X3: Terran Conflict Update 2.6 is here!

stevo_aus · Post by **stevo_aus** » Sat, 1. May 10, 05:31

You've delivered again, Egosoft.

My thanks to all who chipped in for this update & Bonus Pack.

Cheers!

milytar · Post by **milytar** » Sat, 1. May 10, 10:35

So there my thanx for the new plot and must to tell that this was most interesting mission ever(sorry EGO and thanks to Ketraar and others who involved this - and thats mean ego to)!!!
PS!@enenra-seems that egosoft hired you-so congrats for you!!!

Starlight_Corporation · Post by **Starlight_Corporation** » Sat, 1. May 10, 11:00

A big cheer for Egosoft & the folks who helped expanding this game! I have enjoyed the new storyline alot & was happy to see old stuff wasn't forgotten.

Honestly I have no complains towards egosoft as they still care about gamers (and not our wallets).
They created a formidable sandbox game with alot of interesting stuff & goals. You can be a trade mogul, a mercenary fleet commander, a xenofobic Terran or an illegal stuff merchant, something for everyone! Big applaud for that, not easy to make such games. And lets not forget the graphics, while we all say gameplay > graphics, it is great if you got fun gameplay combined with stunning graphics.
Sometimes I tune up the graphics to full, and visit a few places, just to marvel at the beauty of it.

Paranoid66 · Post by **Paranoid66** » Sat, 1. May 10, 12:17

milytar wrote:So there my thanx for the new plot and must to tell that this was most interesting mission ever(sorry EGO and thanks to Ketraar and others who involved this - and thats mean ego to)!!!
PS!@enenra-seems that egosoft hired you-so congrats for you!!!

Have to totally disagree I found the plot patronising, daft and annoying to the point where I just couldn't be bothered the suduko was the final torpedo that sunk my interest.

A big thanks however, for the patch and bonus pack.

Sam L.R. Griffiths · Post by **Sam L.R. Griffiths** » Sat, 1. May 10, 12:24

Zloth wrote:
Egosoft deserves one great round of applause for their work on the X3 series.
Applause hell... they deserve $'s! Probably in the form of pre-ordering their next game. Of course, there is one more... formality that needs to be overcome: Egosoft needs to tell us what that game is. I hope this triviallity will be dispatched at Egosoft's earliest convenience. Like maybe right now.

Maybe the introduction of STEAM achievements is an indication of the possibility of introducing "paid for" expansion packs for X3:TC delivered (exclusivly?) by STEAM perhaps.

amtct · Post by **amtct** » Sat, 1. May 10, 12:30

Roger L.S. Griffiths wrote:Maybe the introduction of STEAM achievements is an indication of the possibility of introducing "paid for" expansion packs for X3:TC delivered (exclusivly?) by STEAM perhaps.

Nope.That will KO the DVD retail users .

Sam L.R. Griffiths · Post by **Sam L.R. Griffiths** » Sat, 1. May 10, 15:01

amtct wrote:
Roger L.S. Griffiths wrote:Maybe the introduction of STEAM achievements is an indication of the possibility of introducing "paid for" expansion packs for X3:TC delivered (exclusivly?) by STEAM perhaps.
Nope.That will KO the DVD retail users .

Errmm... not really since the DVD users (of which I am one) can register their key on STEAM now (which I will not do until there is a good reason to... STEAM achievements are not a good reason IMO).

ThommoHawk · Post by **ThommoHawk** » Sat, 1. May 10, 15:28

Frostnads wrote:Rhadamant wrote
Does the bonus pack (CLS, Dock Ware, etc) flag you for modified, or are you still technically 'vanilla'?
enenra wrote
The whole point about the Bonuspack is that it doesn't cause a modified.
I uninstalled my previous X3TC install and manually deleted all folders, then installed 2.5, upgraded to 2.6, installed the bonus pack solely-no other scripts/mods, and started a new game as Terra Defender. My Pilot Status says *modified* at the bottom. hmmm

Have you read the CLS (MK 1 and MK2) Warning: from readme on new bonus patch? =

Automatic naming

Warning: The Automatic Naming option in this version of the script turns on the ***Modified*** flag. So don't use this function for now. We are hunting down the volunteer testers, who did not voluntee for this detail.

more info here: http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=275925

good idea to have backed up our saved games first before installing it...

danleach · Post by **danleach** » Sat, 1. May 10, 16:14

Awesome, as always

Mystery00 · Post by **Mystery00** » Sat, 1. May 10, 17:27

Great update.

