XNews: Preview about X3: Terran Conflict

[mojo lojo]

I just hope the devs and publishers get it right this time and don't release it too early.

I remember when X3 came out.........

Way too soon!!!

Get it right ......Get it working this time.

There were a lot of angry peeps out there.

Don't fall for it again.

If it aint 100% ready don't release it.

[A5PECT]

That's probably why they're trying to keep the release date so ambiguous. I'm not too worried myself, Egosoft hasn't struck me as the kind of company that would break the same thing twice.

[jasedenton]

You likely won't get much above 3.2GB addressable in 32-bit XP if you are running a modern video card.

Yeah devices will chew up a lot, I've got 3.25gb on my machine, but I rarely see the kernel using more than 1/4 gig (and only about 60mb of that is non-paged) so there's still 3gb of physical memory left. No matter what, with the 3gb switch you still get 3gb of virtual address space for your game, it's just that some of it may get swapped out.

[xeon_1]

Any chance of DX10?

When do you want the game in September October this year or in a year and a half?

yes i am being sarcastic
For that to happend they need to write a new gfx engine if they are doing that they might as build a whole new game engine that uses multiple cores.
And this is an expansion so that usaly means no big alterations of the game engine.

[drakend]

I only care for one thing: no weird copy protections like the Starforce or similiar crap. Otherwise I'll wait a year or more for the 2.0 version.

[Harlock776]

I still haven't even played or installed X3 yet lol!!! I wouldn't play the game on it's first release. Let it sit on your desk for a few months while the bugs are worked out and patches are made.

Ego or any other company besides EA can't just wait til it's done and debugged completely before releasing because the publisher fronts some or most of the development money I think. Once the publisher pays they expect a release date to be given to them so they will know when they can make a return on their investment.

EA of course has a ton of money and can do whatever and buy whoever they want.

I simply refuse to allow starfarce to stay on my system so I just wait for a developer to release an official patch to get rid of it before I start playing the game.

[drakend]

I still haven't even played or installed X3 yet lol!!! I wouldn't play the game on it's first release. Let it sit on your desk for a few months while the bugs are worked out and patches are made.

Ego or any other company besides EA can't just wait til it's done and debugged completely before releasing because the publisher fronts some or most of the development money I think. Once the publisher pays they expect a release date to be given to them so they will know when they can make a return on their investment.

EA of course has a ton of money and can do whatever and buy whoever they want.

I simply refuse to allow starfarce to stay on my system so I just wait for a developer to release an official patch to get rid of it before I start playing the game.

Dude I was talking about Terran Conflict...
Anyway X3 2.0 hasn't the Starforce and the publisher of X3 is Deep Silver (in Europe) and not EA.

[Cycrow]

Dude I was talking about Terran Conflict...
Anyway X3 2.0 hasn't the Starforce and the publisher of X3 is Deep Silver (in Europe) and not EA.

yeah that was the point. EA have the money to basicalyl do what ever they want, whereas other publishers, like Deep Silver dont have the choise.

this is talking about the buggy first releases btw, EA have the money to extend the development of games if they want, but other publishers dont have the extra money to do that

[drakend]

yeah that was the point. EA have the money to basicalyl do what ever they want, whereas other publishers, like Deep Silver dont have the choise.

this is talking about the buggy first releases btw, EA have the money to extend the development of games if they want, but other publishers dont have the extra money to do that

Uhm I don't see EA publishing games like X3... I mean this game is a very peculiar one, as you know better than me, why EA usually publishes things for a vast audience.

[Cycrow]

erm that was the point.

Harlock was saying that small companys cant just extend thier release date to make sure the game is 100% complete, as they dont have endless amounts of money, unlike large companies like EA

[drakend]

erm that was the point.

Harlock was saying that small companys cant just extend thier release date to make sure the game is 100% complete, as they dont have endless amounts of money, unlike large companies like EA

Oh ok I read Harlock's post too fast... anyway I don't agree with the equation EA = more money = good debugged games. It's nowhere like this: EA makes tons of games and the only thing it cares about is making them a good cash cow, without much regards to playability and patches. On the contrary Egosoft developed the game for years after it was released, even adding new features! They even actively support the community by supporting mods like XTM and a forum where one can find scripts who keep X3 an always green game. This is science fiction for larger companies like EA and friends imho.

[Incubi]

I may have missed somethign obvious. But when I checked gamespot for release and attempted to pre-order. They did not show it comming up. Is this going to be a digital dowbnload only game? Or a sneak release where its success will be due to wom? JUst want to know where to buy it, and for how much. I bought Spore all ready( do not have just bought ), and am just waiting for this and fo3.

[Al]

www.play.com have it for pre-order.

[ubica]

The question still remains; is there going to be some kind of ˝protection˝ like the infamous Starforce? How about following the shiny example of the Sins of the Solar empire? No so called protection and still they made a killing on the market. Making a good game makes people want to buy it...