Northstars X3 Modding for Beginners updated V1.6 released

[Don_Joy]

would you happen to have any of the guides saved?

Honestly I just got so frustrated with the whole thing, I went trial and error in the Galaxy Editor, and recorded what does what in the hopes for making a new guide. The thing is I have absolutely no knowledge about programming or anything of the like. In the end I made my new Argon Prime a very pretty system though . The problem is it's not functional, as I have no clue on how to bring the game to life.

All I ever really wanted was to create a different Universe to play in because I got bored of the old one, and then I ran into this mess

Aw well, but any help or suggestions would be totally welcome.

[killerog]

Nope sorry, that was never part of my moding area. And ive lost everything i did have after countless windows reinstalls, broken hdd ect.

[DIGSIN]

Don_Joy,

I have hunted and hunted through the old XFP files for you, you can find the guide here.

http://www.after-domination.net/phpbb3/ ... f=28&t=463

For your problem with the galaxy map, i will assume that you are trying to start a new game, as you cant use a saved game on an edited galaxy. To get your galaxy to work you will either have to do 2 things.

1 name your map x3_universe, this will allow you to use the story mode, although you will need to be careful that you havent removed something the story needs.

2 write a galaxy init script, this will allow you to play in your galaxy as a custom start, you can find some info in this thread

Have a look at the posts here
http://www.after-domination.net/phpbb3/ ... ?f=70&t=38

I did start to write a galaxy modding guide but had to put it on the back burner due to other commitments, i will one day get back to it.

[Don_Joy]

Thanx mate ,
I've looked into those, and my rar opener crashes every time I try to open the Northstar's guide. Tested the program on other rar.s and it worked fine. Could you open it?

As for the second, that works great. Saved it already
thanx so much.

[Neko-XIII]

Thanx mate ,
I'll looked into those, and my rar opener crashes every time I try to open the Northstar's guide. Tested the program on ther rar.s and it worked fine. Could you open it?

As for the second, that works great. Saved it already
thanx so much.

Yeah the same thing happens with me it says the integrity of the file in the archive is corrupt and i can gain no access to the file ,...

If any one has or could post an opened archive link to this file it would be much appreciated as id really like to start modding and this guide seems like a good place to start learning

[Y-Kilroy]

yes i know this thread is dead but as this is the first google result when loocking for a x3 modding guide i would like to see a working link in this thread...

http://www.fvp-online.de/downloads/modding.pdf
http://netload.in/dateipxSZdPZVow/modding.pdf.htm
http://www.mediafire.com/?o01jg4j5hwld336

[rafezetter]

all links are dead for this..anyone have the info saved somewhere?