X-Tended - Terran Conflict (XTC) (Update: - Manual available! - 12/10/10)

Aragon Speed · Post by **Aragon Speed** » Wed, 7. Oct 09, 21:23

WN05 wrote:OK , you could tell me this.
Do you implement the solar system or not?

not

surferx · Post by **surferx** » Wed, 7. Oct 09, 21:30

X2-Eliah wrote:Hmm.. I doubt that a simple AL plugin turning from yes to no would be difficult, but.. Yeah, instructions for installation & setup of the mod are in the pipeline and will be available in the manual.

Yeah. It sounded worse than just having to click no in AL settings. My bad.

Gavrushka · Post by **Gavrushka** » Fri, 9. Oct 09, 11:02

I'm a man of simple tastes, and I realise that you can't answer this one definitively, although I am sure you've discussed it frequently...

... Can we have Sayo Kho in a vacuum packed leather spacesuit dancing rythmically on an asteroid (with a hole in it) singing 'Gavrushka you're da man...' to some ABBAesque melody. - It works for me...

....No but seriously, can we?

X2-Eliah · Post by **X2-Eliah** » Fri, 9. Oct 09, 11:55

Can we - sure, with appropriate resource management and some clipping of unnecessary thing like economy balancing it is possible - it only takes a new model with animated surfaces and an edited soundfile.

However, will we - that is a different question with an answer you will probably guess yourself.

Just saying that technically it is possible.

BlackCoffee · Post by **BlackCoffee** » Fri, 9. Oct 09, 14:07

I am really looking forward to this and i hope the XTM team go crazy and put in all sorts of wierd stuff. The first XTM gave the x-verse substance and flavour, it took it away from the whole 'flight sim' feel and gave it some soul.

Aragon Speed · Post by **Aragon Speed** » Sun, 11. Oct 09, 13:10

We're working on it. ^^

EmperorJon · Post by **EmperorJon** » Mon, 12. Oct 09, 09:21

Only ever played TC, so never had an experience of what Extended did to change Reunion, but this looks epic, one more thing to look forward to next year, along with GCSEs...

BlackCoffee · Post by **BlackCoffee** » Mon, 12. Oct 09, 13:35

I'm looking forward to exploring again. Flying into sectors that i have no idea whats ahead. yes, and space dragons.

Gavrushka · Post by **Gavrushka** » Mon, 12. Oct 09, 13:48

I think that's the biggy for me aswell - Since x2 (what 7 years?) I've been exploring exactly the same Universe - Yes each evolution of X being an expansion, but essentially all the same...

... The prospect of flying through a gate to some unknown is going to be quite some event for me.

Oh and apparently the release date is the umpteenth of Jolember.

TTD · Post by **TTD** » Mon, 12. Oct 09, 19:02

I enjoyed the mods for X3R,still have them as separate "user accounts".

I also had some scripts in X2.

Looking forward to Mod updates for TC now.This one looks good.

AjRyder · Post by **AjRyder** » Tue, 13. Oct 09, 00:48

Can I ask a serious question now.

Well it be a new universe or will it be a bolt on!!!! I.E. Can you jump to it from the original universe just through a star gate!!!

done that on purpose or will you have to have a jump drive and jump into a sort of island or the new universe like we had to do with Aldrin, before we had the latest mod from egosoft?

If the latter I think that would be better as its a new frontier to X rather then running into a new gate on the exsisting universe, having said that, if the mod was good enough, and you chaps have written some fantastic ones for X. Will egosoft, like that have other mods in the past, post it on this site and have it as an official download?

OK MY serious question turned into a few thousand I know sorry for that. Im sure more fans out there would like these answered.

shilhi · Post by **shilhi** » Tue, 13. Oct 09, 02:52

AjRyder wrote:
Well it be a new universe or will it be a bolt on!!!! I.E. Can you jump to it from the original universe just through a star gate!!!

It will most likely be mixed in with the current sectors, or an all new universe.
Too many sectors could cause computers to lag and eventually burst into flames.

X2-Eliah · Post by **X2-Eliah** » Tue, 13. Oct 09, 06:06

The old universe is thrown out the window, trampled, beaten with a stick and tied on the nearest railway.

Since there was no way to keep the old universe without slowing the game down to an average of 5 FPS (estimate) and no way to force the game to use two different maps in a save, it is not in the XTC at all.

So its an entirely new universe (meaning there are no Commonwealth sectors left).

BlackCoffee · Post by **BlackCoffee** » Tue, 13. Oct 09, 07:21

X2-Eliah wrote:The old universe is thrown out the window, trampled, beaten with a stick and tied on the nearest railway.

I would like to sink one final boot in before the 3:15 comes along.

Aragon Speed · Post by **Aragon Speed** » Tue, 13. Oct 09, 12:53

BlackCoffee wrote:
X2-Eliah wrote:The old universe is thrown out the window, trampled, beaten with a stick and tied on the nearest railway.
I would like to sink one final boot in before the 3:15 comes along.

Be my guest, I'll even hold it still for you. ^^

AjRyder · Post by **AjRyder** » Tue, 13. Oct 09, 20:10

X2-Eliah wrote:The old universe is thrown out the window, trampled, beaten with a stick and tied on the nearest railway.

Since there was no way to keep the old universe without slowing the game down to an average of 5 FPS (estimate) and no way to force the game to use two different maps in a save, it is not in the XTC at all.

So its an entirely new universe (meaning there are no Commonwealth sectors left).

Would be interesting to see this said map!!!

Killjaeden · Post by **Killjaeden** » Tue, 13. Oct 09, 20:13

yes i wanna see the map!!!
wait wait wait
no i don't want to see the map...^^ i would spoil the 'exploring' fun

AjRyder · Post by **AjRyder** » Tue, 13. Oct 09, 22:23

Killjaeden wrote:yes i wanna see the map!!!
wait wait wait
no i don't want to see the map...^^ i would spoil the 'exploring' fun

Ok then at least see how big it is how many sectors to go through maybe!!!! Would it be worth playing if the said map was smaller????

costi · Post by **costi** » Tue, 13. Oct 09, 23:29

Wasn't it said here that it's 190 sectors?

KRM398 · Post by **KRM398** » Wed, 14. Oct 09, 01:52

Well of course we're not really allowed to say..BUT..figure that we couldnt do the old and our mod at the same time...in order to do ours, we killed and buried the old universe. I think I can say that without AS shooting me..lol.And for those wondering, there will be more than enough..OMG moments, our guys are working like racehorses getting stuff done, and believe me we have good people doing it..hehe.And yes there will be things,places and ships noone has EVER seen before..wooohaaa..(door flys open and writer gets drug away screaming...)

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X-Tended - Terran Conflict (XTC) (Update: - Manual available! - 12/10/10)