2008-06-23T04:12:35-04:00 Louva-Deus http://eoa.seriouszone.com/news.php louvadeus@seriouszone.com Envision. Observe. Aspire. tag:eoaplayersconsortium,2008:eoaplayersconsortium Pivot Copyright (c) 2008, Authors of =EOA= Players Consortium 2008-06-23T02:29:00-04:00 2008-06-23T02:29:00-04:00 2008-06-23T02:29:00-04:00 tag:eoaplayersconsortium,2008:eoaplayersconsortium.73

The =EOA= has joined the Freelancer Community Network, sponsored by our friends over at The Starport! This network of sites is a part of a new effort to bring the global Freelancer community closer together and to make known to Freelancers everywhere that we are all here for you, and we are not going anywhere. Freelancer is not a dead game and we want to remind people that it is alive and still kicking. Happy Flying!

Into The Stars! Freelancer Community Network, sponsored by our friends over at The Starport! This network of sites is a part of a new effort to bring the global Freelancer community closer together and to make known to Freelancers everywhere that we are all here for you, and we are not going anywhere. Freelancer is not a dead game and we want to remind people that it is alive and still kicking.

Happy Flying! ]]> louvadeus 2008-05-23T02:45:00-04:00 2008-05-23T02:45:00-04:00 2008-05-23T02:45:00-04:00 tag:eoaplayersconsortium,2008:eoaplayersconsortium.72

Hello All! This site has been fairly dead for a long time, but the forums have not been. You can find our latest and most up-to-date information on our projects and who is on our team on our forums. In fact, you will discover that we recently recruited RimShot and he will be working on Freelancer Mod Manager. Yes, FLMM, that icon of Freelancerdom, is now flying under the =EOA= banner. It was entrusted to us by IGx89 to continue its development. So anyone who would like to submit bug reports for version 1.4.x should send them to RimShot and/or post them in his project forum on our site. Another thing to mention is that the =EOA= site will be undergoing a total reconstruction. Over the summer a new =EOA= will be ready for public consumption, so don't count us out yet. Happy Flying!

What's Up At The =EOA=?
This site has been fairly dead for a long time, but the forums have not been. You can find our latest and most up-to-date information on our projects and who is on our team on our forums. In fact, you will discover that we recently recruited RimShot and he will be working on Freelancer Mod Manager. Yes, FLMM, that icon of Freelancerdom, is now flying under the =EOA= banner. It was entrusted to us by IGx89 to continue its development. So anyone who would like to submit bug reports for version 1.4.x should send them to RimShot and/or post them in his project forum on our site.

Another thing to mention is that the =EOA= site will be undergoing a total reconstruction. Over the summer a new =EOA= will be ready for public consumption, so don't count us out yet.

Happy Flying! ]]> louvadeus 2007-04-16T05:18:00-04:00 2007-04-16T05:18:00-04:00 2007-04-16T05:18:00-04:00 tag:eoaplayersconsortium,2008:eoaplayersconsortium.71

The Hardware Database config file has been updated to add support for many new chipsets from Intel and SiS, so check it out and let me know how it goes. In addition, the text corruption fix for the Intel 810 and 815 chipsets has been added. Finally, all Intel users will be required to update their graphics drivers to the latest versions, as of March 2007, in order to run the game. This will hopefully ensure that the number of problems players will experience will be more limited. Download Now** ** A link to the Intel Support site has been included on the download page for your convenience. Just click on the link for your chipset and grab the latest driver for your operating system.

[Resource] Hardware Database Update by Louva-Deus
Download Now**

** A link to the Intel Support site has been included on the download page for your convenience. Just click on the link for your chipset and grab the latest driver for your operating system. ]]> louvadeus 2007-04-16T05:09:00-04:00 2007-04-16T05:09:00-04:00 2007-04-16T05:09:00-04:00 tag:eoaplayersconsortium,2008:eoaplayersconsortium.70

We have picked up some new blood in recent months here at the =EOA=. Our newest members are: Crazy: Developer of FLHook extensions and creator of the PHP interface for FLHook. Lancer Solurus: Developer of the excellent mod tools: FL Error Checker, FL Player Cleaner, FL Clan Editor, and many more. FriendlyFire: Developer of the new Freelancer IDE as well as founder of OpenLancer and developer of Freelancer: Combat Evolved and the Boston Server mod. We are proud to have these fine gentlemen on our team and we look forward to seeing their creative skills at work. Anyone interested in joining the =EOA= can either send me an email through our contact system or via a Private Message through our forums. Have a nice day!

[News] New Recruits
Crazy: Developer of FLHook extensions and creator of the PHP interface for FLHook.
Lancer Solurus: Developer of the excellent mod tools: FL Error Checker, FL Player Cleaner, FL Clan Editor, and many more.
FriendlyFire: Developer of the new Freelancer IDE as well as founder of OpenLancer and developer of Freelancer: Combat Evolved and the Boston Server mod.

We are proud to have these fine gentlemen on our team and we look forward to seeing their creative skills at work. Anyone interested in joining the =EOA= can either send me an email through our contact system or via a Private Message through our forums.

