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Re: Freelancer demo crapped out.

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From: Mortis
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:48
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FLY135 left a note on my windscreen which said:

> I was playing the Freelancer demo and when I was just under 15K in credits
> and sold something, the game just dumped to the splash screen.  It did this
> when I tried to reload it as well.  Has anyone else seen this behavior?
> Seems like it would tell you that you've completed the demo, your time ran
> out, or something.  Anyway, I decided to get FL, but I'm holding out for a
> sale.  I've already got a zillion games that I haven't played already.

The demo stops when you hit a certain level.  I have a cracked .ini file 
somewhere which will remove the cap if you like.
-- 

Mortis

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Subject: Re: Freelancer demo crapped out.
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