[TC] New Home Plot Walkthrough

qka1 · Post by **qka1** » Thu, 15. Jul 10, 17:17

thats help alot spy ty,stuck on the dam chapter 4 4 10hrs nearly make me quit the game

X3Gimp · Post by **X3Gimp** » Mon, 19. Jul 10, 01:37

I had a warm feeling when I rescued cafe.

Its like efaa is gonna babysit cafe for years now.

J. Spartan · Post by **J. Spartan** » Sun, 25. Jul 10, 22:59

Hey guys! Sorry if this was asked/mentioned before, but I have a problem with the first mission. Not the problem with the UfJD that many people reported before, but rather the sheer amount of enemy ships that make completing this mission pretty much impossible for me. Here's the deal:
I do what the log tells me to: get a TM (Otas TM), load up a fighter (M3+ Experimental Shuttle), use the UfJD until I get to FR. Up to this point, everything is just fine. But then, I get this:
http://i30.tinypic.com/20a2lc7.png

And that's not all! Enemy ships just keep jumping in... by the time I died there were around 10 more around me. Is this kind of thing normal or I missed something important? How the heck am I supposed to take all this out with a single M3 (I haven't even flew one of these in ages either, I'm mostly fighting in an M6 nowdays) WHILE protecting a TM?

Throwing this amount of enemies at me and forbidding me to use anything bigger than an M3 just seems unfair to tell the truth.

PS: As you can see I have a med-high size complex in the sector. Framerate is just great I tell ya!

EDIT: And while I'm here, another quick question: Is the CPU ship in this one boardable? I'm itching to get the #deca, but I already completed the terran plot by the time the boarding method was discovered.

El General · Post by **El General** » Sun, 25. Jul 10, 23:57

You're not supposed to kill all the fighters. Kill some of the fighters that attack the station, and then you'll have to dock to the station and evacuate people.

J. Spartan · Post by **J. Spartan** » Mon, 26. Jul 10, 00:03

El General wrote:You're not supposed to kill all the fighters. Kill some of the fighters that attack the station, and then you'll have to dock to the station and evacuate people.

Um, I did kill around 4 of them, but in that time 10 more jumped in. And then I got wiped out. I got no message during this time, but even if I did I couldn't have docked with the station, as the ever-growing cloud of fighters would have just insta-pwnd my transport. I think the problem is that the huge cloud of fighters around the CPU ship decides to migrate to the teladi station for some reason to make my life miserable. And maybe since the mission thinks that I'm trying to take out the CPU ship, it proceeds to spawn an army to stop me (just guessing here). Ships are literally popping out of thin air! 4 new ones spawn while I kill 1, FPS is floating around 1-2.

EDIT: One other important thing, as I forgot to clarify this: the fighters defending the CPU ship come for me, not the other way around! I don't pick a fight with them, by the time I arrive at the station in my experimental shuttle (a speed of 321 shouldn't be slow at all), all the little buggers are already swarming around the trade station.

pr0nflakes · Post by **pr0nflakes** » Mon, 26. Jul 10, 04:13

I just finnished this mission tonight and what a nightmare it was.
I have a huge complex in FR and get about 12fps also lost about 4 couriers and a bunch of UT's buying Ecell's there to the AI ship parked at the gate.
I had to sit back from the trading station and fire SW missiles at the fighters due to framerate issues,I finnally got the 4 i needed and set Auto pilot to dock in a magnetar.
Fortunatly i made it without losing too much shielding in what was a complete slide show.
I didnt apreciate the freaking Sudoku puzzle either.

J. Spartan · Post by **J. Spartan** » Mon, 26. Jul 10, 09:55

Grats!

I think I found the possible source of my own problems:
OOS:
http://i31.tinypic.com/2r22nm1.jpg

IS:
http://i30.tinypic.com/20a2lc7.png

Seems to me that my complex is causing collision problems with the #cafe IS, so X3's collision detection just repositions it next to the trading station as I enter the sector. Notice the position change of the CPU ship on the 2 pictures above. Seems like my station placement skills (or lack therof...) just broke this plot for me

Maybe I'll try a missile swarm from the distance as well or something.

EDIT: Fortunately collision correction is totally random, so I tried entering the sector with a Tyr to see if I can get it to move the #cafe somewhere else. After a sequence of save/loading it threw the CPU sip on top of the north gate. After that, the rest was easy

Now to Queen's Retribution!

Spychotic · Post by **Spychotic** » Mon, 26. Jul 10, 23:54

Couple of questions, as I don't have a relevant save to find out myself;

1) As of 2.71, do multiple MadHawks still spawn if the mission is rejected?

