[MOD] A New Dawn v07-10-2013 for X-Tended -Terran Conflict v2.1

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Sun, 6. Jan 13, 04:45

hi

for some time now i have been working on a little project.. its far from complete though..

now while i was playing a Xtended game i had the feeling a few things where missing so i thought i add them myself.. ofc soon the little project became something bigger then expected.. thats the way it usually goes with little projects..

so whats this project all about you ask.. well, simple to add things to the universe to make it feel more complete.. like racialised turrets,
racialised docking/launching bays,... and ofc some extra ships are always welcome.. like Cadius ship pack or the one made by Killjaeden for example.. all complete with racialised turrets, replaced turret dummies with real working ones, racialised hangars, cockpit compatibility and engine effects.. how would that sound..?

so, my original goal was to add Cadius Xtra ships, Killjaeden's Shipexpansion along with a few other shipmods to a Xtended modded Terran Conflict game, right now i try to combine all the good stuff made by several talented people of the community.. one made cockpits, others made turrets or ships etc.. lets try to combine them all into one Xtended universe..

Also, i bet you all know Black panther group XSP downloads website..? well, there where a lot of great ships on that site, i have included some of them into this pack.. these forgotten ships, as i like to call them, are too good not to include them.. only problem is getting in touch with the creators of these beauties.. some are included whitout permission, should there be a problem, i will remove them.. authors will ofc get full credit for their work..

so, after working very hard the last couple of weeks im proud to present the next version of New Dawn for Xtended Terran Conflict..

On 26-05-2013 the download counter was on 100..!! thanks for the support guys..

download link: (new link 23-07-2014)

https://www.sendspace.com/file/ttn08v

A/ Install instructions: (make sure you do exacly as instructed, dont install any "t" or "script" folders, just the .cat and .dat files..!)

Make sure you have a clean unmodded X3:Terran Conflict install on your computer to use with this..

= Download and install X-Tended-Terran Conflict V2.0 from
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=293490
its very easy, use the .exe file to install the mod..

= Download and install the X-Tended-Terran Conflict v2.1 patch found on
http://www.thexuniverse.com/threads/239 ... Manual-2-1

- just download the package and extract the patch zip file into the folder of your X3:Terran Conflict installation that has XTC 2.0 installed (the folder where your x3tc.exe is located)

- after you installed the Xtended mod and its patch, grab the three last Dat/Cat (they should be numbered 14.dat/14.cat, 15.dat/15.cat and 16.dat/16.cat, if not, you probbably dont
have a clean install..) files and cut/past them somewhere safe where you can easly find them again..

= Download and install [MOD] X3TC/AP ITS-PSCO1-Shawn Cockpit MOD V6 - 24.01.2012 from
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... sc&start=0

- extract the package somewhere, go in the extracted folder, find and copy the files called "ITS_X3TC_AP_CP_Basis_6.cat"
and "ITS_X3TC_AP_CP_Basis_6.dat" and past them into the main Terran Conflict Directory.. Rename them to the highest number after
the last package.. The last package should be numbered "13" if you have Terran Conflict v3.2 so you should rename the packages to number "14"..

= Download and install Killjaeden's Shipexpansion V1.7d from
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... 2ea906a8ee
the link is located on page 9..

- same method as above.. name Shipexpansion_V1_7d.cat and Shipexpansion_V1_7d.dat to the next number.. so if the cockpitpack was renamed to "14",
rename this one to "15".. place them inside the main TC directory..

= Download and install Cadius's X=Tra Ship/Station Pack from
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=308762

- same as above and rename them to the next number (in this case "16")..

= Now go back to the two cat/dat files that you safely stored away and rename them to the next number (17.dat/17.cat, 18.dat/18.cat and 19.dat/19.cat in this case..) and
place them back in the main Terran Conflict directory..

= Rename the Cat and Dat files in this pack to the next number (20.cat/20.dat and 21.cat/20.dat in this case) and copy/past them inside the main Terran Conflict directory..

= Enjoy..! (please forgive me my sometimes bad english..

