Transcend II "reloaded" - update March 6, 2011

[Observe]

[Targ Collective]

Okay.

Something else for next revision - found a bug.

First Glowing Crystal mission - from the Goner - there's no check for cargo space before loading the crystal into your hold. This means you can have the mission active, dock in Horologium, and be unable to proceed with the mission - the MD doesn't allow for a hold full of jumpfuel!

I was able to revert to an earlier save - at the SPP where I loaded up in point of fact - but the script should really allow for this.

By the way, throwing Xenon sectors at the player so early is just evil. You do know that, don't you?

[Observe]

[Targ Collective]

Actually... While the concept is good, the early Xenon sectors look like they need rebalancing. The firepower is too much for your little M3 to survive! And anything as slow as the M7 you're given is bound to be toast too.

I love what you've created but the difficulty curve is a little high - it's seemingly impossible to reach the Goner temple gate alive. In your M6 or M3 the Xenon will just tear you to pieces.

Looking at it from a 'big picture' view I can't see any faults with it, it is a solid mod. But from the little picture perspective of someone following the plot, the mod seems designed to frustrate.

How do you playtest the plot yourself? How do you get around the challenges you create for yourself? Remember that not everyone is a crack pilot; some will want to be able to run from the Xenon.

There are ways to cater for that type of player too - overtuning your first ship a little to give you a speed edge over the Xenon is all it needs for a first time player to be able to get into this.

By the way, love the new Xenon ships. It makes sense that they would have beam weapons too.

[Stu Austin]

[lone_warrior]

In the next version, please make it so theres actually somewhere to buy a jumpdrive, the only place I can find one is pirate stations, nowhere else sells them and for some reason the only goner station ive found is under pirate control.

[Stu Austin]

[Meknor]

Hi, first love this mod, ive been following it since X3 reunion because of the moonbase in the files (cant seem to find it already in game though)

So anyway I had an idea for the next release (if your still working on this mod)

A new start and a new race which the player controls

Race: Roniel
Game Start Name: Roniel Ranger
Starting ships / equiptment: 1 unknown sector, large with neatrual shipyard (for player use), shipyyard contains unique ships no other race can have( perhaps from the SPK ship database?)
Sector also contains 'Moonbase' remamed as Roniel Homeworld.

Ive seen youve done a good job at making missions, so maybe this could get the player into the universe with the other races:

Starting ship: Roniel M3 class (whatever you decide their M3 class is)

Mission.
Objective 1: Fly through discovered gate in home sector and scout the other side.

Objective 2: Once on other side, scan sector for life (at first you find none)

Objective 3: Return home with findings (get attacked by Xenon / Khaak on way back)

Objective 4: locate the source of strange signal coming from newly discovered sector

Objective 5: Protect teladi TL freighter from Xenon attacks (as their jumpdrive malfunctioned and the Xenon followed them here)

As a reward, you get co ordinates to teladi sector (as your sectors will be fairly secluded)
Anyway please let me know if youll be doing this or not, I thought it would be fun to start as a race seperate from the others, and as its a whole new galaxy map anyway, it couldnt hurt to have a new race somewhere.

[Gurkenkater]

ahm, in the start-up menu of X3TC I can't select "Select Mod Package", it just won't let me.

[Stu Austin]

[Cisor]

Just started, but enjoying mod so far...

A few questions... Is the below a known bug, intended behaviour or a fubar with my installation?

- I can supposedly dock the Stinger M7 to the Orbital Defence Station in Limboni but it never docks (even with me piloting and using the docking computer). The M6 docks fine.

- The OSR ships I get are all stocked with Mosquito Missiles, but none of the ships can utilise them. Just a cash injection to help me out?

[Stu Austin]

[Cisor]

[X-Reider]

"Hull-eating sectors" - where are they? Spoilers, please!
Where can I read the passage of missions?

[Stu Austin]