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Freelancer

Update by: Nadine Dommecent
Submitted by: conner54

God mode:
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Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of
the file
before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "perfoptions.ini" file in
the game folder.
Change the "DIFFICULTY_SCALE = 1.00" line to "DIFFICULTY_SCALE = 0.00".

Finding secret bases and jump holes:
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When you are looking for hidden jump holes to other systems, turn on your
Nav Map,
then select the "Show Patrols" map. The lines that appear show popular paths
that the
AI ships use. Almost any path that stretches out beyond the normal
trade-lane traffic of
a star system will lead to a hidden starport or even a hidden jump hole. Fly
out to where
the line leads to and turn on the "Solars" option on your targeting
computer.
You will usually find a place of interest. However, in places with reduced
sensor ranges
you will probably have to rely on visually looking for something. Also, to
find all the paths,
make sure to look at the "neutral", "hostile" and "friendly" paths in the
patrol paths map.
Be wary of stumbling upon an enemy's base.

Easier battles:
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For slightly easier battles when attacking, select a hostile ship as your
target then ignore that
ship. Focus instead on the other hostiles but do not select them as a
target. Even though they
are not selected you will still be given the blindfire marker (the crosshair
you aim with), although
it will be smaller. Sometimes an untargeted hostile will just sit there,
waiting to be shot.
Other times, it will remain on a straight course and will not maneuver too
much. The AI
will eventually catch on to you and will alter its techniques or will send
in more ships.
Also, you will not be able to use missiles like this.

Cheat:
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Submitted by: Lars Larsson

Change the "DIFFICULTY_SCALE = 1.00" line to "DIFFICULTY_SCALE = 0.00".
in the perfoptions.ini file for GOD mode, but to make little bit easier
you can change the "DIFFICULTY_SCALE = 1.00" line to "DIFFICULTY_SCALE
= 0.50" and you will take only half the damage, or you can change
"DIFFICULTY_SCALE = 2.00" if you wish to make the game harder.

Gametip:
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Submittedd by: slimjim

To make your self imortal locate the string DIFFICULTY_SCALE = 1.00 in
PerfOptions.ini which is located in C:\My Documents\My Games\Freelancer\
Simple change the 1 to a 0 to make your ship invincible or change it
to 2 for a more challenging game.

Hint:
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Submitted by: Nadine Dommecent
If you need to install the codec for freelancer you can play the game and
hear evrything.
If you don't install the codec you can't play finish the game but you can't
explode when you are 2 close to a planet because you can't hear the alert
message that you hear when you fly 2 close
ps: the game is depending on the codec


Quicker way to get money:
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Submitted by: Matt

buy a Cargo then go in to space and jettison the cargo and get
it back when you get it back you'll notice it say 2x do this till
ya cargo get the the max then go back and land or dock and sell
off the cargo.

Hints:
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Submitted by: Frosty

Sit around Essen and Dortmound station for the Red Hessians.
Kill the Hessians and sometime they drop Niobium. Dortmound pay
over 1k for a single piece of Niobium, but you dont even have to move far.

*Must be Enemies with the Hessians*
ps best way to level up fast too, also junkers attack every now and
then but they drop Barragers Mk3s and lancer missles.

Hint:
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Submitted by:monish sharma

well i like this game too much so thought 2 let u ppl know too
well if wanna yearn quick points just find the outcast home planet malta
routes are through omicron system and other much quicker is from the britonian
sector wont be a spoiler by telling the names, ok so take jobs at malta and
they are rich enough ot offer upto 1800000 and have the best fighter ship i.e.
z class saber even better than titan as u can carry 6 guns with it ok a little
spoiler now u may be impressed by those nomad weaponary in the storyline so why
dont u do as i say . in the vicinity of malta their is an unnamed jump hole
surrounded by 20-30 dead zclass sabers jump through it itll take u 2 un unknown
sector probabbly a nomad base take a look around and suddenly 4 nomad crafts
will show up hit em hard kill em theyll drop some of thier weaponary which does
huge damage plus they dont require ur ships energy so ull never have 2 stop
firing ok now if they dont leave any weapons dont panic hang around 4 more will
show up their are 2 weapon types the nomads use aquire them both anything else
contact me have fun freelancer is a gr8 game

