New beta patch released!

[Darrosquall]

They should change the flight system, I'd like to have the same feeling than Evochron...

Anyway I just launched the game, huge gain in terms of performance, not "small".

[Nikola515]

Now they need to add Galaxy trading (there is a way around it that I found by accident but still they should add that opinion and ability to chose where to trade (OL ,DV , AL or ALL )

Previously (1.23 and lower patches) I found allowing the L and XL freighters to trade across galaxy caused huge pileups around the jump gates Some got through as they could be seen plying their wares but dozens just seemed stuck at gates Can't even call it as a bug officially as I have to mod to make it happen

I never seen any ships going trough yet (only plot ships)... But there is a way to do it (I did it only once though)... I captured Rahana Energy in Albion and I assigned him to my station in DV right after boarding(in Albion). And that ship was going trough gate getting E Cells from my DV station and selling it to Albion...

[Santi]

Well done to the reward changes to small talk minigame. Really useful now and worth the time you spend on it. Message log is vastly improved and as you can imagine badly needed. Good to know that you are fixing the issues the community are pointing out.

[RedEclipse]

huge gain in terms of performance, not "small".

qft

[Yohandis Yololo Yum VII]

Can I download the new beta patch directly via Steam or do I need to do it through the website? If through the website, please provide a link. Thank you.

[CBJ]

Steam is the only way you can download it. See the Patch Public Beta forum for details.

[jasonbarron]

I haven't had a chance to play the game since I completed the campaign, and I think that was on patch 1.22. Looking at the changelog from 1.23, 1.24, and now 1.25b, it seems that I have quite a few changes to look forward to. Thanks for getting this out, CBJ & Co.

[djssuk]

Cutting to the chase, is this game playable yet? I gave up around november. Is it worth starting from scratch and gettin ginto it or just waiting another three months?

[jasonbarron]

Cutting to the chase, is this game playable yet? I gave up around november. Is it worth starting from scratch and gettin ginto it or just waiting another three months?

Your questions are too open ended--the answers depend on what your specific reasons for giving up were.

Personally, I found the game both playable and enjoyable right out of the gate, only more so with each successive patch. It's certainly made a lot of progress.

[MAUCorp]

I'm with Jasonbarron. Restarted in 1.24 to get a fully functional URV station and found the plot more responsive (everything moves and attacks as it should, except for the Sul around the DeVries/Abion gate). I did take savegame liberties with URV station to get it back to the state of my previous save tho.

As with any X-game (in my experience) a player needs to be sensitive to the engines wobbly bits. X3 I knew I shouldn't do certain things IS vs OOS for example. Similar with rebirth and multiple trades that inc same station (havent tried 1.25 yet).

[kreep69]

1.25 looks great, so many things are fixed, added, or better. I think -

"Added inter-system traders to DeVries."

- will help a lot. Can't wait for it to release!

[Nikola515]

I just saw ships from OL trading with DV ???? Are those ships buying staff from our station and selling it back to OL too ???? Anyone have any information about that ???

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/594 ... 5DEB7E152/

[Santi]

I just saw ships from OL trading with DV ???? Are those ships buying staff from our station and selling it back to OL too ???? Anyone have any information about that ???

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/594 ... 5DEB7E152/

From latest patch Nikola515: "Added inter-system traders to DeVries." Kreep69 posted it just before your post.

[Nikola515]

I just saw ships from OL trading with DV ???? Are those ships buying staff from our station and selling it back to OL too ???? Anyone have any information about that ???

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/594 ... 5DEB7E152/

From latest patch Nikola515: "Added inter-system traders to DeVries." Kreep69 posted it just before your post.

I see that I wander if they will buy staff from our stations ??? I want to start building stations in Molten Archon so I can trade with OL ..... I also checked station they still can only trade with system that they are in (no galaxy trading yet)

[Santi]

I have to say that I am really impressed with how Egosoft has listen to the community in regards to the issues with crew hiring, automatic trading updates, ship and assets naming, and how you get a discount from a station. The changes to the talk minigame are really good and far reaching in terms of gameplay. Hopefully highways and station building will get their attention next.

[Raevyan]

Well those Inter-System traders for DeVries not working so well for me. In my game they are in a Loop and try to Trade with my stations (which have no credits to work with)

[Santi]

Well those Inter-System traders for DeVries not working so well for me. In my game they are in a Loop and try to Trade with my stations (which have no credits to work with)

Will be awesome if you reported that in the Beta forum found here:

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewforum.php?f=141

[spankahontis]

Huh. It always amazes me that people love to trash a game, but when the devs show real progress, no one from that crowd goes:

"You are making good on trying to fix this."

I personally am -ecstatic- that I can sell small ships for credits, and that cargo is taken into consideration. This weekend I hope to use those funds to put some better shields on the Skunk, and maybe even *gasp* finish the plot!

+1