X³: Reunion - Mac support thread

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wacrozier
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Port Saves from Mac to Linux

Post by wacrozier » Mon, 16. Jun 14, 20:36

Hi,

Is it possible to use game saves from the Mac Beta version of X3: Reunion to the Linux version? I copied across the EgoSoft directory to ~/.config/EgoSoft on Linux but they do not appear to be recognised by the software.

Thanks,
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Post by timon37 » Mon, 30. Jun 14, 14:10

@wacrozier
Yes, though you should put them in "~/.config/EgoSoft/X3/save/"

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Graphical Issues Mac Book Pro retina

Post by lachild » Sun, 14. Sep 14, 22:54

Hello,

I installed X3: Reunion just a couple of days ago and have been playing for hours now. So far the game runs pretty smooth.

Just wanted to report a couple of minor bugs. First the retina screens have a huge resolution for the size of monitor on these things making the text unreadable, in order to fix this I have to tell x3 to run at a much smaller resolution. This is fine. The problem comes when I tab out of the game to open up a browser window and then come back. It seems that on return the game tries to set the resolution back to the lower setting but it doesn't make it there. I'm still in the higher resolution and the screen is all messed up around the edges.

The next minor thing, is the steam community screen (shift-tab) is really nice. I like this feature. Problem is there is no mouse cursor here. It's invisible. This makes using this screen virtually impossible to use.

Other then these two items, so far the games running rather nice. Thanks for porting this over.

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Post by VictorStrawn » Sat, 6. Dec 14, 22:40

I got X3 reunion from steam, and I can't get the bonus pack. I tried the downloads here but there is only windows version. I really want that cockpit mod. when i go to download the bonus pack from steam, it just says invalid link.

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mac:freezing in stations

Post by lordolf » Sun, 14. Dec 14, 21:12

Hi guys,
started to play union on mac, when I docked in solar plant it says
something starting with "security..detected" and game get freezed. If
I undock it autodestruct me and go to Menu. Same happened know
in Royal Boron Trading Station-game freezes after initial line"security..
Thanks for explenations
cheers

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Post by Alan Phipps » Mon, 15. Dec 14, 16:51

Above post (and now the one below) moved to X3:R Mac support thread.
Last edited by Alan Phipps on Sun, 18. Jan 15, 12:32, edited 1 time in total.
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mac folder for saves and screenshots location

Post by lordolf » Sun, 18. Jan 15, 10:49

Where does a mac keeps saves and screenshots? THX

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Re: mac folder for saves and screenshots location

Post by timon37 » Tue, 20. Jan 15, 10:48

lordolf wrote:Where does a mac keeps saves and screenshots? THX
It's mentioned in the first post;p "Documents/EgoSoft/X3/save/" in your home directory.

Regarding the other issue is it reproducible or is it random?
Meaning if you have a savegame load it, dock, then it always happens?
If yes then send me that savegame (email in first lines of the first post).

@lachild
The font/resolution is unfortunately a game limitation.
The switching issue is probably a problem with SDL2, I'll see what I can do (when is actually the main problem) about updating it, which may or may not solve the problem:(
The overlay and cursor is a nightmare, I've tried a bunch of things and I'm honestly not sure what the end result was, it's possible that I fixed it in the end for TC/AP and just didn't update R, I'll take a look when I can.

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saves folder, freezing, bonus q

Post by lordolf » Thu, 22. Jan 15, 21:16

Hi,
1) Strange but I cant find Egosoft folder in Documents or anywhere else.

2)about freezing- basically it only happens a few seconds after "announcments from annoying lady" with cca proability 1/4 . I have learnt to avoid it that u quicky browse trade items-it cancel announcment and game doesnt freeze.

*3) offtopic-whats the best way to exchange cargo from ships(get cargo from multiple captured ships to you ship)
I have bunched of ships to sale and they have got items-i dont know if it is cashed if u sell the ship so i want to sell it seperately. If u enclose ship and
select EXCHANGE CARGO but seems just to put cargo from current ship to the other one and no vice versa. So current way for me is just manually eject item by item each ship. THX

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Post by whooo_me » Thu, 19. Feb 15, 02:05

Just updated to the new Mac App Store version (2.5.5?) and scarily, it seemed to lose all my saved games. (If there's one game you don't want to lose your progress in, it's an X3 game). Fortunately, it didn't delete them, it's just now looking in a different folder. So, copying the saves from:

~/Library/Application Support/X3 Reunion/Egosoft/X3/save

to:

~/Library/Containers/com.vpltd.X3ReunionEN/Data/save

worked for me. Whew! Hope this helps someone!

