[Mod-AP][In-Dev] X-Timelines: The Syndicate

Drockt1 · Post by **Drockt1** » Mon, 10. Oct 11, 03:10

Not sure if we can ask specific questions about the mod yet. but have you guys changed the way ship capping works(ala how xtended did it)? I personally like the changes xtended did in that department.

TrixX · Post by **TrixX** » Mon, 10. Oct 11, 03:42

Ship capping is on the list of things to look at, but won't be out with the initial beta. We will have something to deal with it during beta and by final v1.0 release.

Seeing as Fleet control and management is central to this mod and ships have been balanced with fleets in mind, capping is definitely something that needs addressing from Vanilla

Drockt1 · Post by **Drockt1** » Mon, 10. Oct 11, 18:56

TrixX wrote:Ship capping is on the list of things to look at, but won't be out with the initial beta. We will have something to deal with it during beta and by final v1.0 release.

Seeing as Fleet control and management is central to this mod and ships have been balanced with fleets in mind, capping is definitely something that needs addressing from Vanilla

Great to hear and thanks for the reply.

JohnWhorfin · Post by **JohnWhorfin** » Sun, 16. Oct 11, 17:15

Hey ! Moving the servers, must be getting close !

MrUp · Post by **MrUp** » Sun, 16. Oct 11, 22:33

JohnWhorfin wrote:Hey ! Moving the servers, must be getting close !

Nice to hear someone say that... if only we knew.

Jack08 · Post by **Jack08** » Sun, 16. Oct 11, 22:38

MrUp wrote:
JohnWhorfin wrote:Hey ! Moving the servers, must be getting close !
Nice to hear someone say that... if only we knew.

The closed beta will start very soon (within the next 5 days), and the open beta to follow not long after that.

TrixX · Post by **TrixX** » Mon, 17. Oct 11, 04:09

Yeah the hard part for me is gone, now just cleaning a few files up and preparing for CAT/DAT creation for Closed Beta. During Closed Beta we are fixing up the Universe files and hopefully adding a few new weapons fx and then with those elements complete Open Beta will commence

Jack08 · Post by **Jack08** » Wed, 19. Oct 11, 20:19

This was one insane battle

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reiks · Post by **reiks** » Wed, 19. Oct 11, 20:34

Oh my god oh my god oh my god!

That is awesome

Scoob · Post by **Scoob** » Wed, 19. Oct 11, 22:47

Hi Jack08,

How're you finding performance in such large-scale battles? May I ask what spec machine you're using...sorta relevant to the question

Cheers,

Scoob.

Jack08 · Post by **Jack08** » Wed, 19. Oct 11, 23:56

Scoob wrote:Hi Jack08,

How're you finding performance in such large-scale battles? May I ask what spec machine you're using...sorta relevant to the question

Cheers,

Scoob.

20 FPS within that battle constantly

I7 860 (Lynnfield) @ 3.6ghz OC (Stock: 2.8ghz)
G.Skill DDR3-1600
Nvidia GeForce GTX-275

Please keep in mind that this battle was done with vanilla ship models and t-files, better performence is expected with XTL assets and tfiles.

There are also various performence options within XTL: Chaos(ImprovedRaces2.0) to improve performence such as LowCPU mode witch reduces script overhead and cuts fighter counts by 50%, There is also a no fighter mode that removes fighters from carriers altogether

We have paid verry close attention to peformence and are confident that XTL should run on a wide veriety of core speeds due to the config options mentioned above

spikened · Post by **spikened** » Thu, 20. Oct 11, 03:24

Wow, this is just what I was looking for. Thanks guys

Will any of the cockpit mods be compatible with this mod?

Drockt1 · Post by **Drockt1** » Thu, 20. Oct 11, 04:46

Man looks like we will have alot of fun stuff to play with soon. Ive been on hardcore X3 withdraw for the last 4+ months(stopped playing x3 soon after getting bored with XTC 1.1. With this awesome mod +XTC 2.0(hopefully much improved over 1.1), and X rebirth, seems like so much space capping goodness is on the way.

Mad_CatMk2 · Post by **Mad_CatMk2** » Thu, 20. Oct 11, 05:04

man Jack, you seem to be adding so much to the game...(with your special coding sauce?)

what else have you not showed us

i bet you're GoD's dad

TrixX · Post by **TrixX** » Thu, 20. Oct 11, 05:31

I still haven't found out what he's been eating recently, but between Jack08 and Litcube things have really hotted up around the internal discussions. There will be a few surprises for peeps on release that we desperately want to talk about but also want to see the reactions too first

@Drockt1 - That's what we are hoping for. We'll be tweaking and fixing as many issues as we can over the next few months while adding all the content that couldn't make it into the release of the beta.

Things on the revamp list during beta:
Particle FX
Engine flares
Turret models (adding M6/Fighter turrets to those lacking them)
Textures for many different things

@spikened - I'll be making a cockpits version as an addon. Probably a combination of the two cockpit mods out there with their permission.

There will also be a no particle fx addon for those with low end rigs

Treelor · Post by **Treelor** » Thu, 20. Oct 11, 09:09

Particle FX? Do you mean when I hit the hull of an enemy ship, I can see ignited gasses and bits of molten metal spewing out of the breach I caused? Or even just fancier explosions?

I think I have a stiffy.

TrixX · Post by **TrixX** » Thu, 20. Oct 11, 09:24

Unfortunately locational damage is not a part we have implemented. I was referring mainly to the way it's used for engine/missile trails.

I do hope to make some more interesting explosion gfx at a later date but that will be closer to the final release

Mad_CatMk2 · Post by **Mad_CatMk2** » Thu, 20. Oct 11, 10:10

TrixX wrote:Unfortunately locational damage is not a part we have implemented. I was referring mainly to the way it's used for engine/missile trails.

I do hope to make some more interesting explosion gfx at a later date but that will be closer to the final release

the tease!!!

good luck with the beta

Drockt1 · Post by **Drockt1** » Thu, 3. Nov 11, 00:24

Hows it going? Think you guys will release open beta before the super awesome date of 11/11/11 that may suck away everyone's time

?

Chobittsu · Post by **Chobittsu** » Thu, 3. Nov 11, 01:05

Whats on 11/11/11? (aside from WWII aircraft filling my local skies)
And from what I can gather, the open beta will be up soon

Lots of progress is being made

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