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=> This mod is not yet updated to XTended v2.2 but you can still install the latest XTended version and play this mod, just make sure that the files in this mod are the highest numbers in the game folder..

for a detailed list of what has been done, i refer to the readme/changelog included in the download.. or for a shorter version, look at the fourth post in this topic..

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=> you can always suggest a mod for inclusion in this pack.. there are only a few conditions:

1. no copyright sensitive material (no stuff from other games), everything has to be 100% fan/community made.

2. it has to be a ship (or perhaps station) mod, im no scripter and i cant possibly figure out what scripts will conflict so i am just not gonna go there.. i realy dont know what im going to do with Cadius's scripts from his ship pack..

B/ Future perspective

=> Release a version without the cockpits (To do)

=> Combine as much ship (and later perhaps station) mods as possible.. (In process)

=> Racialise all turrets on every single ship.. (In process)

=> Add engine effects on all ships.. (Almost done)

=> Create and add unique engine sounds for all ships.. (In progress)

=> Create unique shield models for all ships in the game.. (In progress)

=> Create new ship models for all vanilla TS/TP ships for all races to make them unique.. (In progress)

=> Add as many "forgotten ships" as possible.. (In process)

sometimes i was not able to have contact with the owner of the ship, therefor in some cases i dont have a explicit permission from the owner to add the
ship to the pack.. at the end of the readme, at the end of the Credits section, i listed all of the ships that i wasnt able to contact the owner from..
should there be a problem, are you the owner or do you know the owner and the ship has to be removed, i will do so immidiately..
all owners will get propper credit for their work..

C/ Known issues: (please feel free to report any bugs and glitches you may encounter during your game.. i will fix them as quickly as possible..)

- Some of the newly added turretmodels have strange positions on the ships.. this is due to the fact that i just replaced the names in the ship-scene files..
i will reposition them in the future.. (In process)

- Sometimes there are two versions of the same ship, this is due to the fact that i added the ships from Cadius to Xtended but i hadnt had the time to merge them yet..
this will be resolved in future versions.. (To do)

- Terran, Xenon, Khaak, most of the pirate and Yaki ships: hadnt had time to do anything with them yet.. (In process)

- Argon Mamoth TL is available in the Teladi Showroom, not sure why..

D/ Credits and Disclaimers

i would like to thank:

= Egosoft: for their great games.. may they have a bright future ahead of them..
= the XTended mod team: for their superb work with this great mod.. you guys are a inspiration to us all..
= Cadius: for his ship/station pack.. keep up the good work mate, your ships and turrets look totally awesome..
= Killjaeden: for his ship expansion package, neat looking ships..
= Mace24de: for allowing me to use his nice turrets on some of the ships in this pack..
= expnobody: for giving me permission to use his very cool ships for this mod..
= Axeface: for allowing me to use his Boron Lusca M7 and his Paranid Thanatos ships in this pack..
= ITS, Shawn and PSCO1 for their awesome work with cockpits and brining them alive..
= Mechanis and The Universe Builder for their superb Mechworks X-tended X-pantion pack, more great looking ships to give more divercity to the universe..
= Jack08 for his scripting skills giving me the possibility to add ships to shipyards and lasers to equipment docks..
= All the beta testers that have send me bug reports
= Script writer Larry Burstyn
= DrBullwinkle for his Repair Ships Command script
= Einheit101 for his shield effects scripts/textures

(ships and other stuff where i wasnt able to contact the owner from, hope you guys dont mind me adding this great stuff to this pack.. should you do mind, contact me
at Anubitus(AT)hotmail(DOT)com or the forum threat and i shall remove them immidiately)

