X-Tended - Terran Conflict (XTC) (Update: - Manual available! - 12/10/10)

stemardue · Post by **stemardue** » Tue, 1. Dec 09, 00:36

Killjaeden wrote:
you will need to investigate an area that we haven't looked at before and figure out what is going on
what could that be? hardcode-hacking?

nay... that would be a hack... We are working on a mod

Post by **Tomonor** » Tue, 1. Dec 09, 01:08

Aragon Speed wrote: Currently these are too large. Although it is not obvious from that shot, the flames are almost as long as the ship is. XD

That is one of the reasons that shot was rejected for a news release.

This will be fixed soon, but there are only so many hours in a day.

If you take my advice, you only add only some weak glow to it, or a short exhaust type, like what the vanilla nova had for example. I like the lens flare inside it however, and that means you modified the model file - good job on that one.

X2-Eliah · Post by **X2-Eliah** » Tue, 1. Dec 09, 05:39

The short exhausts you mentioned have a rather large problem - the engine displays them as a clear-cut box, and on various resolutions you can see the sharp edges far too easily, which makes for a rather poor impression. And on such big engines as that, simply making a coloured outline with a 'flow' texture & transparency is not enough, as you can easily move to a position where you see in between the engine sides - which is much less noticeable with a fighter such as the nova.

Naturally, the exhausts will be shortened to fit both the engine size and the ship size - most of these shots are from experimental stages.

Killjaeden · Post by **Killjaeden** » Tue, 1. Dec 09, 14:16

which is much less noticeable with a fighter such as the nova

yep. i think that was the reason for ES not building any capital-engine exhausts...
Therefore my opinion: don't put exhausts on captials. On some it might work (e.g. Tiger; is fast + has smaller engines) but most of them you would face those problems you mentioned.

imperium3 · Post by **imperium3** » Tue, 1. Dec 09, 14:58

Aragon Speed wrote:We are looking for someone who would like to get their teeth stuck into modding things in XTC.

This would be good for a person who would like to get into general modding that does not include scripting or modelling.

No experience is needed, but you must be able to work out how things operate within the game yourself. We can offer support with this, but sometimes you will need to investigate an area that we haven't looked at before and figure out what is going on.

A lot of the work will be detailed and meticulous.

If you're still looking for some more assistance in that area then I would be happy to offer my services

With Christmas holidays coming up I will have too much spare time on my hands.

Andaius · Post by **Andaius** » Tue, 8. Dec 09, 22:59

any new info available?

enenra · Post by **enenra** » Wed, 9. Dec 09, 18:17

Andaius wrote:any new info available?

Not yet but we're working on some things...

AjaxDude · Post by **AjaxDude** » Sun, 13. Dec 09, 20:57

enenra wrote:
Andaius wrote:any new info available?
Not yet but we're working on some things...

Is that all?!

enenra · Post by **enenra** » Sun, 13. Dec 09, 21:24

We're working on more than a few things. What I was referring to are the things we work on which are to be released as new infos sometime soon.

Thuh Element · Post by **Thuh Element** » Wed, 16. Dec 09, 10:27

Apology for this is my first post and may have an answer. Regarding XTC has there been deliberation on Xenon Start\Campaign. I play an assumably rare Xenon start which the Xenon are unbelievably friendly and aiding in modifications such as Improved Race Mods (Tons of action). However though hard to enjoy due to often docking at xenon station freezing.

Meaning of point, Has the XTC Team considered Xenon Start\Campaign in version 1 or later version(s)?

If not please contemplate this request.
Thank You

"Anticipating your upcoming addition"

Vayde · Post by **Vayde** » Wed, 16. Dec 09, 16:06

Refering to your Sig Thuh

You must know some real crazy Xenon

My Babel fish almost choked converting that

Thuh Element · Post by **Thuh Element** » Wed, 16. Dec 09, 22:26

Well I believe I cheated by using binary converter for my motto

I only know Hex code by heart.

AjaxDude · Post by **AjaxDude** » Thu, 17. Dec 09, 04:12

Crazy sig. Just translated that.

Can the XTM devs post some screens?

Killjaeden · Post by **Killjaeden** » Thu, 17. Dec 09, 13:57

yes of course

Kapakio · Post by **Kapakio** » Thu, 17. Dec 09, 15:31

This thread is just going down...

enenra · Post by **enenra** » Thu, 17. Dec 09, 16:05

vbruzual wrote:This thread is just going down...

True. Let's get back on topic.

@AjaxDude
There will be new screenshots with new announcements.

ubica · Post by **ubica** » Fri, 18. Dec 09, 14:29

Any chance of importing ships from DDTC? Some of them are real nice...

Idea · Post by **Idea** » Fri, 18. Dec 09, 14:39

ubica wrote:Any chance of importing ships from DDTC? Some of them are real nice...

Well if they import one of ours we will have to import one of theirs

ubica · Post by **ubica** » Fri, 18. Dec 09, 14:40

Good thing U can laugh at your own jokes

No pun intended

Idea · Post by **Idea** » Fri, 18. Dec 09, 14:52

ubica wrote:No pun intended

No worries

Actually it would be great if we would exchanged some ships.In that way we would show mutually respect to each other.

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X-Tended - Terran Conflict (XTC) (Update: - Manual available! - 12/10/10)