Have a nice day! ]]> louvadeus 2007-03-14T15:05:00-04:00 2007-03-14T15:05:00-04:00 2007-03-14T15:05:00-04:00 tag:eoaplayersconsortium,2008:eoaplayersconsortium.69

Greetings from the =EOA= Players Consortium! I have some updates available for you today that are quite important for anyone who likes playing Freelancer, hosting Freelancer servers, or making mods for Freelancer.. so basically everybody. There has been a lot of confusion lately regarding which patches to use, what order to install them in, and what the difference is between the patches and the SDK. Well I'm here to set the record straight for everyone. Freelancer QuickFix Patch This patch supercedes all patches released by any community member, even my older ones and the SDK. This package has been specially formulated to replace all known patches for the game outside of Microsoft's official 1.1 server patch. This means that you are not supposed to install any other patches before OR after this one, you are only supposed to use this one. The QuickFix is NOT compatible with any other patches or SDKs so don't install anything else. Additionally, from now on the Microsoft 1.1 patch will no longer be a part of this package and server admins will have to install it separately. Server admins need to also take note that Microsoft's patch is ONLY useful for servers and players DO NOT need to install it unless they are experiencing severe problems with the game. There is a new version of the QuickFix patch available here on our website and soon from Lancer's Reactor. This version fixes a certain compatibility problem experienced ONLY on Vanilla Freelancer servers. The cause of the problem was mismatched loadout configurations for stations that are based on ship models, like the Battleship Essex in the Dublin system. The conflict arises between players that are running a vanilla copy of the game and those who have any of the older unofficial patches or the SDK installed, as these are not compatible. Mod servers are not affected by this problem. All players experiencing this crash and all server admins who are running a Vanilla server need to download the new version (1.0c) of the QuickFix patch. Also, this version of the QuickFix includes my Freelancer Web Launcher so that everyone can enjoy the benefits of this awesome new feature to the game experience. Download Freelancer QuickFix Patch v1.0c Freelancer SDK This package was designed to offer a clean codebase for mod makers to work from and should not be used as a game patch. I repeat, DO NOT use the SDK as a game patch! The SDK is not a 100% compatible with the original game and certain parts of the clean code will cause the client to crash when playing on Vanilla (non-patched) servers. For this reason mod makers need to understand that they need to test and verify that their mods will work with non-patched servers and clients. This will not affect mods that include the SDK itself, or parts of it, into its codebase. This only affects mods that do not redistribute the actual ini files from the SDK, e.g. FLMM XML script based mods. To eliminate some of the difficulty with grasping the proper use of the SDK I have decided to only distribute it in a ZIP archive from now on. Some have requested this and it makes things easier in many ways. Also, without the installer automatically trying to install the SDK into your Freelancer directory those compatibility problems are taken care of. Download Freelancer SDK v1.3b or v1.5b15 I hope that clears up all the misunderstandings for everyone. If not then you can contact me through the brand new =EOA= Players Consortium Forums.

[Resource] Freelancer QuickFix Patch v1.0c and Freelancer SDK v1.3b & v1.5b15 by Louva-Deus
Freelancer QuickFix Patch
This patch supercedes all patches released by any community member, even my older ones and the SDK. This package has been specially formulated to replace all known patches for the game outside of Microsoft's official 1.1 server patch. This means that you are not supposed to install any other patches before OR after this one, you are only supposed to use this one. The QuickFix is NOT compatible with any other patches or SDKs so don't install anything else. Additionally, from now on the Microsoft 1.1 patch will no longer be a part of this package and server admins will have to install it separately. Server admins need to also take note that Microsoft's patch is ONLY useful for servers and players DO NOT need to install it unless they are experiencing severe problems with the game.

There is a new version of the QuickFix patch available here on our website and soon from Lancer's Reactor. This version fixes a certain compatibility problem experienced ONLY on Vanilla Freelancer servers. The cause of the problem was mismatched loadout configurations for stations that are based on ship models, like the Battleship Essex in the Dublin system. The conflict arises between players that are running a vanilla copy of the game and those who have any of the older unofficial patches or the SDK installed, as these are not compatible. Mod servers are not affected by this problem. All players experiencing this crash and all server admins who are running a Vanilla server need to download the new version (1.0c) of the QuickFix patch. Also, this version of the QuickFix includes my Freelancer Web Launcher so that everyone can enjoy the benefits of this awesome new feature to the game experience.

Download Freelancer QuickFix Patch v1.0c

Freelancer SDK
This package was designed to offer a clean codebase for mod makers to work from and should not be used as a game patch. I repeat, DO NOT use the SDK as a game patch! The SDK is not a 100% compatible with the original game and certain parts of the clean code will cause the client to crash when playing on Vanilla (non-patched) servers. For this reason mod makers need to understand that they need to test and verify that their mods will work with non-patched servers and clients. This will not affect mods that include the SDK itself, or parts of it, into its codebase. This only affects mods that do not redistribute the actual ini files from the SDK, e.g. FLMM XML script based mods.

