Ever wonder to yourself: “Gee, I wonder what rockstar’s like Joe Prova do with their free time…?”
No? Really?
How about: “Gee, I’d like to get in a space ship, explore space, trade slaves and drugs for money, and blow up capital ships with Joe Prova! YEEHAAHH! ROCK ON!!!’
Well, you just might be in luck.
Step one:
Buy and install Freelancer:
http://www.amazon.com/Freelancer-Jewel-Case-Pc/dp/B000NJFMR4
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?PID=7376420&style=games&frm=froogleother
http://store.purplus.net/freelancerpc.html
It’s cheap and it’s from 2003, so I am pretty sure you can get it running on a TI calculator. Your shitty computer is NO EXCUSE!
Step two:
Download and install Freelancer Mod Manager
This is a program that is needed to install mods. If you run Windows 7, after you install it, you’ll need to run it as Administrator, which you can do by right clicking on the icon for the program and selecting “Run as Admininstrator.” You’ll only ever need to run it once. But not yet, wait till after step 3!
Step three:
Download the “Discovery Freelancer 4.85: Reunion” mod
Step four:
Open the Freelancer Mod Manager (as admin, remember) and use it to install the Discovery Freelancer mod. It’s easy to do. You just point the program at the Discovery mod package and it takes care of the rest. DO NOT ENABLE ANY OTHER MODS. Just don’t.
Step five:
Run Freelancer! I have to run it as Admin to get it to work properly. Your mileage may vary.
Step six:
Click Multiplayer, hit “Yes” (get parents permission first!) select “Internet”, and then Select the “Discovery Freelancer 24/7 Roleplay” server.
Log in and create a character!
You can find me on there as either
moJoe (Smuggler)
Fin (Irish freedom fighter)
or
[NZ]Fin (Irish freedom fighter, different ship)
Toodle around a bit. They don’t really give you any instructions, but if you check out the key bindings in the Options menu [F1] (not escape) you can get a feel for all the stuff you can do. Once you know which way is up, send me a private message. One way you will know if you are beginning to know which way is up is if you can figure out how to send a private message. Cruel but true.
Sign in and mention the show to me and I’ll send you a $1,000,000 in game to get you started. That will buy you a decent fighter or freighter with which to build your empire. Hurry, though. I am not sure how much longer my wife is going to let me play. Ahem…