= PJM: for his Nova-x model (Argon M3 Nova Advanced ingame)..
= Flybye: for his "Demeter Ship Carrier 1" and his "Demeter Ship Carrier 2" ships (in the game called Helios Sentinel and Helios Vanguard)..
= Admiral Dominik for his transporter ships (in the game called Argon Callisto Tug, Callisto Extended and Callisto Advanced) and the Argon Gigantis M1 carrier..
= Idea for his Boron_TS_SF ship (in game a TP class ship called Boron Acanthurus Luxury Cruiser) and his Boron_TL ship (ingame Boron Perch Hauler TL)
= Speaker for the Dead: for his nice "EclipseV2" ship and to Buck_Rogers for uploading it again so i could download it (in the game called Nova XL)..
= PSCO1: his cockpits make the ship come to life..
= [Pirat] Black Falcon [X] for his realy nice EVE-online inspired titan ship weapon effect..
= Some of the sounds i added to the pack where sitting on my hard drive for so long i forgot where i got them from..

pls, enjoy the mod and give me feedback..

here is some more eyecandy..

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(sry for the way the pics are arranged, i kinda got lost in the links text..

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stay tuned for more info..

In addition to this addon pack, there are a lot of scripts that should work fine with this pack, and will make the enjoyment even greater.. check out the list of compatible scripts here:

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=331351

enjoy..!

AnU

Mechanis · Post by **Mechanis** » Sun, 6. Jan 13, 08:30

AFAIK, XTC will automatically add any new ships to shipyards and jobs, so I don't think you need anything there. adding to the mobile shipyards or factories, however, requires digging around in the script files- I did it once for a TC-updated version of that awesome M1+ Yorktown, but I can't remember how to do it just now. and sad for you, But I allready thought of the X-pansion ship-pack for mine- which reminds me, once I get to releasing it (should be ~2-3 days on my ****** internet,) you're welcome to use any assets from it, so long as I show up on a credit page somewhere.[/b]

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Sun, 6. Jan 13, 17:04

Mechanis wrote: AFAIK, XTC will automatically add any new ships to shipyards and jobs, so I don't think you need anything there.

hmm.. i have been looking around in the universe and none of the added ships are listed in the shipyards trade list..

Mechanis wrote:and sad for you, But I allready thought of the X-pansion ship-pack for mine- which reminds me, once I get to releasing it (should be ~2-3 days on my ****** internet,) you're welcome to use any assets from it, so long as I show up on a credit page somewhere

not to worry, i figure out some other name.. and should i use some of your work, i will be sure to credit you..

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Thu, 10. Jan 13, 09:23

All changes done to this mod from before this version have been deleted from this list.. this list was getting a bit too large.. to check out the complete list of changes, please see the changelog included in the download package..

Changes done for v04-10-2013
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From here on i will use shortcuts to refer to certain mods..

Used shortcuts are:

= ITS-PSCO1-Shawn Cockpit MOD V6: (IPSCM)
= Xtended mod v2.0: (XTC)
= Cadius's X=Tra Ship/Station Pack: (CXtra)
= Killjaeden's Shipexpansion V1.7d: (KShipExp)
= Mace24de's Race Turrets 1.1: (M24RT)
= Expnobody's my ship showcase room: (ESSR)
= Mechworks X-Tended X-Pantion:(MXtenXpan)
= and ofcourse my own stuff: (AnU)

* Upgraded A New Dawn to Xtended v2.1

* Added modified XTC scripts so the Giantsquit and the Battlemoon can now build, reverse engineer, repair and scrap ships (thanks to Larry Burstyn)

* Included DrBullwinkle's Repair ship command scripts found on http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... 00#4030900

* Merged more ships that where ment to be the same ship, mostly from (CXtra) and (XTC)

* Changed explosion effects from TS, TP, TM and M6 class ships

* Included X-tended X-pantion v. 1.1 by Mechanis found on http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=332346 , (MXtenXpan)

* Bugs and glitches fixed (thank you beta-testers!)

