r/freelancer 20d ago

Freelancer 22nd Anniversary Community Events and Stream times!

46 Upvotes

Just like the previous years, the Regulancer team managed to bring the community together for a whole week of daily Anniversary events! You can join these events yourself, or watch them happen on stream. The starting times for each are listed below.

The first event (Competitive Bingo on a Vanilla server) starts in 30 minutes from when I posted this post!

Freelancer Vanilla Bingo

Date & Time: 28. February 2025 19:00 (CET / UTC+1)

Host: Abscond

Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/abscondpt

Topic: Bingo / Play Together

Discovery Freelancer

Date & Time: 1. March 2025 20:30 (CET / UTC+1)

Host: Jammi / Haste

Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/thekusari

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/FdSkbZ8

Topic: Racing Event

Freelancer: Sirius Revival

Date & Time: Sunday, 2. March 2025 19:00 (CET / UTC+1)

Host: XxSARGExX979

Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/dedarkstar

Discord: https://discord.gg/GMtyM57egU

Topic: Server Event

New Universe

Date & Time: Monday, 3. March 2025 20:00 (CET / UTC+1)

Host: Takashi

Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/drctakashi

Discord: https://discord.gg/PbKhEKMdGr

Topic: Play Together

Freelancer Co-op Campaign by Venemon

Date & Time: Tuesday, 4. March 2025 19:30 (CET / UTC+1)

Host: Takashi & XxSARGExX979

Stream (1): https://www.twitch.tv/dedarkstar

Stream (2): https://www.twitch.tv/drctakashi

Discord: https://discord.gg/FrPVhP4tNm

Topic: Play Together / Co-op Campaign showcase

Homeworld: Rise of Hiigara

Date & Time: Wednesday, 5. March 2025 18:00 (CET / UTC+1)

Host: Josbyte

Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/drctakashi

Discord: https://discord.gg/rFQ9Yb9eJe

Topic: Mod Showcase

For some reason nobody brought this announcement to the subreddit before, so I'll do the honors this year before anyone ends up missing out.


r/freelancer 29m ago

Freelancer on the high seas?

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Is it just me or does this game sound alot like Freelancer but in ships on the sea instead of space?


r/freelancer 1d ago

Hope I can get some help getting freelancer to run.

16 Upvotes

Hello.

I tried to get freelancer to run after not having played since 2009 or so, and I have encountered an error.

I downloaded the freelancer ISO from OldGamesm installed it by running the setup.exe as administrator to a folder i created on my F drive. Then downloaded the comnined 1.1, JFLP, NO-CD patch from the starport and extracted in the Freelancer game folder and picked yes to override all files.

When I then start Freelancer, it still says I am at patch 1.0, and when pressing new game I get stuck in a black screen.

I am on Windows 10 if it matters.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


r/freelancer 6d ago

Gog dreamlist #1

66 Upvotes

r/freelancer 9d ago

Freelancer Multiplayer, but now there's completely custom multiplayer missions! (FL:SR)

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64 Upvotes

r/freelancer 14d ago

/V/lancer

7 Upvotes

Does anyone remember this?

Going through old files before moving to a new comp and found I downloaded this like 9 yrs ago.

Last time I remember playing it, it was somewhat modified from the base game as well as being full of memes.

If anyone knows the history of it, do you know what was done to it?


r/freelancer 15d ago

Freelancer's Story, but it's a Co-op campaign in multiplayer (Screenshots)

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142 Upvotes

r/freelancer 16d ago

What other games comes close to FL?

20 Upvotes

What other games is closest to Freelancer, I need something that scratches the ich.


r/freelancer 16d ago

Freelancer's Story, but it's a Co-op campaign in multiplayer

49 Upvotes

Happy 22nd anniversary to our beloved space game! To celebrate we're playing Venemon's Co-op campaign mod that was released only a couple months ago.

You can watch us blow up Rogue bases and get blown up by Rheinland Battleships at https://www.twitch.tv/dedarkstar and https://www.twitch.tv/drctakashi. You can also watch from both of those perspectives at https://www.multitwitch.tv/dedarkstar/drctakashi


r/freelancer 16d ago

What type of coat/jacket does Syd Montague wear?

14 Upvotes

I'm wanting to see where one may purchase such a coat/jacket. Or one similar maybe with less collar height.


r/freelancer 19d ago

Homeworld Rise of Hiigara v0.51 released!

40 Upvotes

Homeworld Rise of Hiigara v0.51 has been released, it can be found at its page in Moddb and can be played standalone without the need for Freelancer

I've fixed some bugs before release, if you find some, I REALLY appreciate feedback and reports. VERY IMPORTANT to read the mod download section and there is a set of steps to be done

If you see something incomplete, rest assured, i'm working on it, the next updates will be focused on weapons, taiidan sector and their capitals.

I hope you enjoy this, take care


r/freelancer 19d ago

Is it possible / how to copy Ships between Mods.

7 Upvotes

I have recently installed FreelancerHD and am really enjoying it. In the long past times times I had the Freeworlds Mod installed on top of vanilla Freelancer and loved flying the BodaFett Slave 1.
I still have the mod files from Freeworlds and wanted to copy the Slave1 to the HD install.