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Post by whooo_me » Fri, 20. Feb 15, 01:42

Is anyone else having problems saving settings (in particular controls) since the last update in the Mac App Store version?

I can change the settings temporarily, but every time I quit they revert back. I also tried creating a new profile, but that causes the keyboard to stop responding until I quit and relaunch.

Had no problems changing and saving controls until the most recent version.

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Post by timon37 » Fri, 20. Feb 15, 11:09

@whooo_me

Ohh, yes for Reunion currently that will be the case...
I'll be fixing this, unfortunately the only workaround would be to edit the profiles by hand, which isn't easy to do since it's just a bunch of "magic number pairs".
Alternatively if you still have them, you could copy the files from your vpltd folder, which I'm guessing is ~/Library/Application Support/X3 Reunion/Egosoft/X3/DataChanges/profiles, in general search for a "profiles" folder. Grab the files and put them in /Applications/X3 - Reunion ML/Contents/Resources/profiles.

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Post by whooo_me » Fri, 20. Feb 15, 16:19

@timon37

Many thanks! It's good to know that's being fixed, particularly when it's such an old game.

I'm not sure copying the old profile will be much help, as I'm mostly trying to set up a new joystick (Thrustmaster Warthog) which never was used with the older version.

I can put up with re-configuring the controls for a while, as long as a fix is in the pipeline. Thanks again!

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Post by Crip67 » Sun, 27. Sep 15, 18:52

hello timon... ive just got x3 through apple app store and i need to adjust my joystick. i went into documuents and theres no egosoft folder. i do have everything unhidden. does app store version of reunion save in different folder?

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Post by timon37 » Mon, 28. Sep 15, 10:15

Yes, sorry I still haven't updated the thread for the app-store version.

The app-store version has sand-boxing so a few things are a bit more difficult.

The per-user data is in <user-home>/Library/Containers/com.vpltd.X3ReunionEN/Data/
The config file is <user-home>/Library/Containers/com.vpltd.X3ReunionEN/Data/.config.yaml
note that the file itself is hidden.
Savegames are in <user-home>/Library/Containers/com.vpltd.X3ReunionEN/Data/save

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Post by Crip67 » Mon, 28. Sep 15, 12:13

found it..thank you very much :D

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Post by Crip67 » Mon, 28. Sep 15, 13:34

i found the .config.yaml under data/datachanges. and it seams that everytime i edit and start game it reverts back. i have made sure i saved and closed it . then i open it again and still has changes i made. but after i start the game it changes back to default. am i doing something wrong? thx

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Re: X³: Reunion - Mac support thread

Post by Big Bad Orca » Tue, 11. Dec 18, 15:36

I'm having issues completing the early plot mission on my macbook involving the spacesuit - where you have to get to the ship before your suit fails. I get the cutscene right before and then I get Julian talking, but the screen is black and nothing happens. Pressing escape brings up the menu, but it just stays on the screen and moving the mouse leaves a trail of arrows. Eventually the end message comes up and it quits to the main menu. I've tried running in full screen as well as windowed and tried different graphics settings and resolutions... any ideas?
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Re: X³: Reunion - Mac support thread

Post by Yartsevde » Tue, 29. Jan 19, 15:38

Hi. Purchased the game on the Apple Store. After the introductory video, select the game mode and start it takes 2-3 minutes and the game crashes. No message is issued.
Mac Book Air 11" 2013 Core i5 1,3 Ghz 4 Gb

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Re: X³: Reunion - Mac support thread

Post by Micky793 » Tue, 8. Oct 19, 11:39

Hi, Try to avoid posting as i'm sure this has been asked before but is there anywhere I can get updated 64 bit files to replace the old 32 files as X3R crashes immediately on startup. The software was bought from VP Ltd therefore they no longer seem to exist but I really want to get it working again but don't want to be forced to shell out a 3rd time for the same game! (and X3R is IMO still the best version I have played Home of light and onwards where just a bit to overbearing)

Regards.

Mac Pro, 3.5 GHz 6 Core, 32Gb, 2 x Firepro D700, OSX 10.14.6

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