User Guide

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To offer an item for trade
1. Select the item from your inventory in the left panel.
2. Determine the quantity (if applicable) in the middle panel, and then click the
check mark button.
To agree to a trade, click the Accept Trade button. When both parties have agreed
upon a trade, items will be automatically exchanged. To cancel a trade at any time,
close the transaction window.
Note: If a player does not have sufcient cargo space to make the
trade, you will be notied.
Connecting to a Server
In order to play Multiplayer Mode, you must have an Internet or local-area network
(LAN) connection with access to a server. To access Multiplayer Mode, click
Multiplayer on the Main Menu. This opens a table that automatically presents a
list of servers your system can access via LAN or Internet.
To connect to a Freelancer server
1. On the Main Menu, click Multiplayer.
2. In the list of servers that appears, select one, and then click Connect.
3. If you have been to this server before, skip to the next step. Otherwise,
you will need to create a new character. Click New Character, enter
a character name, and then click Create.
4. Select a character from the list (if you are new to this server, you will
only have one entry), and then click Load Character.
Any server you have connected to in the past will be listed on the Multiplayer
Menu with a “Yes” in the Visited column. You may lter out these or any other
servers by clicking Set Filters, and then selecting the appropriate check box.
Note: Clicking Refresh will clear the server list and retrieve a
new one from the main Freelancer server. All LAN servers appear
automatically as they are found.
Creating a Character
Each time you connect to the server, you will be given the choice to create a new
character or play one you created previously. Your character name must be unique
on that server (you will be notied if it is not), and it will only appear on the server
in which it was created.
Starting Your Own Server
Starting your own Freelancer server allows you to protect access to the server
with a password and control whether players can damage each other.
To start a server
1. Connect to your LAN or the Internet.
2. In the Freelancer install directory on your hard drive, double-click
FLSERVER.EXE. You may make your server public by selecting Make Server
Internet Available. (If you want to protect access, you may enter a
password here.) You may also keep players from destroying one another
by clearing the Allow Players to Kill Other Players check box.
3. Type a name for your server, and then click OK.
Note: Each time you make changes to your server, those changes
become the default settings.
For More Information
For more details and troubleshooting information, see the readme.rtf le on your
Freelancer CD-ROM.