Unable to launch Albion Prelude bonus pack under Win10 - resolved (AP not installed)

[White Rat]

Hi guys,

Been a while since I was last here, but I was wondering if anyone could help me experience Albion Prelude again - it's been a while since I last played it but I remember the endless hours I enjoyed previously.

So I have reinstalled X3TC from the original disc and patched this up to version 3.2d. This allowed me to launch the game with no problems - everything's fine so far.

I then ran the X3AP Bonus Pack 5.1.0.0 installer and the installation appeared to go well without any issues. However, when I look in the Egosoft Start Menu the only option regarding AP that appears there is the Uninstaller!

I have searched my hard drives for any other AP executable that there might be but so far nothing. Any advice you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

[Alan Phipps]

Have you downloaded X3AP from Steam or GOG?

The X3AP Bonus Pack is just a few added facilities for the game X3AP and it does not convert X3TC to X3AP.

[White Rat]

Ah right I see, I belive I previoulsy had it on Steam, but for some reason it no longer exists in my Library.

[Alan Phipps]

That would be something to take up with Steam, but just one Steam game disappearing would seem very odd. Also I am unsure why you have recently reloaded X3TC from DVD if you already had it on Steam; you would have needed a Steam version of X3TC in order to get X3AP.

[White Rat]

I previously bought the DVD edition and subsequently added it to my Steam library; that was several years ago and my hard drive has underwent a few formats since then. But thanks for the advice.