About how many people are staying loyal to X2 here?

bobthemanofsteel · Post by **bobthemanofsteel** » Wed, 23. Apr 08, 12:00

I bought X2 'bout a week ago now, because I heard great things about X3. (Sadly, my PC will not handle the graphics of the latter) I have to say, its the only thing I've been doing since, its one of the best games I have ever played. (Which is alot from me as I play RPGs more often) I must say that I'm a total newb at it, (Can't even keep a Solar Power Plant going without my constant upkeep) and its minimize-friendliness is an absolute godsend. I can always just minimize it, and hop on to the forums to ask a question. Another thing that surprised me was the amount of people still on these forums! When I pay $9.95 (AUS) for a game, I don't expect there to be such a fan base still living.

After that bit of rambling, Yes, I would use your map. But can I ask; Will it contain the stations and such inside the sectors?

SWAHILI!!! · Post by **SWAHILI!!!** » Wed, 23. Apr 08, 13:30

Yeah, it would

bobthemanofsteel · Post by **bobthemanofsteel** » Wed, 23. Apr 08, 14:23

Ahh. Much awesomeness then...

I had the great Idea of flying through all the sectors so I knew what was in each one, until i saw the enormity of the galaxy... And the beginning Discoverer Vs Khaak = Death for me!

So good luck on making the map anyways, and I shall patiently wait for its release.

The Trade Empire · Post by **The Trade Empire** » Sun, 1. Jun 08, 20:58

SWAHILI!!! wrote:Hey, I've been working on a Galaxy Map for the past couple months, and I was thinking about uploading it

my advice....upload it!!

...it can only be goooood!!

SWAHILI!!! · Post by **SWAHILI!!!** » Tue, 3. Jun 08, 16:36

I've been really busy working on the map, I'll probably upload some screenshots of a few sectors in a few days, just to show you what I can do!

The Trade Empire · Post by **The Trade Empire** » Tue, 3. Jun 08, 20:12

SWAHILI!!! wrote:I'll probably upload some screenshots of a few sectors in a few days

sounds great!! ...lookin forward to it!

SWAHILI!!! · Post by **SWAHILI!!!** » Tue, 3. Jun 08, 20:47

Now, I've changed my mind yet again about what mod this map will be for. Since it's taking too long for Harlock to finish Top Gun (no offense to you, Harlock), I've decided to have this map probably be an alternate map for X2: Pandora.

There are some things you might want to know about the map:

First off, it has new background soundtracks for sectors. No, they aren't my creation, I was just messing around with background music, and I found a few that I like.

Secondly, every sector in the game will have at least 100 asteroids in it. The one thing that I really like about X3 is the massive amounts of asteroids in every sector. So, I've decided to add boatloads of asteroids to every sector, and the exact number various from sector to sector. For example, the new Argon Prime has about 350 asteroids, but Ore Belt has close to 500 asteroids spread out over the entire system. It may cause lagginess on some machines, but I'm on a P.O.S. laptop currently, and it runs perfectly smooth.

To help describe what I mean, I've taken a few 'teaser shots' of Cloudbase Southwest Before I changed it, and after.
Here is one screenshot of the sector originally, with a pitiful 5 asteroids in the entire sector:
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Now here are two screenshots of Cloudbase Southwest after I changed some stuff around, with about 250-300 asteroids:
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Now, if you're wondering why there's only 3 stations in the sector, it's because I have a script that will position all sorts of stations throughout the sector.

There you go, that's just a brief description of some of the changes I will and have made to the map.

I will probably have new screenshots by tomorrow, but by Thursday at the latest.
Cheers,
S

The Trade Empire · Post by **The Trade Empire** » Wed, 4. Jun 08, 13:45

Odd q - but having looked at the screenies - i was wondering if the textures for the asteroids were different...?

SWAHILI!!! · Post by **SWAHILI!!!** » Wed, 4. Jun 08, 15:08

Yes, I'm running the test version of Pandora, which includes new backgrounds, weapons, planets, asteroids, stations, you name it, pretty much everything.

SWAHILI!!! · Post by **SWAHILI!!!** » Fri, 6. Jun 08, 05:07

Hello all, as promised, here are some screenshots of the first five Argon sectors in the game:

ARGON PRIME

My Nova parked in the center of a huge asteroid field surveying the sector:
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The Argon One, pride of the Argon Federation:
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Pretty cool shot of a disco parked above it's homebase Centaur:
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A shot of the Titan, which shows the majority of the asteroids in the system:
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Home of Light

Once again, a shot of my Nova, showing the huge destroyed planet in the background:
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A Space Fuel Distillery:
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A Titan destroyer patrolling through the sector:
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Ore Belt

Only two screenshots of Ore Belt, showing off probably the greatest asteroid belt I've made yet:
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A lone Centaur going against an entire Pirate Base:
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President's End

When I first made this sector, I planned on having it be after the Kha'ak attack, so the sector is filled with ship and station debris, with only a few stations run by some dedicated souls.

