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To get freelancer working in widescreen in this case 1920×1080 do the following. If you want this to work with a different wide screen resolution then simply substitute 1920×1080 for whatever you want.

1) Go to My Documents\My Games\Freelancer and open prefoptions in notepad. At the bottom it will say [Display] and underneath size= change it to 1920, 1080. Note the space in between the 1920, 1080. Now save and exit.

2) Now go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Freelancer\DATA . Once there open cameras in notepad

Delete whats there and paste the following.

[WinCamera]
fovx = 63.504809977813375

[CockpitCamera]
fovx = 90
znear = 2.000000

[ChaseCamera]
fovx = 90

[DeathCamera]
fovx = 90

Now save and exit.

3) Now go to C:\program files\microsoft games\freelancer\EXE . Once there open freelancer in notepad.

At about the 9th line down it says size change it to size = 1920,1080 ,or what ever resolution you are using.
Now save and exit.

4) Now go C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Freelancer\DATA\FONTS .Once there open fonts in to notepad. Now delete all whats there and paste the following.

[trueType]
nickname = ButtonText
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.038500

[trueType]
nickname = PageHeader
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.041000

[trueType]
nickname = SubHeader
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.034500

[trueType]
nickname = ItemName
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.021000

[trueType]
nickname = ListText
font = Arial Unicode MS
fixed_height = 0.026000

[trueType]
nickname = ToolTip
font = Arial Unicode MS
fixed_height = 0.026000

[trueType]
nickname = Rollover
font = Arial Unicode MS
fixed_height = 0.022000

[trueType]
nickname = HudSmall
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.026000

[trueType]
nickname = MissionObjective
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.056000

[trueType]
nickname = Normal
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.031000

[trueType]
nickname = NewsMission
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.026000

[trueType]
nickname = NewsTicker
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.041000

[trueType]
nickname = PlayerName
font = Arial Unicode MS
fixed_height = 0.021000

[trueType]
nickname = TradePlayerName
font = Arial Unicode MS
fixed_height = 0.021000

[trueType]
nickname = DebugText
font = FixedSys
fixed_height = 0.026000

[trueType]
nickname = ConfirmPlayerText
font = Arial Unicode MS
fixed_height = 0.036000

[trueType]
nickname = ConfirmText
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.036000

[trueType]
nickname = NavMap1600
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.015000

[trueType]
nickname = NavMap1024
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.020000

[trueType]
nickname = NavMap1280
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.01900

[trueType]
nickname = NavMap800
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.02300

Now save and exit.

Now in the same folder open rich_fonts in to notepad and delete and paste the following.

[trueType]
font = 0, Arial Unicode MS, 18
font = 1, Agency FB, 26
font = 2, Arial Unicode MS, 22
font = 3, Agency FB, 24
font = 4, Agency FB, 96
font = 5, Agency FB, 20
font = 6, Agency FB, 30
font = 7, Agency FB, 18

[Style]
name = STYLE_CONSOLE
font = 0
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 255, 255, 255

[Style]
name = STYLE_DIALOG
font = 1
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 135, 195, 224

[Style]
name = STYLE_DIALOG_SMALL
font = 5
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 135, 195, 224

[Style]
name = STYLE_BUTTON
font = 6
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 135, 195, 224

[Style]
name = STYLE_LOCTABLE
font = 0
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 135, 195, 224

[Style]
name = STYLE_LOCTABLE_SELECT
font = 0
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 245, 234, 82

[Style]
name = STYLE_LOCTABLE_INACTIVE
font = 0
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 182, 182, 182

[Style]
name = STYLE_SMALL_HEADER
font = 5
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 135, 195, 224

[Style]
name = STYLE_SMALL_HEADER_ACTIVE
font = 5
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 245, 234, 82

[Style]
name = STYLE_SUBSUBTITLE
font = 1
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 135, 195, 224

[Style]
name = STYLE_TITLE
font = 3
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 135, 195, 224
justify = center

[Style]
name = STYLE_ERROR
font = 0
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 191, 29, 29

[Style]
name = STYLE_NN_AGENCY
font = 5
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 135, 195, 224

[Style]
name = STYLE_PRIVATE
font = 0
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 59, 191, 29

[Style]
name = STYLE_CONSOLE_SENDER
font = 2
bold = false
italic = false
underline = false
color = 0, 255, 0

Now save and exit.

Now you are all done any ready to play in 1920×1080. Note the in game options will state the wrong resolution but it will be in 1920×1080. Also, for this to work you must enter in to space (lift off) once for the new resolution to take effect.