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<h1><i>Freelancer</i> Server ReadMe</h1>
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<h2>Menu Items</h2>
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<p> The table below describes the menu items for the <i>Freelancer</i> server.</p>
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<td width="50%" align="center"><b>Menu</b></td>
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<td width="50%" align="center"><b>Description</b></td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">File | Exit</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Saves the character data for every connected
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player and forces them to log off. Then shuts down the server and exits.</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Edit | Copy, Edit | Select All, Edit |
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Find..., Edit | Find Next</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Performs the normal editing commands when in
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Console view.<p>Disabled when in Status Summary view.</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Edit | Accounts...</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Displays the Account Management dialog.</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center"> Edit | Message of the Day...</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Displays the dialog for editing the server's
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current news, also called the message of the day.</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">View | Status Bar</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Toggles the visible state of the status bar
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at the bottom of the server's window.</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">View | Status Summary</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Switches the server display to the Status
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Summary view. </td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">View | Console</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Switches the server display to the Console
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view.</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Chat | Chat With Universe</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Displays the dialog for sending chat messages
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to everyone on the server.</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Chat | Chat With Star System</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Displays the dialog for chatting with the
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players in a given star system.</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Chat | Chat With Player</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Displays the dialog for sending a private
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message to a given player.</td>
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<h2>Dialogs</h2>
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<p> Below is information about each of the dialogs the server
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can display while running. For information about the main server configuration
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dialog box, see the game manual.</p>
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<h3><a name="Account Management">Account Management</a></h3>
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<p> The Account Management dialog allows you to delete
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characters, force characters to log off, and delete and/or ban accounts from
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your server. It displays the list of accounts on your server and each of the
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characters for those accounts. All of these operations can be performed while
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the server is running. </p>
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<p> See the <a href="#Managing Accounts">Managing Accounts</a>
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section below for more information about managing the accounts on your server.</p>
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<p> To close the dialog, click the <b>OK</b> button.</p>
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<p> To delete a character, select the character name and click
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the <b>Delete Character</b> button.</p>
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<p> To delete an account, select the account name and click
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the <b>Delete Account</b> button.</p>
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<p> <a name="To ban an account">To ban an account</a>, select
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the account name and click the <b>Edit Account</b> button. In the dialog that pops
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up, set the check on the "banned" checkbox and click the <b>OK</b> button.</p>
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<p> To remove the ban on an account, select the account name
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and click the <b>Edit Account</b> button. In the dialog that pops up, unset the check
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on the "banned" checkbox and click the <b>OK</b> button.</p>
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<p> <a name="To force a player to log off of your server">To
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force a player to log off of your server</a>, select the account name for the
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character you want to kick off, click the <b>Edit Account</b> button, and then click the
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<b>Kick Account From Server</b> button. Click the <b>OK</b> button to close the dialog.</p>
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<p> NOTE: If your server allows new accounts, it is better to
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ban an account than to delete it. If the account is deleted, the same player's
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account will be created when they connect to your server again (but without the
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characters they had when the account was deleted). Banning the account without
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deleting it prevents the player from logging into you server until you remove
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the ban.</p>
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<h3>Message of the Day</h3>
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<p> This dialog allows you to examine and modify the news
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about your server. This news is displayed to players on your server in their
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character selection screen. The news you enter for your server is saved and used
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each time the server is launched until you change it again.</p>
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<p> To change the news for your server, type the news you want
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and click the <b>OK</b> button. Any players currently connected and on the Character
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Selection screen will see the news.</p>
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<p> To close the dialog without changing the news, click the
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<b>Cancel</b> button.</p>
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<h3>Universe Chat</h3>
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<p> This dialog allows you to send chat messages to all of the
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players connected to your server.</p>
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<p> To send a message to the universe, type the message you
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want to send in the single-line box at the bottom, and then press ENTER.</p>
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<p> To close the dialog, click the <b>Close</b> button.</p>
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<h3>System Chat</h3>
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<p> This dialog allows you to monitor the chat traffic in the
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star systems on your server, and allows you to send chat messages to entire
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systems.</p>
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<p> To monitor the chat messages in a system, select the Chat
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| Chat With Star System menu item, then select the desired star system from
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those listed and click the <b>OK</b> button. A System Chat dialog will then appear.