To eliminate some of the difficulty with grasping the proper use of the SDK I have decided to only distribute it in a ZIP archive from now on. Some have requested this and it makes things easier in many ways. Also, without the installer automatically trying to install the SDK into your Freelancer directory those compatibility problems are taken care of.

Download Freelancer SDK v1.3b or v1.5b15

I hope that clears up all the misunderstandings for everyone. If not then you can contact me through the brand new =EOA= Players Consortium Forums. ]]> louvadeus 2006-11-22T23:01:00-04:00 2006-11-22T23:01:00-04:00 2006-11-22T23:01:00-04:00 tag:eoaplayersconsortium,2008:eoaplayersconsortium.68

And here are the programs you have all been waiting for (sorry about that)! Check them out and let us know what you think. Enjoy! Freelancer Explorer v2.0.6.23: The latest version of Freelancer Explorer from Colin Sanby is now available! There are too many changes to mention but there is one key thing to know: FLMM script support has been disabled because the format has changed so much that it is now incompatible with Freelancer Explorer. This will mean that you will have to either work on your systems separate from the rest of your mod, or simply not use the xml scripting feature in FLMM. This will be inconvenient for some people but for the time being there is nothing we can do about it. Be sure to read the readme file for the list of changes. Download Now HardCMP v1.0.0.23: The latest version of HardCMP from Colin Sanby is now available! The new version sports an all new rendering system with cool features like being able to resize the screen. Don't be the last one to get this priceless editor! Download Now

[Software] Freelancer Explorer v2.0.6.23 and HardCMP v1.0.0.23 by Colin Sanby
Freelancer Explorer v2.0.6.23:

The latest version of Freelancer Explorer from Colin Sanby is now available! There are too many changes to mention but there is one key thing to know: FLMM script support has been disabled because the format has changed so much that it is now incompatible with Freelancer Explorer.

This will mean that you will have to either work on your systems separate from the rest of your mod, or simply not use the xml scripting feature in FLMM. This will be inconvenient for some people but for the time being there is nothing we can do about it.

Be sure to read the readme file for the list of changes.

Download Now


HardCMP v1.0.0.23:

The latest version of HardCMP from Colin Sanby is now available! The new version sports an all new rendering system with cool features like being able to resize the screen. Don't be the last one to get this priceless editor!

Download Now ]]> louvadeus 2006-11-07T00:44:00-04:00 2006-11-07T00:44:00-04:00 2006-11-07T00:44:00-04:00 tag:eoaplayersconsortium,2008:eoaplayersconsortium.67

We have recently recruited Swordsman, from the Asylum51 team, and his primary work for the moment is reviving the FL Real Economy project. Ideas and suggestions for what kinds of features this project should have are welcome. Drop ideas here I have had to disable the comment system because of spammers, so until I can put up the new site you won't be able to leave us comments except through email. Sorry for the inconvenience. On a parting note, new versions of Freelancer Explorer and HardCMP will be available as soon as I can find 5 minutes to upload them.

[News] New Recruit
Drop ideas here

I have had to disable the comment system because of spammers, so until I can put up the new site you won't be able to leave us comments except through email. Sorry for the inconvenience. On a parting note, new versions of Freelancer Explorer and HardCMP will be available as soon as I can find 5 minutes to upload them. ]]> louvadeus 2006-10-01T00:33:00-04:00 2006-10-01T00:33:00-04:00 2006-10-01T00:33:00-04:00 tag:eoaplayersconsortium,2008:eoaplayersconsortium.66

Believe it or not we are not dead yet! I know, I know... we had you worried there for a minu..mont..uh..while. Naturally we place Real Life (TM) as a higher priority over playing and editing games but you can be sure that whenever we are silent for a while, the reasons are important. Right now most of the team is busy with work or college (as a triple-major even I am quite busy), so most of our projects are on hold or progressing very slowly. A few of us are still plugging away though, Colin Sanby is about to release some cool stuff, and I am currently leading a game development team which hopefully will have something kickass ready for prime time in the next year or so (although, we are still looking to recruit 3D Modelers, 2D Artists, and at least one Sound Engineer). The Tekagi's Treasure, Void, and Asylum51 crews are still alive and well, so be sure to have a blast with those guys and these three very unique and fun mods. We are still open for new recruits, and especially anyone with a lot of programming experience with server-side software for Freelancer. We have recently recruited Gibbon and have another person that may be joining us soon. You could be next! Happy Freelancing!

[News] Good News!
A few of us are still plugging away though, Colin Sanby is about to release some cool stuff, and I am currently leading a game development team which hopefully will have something kickass ready for prime time in the next year or so (although, we are still looking to recruit 3D Modelers, 2D Artists, and at least one Sound Engineer). The Tekagi's Treasure, Void, and Asylum51 crews are still alive and well, so be sure to have a blast with those guys and these three very unique and fun mods.

We are still open for new recruits, and especially anyone with a lot of programming experience with server-side software for Freelancer. We have recently recruited Gibbon and have another person that may be joining us soon. You could be next!

Happy Freelancing! ]]> louvadeus