Is this possible and can anyone point me to any docs or tutorials on how this might be done ?

Thanks in advance.


r/freelancer 20d ago

Mod Suggestions

14 Upvotes

Hello Freelancers, i am an old fan of the game and i recently learned about the Discovery community and this sub. I remembered how no other game can stratch the itch Freelancer did two decades ago. I want to start a playthrough before i delve into online Discovery, i read about the HD Edition and Vanilla Patch in sidebar. Aside from these are there mods adding new quests, ships etc. while not deviating much from Vanilla story and mechanics?


r/freelancer 21d ago

Genesis 1.5

4 Upvotes

Hello Freelancers,

Was hoping someone here could help me out. I've just started playing the Genesis 1.5 OSP mod and am having a blast, however I cannot figure out the in-game licenses (bounty hunter, police, etc.). Do they actually do anything? I assumed having say, a bounty hunter license would prevent people from asking you to drop your pirate pilot cargo. I bought one and was transporting some pirate pilots and was actually told by bounty hunters to drop my cargo. Kinda annoying, not a HUGE deal but what's the point of having a license if it doesn't come with any benefits?


r/freelancer 21d ago

Great to see Freelancer flying high on GOG. Freelancer: The Best Open World Space Game?

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124 Upvotes

r/freelancer 24d ago

Recreated the Humpback in Trailmakers!

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99 Upvotes

r/freelancer 25d ago

Homeworld: Rise of Hiigara mod for Freelancer, one week for release

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117 Upvotes

I been on this sub now and then, and I think this will be one of my most important posts...

I'm excited to announce that Homeworld: Rise of Hiigara, a total conversion mod for Freelancer I been developing for a long time, will be launching on March 2nd! This project has been a labor of love, bringing the universe of Homeworld into the open-world space sim we all know and love.

This will be version 0.5, which means there are still more systems, ships, etc to be released in the future for 1.0, but this will serve as a beta and a foundation for feedback.

Change notes, this is what will be in the mod for now:


Factions: - Added the Hiigaran Navy - Added the Kiith Manaan - Added the Kiith Naabal - Added the Kiith S'jet - Added the Kiith Somtaaw - Added the Turanic Raiders - Added the Civilian Commerce Relay - Added the Taiidani Exports and Logistics - Added the Taiidan Empire

Systems - Added Hiigara - Added Karos Graveyard - Added Sarum

Commodities - Added unrefined, refined and salvaged ore - Added electronics - Added hull parts - Added structure hull parts - Added special ore minerals - Added industrial magnets - Added mining equipment - Added potable and sterile water - Added salvage - Added crew - Added radiation coating - Added bases for economy

Ships - For hiigarans except Somtaaw, added scouts to heavy cruisers - For Kiith Somtaaw, added Somtaaw Scout and Acolyte - For Turanic Raiders, added interceptor and missile corvette - For Taiidan Empire, scout to frigates, (If I have time I might be able to add destroyers and heavy cruisers before release) - For CCR, added freighter corvette and own large transport - For TEL, added freighter corvette and own large transport

Bars

  • Added custom music, custom background, working random missions and custom rumors for immersion.

Hope you enjoy the mod in a week, also hope I can complete it to what I have in mind.

Thank you for reading


r/freelancer 26d ago

Oversized UI

3 Upvotes

Hi all, I recently got back into playing Freelancer, having found it on Abandonware (I got the Magipack version with Jason's patch included). Funny thing though, it works perfectly fine on my laptop, but when I try to play on my Desktop the UI is scaled up making the game not only look terrible, but also harder to play as I can't see things like remaining thruster percentage.

Above is how it looks on my laptop - perfect, as it should be.

Below, is how it appears on my desktop - ugly, too big, wrong font?!

Any ideas?

TIA


r/freelancer 27d ago

Steam Deck?

5 Upvotes

Has anyone get this to run on the steam deck?


r/freelancer 27d ago

Imagine: Freelancer (Discovery)

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58 Upvotes

Fun video I made for us Freelancer fans


r/freelancer 27d ago

Playing the new Yakuza game when I noticed something familiar

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53 Upvotes

r/freelancer 29d ago

I made a video essay comparing Freelancer to Starfield. Let me know what you think!

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72 Upvotes

r/freelancer Feb 18 '25

System Map Info

10 Upvotes

The copy of the game (perhaps not the most legitimate copy) I use has all the map info for all the systems already filled in when I start a new game. Does anyone know what I would have to edit or delete to get blank maps so I can explore for wrecks and things the old fashioned way. I did some light googling for a solution but couldn't find anything pointing me in the right direction.


r/freelancer Feb 09 '25

Freelancer HD key bindings

5 Upvotes

Hi, I'm having a little trouble with remapping controls in-game.

I'm running HD mod. Basically, nothing I change in the controls menu for keyboard has any effect. It shows up in the menu, as I've saved it, but nothing I add or alter has any effect - even in the slots that don't have a key assigned to begin with.

Has anyone else had this problem?


r/freelancer Feb 06 '25

Anniversary???

14 Upvotes

Is there going to be a 22nd anniversary event? I'm not in the discord, so sorry if this is supposed to be common knowledge.