= Corrected Terran Saitama turret weapons loadout

= Removed Messages that where left from scripts that where no longer used

= Corrected Terran Mani turret weapon loadout

= Many ships share the same name, changed most of them (WIP)

= Removed the cockpit box in the model from Argon Mercury and its variants

= Changed the turrets from the Terran Macana into racial ones

= Corrected a error with the textures on the ATF Fenrir

= The ID of the Otas Nexus was corrected, the ship is now available at the Otas shipyard

= Corrected some shipnames that where ReadText errors in the game

= Added more missile compatibilities to the Otas Aquilo M7M

= Corrected missile compatibilieties from ceveral OTAS ships, they had Terran loadouds

= Added missile compatibilieties to some ships that where supposed to have them but didnt

= Fixed build-in components for the Argon Eden M1 and the Argon Utopia M2

= Changed M3TS Luyten, M3TS Luyten XL, M4 Eridani, M0 Battlemoon, M4TP Heistia, M3TP Sabertooth, M3TS Petrel, M3TS Fulmar and M3TS Stork owner's race to Player
as the race's military where spawning these non combat ships

* Added new weaponsystems:

Weapons from the nexus mod (NEXUS) these weapons have had their names and descriptions translated and changed where needed and their effects
modified a bit, some other weapons made using F.A.B.'s awesomefied laser weapons (Nexus-MOD v1.2 by Einheit 101 found here http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... highlight= )

* Added new sounds for Boron and Xenon ships aswell as some Argon ships

* All ships should have correct pre installed technologies now

* Added small and medium sized ships to the race's warfs, drydocks, piers,... and larger ship types to the race's shipyards:

All ships should be available at a shipyard somewhere in the galaxy (unless otherwise intended)

* Added all new lasers to the apropriate equipment docks

* All ships should have the correct shielding now

* Created brand new items for this version:

= New ship models with racialised cargo modules for all TS/TP class ships for the following races: Argon, Paranid and most TS/TP from the Boron

= A few new weapon effects for the Nexus weapons added to this pack

= Paranid Artemis TS class ship

= First test with a model created by Prometheus with Google Sketch Up: Prometheus Heavy Missile Platform M6 (needs work)

= Model, scene file and Tships entry for new Telady M0 (M1 ingame) Battlemoon

= Model, scene file and Tships entry for Argon M4TS Luyten and Pirate variants

= Model, scene file and Tships entry for Argon M4 Eridani and Pirate variants

= Model, scene file and Tships entry for Argon M3 Hammerhead, Barracuda and Piranha and Pirate variants (ship models based on Freelancer ships)

= Model, scene file and Tships entry for Split M4 Starflier, Startracker and Starblazer and Pirate variants (ship models based on Freelancer ships)

= Model, scene file and Tships entry for Teladi M3TS Petrel, Teladi M3TS Fulmar and Teladi M3TS Stork

= Model, scene file and Tships entry for Argon M3TP Sabertooth

= Model, scene file and Tships entry for Paranid M4TP Hestia and Pirate M4TPP Hestia Vanguard

= Projectile model for Heavy Laser Cannon, Anti Shield Laser (MKII), Anti Hull Laser (MKII), Anti Capital Laser, Overload Spike Emitter and Disruptor Cannon

= Engine sounds for various ships in the game

= Modified version of the m6turret1 turret (XTC) for use with Terran usc ships

= Lots and lots of shield models for the ships in the game

* Ships added to (XTC) by this addon pack:

ARGON:
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= Argon Advanced Titan M2 (MXtenXpan)

= Argon Starburst M7 (MXtenXpan)

= Argon Argo M7 (MXtenXpan)

= Argon Harpy M7 (MXtenXpan)

= Argon Cerberus Advanced M7 (MXtenXpan)

= Argon Prometheus Heavy Missile Platform M6 (AnU)

= Argon Gigantis Sentinel M1 (FS)

= Argon Corona M3 (ESSR)

= Argon Utopia M2 (ESSR)

= Argon Eden M1 (ESSR)

= Argon Luyten M4TS (AnU)

= Argon Luyten XL M4TS (AnU)

= Argon Eridani M4 (AnU)

= Argon Eridani Sentinel M4 (AnU)

= Argon Hammerhead M3 (AnU)

= Argon Hammerhead Sentinel M3 (AnU)

= Argon Barracuda M3 (AnU)

