Vanilla Savegame Exchange

[Alee Enn]

The idea for this came from Here

BUT my suggestions would be a list of exploits in TC, perhaps a discussion of the various play styles, maybe even a Vanilla save game exchange- Perhaps create a load of Avatars for people to use here?

FOR
You'd be helping out struggling players
You could backup your own saves in case of a PC W.C.S.
You could boast & prove that you did x / y & or Z in a game

AGAINST
It's MINE and I ain't sharing with no-one no how - SO THERE "My Pwecious"
Why can't I charge people to download it ?
It's too much trouble to do it

GUIDELINES FOR SHARING SAVED GAMES

Keep it to Vanilla saves only
You could in theory upload scripted saves
but you would have to list all scripts & mods used in the save.
It would be easier to keep it to Vanilla saves.

Zip the file(s)
This makes the uploading & downloading easier & quicker.
It also allows you to include a read-me.

Keep the file name & description short
This makes things easier for the person downloading,
they don't want to spend ages reading about the save.
If necessary include a read-me.

Upload to a file sharing site
I suggest using FileFront's X3TC section Link
It doesn't have to be FileFront but as they have an X3TC section,
I thought it would be a good place to start.
LV suggests This Site (it also has scripts and stuff to download)

Tell people about it
Or they won't know.
That is what this thread is for.
Include the link when you post about the save.

I will put links to save games here IF THEY POST THE LINK.

UPLOADED SAVE GAMES
All saves are compatible with Terran Conflict (as far as I know !) unless stated otherwise.

-Version 2.5 (IIRC )
-Pimped Hyperion to 223 speed
-All plots finnished except the HUB (I'm working on it)
-Bilionaire
-Large complexes (200= fabs for Crystals ,chips and what's needed for the HUB )

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User : x3tc
Pass : egosoft
Various files including :
TerranDefender - Unmodified, Terran Plot Completed
Anonymous Argon - Unmodified, Universe Explored, Plots Not Started
Anonymous Argon - Unmodified, Universe Explored, Hub Started

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I think this is a Billion credit save - and in Ringo Moon I've a pile of Equipment Docks Double stacked with Capital ships and a Trading Station with most m3, m4 and m5 fighters. It should be useful for test flights as all ships are fully equipped.

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X3 REUNION SAVES
* Played in the english version, compatible to all language versions
* With patch 2.0.02 and bonuspack 3.1.05 (compatible with current patch/bonuspack)
* Custom scripts/mods are not used
* Not done in all saves: building the HQ, collecting tuning kits, collecting containers with free wares, claiming free ships
* The name of the sector Avarice can be chosen in the saves 25-33
* Description of the universe for saves 23-34, especially the complex setup: universe-description.ods

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Humble Merchant
About 23 hours in-game play, I think
Economic rank is Broker
Combat Ranks is Harmless
Argon Ranks is Federation Marshal
Boron is Noble Peer
Split is Distinguished Associate
Paranid is Friend of Priest King
Teladi is Venture Capitalist
No Faction ranks plot started yet,
no Any Plot lot start yet
But lot of "Think" and "Trade" Mission.

5 Normal TS, Two UT, One is ST, One is personal TS, Other TS is damaged by buying cheaper
One Super Freighter, It's personal as well
One TP, it's personal, too
One M3 is a damage, by buy a cheaper one
Two M5, they are explorer and assistant for drop a Navsat,
There is some Adv Navsat in very important sector has a shipyard and some Normal Navsat in sector for trading Sunflower and Oil food for Teladi

I think 24 million credit at least? I'm not sure. but have fun!

