Cache Characters Loss

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Cache Characters Loss

Post by BSG75 »

There is a player on the server known as Cache.
On the 6th of september in the evening server crashed once and he waited 10 minutes to recconect but he couldn"t.So he reinstalled Freelancer and as he told me on yahoo messsenger he did  it all the right way.On the 7th of september in the morning he opened The Void Character menu to find all of his characters gone and he couldn"t make a new one.Worst is that he doesn"t know  his Multyplayer ID code.I
Please check what you can do on this.
Thank you for the attention,[FAQ]-BSG-.
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Re: Cache Characters Loss

Post by Asmodeuseswife »

If he did'nt know his ID code then thats why HE lost his chars. The Multiplayer ID is client side and we are reminde time and again to write it down and put it somewhere safe.
That is the problem mate.
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Re: Cache Characters Loss

Post by Maverick »

What the lady said.
Since he doesn't know his MPID, he will have to make new chars. It's our own responsibility as players to put that somewhere safe. Admins cannot help him retrieving it.
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Re: Cache Characters Loss

Post by Burn »

Even though after the successfull uninstallation/reinstallation of Freelancer a Multiplayer ID should have poped up when starting the newly installed  Freelancer.
A window opens up in wich an ID i written and you're being asked if you want to continue with the current ID (wich should be the old one) or replace it
He could check Start/All Programs/Microsoft Games/Freelancer/Examine My Account ID/ but i doubt it would help him as he has mentioned that no character appear in the window
Another option and in my opinion the solution for this issue is to contact Strail and give him the exact names of his characters
Hopefully Strail can "dig them up from the dead"
ps:tell him to stay up to date with the website when things like this happen again as an uninstallation of his Freelancer was unnecessary given the fact that it was a server related issue
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Re: Cache Characters Loss

Post by -Wolfie- »

[quote="Asmodeuseswife";p="183453"]If he did'nt know his ID code then thats why HE lost his chars. The Multiplayer ID is client side and we are reminde time and again to write it down and put it somewhere safe.
That is the problem mate.[/quote]


WRONG!

MPIDs are server side and client side...its just a helluva job digging them up
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Re: Cache Characters Loss

Post by Cache »

Thank u for the Help boys hope i gonna resolve this problem Cya!
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Re: Cache Characters Loss

Post by Asmodeus »

-Wolfie-  you are WRONG it st Client side it comes on the disk not from the net it is stored on you PC-

As Frac posted-


PLEASE PLEASE people.. Acquire and Retain your MP Identity code !!!

Do it now if you have not!!

There has been a lot of confusion about how this works.

All Freelancer multiplayer servers ( like the Void )
recognize your Characters/Ships/Money/Rank
by this string of letters and numbers that were generated
the first time you loaded the game!

Without the proper code , you Will Not:
1) Be able to access your stuff.
2) Be able to recreate your Names ( they are in use already )
3) Be very happy!

It is vital that you never loose this code!
This string of characters is kept clientside ( on YOUR computer ) ONLY!!

No serverside assistance is available whatsoever if you loose this number!
We Don't Have It... We Don't Know It... We Can't Get It...
It's Only On Your Computer !!!


Ok, Now that I've ranted and raved.....
Here is the good news.

Freelancer provides a utility for accessing this number.

The path is similar to this ( depending on the drive )
D:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Freelancer\EXE\myflaccountid

Write it down Or print it out.  Just dont loose it.
If your system crashes , use the code during reload of Freelancer.

As an option .. If you have difficulty with .hta extention files...
you can go directly to your Registry to find your MPID #
Here is the path ....
My computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\microsoft games\freelancer\1.0


DO THIS !!!

Thank You

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Re: Cache Characters Loss

Post by Gr8-Lizard »

I always said: write the code on paper.Ancient methode, but don't need formating, cause it work without Windows!
Mb Boss can fix it, but how can he know it's yr code and not mine or another player s code?
So, put it in safe place! :-??
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Re: Cache Characters Loss

Post by Cache »

But the weird thing is that my chars are just fine on my other servers this happend only on the Void server.I really hope i can resolve this
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Re: Cache Characters Loss

Post by Strail »

your playing with a new MPID here, thats why.

Your characters are all live. pm me here and ill see what i can do tomorow for you.
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