Community Extended Mod Pack {EMP} v1.4 & 2.01

[Buck_Rogers]

Hope the Mods dont mind me posting in this , but I think I have an EMP related problem.

OK I have installed a script via the PM which causes a readtext error. Upon checking the EMP thread I understand it is probably caused by it. I also noticed that the manual way to install the EMP was via the false patch method. (rename to highest .dat & .cat)

My query is:

I have since installed an alternative HUD via the false patch method. So wondered if this is why the readtext error was appearing? As the EMP was no longer the highest .dat/.cat. Do I need to reinstall the EMP again? In order to have that using the highest .cat/.dat files? Would I just install it again via the PM? or would I have to do it manaually?

Any help appreciated!

Thank you

[dtrowle]

Hi folks,

All 3 of the links for the EMP 2.01 spk seem to be broken . Is there still somewhere to get this file?

Thanks.

[FalconGrey]

Hi dtrowle,

Just downloaded the spk file with no problems. Make sure if you download the .spk version your right click and choose "save as". Once it's on your computer, make sure your browser didn't save the file with a .HTML extension or .HTM extension. If it did, rename the file by taking of the extention and adding .spk in its place.

If you can't see the extension and have Windows XP or Windows Vista, click on "tools" goto "Folder Options" then goto "view" tab then find "Hide extensions for known file types" and remove the checkmark in front of it.

Grey

[dtrowle]

FalconGrey,

Thanks. Yeah, after my last post and some more tinkering with the links I realized that their was a pattern in the gibberish that showed up when trying to download the spk . Then I realized I needed to save as and manually change the extension.

It's always the simple things in life that seem most complicated in retrospect.

[Meltdown]

When trying to install EMP to a 2.5 patched game, I get a window saying it's meant for X2 and Bala Gi 2.02 and might not work.

Do I install it anyway? If not, is there an updated version for 2.5?

Thanks.

[dtrowle]

Hi Meltdown,

It works for me and I have 2.5. I am only using the Salvage Claim Software though so I don't know if anything else affects it.

[superbun]

dose anyone know if the x-fleet ships ( http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... sc&start=0 ) use this mod because I get a read text error with them?

[tedbrass]

How do you install EMP. This is all new to me and I would like to learn. I have installed X plugin Manager but can't get the scripts. When I download EMP I don't know what to do with it.

[defender01]

The Extended MOD largely makes starting the game infuriatingly harder as in getting the Mamba Raider. If you had all it takes to get it, you wouldn't need the Mamba Raider in the first place. This is a real game stopper. Since the X Universe is Cruel enough, making this harder is not making it better - no matter how much is added to the game in my humble opinion. Forgetting the first rule of all game creation "playability", this mod severely falls short. I'm about ready to chuck it in favor of the original. (defender@insightbb.com).

[Cycrow]

The Extended MOD largely makes starting the game infuriatingly harder as in getting the Mamba Raider. If you had all it takes to get it, you wouldn't need the Mamba Raider in the first place. This is a real game stopper. Since the X Universe is Cruel enough, making this harder is not making it better - no matter how much is added to the game in my humble opinion. Forgetting the first rule of all game creation "playability", this mod severely falls short. I'm about ready to chuck it in favor of the original. (defender@insightbb.com).

i think u've posted in the wrong place.

this mod does not change the difficutly in any way

[quinmalkiq]

Hello,
Issue sorted.
Younger brother was installing a Cheat Script for his game.
That was causing the Universe map to reveal itself. Script now
deleted and issues in question have been resolved.
Thank you for your time

[Trifler]

Hmm the download links in the first post are all dead.

[04ihegba]

Download 2 works for me, but yes, the rest are all dead!

[LV]

Cycrow's hosts do go on and off, normally as we've all whored his bandwidth which is why there are mirrors as my site has very little downtime due to very little downloads

[ophion]

hey guys i have a problem understanding the installation of the emp
do i use the spk or not
very confusing
there is a spk file but the install instruction tells onley about .dat .cat
please help thank u

[DevilDog_016]

Installed it, everything works fine ... but I get alot of ReadText items in the in-game script editor. How do I fix it I have the US version of the game, and I dl'd EMP off the 2nd link, the others ere dead.

[LV]

you don't, those readtexts are the new wares emp adds

[DevilDog_016]

oh, ok then I was abit unnerved about them because I read somewhere here on the forums that those readtexts mean something's incompatible.

[Cith]

I get a crash with 2.01 during the first patrol mission in the story line, when hostiles appear in the sector. I have been able to reproduce this on another install running on a separate machine aswell. Is anyone able to confirm that?

Running X3:Reunion 2.5

Edit: I installed a manual package that I renamed to 13, and later installed the spk. This seems to be the source of the problem as I deleted the manually installed files and reinstalled the spk, and there are no crashes so far.

Second edit: That didn't fix the problem after all. I get crashes later in the game. Similar to the first one, when enemies appear. There are other random crashes as well. Disabling EMP solves the problem.

[thunderai]

I have the plugin manager, and I downloaded the spk version of the file for 2.01 + bali gi.

When I install the mod the plugin manager tells me it may not work, and in the custom ware tab all i get is a number 10 and no listed wares.

I have X3:R 2.5. anyone know whatys causing the problem?