Update 1.2.01 now available for X³: Reunion

NZ-Wanderer · Post by **NZ-Wanderer** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 20:15

Ohhh many many thanks for this...

Will download it as soon as I haul my tired old bones out of my bed (was up till 3am last night playing X3

Great job guys (and Gals)

Phony · Post by **Phony** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 20:15

Game still crashing when pressing the arrow left key and trying to choose a Save Slot...

Crypton · Post by **Crypton** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 20:20

Nice! thanks all for supplying a patch and fixing some major probs, look forward to 1.3 to see all the other fixes that will be implemented.

kessenchu · Post by **kessenchu** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 20:51

Great work Egosoft!
Just don't expect that we can now wait much much longer for 1.3

antman112 · Post by **antman112** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 20:59

dose this meen i can now do the plot
or do i have to wait for 1.3

rustamk · Post by **rustamk** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 21:14

Well, I think I am more or less satisified now. The patch fixed a key issue with the game - frame rates. I don't know what they did but I now get what I expect from my machine, from low-low-noaa-noaf at 4fps or so to high-high-yesaa-noaf at about 15 fps. Turning off aa makes it as smooth as a river on a summer evening.

I am happy, I will not be able to play the game properly. Although the game had a rocky start, it was fixed quickly. I am looking forward to patch 1.3, but I will be looking forward with Ban Danna, not "clippit" in front of my screen.

So yeah, thanks Egosoft! I mean it. Let's say that 11th of November was the proper release date for this game. This previously-dissatisfied player has changed his mind about whether Freelancer will continue to be his ultimate space sim now and always (well, for a long time).

Rustam

JTressy · Post by **JTressy** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 21:16

Well done and thanks for the hard work in getting this patch out so soon! As soon as my new power supply turns up I'll be playing X3 for the first time (damn you and your out of stockness Scan!)

Eagle · Post by **Eagle** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 21:32

Great work by a great team as usual - you can't fault the effort, that's for sure!

Now to see if it works...

Praefectus classis · Post by **Praefectus classis** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 22:13

Perfect timing for me as well. I had a few save games that crashed earlier this evening. The last one would not reload from a salvage insurance save in Farnhams Legend. It was a pain because I had just captured a pirate with full shields. Since applying the patch, the save now works.

Well done to all involved on the patch.

Wolfkin · Post by **Wolfkin** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 22:14

karoliussen wrote:I'm reading through the readme 1.2.1 and this comes to my attention;

Immediately stop the game, should you experience any of the following symptoms during play:

- dizziness
- altered vision
- eye or muscle twitching
- mental confusion
- loss of awareness of your surroundings
- involuntary movements and/or convulsions

I'll try to follow that in the near future

Uh, are you trying (twitch) to say that ****! ARSE! that's not normal?

Skid · Post by **Skid** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 22:14

Thanks for the 21th b-day present Egosoft

I'll try it out when i get home from my Dads

Silverdawn · Post by **Silverdawn** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 22:25

Ending works great now except for 2 things:

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(1) My own ship I had prior to the last missions (last time I was in my own ship) has 1% hitpoints and 1% shield when I get back into it after finding Earth and compleating the plot (well, what I think is compleating the plot). As I was in an Argon Centaur it cost me 9+ mil to repair. Seems strange that you get back to your old ship like that.

(2) I get attacked by Argon Novas after plot eventhough I am Federation Overwatch with the Argon. Shoting at them make me lose standing. Is this correct behavior by the Argons (no I didn't upset them in anyway I know of prior to them attacking).

Edit: They came from the south jumpgate in Argon Prime. Can they be the ships that attacked me when I ran off after beeing declared renegade?

Is these two things working as intended?

Luminatus · Post by **Luminatus** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 22:31

Ahhhh.....I'm going insane. I have to work the evening shift today. When I left for work, there was no patch. Just got to my desk and guess what. The patch is out! Now I have to wait 7 hours before I get to play.

I'm going to be crazy by the time I get home. Not to mension I'll have a hard time concentrating on work. Oh well. Great job Egosoft. I'll be Looking forward to the end of my shift.

Luminatus

Galaxy613 · Post by **Galaxy613** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 23:07

Silverdawn wrote:Ending works great now except for 2 things:

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(1) My own ship I had prior to the last missions (last time I was in my own ship) has 1% hitpoints and 1% shield when I get back into it after finding Earth and compleating the plot (well, what I think is compleating the plot). As I was in an Argon Centaur it cost me 9+ mil to repair. Seems strange that you get back to your old ship like that.

(2) I get attacked by Argon Novas after plot eventhough I am Federation Overwatch with the Argon. Shoting at them make me lose standing. Is this correct behavior by the Argons (no I didn't upset them in anyway I know of prior to them attacking).

Edit: They came from the south jumpgate in Argon Prime. Can they be the ships that attacked me when I ran off after beeing declared renegade?
Is these two things working as intended?

Just apolgize and leave it at that.

Just comm them and say your sorry..

Righteous · Post by **Righteous** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 23:24

AAAHRG need help.... in the readme of 1.2.01 is said that the savegame compability remains from 1.2 to 1.2.01
BUT
i cant load a single of my savegames anymore
every time i click on one to load it i will send to desktop withing half a second.... i had 3 autosaveslots spread ofer like 2h gaming time as well as 3 normal saveslots same time frame and a day of gametime older backupsave (campaign last mission issue the abbys stated)
i tried em all NONE will work

Seems to be what ppl described as CTD with savegames be4 the patch BUT i never had that problem be4 x3 never crashed a single time b4 i installed 1.2.01

hope for fast reply

joebeard · Post by **joebeard** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 23:32

That's one sweet fix Egosoft! The game runs pretty fine now!

Scoob · Post by **Scoob** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 23:34

Well 1.2.01 appears to be working beautifully for me! Reloaded my latest save (where every blemmin thing appeared to crash it!) and it's running great. Framerate wise, while I haven't measured it using FRAPS yet, certainly seems a lot smoother and it really wasn't that bad for me before hand. Menu navigation is totally lag free, as is the mouse cursor. I'm in Queens Space which was certainly one of the more juddery sectors before hand with that nebula effect going on.

Rather chuffed!

Well done guys, most impressed!

Scoob.

Righteous · Post by **Righteous** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 23:36

seems like those with CTD be4 now have none and those without be4 no have em

some1 has any advice? admin, dev, wise-man, prophet, fortuneteller etc?

WasTeD · Post by **WasTeD** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 23:38

thanks for the patch. what kind of "drastic proformance increase" should i be expecting? if anything i'm now getting less proformance after installing 1.2.01 (3-20 fps on all settings). also disabling the hud now makes hardly any difference and has rendered this game mostly unplayable for me (as i was getting 25-45 fps without the hud).

my GFX card is a GeForce 6600GT, XP3000+ CPU, 1GB RAM, Windows XP Pro.

chr0n1x · Post by **chr0n1x** » Fri, 11. Nov 05, 23:47

Thanks guys, great work again.

When they say drastic they mean a lot, I put everything on high and its beautiful, no lag, SETA 8x.Tthe HUD drop is not noticeable anymore, whether on or off, But argon prime still lags a bit for me, its a bit crazy there, some pirates attacked. Gonna try AA on in the other systems and the planet mission.
Keep up the good work!

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Update 1.2.01 now available for X³: Reunion

Thanks to Egosoft for the patch