Recommended weapon combination:
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Note: This requires v1.0 activated. It does not apply to The Next Generation
expansion. If you start on a single player or in a multi-player server, make sure
to get at least 5,000 credits to begin. In single player, that should be no problem.
In multi-player mode, just run a few missions. When you earn the desired amount of
money because you have a Starflier, start off like this. Fly over to Baltimore
Shipyard and go to the Equipment Room. If you do not have a new weapon for the
one empty weapon slot, buy a Stunpulse or Advanced Stunpulse (recommended).
The Stunpulse is 770 credits. The Advanced Stunpulse is 1,650 credits.
These will allow you to wipe out an enemy's shields easily. Then, have two Hull
Damage Efficient weapons. If you like how this combination works, take note. For
every two Hull Dmg Efficient weapons have one Shield Damage Efficient, such as the
Stunpulse. For example, if there are three gun slots(as seen on a Starflier) equip
two Hull Weapons and one Shield. If there are six gun slots, equip four Hull
weapons and two Shield weapons. To make this combination much easier to manage
and energy friendly, go to the options then to "Controls".
Look in the "User Interface Keys" and go to the bottom. Assign keys to "Assign
Weapon Groups 1-6" however desired. Then, separate your weapons into two different
groups; Hull Damage Group and Shield Damage Group.
Make sure to set your "Activate Weapon Group 1-6" to however desired. By doing
this, you are not wasting away energy on weapons that will do no good during
the "Timeline of Battle". Use this combination to the advantage of every battle;
Shield first, switch to Hull, then finish them.

Easy money:
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In order to get easy money, you have a good relationship with the Rogues, Hackers,
and Outcasts. Go to Mactan Base in the Magellan system. Save the game. Exchange
your ship for a Dromedary. Buy as much Cardamine as you can. Leave Mactan and go
through the old jumpgate from Magellan to New York. Staying in the Badlands, fly
from the jump gate to Buffalo Base. One there, sell all of the Cardamine.
Leave, go back to Mactan, and repeat. By the time you can buy a entire cargo bay
full you will be making more than 100,000 credits each time.

Profitable trade routes:
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use following is a cheap and easy trade route. It only applies to Freelancer v1.0
(v1.4 Cap ships mod is acceptable). Make a new ship/character on a multi-player
server (or if you want to test it, try a single player game if you have completed
Story mode). This may not be the fastest method, but it does work for when you
start out with only 5,000 credits (if the server does not edit that).
Fly to the Leeds system and go to Stokes Mining Station.
Buy Ship Hull Panels for 80 credits each (1,600 credits for 20 units with the
Starflier, your starting ship). Then, fly back to the New York system and land
in the Baltimore Shipyard. They will sell for 560 credits per unit (11,200
credits for 20 units). You can now buy at least a Rhino and sell even more at
once. Repeat this as many times as desired.

King is Docking:
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After completing the early story mission outside of Pittsburgh and you're free to
do what you like for a bit quickly dock with the Jump Lane to Fortbush and you'll
see King docking with it!

Modify Difficulty Level:
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This cheat will let you change how easy/hard the game is.
the file you need to find is under you My Documents folder, not the Freelancer
Game folder. "My Documents\My Games\Freelancer" is the path name. Once there,
open the file named PrefOptions.ini. *Note*: This cheat has to do with modifying
this file. It is suggested that you make a backup of the file first.
Once you're in the file, look for a line that reads "DIFFICULTY_SCALE = 1.00".
It's possible that the number is different.
Change this setting to be higher to make the game harder, or lower to make it
easier. Make it 0.00 to be invincible.

Earn Millions and Levels in Minutes:
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Go to the sigma 19 system (if not fund go to Hnshu system and find the jump gate)
go to the jump hole in sector E3 (note; u Must be nutuel with outcasts) Then shoot
at the PATHFINDER and tractor in the goods (sector E5) Then do the same on the
Hoshu Maru (or sumthing like that in sector E4) sell the stuff u get at the base
nearby. Also one of the hoshu maru escorts have wepons in it, get the and sell
them too. Once you have sold them you can do it again. This gets u approx 200,000
credits each time and advance 2 levels each time aswell, takes on 3 minutes each
run. Make sure you do the PATHFINDFER first each time.

How to use Turrets:
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Everyone knows a Turret mounted on a Turret Point is like having another weapon
when shooting at enemies. However did you know that if you press H and then swing
around to look at your enemies you can shoot back at them with the Turret! Handy
for making a quick getaway.

Nomads - Find them after Story Mode:
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There are two Jump Holes to two different systems where you can battle Nomads after
Story Mode and pick up Nomad Energy Blasters and Cannons. One of them is situated
in the Southern gas clouds of Omicron Alpha, the home system of the Outcasts.
The other is situated in the Norther gas clouds of Omicron Gamma, the home system of
the Corsairs. Note that the Omicron Alpha one is just a system of blue surroundings
and a bright star in the middle while the Gamma one leads to a system with two planets
(one containing monkeys and the other robots) and has pieces of rock everywhere so
watch out.

Docking made quick!
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As you know sometimes docking can take a long time however with docking rings you
can dock a lot quicker.
If you fly close enough to the gap between the two arms which open to let you dock
and then dock with it you'll go straight through with out the arms even opening!
This also means that you can dock in funny ways!

Make the most of your weapons!
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To make the most of your weapons you should do two things to make sure you're playing
as efficiently as possible.
1. Multiply the re-fire rate by the damage to hull and shield to see how much hull and
shield damage you can do each second with each weapon
2. Multiply the re-fire rate with the energy usage to see how much energy it takes
to do this
Try and utilize weapons which don't drain your energy to quickly but at the same time
provide you with decent fire power at either a slow/fast rate depending on what you
prefer.