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sempai17 · 03-09-2009, 04:20 AM,

okay... after much trail and tribulation, I've finally managed to help my friend connect to the server.... however, we've hit a wall that I am unable to bypass... he is currently unable to create a character on the server, He can connect, but every time he attempts to create a character, the name comes back "already in use". we've tried installing and reinstalling several times already, complete ones too. It's very frustrating, it has taken us almost 3 weeks to get to this point. He currently is running off a wireless router (I don't know the model and make atm) any thoughts or ideas are welcomed

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swift · 03-09-2009, 01:01 PM,

This is a problem quite a few people were mentioning lately. If it is still not working, try PMing Cannon, I believe he's been taking care of this already.

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baivan · 03-09-2009, 01:23 PM,

Well,i have the same problem.
After backing up my ID,clean reinstall,i menaged to create a new char,but after switching back to my old account(where i have 3 chars) i was unable to create a new char(always gettin the "username already exists" error).

So now i cant create a new char on both my accounts :(

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Lutz · 03-09-2009, 02:47 PM,

Same for me also get this messeage if I try to creat a new char

Alex135 · (This post was last modified: 03-09-2009, 03:08 PM by Alex135.)

Sounds like a permissions error on the server. The folders are probably marked as read only in specific sections. This happens a lot with FTP protocols.
The admins backed up the server before installing the update obviously, so if anything was uploaded again it is not surprising this is happening.

If not that, then there are errors in the user DB.

Cannon · 03-09-2009, 08:32 PM,

' Wrote:Sounds like a permissions error on the server. The folders are probably marked as read only in specific sections. This happens a lot with FTP protocols.
The admins backed up the server before installing the update obviously, so if anything was uploaded again it is not surprising this is happening.

If not that, then there are errors in the user DB.

This problem has come by my desk a few times recently - a few questions...

Are you running vista?

Are you running FL with "Run as adminstator" ticked (do this for both Freelancer.exe and DSUpdate.exe)?

Did you change any mod options when you installed the mod - in particular the default starting location?

Does any one else know why this happens - or how to fix it?

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Lutz · 03-09-2009, 08:46 PM,

1. Vista no never!
2.Not dont know how to switch this on
3. changed something but as it didnt worked i got a full reinstall and didnt changed anything as I reinstalled the mod but doesnt wokr still

A.I. Omega · 03-09-2009, 09:15 PM,

I had this problem also but I am the other case (opposite of Manual)

Question: Are you running vista?

Answer: Yes

Question:Are you running FL with "Run as adminstator" ticked (do this for both Freelancer.exe and DSUpdate.exe)?

Ansewer: Yes

Question: Did you change any mod options when you installed the mod - in particular the default starting location?

Answer: Origianlly just the uniform only; but when it did not work, I re-installed both Freelancer and mod without changing anything and it still did not work

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baivan · 03-10-2009, 12:06 PM,

so why is this happening?

Im running good old XP.
I changet the starting location the first time i activated 4.85. Didnt work.
Nextime i reinstalled evrything,didnt change anything at mod activation.Didnt work.

Change the PC?

Last thing that comes to my mind is reinstalling evrything clean,and generating new MP ID.Hope it works.

EDITED:
After reinstalling the game(when uninstalling chose the option to remove all gamedata ),activating the mod with default settings(didnt changed a thing) and generating new MP ID(it goes by itself) i`m able to create a new char.

I hope this can help u guys resolving the issue.
PLEACE DONT FORGET TO BACKUP UM MP ID BEVORE TRYING THAT.MORE INFO HERE

PS:
Yay.i have already over 60 post:D

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Cannon · 03-10-2009, 07:03 PM,

I've inspected the FL installations of a couple people who have this problem. The common theme was that they have installed FL with the FLMM mod option "Server: Select starting location for new server characters" changed from the default. This is a known problem and if you change it then you won't be able to create new characters.

To fix this:
Deactivate the mod by restoring backups and then reactivate the mod. When reactivating it don't change any of the "Server" options - in particular this "Server: Select starting location for new server characters" - leave this as the default (actually I think it is safe to change every other option except this one).

If this doesn't work - reinstall FL and repeat.

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