[SCRIPT] BBS Extras V1.61 : Updated 04/12/2006

[Cycrow]

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Name: X3 BBS Extras
Version: V1.61
Author: Cycrow
Updated: 04/12/2006
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Download is now only avaialble in script package format (.spk)
Script Package Main Webpage : Mirror Webpage

Installing:

To install the script package file, you need the X3 Script Installer from Here

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V1.52
* Fixed pirate capital ships when capturing yaki shpis
* Fixed price check for capital ship
* very small chance of pirate captal ships avaialble from normal stations as well

V1.51
* Fixed buying of capital ships from pirates

V1.50
* Added Goner Jumpdrive dealer to BBS
* Added Goner Transporter Device dealer to BBS

V1.40
* Several improvements to pirate capial ships

V1.32
* Reduced price of gate positions
* Reduced price of station positions
* Added more checks in pirate capitol ship
* Change freqency of all messages

V1.31
* Fixed pirate capitol ships M1
* Fixed pirate capitol ships when caputre escorts isntead of kill

V1.30
* Added tag for damaged capitol ships
* Fixed displaying of pirate capitol ships in only pirate bases
* Added reputation hacks
* Reduced prices slightly on station and gate positions
* Added gate and station locations in pirate docks as well

V1.20
* Changed buying capitol ships, you now have to fight a few yaki before getting the ship

V1.10
* Increased chance for pirate capitol ships
* Added Winnable Lottery
* Added Insurance Dealer

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This script adds various items onto the BBS

1. Station Positions

An offer to sell you the position data for all stations in the sector, when accepting, this will show up all the stations onto
you sector map, so you dont have to search around for them, this is avaialble from trading stations

2. Gate Positions

Like the station positions, this reveals all the gates in a sector, so its handy if you having trouble finding a gate

3. Buying Capitol Ships

Available in pirate bases, this will give an offer to buy a capitol ship, there will be an m6, m2 and m1 available
The price you pay will be the same as what it costs at a shipyard, but the ship will be damaged so you have to pay to get it repaired
this is for when you dont have the rep to buy one from a shipyard and have to rely on pirate ship traders instead

When buying, you will be told the sector its in, the ship will be protected by yaki, taking out all the yaki will turn the
ship to urs

4. Winnable Lottery

This script adds a BBS entry to allow you to do a lottery that you can win ships and money

Prizes:
1'000'000 Cash Prize
1'500'000 Cash Prize
2'000'000 Cash Prize

Any M5 Class Ship include variants
Any M4 Class Ship include variants
Any M3 Class Ship include variants

All you need to do is pick one of the numbers, the lottery tickets, and you will be notified abit later if you win and you will get ur prize

5. Insurance Dealer

This script adds a BBS entry to allow you to do buy salavage insurance from the BBS
the cost will be abit more than what it would cost from the goner temple, but would be more conveniant when your the other side of the universe

6. Reputation Hack

Available from pirate stations, a pirate hacker will offer to hack you race reputation to you can b ecome more friendly with them
the cost will vary depending on how bad your reputation is.
This will only be available if you have a low reputation and will put you up to just a bout friendly terms, ie midway up the ranks
if your already that high, then you wont be able to use it to go higher

7. Goner Dealer

You will find a goner dealer selling jumpdrives and transporter devices on the BBS to install on your ship.
However, the price would be more than it would cost at the goner temple.


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[999-JAY-999]

No stopping you even on Christmas day.... ...

[Crush]

keep em coming! scripts are great!

[Dgn Master]

Your the man!.. thanks to you X3 is finally starting to feel more alive.

[x2newbie1]

I just tried this to get a pirate M1. But nothing happens. Is it in the trade menu or the BBS menu? I tried both and see nothing new. Is there something special I need to do to activate this?

[Dgn Master]

You would find them in the BBS menu, but it won't show up all the time. You may have to visit alot of pirate bases to have this particular mission show up.

[Yellowman]

WOW cool script ur tha man!

[Cycrow]

yeah it just adds BBS messages, so they wont always be there

[Yellowman]

mmmmmmmm i've tried to find the bbs mission where u can get urself a M1 M2 or M6 as u said.
But i cant find it at any pirate station i've tried the whole day and just nothing.

The only thing it say's sometimes is a error in the BBS is it posted by Uknown and the text is ''Error 124'' or something like that.

What could it be Cycrow.

[Cycrow]

does it display some readtext thing ?

it shouldn't be all that rare so if u've been looking at various pirate bases, then theres a good chance there might be a bug

i will check

[Cycrow]

i just tested it out, and the first pirate base i went to it showed up
anyways, i increased the chance of it showing up, so you should be able to find it now


V1.10
* Increased chance for pirate capitol ships
* Added Winnable Lottery
* Added Insurance Dealer

[Yellowman]

I thank u cycrow GJ

[Morthais]

Hey,

Nice work, but I noticed that, when I bought the gate showing thingy in Sacred Relic (I know, I'm lazy), it didn't show the supergate to interworlds.

Is this a feature or a bug

[Cycrow]

i've not actaully tested it for the supergates, so they might show up differnetly, ill have to have a look

[Sandalpocalypse]

Pirate capital ships available for the same price for no rep requirement? That doesn't seem right. :/

I guess I say that because I use the Hull-Repair-Tech script...

Still, maybe something that made getting a pirate capital ship more involved?

[Dgn Master]

Pirate capital ships available for the same price for no rep requirement? That doesn't seem right. :/

I guess I say that because I use the Hull-Repair-Tech script...

Still, maybe something that made getting a pirate capital ship more involved?

I concur, even a damaged cap ship is still a cap ship, and the pirates would want something in return for the honor of selling one to you. Although i don't use the hull repair script, i can still see a need for adding something more.

Hmm, maybe destroying an enemy pirate base (could be spawned for the occassion) would be an incentive to sell you a damaged one. Or being at war with the race that you wish to buy the cap ship (just some suggestions ignore them if you think it's to much).

[Cycrow]

well, my thinking was that a damage cap ship would cost quite abit of money to fully repair, so you have to have alot of money to buy one

althou, i could make it so you have to do a mission first in order for them to give it you

[Sandalpocalypse]

I think you should be required to do something which is seriously damaging to your reputation with one of the governments.

Maybe even a capital ship heist.

(A damaged and beat up capital ship is traversing a border or pirate sector. You need to cover a pirate TP or TS while it gets in range, then it beams over a boarding crew. Cover the pirate ship and the stolen capital ship from vengeful government ships.)

[Dgn Master]

I think you should be required to do something which is seriously damaging to your reputation with one of the governments.

Maybe even a capital ship heist.

(A damaged and beat up capital ship is traversing a border or pirate sector. You need to cover a pirate TP or TS while it gets in range, then it beams over a boarding crew. Cover the pirate ship and the stolen capital ship from vengeful government ships.)

Wouldn't have to be with a government IMHO, even a rival pirate faction complete with 20 or so wingmen should suffice.

If you wanted a simple assassination, you could always say that although the ship was destroyed the pirates were able to piece together some of the hull that you may buy for X credits after you return to the base you got the mission from.

P.S. I know that i personally would prefer to not have it ruin my rep with any race as getting to trade some of the higher end wares is difficult enough.

[Sandalpocalypse]

Some things shouldn't be possible without some rep hits. Pirate capitals would be one of them, I think!