X3: Albion Prelude Update 2.5.1 is available!

[Ravna]

We are pleased to announce that X3: Albion Prelude 2.5 is now available!

I'm not so pleased to announce that Steam has stopped working since Wine 1.5.1.
Can't you just add the updates to the download page ?
It'd save us *nixers a lot of fuzz.

[X2-Illuminatus]

Aldran Adventurer start has been added or is it only available via reg edit?

It's currently only available via edit of the registry gamestarts entry.

Why no E-jump fixes?

As the small version number increase (2.5 -> 2.5.1) indicates, the update 2.5.1 was only a hotfix. Time and development scale of a hotfix are always very small and so the focus of the hotfix lay on the bugs that made the hotfix necessary in the first place (in this case plot stopping bugs).

once I updated bonus package and the 2.5.1 the factory building services spams my msgs. and renders it useless

Had that happen to me once today.

The game just went to "not responding".

Both of you please post more precise pieces of information (what kind of and how many stations you ordered to build in which sector, what do the messages say, do you have any additional scripts/mods installed?) in the BP-topic of the Hephaistos Corp. I'm actually not aware of any changes in the latest patches that would cause such a behaviour.

[swatti]

Ok, two more questions:

One: Will there be more "larger" patches?

Two: Will the E-jump ever get fixed?

Considoring the "end-game" i dare say for most will involve multible capital-ships and as the E-jump is broken, i find it quite impossible to operate capital-ships in large(over 3-4) numbers and thus find this quite "game-breaking"

An answer to these questions will determine if i should keep playing or just un-install.
As mentioned, fighter AI most likely wont improve, so thats pretty much it for carrier-ops, but for the love of something atleast fix the E-jump so we can use the rest of our cap-ships!

Like the bald fat one said "how hard can it be..."

[Advent1s]

Why is there a private beta option in Steam?

What is going on there? (beyond the obvious )

[X2-Illuminatus]

As announced some weeks ago, there was a public beta test of the 2.5 update.

@swatti
Sorry, but I don't know the answer to either of your questions.

[ajax34i]

What is "e-jump?" They probably don't even know what it is, much less that they have to "fix it!"

<Emergency jump - discussed on previous page here. Alan Phipps>

[spur390]

Anyone else notice that the first pirate base that is used in operation loose ends is plot invincible even after it is no longer used by the plot?

argon ships have been hammering away at the station forever and it never dies. I ended up killing it with cycrow's cheat script. I hope it doesnt break anything....

[Solomon Short]

Permanently plot immune Pirate Stations is just a thing, there's at least one in TC too (unless it's been fixed in one of the patches since I last played TC).

[spur390]

ah good. Now I can rest easy that I probably didnt break anythign down the line.

[ConCorDian]

actually with it existing where it is it could be slightly gamebreaking as most military ships will attempt to destroy it. this draws them away and therefore not do what they should be doing.

[AlseneWang]

I bought X games with physical media, I am wondering is there any plan to release the v2.5.1 update for non-stream user?

[Alan Phipps]

No, X3AP updates are via Steam only. (Other posts veering into Steam debate moved to correct thread in X-Rebirth forum.)

[jccpsc]

Hi

I found a bug and I don't realy know if is from the update to 2.5.1.

When I did my First UFD jump after the update, all went well untill I dicide to return, the jump count starts, but nothing appens after, and I stay lost forever in the UFJD sector.
I started the UFJD in Saturn wich don't have Gates or Jump Beacon, was that the reason why I could'nt return?
Because i did some Other UFJD form other locations with jump Gates and all went wel.

Was something I did worong?

I'm using My and Killerrog Battlestar Galactica Mod And before this update The UFJD was working fine.

Thanks in addvance

JCC

[Echofinder]

Did you jump near a station or something? If the game has trouble placing you in the same place you were before it won't move you at all.

[Nanook]

That's not how it works. Your return position is always slightly different than where you originated, and the game will automatically move you away from any collision boxes. There's no reason he shouldn't be able to return, unless he's out of energy cells or his jumpdrive is missing.

@jccpsc,
The first step is to have Steam verify your gamefiles. If that doesn't fix it, and you've got one or more mods or scripts installed, you'll need to verify the problem in a vanilla game. If that doesn't resolve the issue, you'll need to start a thread in the Tech Support forum, or have this thread moved over.

[X2-Illuminatus]

I started the UFJD in Saturn wich don't have Gates or Jump Beacon, was that the reason why I could'nt return?

Yes, that's the reason.

[Raider480]

That's a very serious bug! Hard to believe it didn't come up in 2.5.1RC/any TC testing.

[X2-Illuminatus]

This bug doesn't exist in TC, it's AP exclusive. And as said before, the scale of a hotfix is always pretty small. The focus of the 2.5.1 hotfix lay on the bugs that made the hotfix necessary in the first place (in this case plot stopping bugs).

[Snickly]

Steam doesn't update automatically to AP 2.5.1 although it shows me that I own X3TC and AP. how do I get it to update ? please Help.
Thank you

[X2-Illuminatus]

Have you made sure that in the Game's properties (right click on the game in your library and select "Properties") in the updates tab the option "Always keep this game updated" is selected? You might have to exit and restart the Steam client in Online mode, so the updated will be downloaded.