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These may not be "Vanilla", but they should work fine with any game modded or not
The max these saves should do is mark your game as modified, no 3rd party scripts are present or called upon.
These 3 scripts are as follows:- Gametime is about 2 minutes in

Game start : Argon Patriot
Start Ship: Buster
2 billion credits in player account
no sectors mapped

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Game start : Argon Patriot
Start Ship: Buster
2 billion credits in player account
all sectors mapped

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Game start : Bankrupt Assassin
Start Ship : Arrow
Start in Unknown Sector
4 billion credits in player HQ's
2x Player HQ's built
1 HQ has every ship blueprint known and a full stock of products to manufacturer a ship
2nd HQ holds one or two lasers/missiles/shields to stock your ships with

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Game start : Bankrupt Assassin
Start Ship: Mamba
Start in Unknown Sector
4 billion credits in player HQ's
2x Player HQ's built
1 HQ has every ship blueprint known and a full stock of products to manufacturer a ship
2nd HQ holds one or two lasers/missiles/shields to stock your ships with
There is also a shipyard in the sector selling every single station that can be built and a mammoth docked at your HQ

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Game start : Bankrupt Assassin
Start Ship: Mamba
Start in Unknown Sector
4 billion credits in player HQ's
2x Player HQ's built
1 HQ has every ship blueprint known and a full stock of products to manufacturer a ship
2nd HQ holds one or two lasers/missiles/shields to stock your ships with
There is also a shipyard in the sector selling every single station that can be built
Last but not least the full 337 ships available have been docked at your HQ under your control.

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TC 2.5 Vanilla

Goner plot completed,
All other plots to be started except HUB which is not complete,
Terran sectors not explored,
Large trading fleet but no Navy to protect it,
Large number of Marines have been trained but most have low fighting skill,
Good race rank with all races (cept Xenon and Khak),
Large complex setups in various sectors but still shortage of silicon and microchips for the hub.

Hope others enjoy the game.

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Game : Vanilla TC; 7 or 8 days in.

Plots: Final Fury started, Treasure Hunt started. Hub started, Terran Plot completed.

Home Sector - What was Avarice.

Started building up infrastructure for hub.

Not many credits (about 25m or so I think).

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Vanilla TC 2.5

Terran plot completed, Treasure Hunt completed.

X-Treme combat rank and a bunch of combat ships.

A healthy bank account, but not much else.

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The Billionaire Goner Start
I have the Bonus Pack installed but didn't use any of those scripts during the making. It may work on pure vanilla, you'll just have to try it. (The Bonus Pack is Vanilla - Alien)

The story line is, your father was a very successful pirate that kept large sums of money in private accounts. Upon his death in that great battle of Gian Star, he entrusted the Goners to keep a couple of ships and he passed on an encrypted bank account number to you.

After 6.5 hours of filing paperwork, your father's will is finally done. Congratulations, you're now a billionaire.

The game was made for people that might not want to have to grind their way up from the bottom. Goner is generally peaceful to all races. You can change that however. Enjoy.

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Lastly, Don't forget that you can submit your saved games to the Superbox

Thank you to anyone who votes.
Any comments anyone ?

[Sovereign01]

Do you mean exchanging save games with other players? Good idea in principle, though some may not want to hand over a save they've worked on for a long time. And if they've built a huge empire, it may take a while getting to know the ins and outs by the player who gets the save.

[Captain CAVEMAN!!!]

Would not work period.

I have worked since day one to amass a fleet of 300 warships and thousands of fighters not to mention wiping out the teladi and decimating the split familys..

honestly no-one wants to just give that away.

rant over

[Alee Enn]

Yes I do mean exchanging save games with other players.
Here's how I see it working (in my head) :
You've been playing in Vanilla and have completed a certain plot or have a certain factory (for example),
You upload it to a file sharing site (I'm thinking FileFront at the moment)
Then someone else who is having trouble with the plot you've completed downloads your savegame
They thank you and enjoy it. You might also download a save or two.

Simple. GTA players already do it.

Good idea in principle, though some may not want to hand over a save they've worked on for a long time

I do see your point, and if that's the case, you don't have to upload it, no-ones forcing you to do it.

Would not work period.

I have worked since day one to amass a fleet of 300 warships and thousands of fighters not to mention wiping out the teladi and decimating the split familys..

honestly no-one wants to just give that away.

rant over

All the credit to you for the hard work,
See my comment above.

