NEWS - GOLD! X³: Terran Conflict has gone gold!

danleach · Post by **danleach** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 11:11

So, pre-ordering from the Egosoft shop is definitely the way to give Egosoft the biggest cut?
I want to buy it whichever way is best for Egosoft...

AleksMain · Post by **AleksMain** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 11:12

Akeldema wrote:As a mod will probably say. best post your TC questions in the sticky at the top of the forums

In the top of the forums very interesting question to Egosoft currently waiting for answer. What will be after X3:Terran Conflict ?

nirwin · Post by **nirwin** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 11:36

Congrats on going gold. Looking forward to the fruits of your labour.

Now all of you at the Ego offices need to party like it's 2146.

Post by **Sblade** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 11:41

Congrats on going gold!

Don´t forget Spanish customers

Selfishly no problem for me, I can play TC in English [ external image ]

eladan · Post by **eladan** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 11:42

Neofit wrote:A dev interview said that X3TC will have a new User Interface. Is there a link with more info about that? The UI was my main problem with X3, and the one that made me quit playing. With half a dozen traders and a couple of small complexes, finding information was a chore with the X3 gamepad-like menu.

There have been some screenshots showing elements of the new UI, and some minor references here and there. No comprehensive coverage.

As always, any known information about TC is in the first post of any stickies about TC at the top of the forum, or in the first post of any previous news threads, which will be linked from the first post in the stickies.

Post by **euclid** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 11:49

Fnally - yayy !! Good news and

BIG CONGRATZ

Egosoft, in particular to the dev team and to the many many voluntary b-tester *grin*.

Just ordered X3TC + FL at the egosoft shop

Cheers Euclid

Xaannix · Post by **Xaannix** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 12:21

Hi, I would like some questions answered before I buy the game, if someone can answer them please.

1. Has the station management interface been revamped? (min max stock levels, diff price levels, see production costs in complexes, unification of station info with production panel?)
2. Has the station - > ship -> comodity management been revamped?
3. Have the endless cascade menus been improved?

All in all i would like to know what the improvements in functionality, usability, menus, station management, station ship management ( no more need for hugely complex and annoying CAG), station AI, missiles, economic balance etc? In other words, why should I purchase the game aside from new graphics, story and ships/stations?

Thank you

AleksMain · Post by **AleksMain** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 12:26

As previous will be moved to top.

Gazz · Post by **Gazz** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 12:30

Nanook wrote:Hmm, I just preordered from Egosoft, too. Being on the far side of the pond, in an unknown sector west of the sector known as 'Canada', I'm guessing it'll take a couple of weeks after release to get here.

If your local equipment dock has to rely on a free trader to deliver those copies then you better hope it doesn't plot a course through a Xenon sector.

testpilot_bg wrote:Is this the end of the X saga?
What about X4 and an rpg elements like statistics, skills, moving in the space stations with a character and interaction with NPCs? Is that possible with your resources, Egosoft?

This is the end of the world.

Seriously - any ES official that even hinted to an X4 right now (no matter how far out) would probably be fired.
Gamers are supposed to buy TC now and not to wait for "the real sequel".
A few months down the road anything can happen.
If the sales people are happy with the figures, the coding people get another assignment. =)

AleksMain · Post by **AleksMain** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 12:38

euclid wrote:Just ordered X3TC + FL at the egosoft shop

There are many benefits to becoming a beta tester:

-You’ll get to use the new software before anyone else does.
-You’ll help us make our software better in ways that work for you.
-Your suggestions could determine the future direction of the software.
-You’ll get feedback right from the development team

Had you tested X3:Terran Conflict ?

What can you say about it if had ?

Tycow · Post by **Tycow** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 12:46

Probably not a lot due to him having to sign an NDA.

cfw · Post by **cfw** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 12:47

Great news!

Now, if only my Vista would start recognizing USB-devices again so that my joystick will work again..

Oh, and.. 3 weeks for duplication & distribution? Seems a tad long, here's hoping preorders will arrive early.

AleksMain · Post by **AleksMain** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 12:51

Tycow wrote:Probably not a lot due to him having to sign an NDA.

Yes, I know about it.

So it will be question without answer.

Post by **euclid** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 13:08

AleksMain wrote:
Tycow wrote:Probably not a lot due to him having to sign an NDA.
Yes, I know about it.

So it will be question without answer.

Erm.....not entirely accurate

AleksMain wrote: ....
Had you tested X3:Terran Conflict ?
....

Yes.

AleksMain wrote: ....
What can you say about it if had ?
....

It's great

Cheers Euclid

eladan · Post by **eladan** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 13:15

AleksMain wrote:So it will be question without useful answer.

Corrected it for him.

Mopy · Post by **Mopy** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 13:24

Grats to all involved once again. Looking forward to this one

BigBANGtheory · Post by **BigBANGtheory** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 13:58

Congrats on a timely release

I had already pre-ordered the game though an online retailer...

Get Deepsilver to do some press releases now.

AleksMain · Post by **AleksMain** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 14:00

eladan wrote:
AleksMain wrote:So it will be question without useful answer.
Corrected it for him.

Thank you.

I remember non-useful answer very good:

SymTec ltd wrote:2:24: So, this AI that is mentioned here is the artificial intelligence, at that time represented by TerraFormer Robots, which were developed by the Terrans but then turned against their creators. And this is basically the background story; the existence of the TerraFormers lead to the Terrans forbidding any Artificial Intelligence.
[this is where I put the fingers in my ears and started to sing "la-la-la!" aloud, so I wouldn't spoil the fun of playing the storyline]

ThommoHawk · Post by **ThommoHawk** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 14:03

Having at last acquired the download trailers, viewing them, getting all emotional (goosebumps - from the music I think), I now am - not so reluctantly - shopping for a hot new rig to run this on, but will try it on my existing setup first though not too confident it will cope with those enormous stations (and of course will pre-order X3TC).

I have tried to get some Terra Australis game shops interested but am not holding my breath. I did get a return email from one of them - EzyGames (Australian online games shop) - advising they have entered it into their database - but have not had a reply from DeepSilver yet to their enquiry... well, I've done my bit.

Comment: those new pulldown menus (like 'wings') have a red colour scheme - I actually associate red with 'enemy' and like the existing 'everything green is yours', but hey, I'll get used to it...

Post by **Cycrow** » Thu, 11. Sep 08, 14:19

danleach wrote:So, pre-ordering from the Egosoft shop is definitely the way to give Egosoft the biggest cut?
I want to buy it whichever way is best for Egosoft...

think of it like this, the Egosoft shop is like any shop selling the game. They usally by the game at a certain price and then sell it on at a higher price for profit.

so buying it from the egosoft ship means that profit goes directly to egosoft instead of another shop

egosoft.com

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