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The system channel chat messages in that system will appear in the top box. You
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can have more than one System Chat dialog open at a time, allowing you to
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monitor more than one system. When selecting a star system, only those systems
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that currently contain online players will be listed.</p>
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<p> To send chat messages to a system, in a system chat
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dialog, type your message in the single-line box at the bottom, and then press
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ENTER.</p>
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<p> To close a system chat dialog, click the <b>Close</b> button.</p>
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<h3>Player Chat</h3>
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<p> This dialog allows you to send a private chat message to
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an online player.</p>
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<p> To open a Player Chat dialog, select the Chat | Chat With
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Player menu item, and then select the desired player from those listed and click
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the <b>OK</b> button. A Player Chat dialog will appear. You can have more than one
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Player Chat dialog open at a time.</p>
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<p> To send a private chat message to a player, open a Player
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Chat dialog for the player you wish to send the message to, and then enter your
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message in the single-line box at the bottom and press ENTER.</p>
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<p> To close a Private Chat dialog, click the <b>Close</b> button.</p>
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<h2>Views</h2>
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<p> The server displays information in one of two views: the Status Summary view and the
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Console view.</p>
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<h3>Status Summary</h3>
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<p> The Status Summary view is the default and is most likely
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the only view you will ever use. It displays the current load on your server ,
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and some other statistics about your server.</p>
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<p> The server load is a measure of how long it takes your
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computer to process a single simulation step. It is displayed numerically in
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milliseconds and graphically as a colored bar. A lower value is better. If your
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computer is processing each simulation frame faster than the ideal rate, the
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load bar will be less than half its full height and will be colored green. In
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this situation, your computer has more CPU cycles than it needs to run the
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server and will provide the best game experience it can. If your
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computer is processing each simulation frame slightly slower than the ideal
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rate, the load bar will be over half its full height and colored yellow. In this
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situation your computer can still provide a good game experience, but you may
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start to experience some lag on connected clients. If your computer is
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processing each simulation frame must slower than the ideal rate, the load bar
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will be near the top and will be colored red. In this situation your server is
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providing a poor game experience; you will definitely see lag on connected
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clients.</p>
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<p> The server load varies with how many players are connected
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and what those players are doing. In general, the more players you have on your
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server and the wider apart they are spread across the universe, the higher the
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load will be on your server. If you find that you are consistently running in
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the yellow or red on your server, you can limit the number of players that can
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be connected to your server at once. For information on how to limit the number
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of players, see the game manual's section on running a
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game server.</p>
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<p> The table below explains each one of the displayed
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statistics. Unless otherwise noted, all statistics are since the server was last
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started.</p>
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<td width="50%" align="center" bordercolor="#87C3E0"><b>Statistic</b></td>
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<td width="50%" align="center"><b>Description</b></td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Player Count</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">The number of players currently connected to
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your server.</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Total Logins</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">The total number of players that have logged
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onto your server.</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Total Logouts</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">The total number of players that have logged
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off of your server.</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Failed Logins</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">The total number of players that have failed
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to log onto your server.</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Aborted Missions</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">The total number of missions that have been
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aborted by players on your server.</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">Player Deaths</td>
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<td width="50%" align="center">The total number of times a player has died
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on your server.</td>
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<h3>Console</h3>
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<p> The Console view displays information useful only when
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debugging server issues. As the server runs it generates messages about what is
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doing, including errors it may find and notification of exceptional conditions.
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These are displayed in the Console view.</p>
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<p> When in Console view, the Edit menu is active, and you can
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select and copy sections from the console to the clipboard.</p>
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<h2>Maintenance</h2>
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<p> As people play on your server, you will accumulate account
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and character information. If you intend your server to be a persistent place
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for <i>Freelancer</i> players to come play, you will need to spend a little time
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maintaining it. This section covers typical maintenance tasks for the <i>Freelancer</i>
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server.</p>
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<h3><a name="Managing Accounts">Managing Accounts</a></h3>
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<p> Each time a player who has never connected to your server
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connects to it, a new account will be created for that player. You can prevent
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new accounts from being created on your server by un-checking the Allow New
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Players checkbox in the server configuration dialog.</p>
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<p> If you wish to prevent a player from logging onto your
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server, you can <a href="#To ban an account">ban that player</a>. You can ban a
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player that is currently online, at which point the player will be immediately
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logged off.</p>
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<p> If you don't want to ban the player, you can just
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<a href="#To force a player to log off of your server">kick the player off of
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your server</a>. Of course, the player can just turn around and log back in
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unless you ban their account.</p>
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<p> Player accounts can be manipulated in the Account
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Management dialog. See the section on the <a href="#Account Management">Account
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Management</a> dialog for more information.</p>
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<p> If a character or account is currently online when
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it is deleted, the player is automatically logged off.</p>
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<p> NOTE: Accounts are tied to the build number of the server
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on which they run. Therefore, your character files will not work on a server
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with a different build number.</p>
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<h3>Backing up Your Accounts</h3>
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<p> The accounts for your server are stored in the My Games\Freelancer\Accts\Multiplayer folder of your documents folder. If you are
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running Windows 2000/XP, this means that different users on the same computer
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can run their own servers with different sets of accounts.</p>
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<p> You can back up the accounts for your server by backing up
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the entire My Games\Freelancer\Accts\Multiplayer folder in your documents folder. You must back up the
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entire directory.</p>
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<h3>Moving Your Accounts</h3>
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<p> You can move the entire set of accounts from one server to another by
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replacing the My Games\Freelancer\Accts\Multiplayer folder on the destination server
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with the contents of the same folder from the source server. Copying of
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individual accounts to another server is not supported.</p>
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<p> To move your accounts from server A to server B:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Delete the My Games\Freelancer\Accts\Multiplayer folder in your "My
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Documents" folder on server B.</li>
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<li>Copy the My Games\Freelancer\Accts\Multiplayer folder (and all it
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sub-folders) from your "My Documents" folder on server A to the My
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Games\Freelancer\Accts\Multiplayer folder in your "My Documents" folder on
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server B.</li>
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<li>Once you have moved these accounts from A to B, do not attempt to run servers on both machines at the same time.</li>
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</ol>
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<h2>Tips for Firewalls and Routers</h2>
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<p> <i>Freelancer</i> uses the DirectPlay protocol for client/server
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communications. Therefore, the game client should work through most Network Address Translation (NAT)
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routers and works with the Windows 2000/XP Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
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feature without requiring a configuration change. Special steps (<a href="#Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) on Win98/Me">described
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below</a>) are required when using ICS on Windows 98/Me.</p>
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<p> DirectPlay can coordinate with a Universal Plug and Play
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(UPnP) NAT/ICS to open the proper ports for running a <i>Freelancer</i> server.
