, 2012 on 19:37
Sorry to write an error here, because is not registered on the forum.
Status: neutral. Ship : Dagger. System : Roussillon. At the stations of the system, you can not see a choice of ships. Box only appears for a split second.
January 7th, 2012 on 09:12
Hey cannon, I was wondering, are the player owned bases and cloaking going to be implemented into 4.86 as promised? Personally I was really looking forward to these updates. And also why are all server commands dependent on FLHook now?
January 7th, 2012 on 20:06
Hey cannon, big fan of Disco. I am curious if your team is still interested in implementing the cloaking and player owned bases that you said 4.86 would have. I’ve played your new mod for awhile and saw some of the changes your team has made but I didn’t see the cloaking or bases that you said, am I missing something?
-Regards, HamburgerHelper
P.S. I’m not sure if the moderators got my last post here, it said that it was awaiting moderation but I failed to receive any emails about it being declined.
January 7th, 2012 on 21:11
I did the complete installation but when i click on the Discovery server to activate it, you see it for a millisecond and then it disappears and then when i try to activate it, it shows test server and i am unable to access it. I may have to shut off my internet so if i am forced to for awhile i want to at least play with my 5 computers via LAN
January 7th, 2012 on 22:33
Cloaking and jumpdrives are available from the Lost Battlestar in Omicrom Delta. The player built and controlled bases and docking modules are coming soon.
January 9th, 2012 on 06:27
I hope the German update coming soon!
Because i have the german Freelancer version
Greetings
January 10th, 2012 on 00:12
So what cannon is saying is: Bases aren’t working and cloak and jumpdrives are only new toys for admins. Cause noone else can acces lost battleship. Great. Thanks for explaining it.
January 11th, 2012 on 16:31
hello, I want to know if this mod can be played in single player?
January 11th, 2012 on 17:28
Yes it can be played in single player. Not all features are available though
January 11th, 2012 on 17:29
Several discovery servers offer cloaking and jumpdrives for their players. The DiscoveryGC server does not yet offer these.
January 11th, 2012 on 18:41
So cannon, when can we expect these features to become more open to players? And I’m talking about fully functional bases, and easier access to these features. From what Tyr_of_Lion said, it sounds like most people wont have the chance for quite awhile to use cloaking/jump drives.
January 18th, 2012 on 20:04
Wanted to mention a glitch in either the install exe i got our that some may have from CD installation
when installing mod it may say you do not have file
docking_ringx2_lod.sur in my case i checked and the file was acutally named docking_ringx2_lod_.sur renamed the file and it worked hopefully this helps some one who gets stuck becuase i coundt keep installing becuase of it
January 24th, 2012 on 11:36
The Lynx (XJ-3 Gallic Very Heavy Fighter) have a Powerproblem, the power-regeneration ist too low. I have not enought power to finish a mission.
Please improve this. Thank you!
PS: v4.86 is great!
February 6th, 2012 on 13:13
I have problems with the installation… i downloaded the patch reinstalled freelancer and installed the patch… for some reason when i open freelancer it still shows 1.0 as the version
February 14th, 2012 on 03:32
Im confused as to why no matter what sever im on the first space craft you have has crap energy regen (yelow bar) because i have to wait 10mins just to finish a lvl 2 mission ?
February 14th, 2012 on 15:19
I was wondering what the instructions mean by “clean copy of Freelancer”.
February 17th, 2012 on 09:44
Is there a single player version of this mod?
February 29th, 2012 on 00:24
I installed freelancer and then downloaded 4.86 but at the end of the download it shows a message freelancer integrity check failed do you want to continue even after selecting yes and after installation it does not detect any role playing servers what do i do
March 2nd, 2012 on 09:07
Hi I have played Freelancer a long time but never tried to get into a server, how do I do? I will be most thankful for any help in this!
March 9th, 2012 on 10:20
Hi there, it’s a great mod and I’m having lots of fun on the discovery server.
The one thing I was wondering with regard to the 4.86 beta – will there be any kind of reset, or will you keep all the stuff (credits, ships, etc) you gather during the beta?
March 17th, 2012 on 17:38
Great a new Disco mod.. ..Well that was my first thought untill i downloaded and installed and found that SP was still not reinstated.:(
Why is SP still missing from a great mod? Crossfire Mod has added a lot more than any mod i have seen and still they have kept SP and even added to SP with their own chapters.So why cant Disco reinstall SP? not everone can get online with this mod including myself due to my geographical location…
so i guess Disco like’s driving away people who can only play offline so away i go to CROSSFIRE who actually like having people playing SP…
March 21st, 2012 on 04:23
Great work guys! Love it! Keep it up!
March 22nd, 2012 on 01:13
There will not be a reset. You’ll keep everything.
March 22nd, 2012 on 01:14
We just don’t have time to support SP as well. It takes a reasonable amount of work to maintain support for this and sadly none of the developers have the time to do it.
You can play the mod in single player. Only the original single player campaign is missing.
May 3rd, 2012 on 09:56
I did the complete installation but when i click on the Discovery server to activate it, you see it for a millisecond and then it disappears and then when i try to activate it, it shows test server and i am unable to access it. I may have to shut off my internet so if i am forced to for awhile i want to at least play with my 5 computers via LAN