Unveiling X3: Farnham's Legacy – a new chapter for an old favourite

[ero_sk]

- Are the war sectors now safe to travel if the player is out of sector?

It looks like people still confuse some things. Given that X3:FL has a new plot, and as it's been revealed already it starts after the events of Albion Prelude, it is very likely that a lot has changed to sectors. Maybe we will have completely new sectors, maybe a mix of new and old sectors, who knows?

As such, your question is very ambiguous- what do "war sectors" even mean? Referring to Albion Prelude's war sectors most likely don't even make sense in this context.

[fisher 2000]

- Are the war sectors now safe to travel if the player is out of sector?

It looks like people still confuse some things. Given that X3:FL has a new plot, and as it's been revealed already it starts after the events of Albion Prelude, it is very likely that a lot has changed to sectors. Maybe we will have completely new sectors, maybe a mix of new and old sectors, who knows?

As such, your question is very ambiguous- what do "war sectors" even mean? Referring to Albion Prelude's war sectors most likely don't even make sense in this context.

We know that the Terran's and Argon were still in a state of war right up to the great shutdown. I don't know which ending of AP is the canon one, but one end keeps the war going on. The mechanics behind the war sectors may still be present which can cause issues with ships that want to pass through. Even when the war was disabled the war sectors still produced enemy ships that would hunt down and destroy player-owned assets travelling through these sectors.

I would imagine that the main link to Terran space (which are the war sectors) will still remain intact in this game as they are a major faction in all x3 titles.

[Cycrow]

Should take a look at the screenshots in the steam page and see if you can see something that might help out with that

[alexalsp]

What changes will be made in this direction?

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[CBJ]

Nothing has changed with regard to keyboard handling. I'm not sure but I'd imagine this was a limitation of DirectInput anyway, and therefore not something the game could easily solve.

[fisher 2000]

Nothing has changed with regard to keyboard handling. I'm not sure but I'd imagine this was a limitation of DirectInput anyway, and therefore not something the game could easily solve.

Hey CBJ, are there any plans to release more in-game footage or more details about what has been improved/ added before launch? Also, when could we potentially expect this?

[CBJ]

There are more interviews coming up, and those will talk a little bit more about one or two of the features. We can talk a little bit about some of the other features that are listed in the store page, but that aren't covered by those interviews, in between, but we're not going to go into endless detail and give everything away.

[Gregory]

In case you were wondering... X3: Farnham's Legacy will also be available on GOG. Soon, a new "Terran War Pack" Bundle will be setup by GOG, including X3: Farnham's Legacy, when it is released on May 4th, 2021. This way all users who will buy the Terran War Pack bundle will automatically receive X3FL for free. This will also work retroactively - X3FL will show up in the GOG libraries of the Terran War Pack owners.

The Donation Pack will also be available on GOG - and GOG is waiving their usual revenue share, so we can pass on the entire amount to Doctors Without Borders.

[adeine]

In case you were wondering... X3: Farnham's Legacy will also be available on GOG. Soon, a new "Terran War Pack" Bundle will be setup by GOG, including X3: Farnham's Legacy, when it is released on May 4th, 2021. This way all users who will buy the Terran War Pack bundle will automatically receive X3FL for free. This will also work retroactively - X3FL will show up in the GOG libraries of the Terran War Pack owners.

The Donation Pack will also be available on GOG - and GOG is waiving their usual revenue share, so we can pass on the entire amount to Doctors Without Borders.

Excellent news, glad the issues could be worked out

[MegaBurn]

Second that, glad to hear it'll be on GOG, thank you.

[Frodo_05]

Another happy GOG owner

[Oldman]

Probably a bit of a daft question but what's the computer (and OS) specs. for running Farnham's Legacy?
I presume they're the same as for X3 Albion Prelude, but just thought to ask anyway.

The info is on the Steam store page, but yes, they are the same requirements as X3AP.

Okay, thanks for the info. CBJ, and @Alexalsp thanks for the link.
Question...I seem to remember way back in one of the X series of games you could import a small graphic (can't remember what kind of graphic file at the moment) and use it to put a logo etc. on top? of your stations, and possibly on your ship?...I'm thinking this was in one of the very early series maybe even XBTF?
Anyway, I wonder, will this be possible in Farnham's Legacy?...no sweat if you can't, but it was a really great feeling to see your stations with your own created logo spinning slowly on top. I'm probably thinking of XBTF or Xtension, maybe even X2 though.

Any thoughts or information welcome as always.

Oldman

[Ketraar]

Adding player logo to ships would require adjusting all ship models, so no it wont be in X3FL sadly.

MFG

Ketraar

[Oldman]

Hi Ketraar

Adding player logo to ships would require adjusting all ship models, so no it wont be in X3FL sadly.

MFG

Ketraar

Ah, okay, thanks for the feedback. ...Looking back I remember I created a picture of a crescent moon with a smiling face (old man in the moon sort of) ....so it gave the game (for me) a kind of mystical property. It definitely must have been one of the earlier games thinking on it a bit more because the 'space shuttle' Brennan's ship, was also in it.

Oldman

[Herman2000]

I seem to remember way back in one of the X series of games you could import a small graphic (can't remember what kind of graphic file at the moment) and use it to put a logo etc. on top? of your stations, and possibly on your ship?...I'm thinking this was in one of the very early series maybe even XBTF?

Just for the record, that was in BtF, X-Tension AND X².

[birdtable]

Had my face on the stations, I was a true dictator .... looked naff though, was removed.....

[MegaBurn]

Are player logos still supported internally? And if so, are the necessary scene changes documented anywhere? Has anyone modded it in since X2? This rings a bell, like someone messing with it, maybe in X3-R, like DDRS or something, but may have been a custom skin thing, don't recall...

[Andy392]

It's possible to see on X3FL a faction/corporation behave like a race with own sectors and proprieties?

[DocRV]

Hello friends,

First, thank you so much for keeping X3 alive. For many of us, that's probably one of the best from X series. We're looking forward !
Will Farnham's Legacy
-improve the AI pathfinding and the weird 'anti-collision' algorythm ?
-improve the turrets (for real, I mean ) ?
-any changes with the flight model and/or AI flight movements ?

Thank you !

Regards,

[CBJ]

In general terms those are limitations of the X3 game engine, and can't be significantly improved. These are among the many reasons we needed to create the X4 engine.