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X-SUPERBOX: What is this all about and what should it contain?

Post by Deleted User »

Hello X-Space-pilots!

As you may have noticed EGOSOFT is planning to release a Superbox containing all the X-series titles along with lots of content made by fans of the series. Before I start listing all the content we'd like to see in this box, let me describe the purpose of the box and why we thought it was a good idea to publish it.

First of all I should explain that "Superbox" is more of a working title for this unofficial project than a fixed name. We haven't decided yet what name we will give it; as soon as we have made a decision you will be the first to know!

As you probably know, the 10-year story of the X-series came to a conclusion with X3: Terran Conflict. Over the years many fans of the series have come to these forums and many are still here in the community. They are sure to remember the humble beginnings of this story with Kyle William Brennan and his ship, the X-perimental. In X-Beyond the Frontier he lost contact with Earth as a result of a terrible accident involving his jumpdrive and had to fight against massive threats. In X-Tension he recovered a lost prototype ship belonging to the Paranid. In X2: The Threat and X3: Reunion his son, Julian Brennan, followed his footsteps and fought against more dangerous threats than his father could have ever done. In doing so he rescued millions of people in Omicron Lyrae and even made it possible to reconnect the X-Universe with the Sol system. In X3: Terran Conflict you had to maintain peace while the Kha'ak and the Xenon, the descendants of the Terraformers, continued to threaten not only the people of the X-Universe, but also the humans of the Sol system and of course you! This was the only way to grant both sides a peaceful future together.

All the games mentioned above will be in this special box, that much is for sure! But the games of the X-series also motivated many people to create expansions, write scripts, fan-fiction and many other things. To make this superbox worthy of the name, we are calling upon our trusted community to make suggestions of possible fan-made content to go into the box. The potential variety of the content is huge, so don't be hesitant when making your suggestions. This box shouldn't just be something from EGOSOFT for fans, but by fans for fans. You wrote many useful guides, tutorials and HowTo's that we'd also like to add to the content of the superbox. Tell us what you want to see in this box and we'll do our best to add it.

To keep an overview of the collected content we've decided to separate this request into five threads. The content we want is so huge that it would be easy to lose track if we collected it all in one thread.

So, we are separating the subject areas into the following categories:
  • X3: Reunion - Scripts & Modding Forum

    Here we are collecting:
    • Scripts
      Mods
      Scripting and Modding tutorials
      AL-Plug-ins
      MD-Missions
      MD-Tutorials
      Plug-ins & Tools
      Ships (need to be installable with Cycrow's Ship Installer)
    Please note that any scripts you suggest need to have an interface, so that they don't need to be executed via the Script Editor.
  • X-Universe

    Here we are going to collect:
    • Tutorials, Guides, Tips, Tricks, HowTo's
      Sector maps
      Savegames
      Screenshots (i.e. as loadscreens)

    We will look through all of this content and decide which to put into the box. We ask you to always post a link to the content you want us to include so that we don't have to spend too much time searching for it.
  • X3: Terran Conflict - Scripts & Modding Forum

    Here we will collect the following things:
    • Scripts
      Mods
      Scripting and Modding tutorials
      AL-Plug-ins
      MD-Missions
      MD-Tutorials
      Plug-ins & Tools
      Ships (need to be installable with Cycrow's Ship Installer)
    Please note that any scripts you suggest need to have an interface, so that they don't need to be executed via the Script Editor.
  • X2: The Threat - Scripts & Modding Forum

    Here we will collect:
    • Scripts
      Mods
      Scripting and Modding tutorials
      Plug-ins & Tools
      AL-Plug-ins
    Please note that any scripts you suggest need to have an interface, so that they don't need to be executed via the Script Editor.
  • Creative Universe

    Here we are collecting:
    • Fan-fiction
      Wallpapers
      Music
    Regarding music titles, these must be fan-made rather than commercially released tracks that require licensing, and must also not already have been used in any of the games. Wallpapers should have X as a theme and not your favourite cars; the same goes for fan-fiction. Since we know your creativity knows no limits, anything not listed here is also allowed as long as it relates to X.
As you can see the box is turning into a really big project. EGOSOFT isn't just going to ask you for content, but will also be adding its own materials that will definitely throw you out of your pilot's seat! We want this superbox to be as big as possible so we are asking for your help in collecting good, helpful materials, and are looking forward to your suggestions.

