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

Trickmov · Post by **Trickmov** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 10:20

@Vega:

This is our hobby - we are not going to have as max publicity as possible. And we are not forced to give any informations to the public at all.
But we agree, that some things could have worked better, especially we wished we would have been able to uphold a continous flow of information - but unfortunatly it wasn't due to various reasons.

The thing with the ModDB-Award would have been something we had taken into consideration, if we had been ready early enough (the nomination phase was from Novembre 1th to 30th)... perhaps next year. Btw... I believe, this year Nehrim will make it

stemardue · Post by **stemardue** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 10:31

Vega, what you say makes sense, and quite a lot of sense, in one case: if we were to promote this mod for commercial reasons. In that case the team would have been organized quite differently, i.e. with a top staff dedicated to PR and promotion, strictly connected to a squad of leather and latex dressed Mistresses who were to lash our poor backs to keep us working. All would have been set in a time table sculpted in stone and the ones who couldn't follow it would have had to be suppressed.
And when finally we had released our product, the senior supreme owner of the truth and team ideas, would have thrown us some bones to gnaw on...

But we are making this totally freely and with no return at all in any form, if not your smiles and words of congratulations... (and our reciprocal in-team back-patting when some particularly annoying development issue is solved).

So... when we go for a paid job, you will know ^^ (go, start putting together that maidens squad! You never know...)

vega · Post by **vega** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 12:15

True true,

i probably saw it too much from a commercial point.

But even without XTC beeing sold, i would guess that if you would have added a "support us"/paypal/flatr button, while doing PR, there would have been enough donations to "sponsor" atleast a rl-meeting/party for the XTC developers.

But enough chatting - get back to work and finish "my" XTC naaaoooo *whip*

EmperorJon · Post by **EmperorJon** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 12:17

Sorry, you want them to party? Instead of making the mod for us!?

The-Last-Communist · Post by **The-Last-Communist** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 13:10

i think they give us a a lot of info , and the more we know the less fun we will have discovering all of there features i hope it will be out befor/during X3-mas

EmperorJon · Post by **EmperorJon** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 13:12

X3Mas!

epion · Post by **epion** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 13:38

I still hope for 06.12.2010 ...

I have to say. Niiiiiiice work. The ships look just great. But why didn't
you show us some stations? We know there will be lots of obstacles
in the new universe, like dragons, better pirates and so on. But my
question is, do the main races like each other or not?

Btt: Great work with the trailer. I watched it more than 10 times lol.

KRM398 · Post by **KRM398** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 13:42

Do the main races like each other? Hmmm, like each other....like each other....hmmm, I guess you didn't read a lot of the older messages on this link,

it was mentioned: 'the mod will be a dark and dangerous place compared to vanilla TC'..that should give you an idea..lol.

epion · Post by **epion** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 13:58

'the mod will be a dark and dangerous place compared to vanilla TC'
i know this, but i thought it was about pirates, dragons, crazy freighter pilots,
black holes or an asteroid 5m near the gate. It doesn't say anything about
the main races. Are they at war with each other or do they have just another
get together baking some cake.

I wanna know

EmperorJon · Post by **EmperorJon** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 13:59

I was about to say, just because the mods is dark and dangerous doesn't mean the main races are at war with eachother.

It could simply mean that without warning a ton of purple triangles could jump on your head.

Aragon Speed · Post by **Aragon Speed** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 14:07

epion wrote:'the mod will be a dark and dangerous place compared to vanilla TC'
i know this, but i thought it was about pirates, dragons, crazy freighter pilots,
black holes or an asteroid 5m near the gate. It doesn't say anything about
the main races. Are they at war with each other or do they have just another
get together baking some cake.

I wanna know

You will have to wait and see for yourself.

epion · Post by **epion** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 14:29

Aragon Speed wrote:You will have to wait and see for yourself.

Now you have done it. I go now in my little corner and start crying ...
Aragon Speed is such a meanie.

veelad · Post by **veelad** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 14:32

This is our hobby - we are not going to have as max publicity as possible

Maybe you should consider to go fo some publicity, you may only view yourselves as "modders", but from what I see here, is alot of hard work done to an exeptionally high and very proffesional standard.

And if what I read about all the mods and changes made, this mod is going to make the game what it should have been when it was first released.

And that is saying something, as I thought the release was a great game, therefore you guys look to make it an outsatnding game.

I look forward to the release.

Nice work, well done

reiks · Post by **reiks** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 14:34

agreed - I know a mod for another game once and it became an OFFICIAL EXPANSION of that game.

On the other hand such publicity and work on the game meant it became official and part of the game itself... the parent company HAD to PUBLISH it that meant it wasnt free anymore xD besides they were given the permission to use the source code so it was necessary as the code wasn't free for public use.

yokozuna · Post by **yokozuna** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 15:09

What about the manual? Why not make it available for dl 2-3 days prior to release so that we can learn a little bit of how to play the mod in advance. I don`t think 2-3 days will have such an impact on the secrecy the mod`s features are shrouded in

Trickmov · Post by **Trickmov** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 15:24

yokozuna wrote:What about the manual? Why not make it available for dl 2-3 days prior to release so that we can learn a little bit of how to play the mod in advance. I don`t think 2-3 days will have such an impact on the secrecy the mod`s features are shrouded in

Hm... a manual release? We will think about it, but if we do so, then certainly not 2-3 days before the release, but sooner than that.

vega · Post by **vega** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 15:58

Trickmov wrote: Hm... a manual release? We will think about it, but if we do so, then certainly not 2-3 days before the release, but sooner than that.

today?! *pretty please*

scnr

yokozuna · Post by **yokozuna** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 16:16

Trickmov wrote: Hm... a manual release? We will think about it, but if we do so, then certainly not 2-3 days before the release, but sooner than that.

That would be great!

Master of the Blade · Post by **Master of the Blade** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 16:16

Xtended TC looks to be a worthy continuation of the original Xtended. I'm not going to pester for an early release or anything, but from the (limited

) info in this thread and the spoiler you guys posted, it looks nothing less than awesome.

Also, original Xtended Galleon for the win! I loved that ship!

KRM398 · Post by **KRM398** » Sat, 4. Dec 10, 16:17

The Mod Team is having a really good time right now. After all those months of fighting, arguing and nitpicking each other, it's getting close to release, and they can sit back and take their well deserved pat on the back and smile. I know how hard these guys worked, and believe me, not everyone could keep up to them. If you think that doing this stuff is all for fun, try doing the same thing over and over again for months and years, for FREE. They get a big thumbs up from me, and I'm sure that the other fans will say the same thing.

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