And if they've built a huge empire, it may take a while getting to know the ins and outs by the player who gets the save.

It wouldn't take me (or any average game player) 5 minutes to see what's happening.
It would also be nice if the uploader included a read me explaining anything that may need explaining
(this then means a zip file with save & read me).

[Jimyd]

I was considering doing this for people when I get around to buying a new Tower(using a PoS Laptop right now).

The goal would be to setup complexes to fully support Drone(all types)/M7M Missile/M8 Missile/SQUASH/Lasertower/Ammunition(all types)/Terran(Weapons+Missiles) production before doing any single plot line.

This also includes a super complex(Commonwelth) to produce every single item, later for the Hub. This is so you could be completely self-sufficient.

Then do all the Corporation stuff, including being friends with the Yakis and Pirates for their Weapon Production, next.

After that would be to get Max Rank in everything except for Pirate+Yaki(just enough to be friendly, and to stay friends with them(Duke's).

Then do any plots from that point that are available, then start the Aldrin Plot.

Gamestart would be the top one of the list, the default Terran Start.

Yeah I know it would take awhile. But it would be basically the "Cheat" Gamestart, but not modified.

Oh ya, about 50/100/150 LVL 25 UTs as a bonus.

[LeSash]

It wouldn't take me (or any average game player) 5 minutes to see what's happening.

I respectfully disagree. I have several games going. If I switch to a game that I haven't played for a few days or weeks and it is at an advanced and complex stage, it takes me more than 5 minutes to orientate myself and get a grasp on how things work. Especially complex support, fleet status, general inventory (to name a few) can take some time to get an overview of.

But then, even if it takes 1 or 2 hours to find one's way around, it shouldn't really matter to someone who would like to use the envisioned service. I mean, what's a couple of hours to an X-Gamer

[amtct]

Not good idea,because you're going lose your house ,dog,wife and 2300Kcal

Enough with sarcasm

Here's one on mediafire and I'll put my current one when I'll call the damn Orange to fix my internet connection
http://www.mediafire.com/?mnrzqge2jcd

EDIT:hehe 1111 on topic posts

[tatakau]

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[Sam L.R. Griffiths]

Interesting idea...

Not sure how it may affect the uplink statistics though.

It may be an idea for players who upload stuff for bragging rights either password protect the file (so they know who is using it) or to enable the script editor for the uploaded save (to prevent uplink exploitation of their save).

I like the idea of helping out other players through a form of collaborative gaming... (e.g. can you help with this really hard plot mission - more applicable to X2 and X3:R than X3:TC - or can you help me with setting up this complex - applicable to X3:R and X3:TC)... but I am not sure about it's value.

[Gavrushka]

There will, for sure, be one or two who will use the Uplink to get their 3 stars, and I think that would even bother one or two people aswell.

But what would be the idea behind exchanging saves? For some it will be a quick route to fortune and fame, to others a chance to rekindle an interest in the game, or test ships they'd not otherwise have access to.

I have a save uploaded at 4shared.com but unfortunately the site seems to be down and has been for some hours now - I'll try getting the link again later and will repost - Anyone who downloads becomes an instant billionaire and have a drive-in sector filled with equipment docks double stacked with fully armed and equipped captured and bought capital ships (along with every variety of smaller ship as I bought all second hand ships ever offered!!)

I have worked since day one to amass a fleet of 300 warships and thousands of fighters not to mention wiping out the teladi and decimating the split familys..

honestly no-one wants to just give that away.

rant over

I don't understand that? You're not giving it away, you are offering a copy - And I hope you played from day one not worked!

