Damn. This problem seems complicated. I found that it helps to have the FL disk in the drive when I play. Reduces the bugs, surprisingly. try that, maybe?
I recommend clearing and Freelancer registries in the Registry Editor. I'll find it myself and give you instructions, because sometimes the registry may be the problem in some things. Oh and un-install before doing this.
Start > Run > Type in 'regedit'
Go into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > MICROSOFT > Microsoft Games > Freelancer
Just delete the whole Freelancer folder and re-install the game. I hope this helps.
' Wrote:Thanks Fletcher, I'll do all that and see what happens.
Not new video card, still have my trusty 7800 GTX, merely updated the drivers.
The FL Demo works fine.
Disco is the one giving me hassles.
Hmm Discovery not working but the demo is? Maybe the demo doesn't have all the graphics codes as the full version? I think that would be possible.
If things come to the worst, try rolling back the Video Card driver, since at times updated version bugger up the cards at times. I don't know why, it just happens.
If you follow these steps you'll be able to 'roll back' the Video Card.
Control Panel > System > Hardware Tab > Device Manager
My video card is under the Display Adapter section, so I believe yours would be too. Double-click your video card, go into the driver tab and click 'Roll Back'.