After much debate, we've decided to relocate the FL server to the other side of canada. After less debate, we've decided to ship ellis along with it.  I'll try to keep a temporary server up while the move is happening (your characters should be intact).  But expect some downtime for the server in the next few weeks.

* note to self: remember to poke air holes in the shipping crate for ellis.

UPDATE (aug 19th): Temporary server is now up and running.

Due to the fact it was coded with Autoit, virus scanners sometimes give false positives.  Autoit has been used for the creation of viruses before, and has led to some AV's detecting all apps created with Autoit as viruses. This is a known and on going issue in the Autoit community https://www.autoitsc...oIt_and_Malware

The only real remedy is for me to send the updater.exe and source code to the company and have them whitelist the program. however as soon as i update the program again i have to resend the sample.

Though your Avira definitions may need updating, as here are the current scan results from virustotal.com (56 different AV engines)

https://www.virustot...sis/1486437083/

3 less common AV's currently flag it as a false positive using heuristic analysis, Avira isn't one of them.

As for the 'connection reset' error, its probably decided to start blocking the file download or website.

Your welcome to use the older TekagisUpdater (its never generated any false positives from any AV engines), but I should warn you it will probably stop working shortly once i start changing things.

After FAR too long, The Updater has finally been updated.  The new version includes a basic GUI with a progress bar, shows when the last time you updated was, a tooltip showing the server status and current player count, and is smaller, faster and smarter.
Please visit the forum thread at https://tekagis.ca/p...=4&t=8&p=12#p12 to see what all has changed and basic usage instructions.
You can get a copy of the new version from https://downloads.te...agisUpdater.exe

ok i'll have to do some surgery on the character file then see if i can find the issue

*update* Character should be working now, seems there was some issues with combat damage on your ships hull

not quite sure how that worked out (never seen that bug before) but repairing the hull and collision groups fixed it

just moved your character to California, hopefully that clears it up

A basic server status page is now live on the new server, showing online players and last player logins, logoffs, and deaths....time stamps are even adjusted to your forum account settings (if you have one on the new forums).

More features coming....

I've uploaded some texture changes to mod files, hi res starspheres (by Hunor), hi res solar textures (by Hrimthur), and new interface textures (by us). I've also added widescreen support (adoxa's hudshift).

WARNING: This update will be quite large when using the TekagisUpdater (it was actually designed for small patches not large), so instead of using the update server for this, you may want to re-download the base mod files from here  https://downloads.te...Treasure5.49.7z

you'll save a lot of time and bandwidth that way

ok thanks for the heads up i'll check it out when i get the chance. whats the character name so i can see about moving it for you?

***UPDATE***   I've checked out Skiptracers, docked and launched multiple times without issues

Thanks to ellis, we have a new domain name and server https://tekagis.ca

Why?

1) This domain and site are registered to C (i believe) who is AWOL, how long he will continue paying the bills to keep the lights on is unknown. We don't want you people left in the dark when that happens.

2) The new site is hosted on a virtual server, giving us much more flexibility on what we can do with it.

For example we now have valid SSL certificates for connecting using https, and we can directly tie the webserver into the FL server allowing for website checking of who's in game, as well as being able to access things like your character stats, ship garage, storage and markets directly from the site.

Zero's put a lot of hard work into the new sites layout and style (which i then smashed with a hammer to make fit - sorry Z), so big thanks to him too.

We're not moving over yet, there's still a lot of work to do over there, and this place has a lot of history we don't want to lose. Hopefully at some point we can get access to the database to port it all over to the new forums.

Some things will be moved to the new server immediately: our update server is now hosted there (has been for a while), all future download links will point there, and we now have a IRC server hosted there (server: tekagis.ca, channel: #tekagis) which it will also be tied into the game server like how tekagisbot does skype.

The Tekagis update server has finally been moved to a more stable environment (in other words, off my spare laptop and onto a REAL server!). So the random down times are no more, however the TekagisUpdater.conf file for everyone needs replacing to point to the new server.