Enjoy!
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riky69

Post by riky69 »

For X3 Reunion the Xtended mod for sure.
Also for both X3 a fixed version of the realspace backgrounds mod by Realspace *_*
Deleted User

Post by Deleted User »

Sorry, but without the links I can't do anything. I'm creating the list of suggested and collected content alone at the moment, so please forgive me when I deny to search for the mods by my self.
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Post by deus ex »

the site you must look at for most of the mod's made for X3R, 3X TC, X2 is http://www.thexuniverse.com/ here you will find the home of XTM and many more. i know of lots of stuff that you should include like the fan-hand book and some of the extra include in the other relies like the model viewer. good luck on this project.
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Post by Cycrow »

im afraid we're not going to go around other sites to search for scripts and mods to add.

if anyone wants thier mod added, they can post here, nothing will be included without the authors permission

anything in the main sticky is a potential candiate to add, as long as the author agrees.

for anything else on other sites, a direct link for each script will need to be posted along with the authors permission to include this.

also, any mods must only include thier own models, or have permissions to use them.

ie, downloading a mesh from somewhere and adding it to the game as a mod is not acceptable, unless permission has been granted to use that mesh

as this is a commerical project, we need to be careful about legal and copyright issues
riky69

Post by riky69 »

This:

Backgrounds Mod:
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=180848
Continuum Mod Project:
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... sc&start=0

hope you ll find him and take his permission
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Post by Poobah »

One mod I'd definitely include is Scorp's Map - both the X3:R and X3:TC versions.

Cheat packs for all the games (produced by Cycrow / LV I believe) have proven very popular amongst the community.

XTM is most likely the most popular X3:R mod out there, but there are others too and they have their own followings. Included documentation for them would be very nice if their respective creators are willing to make some.

Ashley's Factories, with versions for the various mods included too.

Cycrow's Plugin Manager goes without saying really.

Anarkis Carrier Commands were awesomely good in X3:R and I see no reason why Anarkis Defense System it's TC successor would be any less brilliant at making carriers great, though I've yet to modify my TC game.

I always used x0ne's TCS in my modified X3:R games. It's a very very nice mod that makes turrets which run its commands much more effective and far smarter. There is most likely a TC Turret-Improvement mod too.

halo's Autotrader Sector Lock is a godsend in X3:R. You can use it to make sectors off-limits to any automated traders that you are running. I assume there is a spiritual successor for X3:TC out there, though I don't much bother to run traders in TC since you can scoop billions very quickly doing missions, but YMMV.
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Post by apricotslice »

Permission is given for all my mods and scripts to be included. All listed on the sticky thread. No non-egosoft objects used.

Apricot Gunbus Mod and Gunbus for XTM Mod

Apricot Salvage Mod


Apricot Khaak Intruder Mod


Apricot Goner Gatherer Mod


Apricot De-Rank Mod with optional Tail Sting Mod.
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Post by sartha »

You may include my wing commander ships in this mod. ^.^ They aren't perfect, and I wasn't able to complete the sets, but maybe one day... when I get the time to do it.

Note that some of the smaller starships (not fighters) use a modified turret because default egosoft turrets were either too big or too small.

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=186638

Although if the X-Superbox is going to be sold, I don't have the authority to allow these ships to be used as I am not the copyright holder for wing commander. In such a case, people will simply have to download the ships themselves.
http://www.4shared.com/dir/3436478/923c ... Ships.html Home of the Wing Commander ships (xsp format) for X3 Reunion.

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Post by Chiablo »

As a newish player, I am very interested in getting an all-inclusive mod package. With all the hundreds of scripts and mods out there, it's very difficult to determine which ones are good or bad, and there's always the problem with compatibility.
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Scripting Manual Aka Book of the Omnipotent

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I would love to see a manual for the script editor included. An actual printed manual or Pdf with sections for each game. :D
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can planet missions be added?

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similiar to mass effect
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will play be seemless from X to X3TC? will ther be one story line as well as sandbox?

Post by Rcode »

Multi player would be nice too with updated graphics for next generation HD/3D
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Post by apricotslice »

Rcode, you seem to have missed the whole point of the superbox.

Its a gathering together of all the previous games, with its fan written material for each game. All presented in one package.

Its NOT about adding new stuff. Planet missions and multi-player are never going to happen.

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