**X3 Player Guides,Tutorials and other Useful Information** Updated 15/09/06

Tiedyeguy · Post by **Tiedyeguy** » Thu, 27. Apr 06, 21:11

Could somebody please write up an excel type sheet on what every station in the game produces/consumes, how many it produces per cycle, and how long the cycles are for each size? Maybe a "units per minute produced/consumed" column would be helpful too. Thank you.
Brian

breslin · Post by **breslin** » Fri, 28. Apr 06, 21:30

Yes, it's painfully obvious already, but I just wanted to mention that the manual is very, very bad. The proofreading is horrible, but worse, the facts are wrong. It's the wrost manual I've ever read, by far. The game deserves a whole lot better work. Whoever "wrote" the manual should die immediately and quietly.

Augustini · Post by **Augustini** » Sat, 29. Apr 06, 19:03

Here is a link to my trading guide, it covers several issues, especially usefull for newcomers to the X-series.

http://forum2.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php ... highlight=

Tiedyeguy · Post by **Tiedyeguy** » Sat, 29. Apr 06, 20:00

breslin wrote:Yes, it's painfully obvious already, but I just wanted to mention that the manual is very, very bad. The proofreading is horrible, but worse, the facts are wrong. It's the wrost manual I've ever read, by far. The game deserves a whole lot better work. Whoever "wrote" the manual should die immediately and quietly.

Are you talking about the printed manual that came with the game or the updated PDF version available for download if you registered your game? The printed manual (at least in the US) was actually a rough draft sent to the publishers several months before the release of the game. It was NOT the manual that any customer(s) were meant to have seen. The PDF version is not perfect by any means, but it is roughly 95-98% complete and correct, as opposed to the roughly 60% correct version that was shipped with the game. This is partly due to the fact that Egosoft did not know about the faulty manual untill some time after the release of the game and was forced to correct it double time.
The info about the updated manual is posted as a sticky on the top of the X-Universe forum, right above this thread (which is not where your comment should have been placed). Please read a tiny bit about what you are writing about before you slander and make vague death threats. Thank you, Brian.

TSM · Post by **TSM** » Sun, 30. Apr 06, 02:47

Breslin You have only just joined so I give you word of advice, your comment is far from appropiate in future if you have that kind of opinion I suggest you keep it to yourself.

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Wed, 3. May 06, 13:38

Tiedyeguy wrote:Could somebody please write up an excel type sheet on what every station in the game produces/consumes, how many it produces per cycle, and how long the cycles are for each size?

Merroc's ComplexCalculator? Does it not have those numbers?

giskard · Post by **giskard** » Wed, 3. May 06, 19:02

In defense of the various manuals.

I have had to update my own guides no less than 5 times to keep them accurate and even then im not 100% sure ive got all the changes.

So the accuracy of any guide of manual will suffer when patches are released.

Giskard

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Fri, 5. May 06, 11:46

giskard wrote:So the accuracy of any guide of manual will suffer when patches are released.

Yes, it would be a very wise idea to state the version of the game in the manual, particulalry in those that have tables of data. Version control.

For example, the Boronshark's ship table, while nice to look at, probably predates 1.3.

giskard · Post by **giskard** » Fri, 5. May 06, 18:21

Even the original manual was accurate at one point in time. Trouble is, by the time it had been released, feedback had caused a lot of changes.

Giskard

Gothic_Angel · Post by **Gothic_Angel** » Thu, 18. May 06, 07:48

The NOOBS GUID FOR MONEY not working....

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Thu, 18. May 06, 14:51

Gothic_Angel wrote:The NOOBS GUID FOR MONEY not working....

It is now.

The Shadow Wolf · Post by **The Shadow Wolf** » Sun, 28. May 06, 13:17

how about this one for ships databases

www.geocities.com/knightdarkmoon/X3_14_Ships.xls

NeonSamurai · Post by **NeonSamurai** » Wed, 14. Jun 06, 07:51

And this one, Weapons spreadsheet (lasers and missles) for v1.4 of x3

New laser and missile excel stat sheets (X3 1.4)

MitGnuoy · Post by **MitGnuoy** » Tue, 27. Jun 06, 07:35

How do i get the system override software to work?I Need Help PLEASE!!!

exero · Post by **exero** » Fri, 30. Jun 06, 09:05

Hey just want to say thanks for the guides everyone who wrote them. I just bought the game and they have helped out a lot. I was very happy when i saw how big the community is here, and help has been easy to find.

Bunny · Post by **Bunny** » Tue, 4. Jul 06, 16:26

Mobile mining guide

http://forum2.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=145943

Post by **Xenon_Slayer** » Sun, 6. Aug 06, 16:07

Added Apricotslice's X3 for pacifists guide

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Mon, 7. Aug 06, 13:35

I think a previous request never made it, so I'll do an update for all the ones missing from the list, but included in the handbook, or are new and not submitted yet.

Apricot Software Guide

Apricotslice's X3 Frustrations and how to get around them

Apricot "Capping" Guide

Apricot Modding 101 Guide

Apricot Complex Building Tips

Apricotslice's X3 Unbalanced !

Apricotslice's X3 The Rebuild.

Can these please be added to the list, as many people seem to be missing them, especially if they do not download the Handbook. Thankyou.

Jon Tetrino · Post by **Jon Tetrino** » Mon, 21. Aug 06, 12:41

Been told it'll be handy as a starter:

[GUIDE] Fight. Trade. Build. Think. An Explanation of Each, God, and More in X.

I'm updating this constantly making it better and longer.

BugMeister · Post by **BugMeister** » Fri, 25. Aug 06, 00:59

Hurray - good news!!

- I have re-created my printable Excel keyboard guide
- it's still available for download from Savefile at the following linkie:-

http://www.savefile.com/files/71380

- it's a tiny little file - takes about 1 second to download..

- and looks a bit like this.. (only clearer!!

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Happy hunting, folks..!!

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X3 Player Guides,Tutorials and other Useful Information Updated 15/09/06

Station usage/production amount/time sheet please?

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