2) A lot of people seem to be struggling with the concept of UFJD'ing into Freedom's Reach. Is the walkthrough clear?

Spike

Zaixionito · Post by **Zaixionito** » Wed, 28. Jul 10, 19:06

Spychotic wrote:Couple of questions, as I don't have a relevant save to find out myself;

1) As of 2.71, do multiple MadHawks still spawn if the mission is rejected?

2) A lot of people seem to be struggling with the concept of UFJD'ing into Freedom's Reach. Is the walkthrough clear?

Spike

Dunno 'bout 1).

2: Yes, it is clear. Spam UFJD, and eventually you will get there.

StarTroll · Post by **StarTroll** » Wed, 28. Jul 10, 19:10

UFJD between 3 and 6 jumps max.

VanKlant · Post by **VanKlant** » Thu, 29. Jul 10, 22:24

Next there's a Sudoku puzzle to solve... or get a sudoku solver to do for you! Inputting the data takes bloody ages, take your time and make sure that you get it right! If you don't have a window, make sure that you're in comms range and then comm the #cafe. If that doesn't work, fly away from it and approach again.

How long does it take before the Sudoku comes up? I solved the 4digit code, am waiting 18km from the #cafe and even if I turn on SETA for some time nothing happends. If I get closer a swarm of toasters appears and blasts me to shreads.

Any ideas what Im doing wrong?

Centurion2010dk · Post by **Centurion2010dk** » Sat, 31. Jul 10, 12:09

#cafe code don't work

USCWintersalpha_omegaUSCMarteen_earth_plus.omega

[SOLAR]INFERNO · Post by **[SOLAR]INFERNO** » Sun, 8. Aug 10, 17:20

I don't know what to type in the base code is .mfcode#1(USCWintersalpha_mega) from the first message I don't know whether this is even the right one can somebody please tell me what I have to WRITE not what I have to do please I can't work it out

Venutian · Post by **Venutian** » Sun, 8. Aug 10, 17:22

Make sure you type Marteen correctly. The game engine has problem recognizing same keystroke being pressed twice in succession. You may have just typed Marten.

StarTroll · Post by **StarTroll** » Sun, 8. Aug 10, 17:45

[SOLAR]INFERNO wrote:I don't know what to type in the base code is .mfcode#1(USCWintersalpha_mega) from the first message I don't know whether this is even the right one can somebody please tell me what I have to WRITE not what I have to do please I can't work it out

If you take the time to actually look at the first page (obviously the wlakthrough itself), you'l know taht you should type this :

Spoiler

Show

USCWintersalpha_omegaUSCMarteen_earth_plus.omega

Edit : guess I'll hide the answer to make sure you search for it

[SOLAR]INFERNO · Post by **[SOLAR]INFERNO** » Sun, 8. Aug 10, 18:35

For some reason it shows every letter as being lower case is this meant to happen and I did read what it was before StarTroll,I found what it was no one told me you have to hold shift to enter capitals, caps lock doesn't work so this is useful to anyone that didn't know and has had this same problem hold shift caps lock doesn't work.Thanks for the great FAQ I would never have got through this one without it.

Venutian · Post by **Venutian** » Sun, 8. Aug 10, 19:11

You gotta be kidding me. And I bet you were also trying to type _ using Caps lock.

StarTroll · Post by **StarTroll** » Sun, 8. Aug 10, 22:55

While it is not something that comes to mind to many PC users (just a few most likely), it is true that some people always use CAPS_LOCK to go from capitals to lower case, and it one hell of a tedious way to write some text. It never came to me that some people using PCs on a regular basis would still use this archaic way

I guess now we know that the way is still alive.

vikingkid3 · Post by **vikingkid3** » Wed, 11. Aug 10, 10:50

I need some help with this. I am stuck on the first part of the mission. I cannot save the civilians from the teladi station. I UFJD into freedom's reach, fly to the station, by the time I get there there are about 12 or more ships on my radar flying around the station. I launch my fighter, an LX, and start killing ships. Then I start killing more ships, and more ships, and more ships. The next part of the missions never triggers. It doesn't matter how many ships I destroy or how long I am fighting, I always die before anything happens. I got fed up enough that I turned on god mode from cycrow's cheat package. I probably killed about 100 ships before there were so damn many around me that they killed me WITH god mode enabled! how the F*** am I supposed to do this? Any ideas to fix the game?

[SOLAR]INFERNO · Post by **[SOLAR]INFERNO** » Fri, 13. Aug 10, 17:12

Why on earth would I think that you have to press caps lock for _ it's called caps lock not upper character lock.And I don't see why Egosoft made it like that most games recognize the caps lock being on.

egosoft.com

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