= Argon Piranha M3 (AnU)

= Argon Sabertooth M3TP (AnU)

BORON:
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= Boron Perch Hauler TL (FS)

= Boron Manta Sentinel M6 (MXtenXpan)

= Boron Octopus XL M3 (MXtenXpan)

= Boron Crayfish M7 (MXtenXpan)

PARANID:
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= Paranid Thesus M6 (MXtenXpan)

= Paranid Arthemis Tug TS (AnU)

= Paranid Hestia M4TP (AnU)

PIRATE:
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= Pirate Mandalay M3 (MXtenXpan)

= Pirate Marauder M6 (1) (MXtenXpan)

= Pirate Marauder M6 (2) (MXtenXpan)

= Pirate Piranha M3 (AnU)

= Pirate Piranha Sentinel M3 (AnU)

= Pirate Barracuda M3 (AnU)

= Pirate Hammerhead M3 (AnU)

= Pirate Eridani Sentinel M4 (AnU)

= Pirate Luyten Sentinel M4 (AnU)

= Pirate Starflier M4 (AnU)

= Pirate Startracker M4 (AnU)

= Pirate Starblazer M4 (AnU)

= Pirate Hestia Vanguard M4TP (AnU)

SPLIT:
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= Split Starflier M4 (AnU)

= Split Startracker M4 (AnU)

= Split Starblazer M4 (AnU)

TELADI:
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= Teladi Pteranodon Hauler TL (MXtenXpan)

= Teladi Raven Vanguard M7 (MXtenXpan)

= Teladi Eagle M4 (ESSR)

= Teladi Battlemoon M0 (M1 ingame) (AnU)

= Teladi Fulmar M3TS (AnU)

= Teladi Petrel M3TS (AnU)

= Teladi Stork M3TS (AnU)

XENON:
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= Xenon Theta TS (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Theta Hauler TS (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Theta Super Freighter TS (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Theta Super Freighter XL TS (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Theta Tanker TS (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Theta Tanker XL TS (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Kappa TP (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Kappa Extended TP (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Lambda TM (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Beta M1 (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Alpha M2 (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Gamma M7 (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Mu M3 (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Phi M4 (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Chi M4 (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Nu M4 (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Xi M5 (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Psi M5 (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Eta M6 (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Zeta M6 (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Delta M7 (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Epsilon M7 (MXtenXpan)

= Xenon Omicron TL (MXtenXpan)

* Lasers added to (XTC) by this addon pack:

UNDEFINED:
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= EMP Energy Bomb XXL (NEXUS)
- cant be bought or used yet

COMONWEALTH:
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= Light Laser Cannon L (NEXUS)

= Heavy Laser Cannon XXL (AnU)(NEXUS)

= Ring Laser Flak Array L (NEXUS)

= Vulcan Minigun M (AnU)(VAN)

ARGON:
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= Particle Cannon XL (NEXUS)

= Siege Laser XXL (NEXUS)

= Anti Hull Laser S (AnU)

= Anti Shield Laser S (AnU)

= Anti Hull Laser MKII M (AnU)

= Anti Shield Laser MKII M (AnU)

BORON:
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= Heavy Ion Laser Cannon XL (NEXUS)

PARANID:
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= Plasma Cannon (NEXUS)

PIRATE:
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= Nova Plasma Cannon XXL (NEXUS)

= Skeeter Disruptor XL (NEXUS)

= Disruptor Cannon M (AnU)

SPLIT:
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= Energy Disruptor XXL (NEXUS)

TELADI:
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= Quantum Tube Torpedo Launcher XXL (NEXUS)

= Orbital Strike Cannon XXL (AnU)(FS)

XENON:
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= Unknown Object XXL (NEXUS)

* List of fixed bugs:

= Corrected Terran Saitama turret weapons loadout

= Removed Messages that where left from scripts that where no longer used

= Corrected Terran Mani turret weapon loadout

= Many ships share the same name, changed most of them (WIP)