But I have to ask; has anything been done about making outfitting a wing of ships with wares, software and upgrades plausible? Has the "Equip Ships Like" command been fixed?

alt3rn1ty · Post by **alt3rn1ty** » Sun, 2. May 10, 17:09

Does anyone know how the 2.6 patch improves rendering performance?

Just wondering, for those of us using mods like this lot...
http://www.[blocked due to google malware warning]/x3tc/

to enhance performance on lesser machines, is there anything not required/conflicting now.

For instance does the better rendering affect shaders?, and so would using sswamp troopers mod now be needed or actually be detrimental.

More detail required if anyone knows please.

Kong · Post by **Kong** » Sun, 2. May 10, 17:31

many thanks Egosoft! You are the best. It is a rare thing in the 21st that a company makes me a happy and faithful costumer. I own a 20 year old electric jigsaw from Bosch, which is a fine tool, which makes me buy more Bosch tools.
Peace and prosper.

Performance is great now. My Geforce 8800 GTS 512mb was a little too weak.
Aladna Hill was a no go area, even with lowest settings. Now I may add one or two factories to my Armorycomplex. Good work, I am impressed how much traffic my machine can handle and still manages enough fps.

I am looking forward to Egosofts TNBT! Gods of Kobol!

Cheers from Vienna

alt3rn1ty · Post by **alt3rn1ty** » Mon, 3. May 10, 01:13

alt3rn1ty wrote:Does anyone know how the 2.6 patch improves rendering performance?

Just wondering, for those of us using mods like this lot...
http://www.[blocked due to google malware warning]/x3tc/

to enhance performance on lesser machines, is there anything not required/conflicting now.

For instance does the better rendering affect shaders?, and so would using sswamp troopers mod now be needed or actually be detrimental.

More detail required if anyone knows please.

Nobody knows ? - After all the reads this post has had I find that amazing, is all the information anyone publicly has on this limited to 'Improved rendering performance', nothing more?.

Alee Enn · Post by **Alee Enn** » Mon, 3. May 10, 01:38

alt3rn1ty wrote: Nobody knows ? - After all the reads this post has had I find that amazing, is all the information anyone publicly has on this limited to 'Improved rendering performance', nothing more?.

Patience young Padawan !

You gave everyone 8 hours on a Sunday to answer your question.

Try waiting until after Monday or Tuesday when everyone in the Egosoft office has had chance to look at your question.

This might suprise you, but people who work Mon - Fri tend to like having the weekend off
(in my experience).

Alien

alt3rn1ty · Post by **alt3rn1ty** » Mon, 3. May 10, 10:48

What? You mean people have lives outside of X?.. No way, is that the RL thing I here of, sounds a bit matrix to me, dont believe it...

Fair point, I was trying to figure why performance seems to have dropped slightly with this patch - But with a hangover

Going to meditate at the temple of Gunne

Greyhawk1 · Post by **Greyhawk1** » Mon, 3. May 10, 13:36

Just installed 2.6 and X3 no longer runs on my system.. Using Windows 7 64 bit version. It just crashes with an "X3 has stopped running" dialogue box.

Maybe it overwrote a mod or something?

Post by **CBJ** » Mon, 3. May 10, 13:39

When you install a patch, you almost always need to reinstall any mods afterwards, though whether the mods are compatible is another matter. You will need to ask in the Scripts and Modding forum in the thread for the script/mod you are running.

Greyhawk1 · Post by **Greyhawk1** » Mon, 3. May 10, 13:42

I think I'll just reinstall the game and play vanilla. My old game was getting stale anyway.

Nova Scotia · Post by **Nova Scotia** » Mon, 3. May 10, 15:54

Greyhawk1 wrote:I think I'll just reinstall the game and play vanilla. My old game was getting stale anyway.

Thats what I did,I was to rich ,fun was gone.

Now its fun .I fly across the sector for free mosquito missile

Hide behind asteroids to hand fix my ship back together ,Good times

Greyhawk1 · Post by **Greyhawk1** » Mon, 3. May 10, 21:12

Well I wasnt rich but I had fabs in all the wrong places, ships I'd bought on a whim doing nothing and too many station build missions done where the fab is just taking up space.

I still used my Boron Angel more than any other ship and I had that from just a few days in.