[Advisers]

amtct and tatakau, Thank you for your saved game, it's was great to test out my 3 to 4 week old of computer laptop, it's can run with many own station and ship,

but when those thing "HUB" where link to three gate, there was six jumpgate, I think, it's like deathstar from starwar but only inside, it's little lag, I think, is that's normal? But normal sector is fine and smooth, I think, but large complex do cause major lag, it's unstable to play game when looking at complex, but look other way, it's less lag, but still may be unstable, but thank you for let's me testing computer laptop, I do look at how you run a empire, and learning from a lesson, anyway,

care to see my game? it's humble Mect game, I only play one ingame day, I have 5 TS (three ST and UT, two are personal, one smaller and one is super freighter), 2 M5, one TP, none station owner, just here and there Navstat. What a website for free to upload my saved game?

Edit: I don't mean to cheat, I just rather work on my own, but I used a other people saved game to learn something, or want to know if there easy way to build compex or what if happan when testing something you don't do on normal game.

[Leviathans_Fury]

This could also be a simple possibility of multiplayer, one person uploads a save-game with several scripts, making the game harder at the start, and then several people download it and post regular updates on how they are doing (i.e race relations, factories, money, plexes, fleets/empire ). Then you could have goals the the person who sets up the game sets: who can own a fully self-sufficient weapons plex, who annihilates the paranid first

Does anyone see where I'm going? Everyone might have to have to download several general scripts (or one major script which includes everything).

You could set up games including a simple storyline outlining what had happened, and have 'weekly goals' or something.

Anybody like the idea?

[Orion1632]

I wouldn't mind helping people out, like it they really really wanted a Hyperion and couldn't manage the boarding they could load up a save game and we can all try to get the hyperion for them and then load up the result.

[amtct]

I wouldn't mind helping people out, like it they really really wanted a Hyperion and couldn't manage the boarding they could load up a save game and we can all try to get the hyperion for them and then load up the result.

That's a cool and interesting idea.I imagine a huge amout of saved games[1] will be available after that ,making that person busy clicking links and downloading saved games....what to try ...what to try

[1]these boards have lots of helpfull people .

Or everyone can wait for the super box .

[Advisers]

This could also be a simple possibility of multiplayer, one person uploads a save-game with several scripts, making the game harder at the start, and then several people download it and post regular updates on how they are doing (i.e race relations, factories, money, plexes, fleets/empire ). Then you could have goals the the person who sets up the game sets: who can own a fully self-sufficient weapons plex, who annihilates the paranid first

Does anyone see where I'm going? Everyone might have to have to download several general scripts (or one major script which includes everything).

You could set up games including a simple storyline outlining what had happened, and have 'weekly goals' or something.

Anybody like the idea?

There is a problem, often mission are not a same as any player, it's could be player couldn't find mission that's well pay in few hours while other get it in few second, I think it's kind of silly to race who are first and all that.

[Leviathans_Fury]

Don't worry, I've set up a separate thread, and it doesn't have to be a race, it could be who does it best

[Alee Enn]

@ LeSash
OK maybe a bit more than 5 minutes

I have updated the OP with a guide to uploading saved games.
Any comments on it would be helpful.

[Gswine]

If you really have a save game you think is worth sharing then you could always submit it for consideration for the superbox (check here for rules/requirements)

Anyway the replies here show that many others have already been sharing save files for a while. If your happy for others to 'start' out in the rankings at the same level as you then fine.

I personally check the rankings regularly but any form of comption is illusionary. There is no real way of controlling what others do in a game but I do compare my progress to others at similar level in some of the ranks from time to time and there have been many other threads already about how certain categories just don't mean anything (boarding attempts 1 for 1= 100% ect).

Rather than just swapping saves the community shared games (is it SMP?) sounded more interesting to me. Taking a week to add your own touch and then having the game back a month later with 4 other players’ inflections changing the game seems intriguing...

[Gavrushka]

I think this is a Billion credit save - and in Ringo Moon I've a pile of Equipment Docks Double stacked with Capital ships and a Trading Station with most m3, m4 and m5 fighters. It should be useful for test flights as all ships are fully equipped.

http://www.4shared.com/file/129041282/7c4c0812/X01.html

[jlehtone]

It is technically possible to create a "vanilla save" that is not a result of vanilla gameplay.

"This you can trust", said father to Conan, but even steel breaks ...