= Removed the cockpit box in the model from Argon Mercury and its variants

= Changed the turrets from the Terran Macana into racial ones

= Corrected a error with the textures on the ATF Fenrir

= The ID of the Otas Nexus was corrected, the ship is now available at the Otas shipyard

= Corrected some shipnames that where ReadText errors in the game

= Added more missile compatibilities to the Otas Aquilo M7M

= Corrected missile compatibilieties from ceveral OTAS ships, they had Terran loadouds

= Added missile compatibilieties to some ships that where supposed to have them but didnt

= Fixed build-in components for the Argon Eden M1 and the Argon Utopia M2

Gupster · Post by **Gupster** » Thu, 10. Jan 13, 14:24

In your instructions you say that we must have cat/dat files to .16

I have checked my non steam installed x3 terran conflict version 3.2 and with the XTM version 2.0 installed which loads correctly when i run the game
i have not installed the official addon pack for terran conflict but when i checked my folder where .cat/.dat files are the top numbers i have are
15.cat/15.dat, does this mean that i have a bad install ? i have no other mods installed at all and although i own albion prelude i do not have it installed atm.

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Thu, 10. Jan 13, 23:14

ohh.. must be my bad.. ill check it..

EDIT: sry, was my mistake.. "(they should be numbered 15.dat/15.cat and 16.dat/16.cat, if not, you probbably dont have a clean install..)" should be "(they should be numbered 14.dat/14.cat and 15.dat/15.cat, if not, you probbably dont have a clean install..)"

files 01.dat/cat to 13.dat/cat are the vanilla ones..

OP updated.. thanks..

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Tue, 22. Jan 13, 00:19

i am working hard on a update, and its coming along nicely..

some update pics:

some ships are new while others come with a nostalgic touch..

i have also a experimental craft.. looking at some of the ships in other games like Black Prophecy and others, i was intreagued by the fact that the ships change in apearance when you upgrade them.. i wanted to try this in X3.. ofc its not as extencive as in other games but.. ..

how about you buy a simple shuttle craft..

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and you where able to upgrade it until it was a bad ass heavy fighter..

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the shuttle's appearance changes when you upgrade its offencive systems.. you can make it as evil looking as you want..

ships long forgotten only known to the more seasoned space travelers amongst us, comes with build in Nostalgic components..

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some of the other new ship designes:

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also planned for the next release is the inclusion of some new weapons with the help from F.A.B.'s awesomefied weapon effects and a few other ships like the Argon Gigantis M1 and hopefully a script that finaly adds the new ships to the shipyards and one that enables ship building on the Boron Giantsquid mobile shipyard..

btw has anyone tried it yet..? if you have, let me know what you think so i can anticipate future releases on the thoughts of the peaple that are going to play this mod..

more to come in the next week or so..

monk124us · Post by **monk124us** » Wed, 23. Jan 13, 18:57

I would like to see jasus space ships.

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Wed, 23. Jan 13, 19:47

i have no idea what they are, pls give me more info and i will check it out..

monk124us · Post by **monk124us** » Wed, 23. Jan 13, 20:49

Oops I thought I had placed it :-p http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=265484

Sorkvild · Post by **Sorkvild** » Wed, 23. Jan 13, 21:11

Anubitus wrote:i am working hard on a update, and its coming along nicely..

I appreciate you hard work, such a great addition!

But, with all due respect, your ships aren't lore friendly. Totally alien designs. XTC creators put a great effort in keeping everything complaint with the lore and such mad experiments are ruining it. Please stickk to the X3 race designs solely and stay away from any Star Wars, BSG and other Star Treks.

monk124us · Post by **monk124us** » Wed, 23. Jan 13, 21:18

I think that's the purpose of his mod. To add all the other ships that the creators of x tended cut because of lore. To me its an awesome addition to a good mod.

