The Paranid have always been my favorite faction in the X games (their ships always look so damn cool) and this time around I was truly hoping to start the game as a Paranid instead of an unclean human convert . I have heard it bandied around that their are alternative starts and even some ideas about how to unlock them in general. I however have heard no specifics and I would like to spend as little time trying to unlock a Paranid start as possible so I can get right to it. So I was wondering if anyone could do me the very great favor of telling me how they unlocked a Paranid start themselves (or any start really) or share any ideas they might have on the subject. Any help would be appreciated.
READ FIRST: DO NOT touch anything but what is explicitly mentioned here. The registry is crucial to the proper functioning of your computer and a single wrong edit can cause critical errors.
Goto Start->Run and type REGEDIT. Press enter.
In the Edit menu at the top, select FIND and type in "Egosoft". We're looking for the Egosoft folder (key); it may not be the first result. Select Find Next until you find it.
Select the X3TC subfolder. There will be a list of values on the right. Look for GameStarts and double click it.
You should have a popup. Make sure that Hexadecimal is selected and replace whatever is in the Value box with the following
fffff
That will give you access to all game starts when you next start the game. Note that at least one of the starts is a mild spoiler.
I really should just make a .REG file, but I've never done that before... *shrugs*
I played with the hex a little and couldn't find a solution.
I'd love to get some official word on whether the Yaki start was actually included or not. In another thread people were complaining about odd Yaki behavior (i.e., becoming hostile whenever you re-enter a sector, rep not "sticking," etc.), which makes me skeptical.
I'm okay investing the time into raising Yaki rep / lowering others / whatever else needs to be done for that custom start, but I don't want to waste my time if there's no Yaki scenario to be had.
There doesn't seem to be a yaki standing at all, or a way to make friends with their stations and the ships in core sector(s). At least from the various tests I could think of using a cheat editor, but I might of course have missed something. I hope I did
Sandalpocalypse wrote:READ FIRST: DO NOT touch anything but what is explicitly mentioned here. The registry is crucial to the proper functioning of your computer and a single wrong edit can cause critical errors.
Goto Start->Run and type REGEDIT. Press enter.
In the Edit menu at the top, select FIND and type in "Egosoft". We're looking for the Egosoft folder (key); it may not be the first result. Select Find Next until you find it.
Select the X3TC subfolder. There will be a list of values on the right. Look for GameStarts and double click it.
You should have a popup. Make sure that Hexadecimal is selected and replace whatever is in the Value box with the following
fffff
That will give you access to all game starts when you next start the game. Note that at least one of the starts is a mild spoiler.
I really should just make a .REG file, but I've never done that before... *shrugs*
Highlight the key you have changed, goto file > export.
Name the file and bosh, done.
But if computer/install-specific data is in that key (Like path to install folder) and then they import a different path to the one they actually have, it could bugger up their X3.
. I have heard it bandied around that their are alternative starts and even some ideas about how to unlock them in general. I however have heard no specifics and I would like to spend as little time trying to unlock a Paranid start as possible so I can get right to it. So I was wondering if anyone could do me the very great favor of telling me how they unlocked a Paranid start themselves (or any start really) or share any ideas they might have on the subject. Any help would be appreciated.