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However, if you have a hardware NAT or router that is not , you will most likely need to
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configure it in order to run a <i>Freelancer</i> server behind it. See the section
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below on the <a href="#Ports Used By Freelancer and the Freelancer Server">ports
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used by <i>Freelancer</i></a> for more information.</p>
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<p> If you are running a firewall, you may need to configure
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it in order to play <i>Freelancer</i> on the Internet. If you are able to
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play other games that use the DirectPlay protocol through your firewall, you
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should be able to play <i>Freelancer</i> as well. For more detailed information, see
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the section below on the
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<a href="#Ports Used By Freelancer and the Freelancer Server">ports used by
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<i>Freelancer</i></a>.</p>
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<h3><a name="Ports Used By Freelancer and the Freelancer Server">Ports Used By
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<i>Freelancer</i> and the
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<i>Freelancer </i>Server</a></h3>
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<p> <i>Freelancer</i> uses the standard DirectPlay8 UDP ports 2300<30>2400.
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Ports are allocated starting at 2300, working toward 2400. Port 2300 is only
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used when connecting to the global server.</p>
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<p> This port range is used by both the game client and game
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server. The game server uses it to connect to the list server and to accept
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incoming connections from game clients. The game client uses it to connect to
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both the list server and the game servers.</p>
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<h3><a name="Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) on Win98/Me">Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) on Win98/Me</a></h3>
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<p>
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Windows98 ICS is not Universal Plug &
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Play (UPnP) compliant. This prevents <i>Freelancer</i> servers from negotiating
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with ICS to open the proper ports. If you want to host <i>Freelancer</i> games
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behind a Windows98 ICS system, you
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have to configure your ICS to allow the <i>Freelancer</i> server to be accessed from
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the Internet.</p>
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<p>
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We have provided an INF file
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that contains special configuration instructions for <i>Freelancer</i><EFBFBD>s server with
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Windows98 ICS. This file is located in the Extras folder where you installed
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<i>Freelancer</i> and is called Win98ICS.inf. This file must be installed on the
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machine that serves as the ICS host (i.e. the machine with the real Internet
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connection). </p>
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<p>
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If you are simply running a <i>Freelancer</i> server on your ICS host machine, you can use this file as-is. If
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you are running a <i>Freelancer</i> server on another machine on your network, or you<6F>ve
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chosen a specific port with the /P option, you will need to edit this file
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before installing it. When you<6F>re happy with the contents of this file,
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right-click on it and choose <b>Install</b>. You must reboot the ICS machine for the changes to take
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effect. This should properly configure your ICS to work with <i>Freelancer</i>.</p>
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<h3>Simple Fix for Most NAT/ICS/Firewall Issues</h3>
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<p>
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Many NAT, ICS, and firewall
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issues can be resolved by simply opening up ports 2300<30>2400 on your NAT/ICS
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server or firewall. If you just want to run a single server on your NAT/ICS
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network, this should work well for you.</p>
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<h3>
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How to Control the Port Number that the <i>Freelancer </i>Server Uses</h3>
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<p>
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The <i>Freelancer</i> server normally
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picks its own port (in the range of 2302<30>2400) when hosting a game. This works
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well in most cases. However, there are situations where you may want to control the port choice for the server. These situations are
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usually caused by running more than one DirectPlay game on your network at a
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time.</p>
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<p>
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You can control the port
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selection with the /P command line option to the FLServer.exe program. For
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example, if you wanted to have the server host on port 1234, you would use the
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following command line FLServer.exe /P1234. You can easily modify the provided
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shortcut to FLServer.exe to include this option. Simply edit the Target
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line and add your own /Pxxx after the FLServer.exe text.</p>
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<p>
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<font face="Times New Roman"><EFBFBD> 2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Microsoft, Digital Anvil, DirectX, <i>Freelancer</i>, the Microsoft logo, the
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Microsoft Games Studio logo, the .Net logo, Windows, and Windows NT are either
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registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United
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States and/or other countries.</font></p>
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