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Wed, 23. Jan 13, 21:40

tbh, i know what you mean and i agree completely.. but.. the Snapdragon and the Hex are just a little bit of fun with a nostalgic touch for some of us and the Ark Blade shuttle/fighter is a kind of experiment of mine..

dont worry, most ships will be lore friendly..

problem is, to make ships as detailed as they are in the vanilla game and Xtended, you have to be either a hell of a modder or kitbash parts of the original models (wich i love to do, you never know what you come up with

) but with kitbashing, the ship is never truly your own design.. and im not good enough to make lore friendly new ship designs like they did with Xtended.. i did make the Paranid TS Hephaistos from scratch.. do you like that design..? or is that too alien too..?

and nope, no BSG, SW, ST, Bab5 or other franshise ships in this mod.. perhaps i will add compatiblility for some mods if ppl want me to, but its not in the original concept..

monk124us wrote:Oops I thought I had placed it :-p http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=265484

sorry, the download link apears to be dead..

have you guys tried New Dawn yet..? what do you think..?

EDIT: a little update on what i have been working on today..

have you never asked yourself why all the races use different ship designes but use the same TP people transport section..? or the same TM dock section..? the same cargocontainers, ok, its unified for ease of use, but the other parts shouldnt be the same..

how about we change that..

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monk124us · Post by **monk124us** » Thu, 24. Jan 13, 16:25

I tried installing all the mods the way you instructed, by installing only cat and dat files, no scripts or t files nnot even the ones found on your mod?. but some ships dont appear and the laser added by xtended aren't register on ships even vanilla ships.

Im going to try again with a clean install, just so I can make sure I didn't do some thing wrong.

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Thu, 24. Jan 13, 17:19

well, ofc you have to install the scripts and t files included in this package..

what i ment where the ones you downloaded with the other mods.. im working on merging everything, but not everything is fully compattible yet and i have to test the scripts and stuff from the other mods before i can include them.. i merged the text files found in the T folder with the one from Xtended..

what exacly do you mean with "lasers arent registered"..? if you mean that they dont have name but are read as a readtext0001 something then it means that the text file in the T folder is not installed, to solve this just extract the package and copy/past the T folder into your main 3x:tc folder..

about the ships, wich ships dont appear in your game..?

ps:

Im going to try again with a clean install, just so I can make sure I didn't do some thing wrong.

as i stated in the install instructions, you have to install this stuff on a clean install.. Xtended NEEDS a clean install to work correcly.. the mod changes almost if not all aspects of the game so this is VERY important..

monk124us · Post by **monk124us** » Thu, 24. Jan 13, 17:24

I was using xtended during my first attempt, but I had modified a few things such as missile speeds. I had a backup of the original xtended cat dat files that I applied beofre installing your mod.

What I mean with the lasers is that they dont appear listed under the info of ships, and when they are and I load cyrows cheat package and attempt to place them the xtended lasers aren't on the list.

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Thu, 24. Jan 13, 17:33

so it was a clean install then..? and did you put all the mods before Xtended and then put this package as last..?

monk124us · Post by **monk124us** » Thu, 24. Jan 13, 18:02

Yes what I didn't do was added the t files and script from your mod.

HyperionXL · Post by **HyperionXL** » Sun, 27. Jan 13, 08:26

This is really great, man! Keep up the work and looking forward to a more varied universe with more ships. Psh, lore is the last thing on my mind!

Anubitus · Post by **Anubitus** » Mon, 28. Jan 13, 08:54

HyperionXL wrote:This is really great, man! Keep up the work and looking forward to a more varied universe with more ships. Psh, lore is the last thing on my mind!

i understand, but this is a addon for XTended, i mean to move forth from the great mod they brought us.. and their phylosophy is not to change anything from the game, just expand upon what Egosoft gave us, so that is my goal aswell..

but.. that said, i wont exclude the possibility that there will be patches that makes this package and the Xtended mod compattible with other modpacks.. but that is in the future, right now im working hard on a update..

talking of wich..

First new ship of a new class, the M3TS.. small freight transport ships for moving freight from one capital ship to another.. The Argon M3TS Caterpillar (i saw this idea somewhere but im not sure where..)

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few more examples of suptile changes to vanilla ships:

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New Argon TS class ship Montreal:

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