Upcoming X3: Terran Conflict 2.5 Update Information

edammer · Post by **edammer** » Thu, 10. Sep 09, 15:41

Technojerk36 wrote:
Xenon_Slayer wrote: Disabled use of more than 2GB RAM again due to bugs
Wait, my game lags slightly in Home of Light (Like a gajillion civillian vessals all over the place) and that's with 6GB RAM. I'm guessing my game would like drop to 5fps if I was forced to use only 2GB of RAM.

How much of that 6GB is X3 really using?

Post by **Xenon_Slayer** » Thu, 10. Sep 09, 15:54

Technojerk36 wrote:
Xenon_Slayer wrote: Disabled use of more than 2GB RAM again due to bugs
Wait, my game lags slightly in Home of Light (Like a gajillion civillian vessals all over the place) and that's with 6GB RAM. I'm guessing my game would like drop to 5fps if I was forced to use only 2GB of RAM.

You will still be able to set it manually using an external program. I can't remember the name but it was linked in the Tech forum somewhere. It is true that some people actually enjoyed some performance increase with no side effects on their system, but many had problems such as ~1 FPS when looking at some objects. This is what this change will fix.

Technojerk36 · Post by **Technojerk36** » Thu, 10. Sep 09, 17:38

edammer wrote:How much of that 6GB is X3 really using?

I'm not sure, but most of it I'm guessing as the loading times between sectors and all is hardly noticible.

Xenon_Slayer wrote:You will still be able to set it manually using an external program. I can't remember the name but it was linked in the Tech forum somewhere. It is true that some people actually enjoyed some performance increase with no side effects on their system, but many had problems such as ~1 FPS when looking at some objects. This is what this change will fix.

Ah. Thanks. I'm going to go search for that and bookmark it. It won't result in a modified game will it?

Post by **Xenon_Slayer** » Thu, 10. Sep 09, 17:48

Technojerk36 wrote:Ah. Thanks. I'm going to go search for that and bookmark it. It won't result in a modified game will it?

Nope

Poobah · Post by **Poobah** » Thu, 10. Sep 09, 17:58

If you're having problems with that system then you should probably post some kind of tech support thread. My PC isn't that good and only has issues running on max settings with big in-sector combat.

empiro · Post by **empiro** » Thu, 10. Sep 09, 20:38

Xenon_Slayer wrote:
empiro wrote:
Xenon_Slayer wrote: [*]Fixed mission memory leak which lead to slow savegames
The game saves faster? The game doesn't start running super slowly after a couple of game days? I hope it fixes the latter!
Your Frames Per Second will be higher. The slowdown got progressively worse the longer you played the game, so people with relatively short game ages will probably see no difference. On the other end of the scale, the savegame which I was testing went from 5 FPS to 40 FPS!

!!! This is super good news. I can't wait.

On the other hand, does anyone know how will the 2GB ram limit manifest itself? e.g. Slower loading times, or reduced FPS in certain situations? I'll probably experiment with the settings, but it'd be good to know what to expect.

CaptG · Post by **CaptG** » Thu, 10. Sep 09, 22:24

What is the purpose for renaming Mercenary Training Facilities?

BeidAmmikon · Post by **BeidAmmikon** » Thu, 10. Sep 09, 22:50

Enabled mods to add news articles to the encyclopedia

Enabled mods for the developers, to create a news system accessible via the Encyclopaedia? If not, then will we, the players, conceive our own news with those mods?

Care to explain the feature, please? Thank you.

Post by **Cycrow** » Thu, 10. Sep 09, 23:16

it means scripts can add articles into the encyclopedia under serveral new news categories

Post by **Xenon_Slayer** » Thu, 10. Sep 09, 23:35

CaptG wrote:What is the purpose for renaming Mercenary Training Facilities?