What was the trading station:
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Destroyed cattle ranch showing off the cool asteroid field in this sector, too:
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Argon President's End Task Force Alpha C-13, 3 Centaurs and 2 Novas:
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Boron President's End Task Force Beta B-49, 3 Hydras and 2 Barracudas:
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Cloudbase Southwest

Now, you've already seen a few screenshots of this sector already, but here are a few more:

The Colossus that patrols through the system:
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A mine in front of the planet. How's that for a landscape, huh?
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Red Light

Red Light has a pretty awesome asteroid field, too.

Here's the Federal Argon Installation, also revealing the asteroids and the lava planet:
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Terracorp Computer Plant showing off asteroids and a Mars-like planet:
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The Titan destroyer:
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Through the Nova's cockpit:
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That's it for now, what do you think?

I will make periodic updates when I've finished some more sectors!
Cheers,
S

Graceburn · Post by **Graceburn** » Fri, 6. Jun 08, 14:22

hey man, be careful, we don't want too many screens of pandora out yet! and i am looking forward to the map, is this the one for pandora, or the piarte guild map?

@bobthemanofsteel: i am from aus too, does your REPLAY! version have a CD key? mine doesn't

SWAHILI!!! · Post by **SWAHILI!!!** » Fri, 6. Jun 08, 15:59

Well, we do have over 60 screenshots in the Pandora gallery, so I don't think I've revealed much!

I will talk to Chris about this being a possible alternate version of the map for Pandora, and I'm trying to decide whether or not the Piracy map should be for Pandora, too, or for Top GUn.

What do you think?

Shadow dream · Post by **Shadow dream** » Fri, 6. Jun 08, 16:34

I don't mind if you show screens here, cause of our public gallery, but the stuff in the map should stay unpublished until first release (for bigger surprise

)

SWAHILI!!! · Post by **SWAHILI!!!** » Fri, 6. Jun 08, 16:47

No problem, I'm just showing off the asteroids and the main stuff, no new ships, and the only new station I showed was a Federal Argon Installation.

Graceburn · Post by **Graceburn** » Sat, 7. Jun 08, 12:59

that sounds OK, just try not to put new ships or stuff up, if anyone wants to get an early (very early, you'll be hungry for a while

) they can visit http://gallery.x2-pandora.de/ for a look, and that reminds me: have you seen a new UFO in action yet swahili? they look really cool, it was in brennan's triumph, and there was a massive pirate attack, so chris's scripts must be working, they had ships from almost all the races, including xenon, and they killed me when i was in the spacesuit. anyway, i changed the ufo to mine (cheatscript) and it wouldn't listen to me so i blew it up, and it had an argon 'NOOOOO!!!!' as usual.

Neeko · Post by **Neeko** » Wed, 11. Jun 08, 22:27

I find both X2 and X3 to be fun to play, X2 I play when I don't want to thrash my computer, it's my slow, casual game X2 is. As for X3, when I feel like listening to my computer take off I'll play it, it's also my larking about game, cheat,s mods and other stuff so I can just simply wreak havoc lol

Cha0sLord11 · Post by **Cha0sLord11** » Sat, 14. Jun 08, 01:56

Of course!!

skkayman · Post by **skkayman** » Sat, 14. Jun 08, 16:46

Hello ppl

I was just going to preorder X3 but after reading this topic, I am now sure

I am now thinking about buying X2 instead of X3

)

What would you say, buy X2 or X3? X2 don't have special edition with t-shirt like X3..

SWAHILI!!! · Post by **SWAHILI!!!** » Sat, 14. Jun 08, 17:19

X2 kicks butt

The Trade Empire · Post by **The Trade Empire** » Sat, 14. Jun 08, 18:38

skkayman wrote:What would you say, buy X2 or X3? X2 don't have special edition with t-shirt like X3..

To be fair - X2 is generally considered to be easier to use and a bit more fun to play than X3. Although X3 allows the player to own a HQ (...and is more graphically advanced...), in X2 you can actually dock inside stations. Also (...from what i have heard...so i could be wrong on this...) X3 can take more playing time to really get through the game.

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About how many people are staying loyal to X2 here?

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Screenshots of the first 5 Argon Sectors