A new copy can be found here (this goes in your Freelancer\EXE folder):

http://updates.tekag...gisUpdater.conf

or you can manually edit your existing file and change the line

Url = http://yspstudios.no-ip.org:42950/

to

Url = http://updates.tekagis.ca/

http://the-starport....#forumpost61766

theres one in the works, MS wouldnt really have a say either, a rewrite such as this contains none of the original FL code, as long as its not distributed with copyright content like the ship models or data files, its just a program that happens to be able to read those data files

Good question...as is, destroyed bases can be undocked from (but not docked with), so the default would send you back there as normal unless i hook it. Best options would be nearest friendly base (in system), clan home base, default start base, maybe a custom user setting? I think i like that last one, combine a "nearest friendly / clanhome / custom base" into a player set option

The bases still need a ton of work done to make it all happen smooth though, but most of those bases are pretty nasty. Lots of armor, guns capable of ripping fighter hulls in 1-2 solid hits, and with the armor+firepower combo they can mess up a BS pretty bad if you get too close, Ideally you have to park out of its range and keep it frontal... good luck if you get flanked by hostile capships, your main gun is facing the wrong way and the only direction you can move is forwards into the base! (capitals turn slow)

Your best bet is soften the base up with bombers and heavy torps, strip the base of its turrets (npc bomber wingmen will do this for you sometimes). Even harder are bases inside asteroid fields, you have to engage with fighters, bombers and corvette class ships only, everything else is just too big to maneuver.

I dont see everything getting destroyed in 3 hours

It will be on a 24h restart schedule though so it can write changes into the mod files though

Its been a while since I posted, so brief update and spoiler vid:

Work is still progressing, the gear is pretty much all done. I've work though some python scripts that allow REALLY easy generation of patrol paths for the npcs, and generation of equipment/ship infocards with detailed specs and literally update the infocard details automatically when things change...our long tradition of outdated infocards is now a thing of the past.

Npc combat AI has been majorly improved on in the last few days, some of the maneuvers I've been watching them pull off are just plain scary.

Theres still a fair bit of work to be done with system cleanup and readding the ships back in (I yanked them all out while restructuring), and alot of work still in our FLHook area.

But anyways, heres a spoiler video of the new AI in action, samurai kicking lib navy around in alaska

Current list of cloakable ships is:

Banshee, USS Defiant, NX01 Enterprise - Gunboat, Police Patrol Ship, Bird Of Prey, Romulan Warbird - Gunboat, Mosaram, Valkyrie Mk4, UniTrans, Admin Odin, Admin Marauder

Most ships actually have the cloak hardpoint, but cloaks cant be bought. This is unlikely to change in the near future...in the current mod state, cloaks are mostly a useful novelty item, in the planned update they will have real purpose.

Server has been restarted and some minor adjustments hopefully will work now

Not sure whats up with that, the server files are the same so shouldnt be causing any issues there. I'll have to inspect the character files.

Update server is down temporary though til I can move it to a new machine.

Its a issue with brand new characters, a simple relog fixes it.

dacom.ini should NOT be directly copied over the tekagis one, doing so will break parts of the mod.

Instead, edit your dacom.ini, under the [Libraries] section add the lines:

jflp.dll nofovx nostats
hudshift.dll

a full tutorial on properly implementing the jflp widescreen features can be found here on the discovery forums http://discoverygc.c...d.php?tid=63265

when i get the time to finish off the next update i'll have the widescreen included to save people from manually adding it

depending on your location the ping should be different, server has moved from candian west coast to central.

the bank/fate issues are a problem with tekagisbot, it stability seems to have dropped and is occassionally crashing.. i suspect its the shoutbox plugin for it, i'll disable that see if it helps.

yes...its pretty limited atm, but moves the ship from the base its at to your current base....example to move a ship stored at new york to planet denver, you first dock at denver

then type /garage move li01_01_base 1 (assuming the ships id number is 1)

any parking fees owed for that ship will be deducted from your bank

agreed it is a bit overwhelming, but 'the start' was sooo long ago we've all experienced that feeling of being lost at first. I'm not sure if you'll have much luck with datastorm, but i personally havent tried it in about 9 years.

theres no specific guide, other then random posts in threads here and doubt one will be created anytime soon, as the mod is currently in a state of flux (massive changes and rebalancing when i can find the time to work on it). I should warn you though atm a good number of ship infocards are incorrect..one of the things to be fixed. Best way is just explore and try out various ships. We do have a 'ship garage' plugin running allowing players to swap ships and loadouts, so if you want to try a new ship you can safely do so without having to sell off your old one

welcome to teks, always good to see some new faces

If you need assistance, sending chat msgs to console instead of system chat will route the msg to our skype channel (its a 2 way chat bridge) so help is easly available even if no one is else is actually on the server at the time

sure is nice to seeing the old players returning