Well, it was only 'Mercenary'. You had stations called 'Mercenary M Alpha'. Now they will be 'Rehabilitation Facility M Alpha' as they should have been from the start

AjaxDude · Post by **AjaxDude** » Fri, 11. Sep 09, 04:00

Xenon_Slayer wrote:
CaptG wrote:What is the purpose for renaming Mercenary Training Facilities?
Well, it was only 'Mercenary'. You had stations called 'Mercenary M Alpha'. Now they will be 'Rehabilitation Facility M Alpha' as they should have been from the start

That makes no sense. Why would you call a mercenary station a rehabilitation facility?!

clevider · Post by **clevider** » Fri, 11. Sep 09, 04:52

AjaxDude wrote:
Xenon_Slayer wrote:
CaptG wrote:What is the purpose for renaming Mercenary Training Facilities?
Well, it was only 'Mercenary'. You had stations called 'Mercenary M Alpha'. Now they will be 'Rehabilitation Facility M Alpha' as they should have been from the start
That makes no sense. Why would you call a mercenary station a rehabilitation facility?!

Page 50 of the manual states, "You can also make marines out of slaves but they will have to spend some time at a Rehabilitation Facility before you can send them to boot camp." I think this is the rationale behind the name change. I always thought of the "Training" Centers as facilities based on movies like Universal Soldier so I'm happy with the name change.

Despite what the manual implies, we can't sell the slaves to them directly but we can sell to Pirate stations. Since the OP doesn't mention a change to this part, I'll continue to imagine that the pirates sort the slaves and sell them to Rehab or Pleasure Centers according to where each will perform best.

BoomerM6 · Post by **BoomerM6** » Fri, 11. Sep 09, 07:52

SOLVED*
*see end of the message

Xenon_Slayer wrote:There is no solid release date yet but the update has entered the Release Candidate phase. If anyone wants to take part in the final stages of testing, sign up for DevNet access in your ForumProfile.

Owen
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Hello

I am interested into testing the next update but i don't understand...

Like you suggest, i registered on DevNet in my profile and gain "User-Level: 3" under my nickname, just under the Log Out option on the site.
After going on the main page, Community link "Developer Network", i am unable to find anything related to the next game update. The News are old, talking about X2. The Developer forum link on that page sent me on a forum where i can't see anything related to testing or downloading this RC version of the next patch to test about Terran Conflict 2.5

Can you explain to me where is located this download to test or if i am doing anything wrong ?

Thank you

- - - SOLVED - - -
Thank you mrbadger. Your answer helped me to find what i was looking for.
Answer -> http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... 96#3032396

mrbadger · Post by **mrbadger** » Fri, 11. Sep 09, 08:05

BoomerM6 wrote:
Can you explain to me where is located this download to test or if i am doing anything wrong ?

THis is the forum you're looking for:

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewforum.php?f=99

mad_axeman · Post by **mad_axeman** » Fri, 11. Sep 09, 13:15

mad_axeman wrote:Is there a fix to the scan asteroid missions failing as soon as you scan the last asteroid?

I don't see it in the list of fixes and no-ones answered yet

Post by **Xenon_Slayer** » Fri, 11. Sep 09, 13:23

I've actually started a game with the 2.5 Release Candidate and successfully completed several Asteroid Scan missions. I may have fixed it a while ago and just can't remember

MegaJohnny · Post by **MegaJohnny** » Fri, 11. Sep 09, 13:41

I'm running 2.1 and I've been doing asteroid scan missions fine.

mad_axeman · Post by **mad_axeman** » Fri, 11. Sep 09, 14:11

Thanks for the reply Xenon_Slayer.

MegaJohnny wrote:I'm running 2.1 and I've been doing asteroid scan missions fine.

Unfortunately, it didn't happen to everyone. If you search the forums (tech support and the beta forum), you will find reports of the scan asteroid missions failing when you scan the last asteroid.

Idleking · Post by **Idleking** » Fri, 11. Sep 09, 14:50

Will we be able tu buy the Orbital Weapons Platforms for Sector/Gate/Station defence purposes?

Lasertowers are fine I think, but the OWPs pack quite a punch which sometimes can be quite useful...

Post by **Cycrow** » Fri, 11. Sep 09, 15:15

AjaxDude wrote:
Xenon_Slayer wrote:
CaptG wrote:What is the purpose for renaming Mercenary Training Facilities?
Well, it was only 'Mercenary'. You had stations called 'Mercenary M Alpha'. Now they will be 'Rehabilitation Facility M Alpha' as they should have been from the start
That makes no sense. Why would you call a mercenary station a rehabilitation facility?!

it was called mercenary because mercenarys were the product of the stations.

these basically turn slaves into mercenarys which can be used as marines for boarding

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Orbital Weapons Platforms?