NEWS: X3: Terran Conflict news, all in one place for your convenience - 22-10-08

[eladan]

There is currently no demo. It probably won't be made until after the game is released, if it follows previous patterns.

[bob hope]

well, ive noticed the price has risen by £10, this will be something that will wait to be bought i think, new games i may buy for £30 but rehashed games i think not

[nirwin]

£17.99 from play.com, surely it'll be worth that.

I have now pre-ordered. Can't wait for those copies to be manufactured and shipped.
Who here is hoping for a better manual at release this time?

[Al]

well, ive noticed the price has risen by £10, this will be something that will wait to be bought i think, new games i may buy for £30 but rehashed games i think not

rehashed? Do you know something the rest of us dont? Surely hats like sayign you'll never buy more than one racing game as they are all just rehashed versions of some ancient GP game?

[Al]

One thing I haven't seen is any recommended specs? Have they been announced yet or not?

[nirwin]

They've been mentioned in passing by bernd I believe, though nothing specific, the impression I got was pretty much the same as X3:R, though I little more RAM may be beneficial, and as always with X, the more processing power the better, but I doubt it will require much more than X3:R.

I know, I know, could that sentance be more vague?

[AleksMain]

They've been mentioned in passing by bernd ...

My current system runs X3 just fine.
And I'll be buying Terran conflict when it comes out.

However will the system specification requirements be greather?

From X3:TC:Translation of the German Interview with PCG Hardware

Generally I can say that the game will run on medium settings on all midrange Graphics cards down to the Gf6000 series. Starting with a Gf 8000series card I would under any circumstances activate 2* or better 4* AA. Like I already said. It's important that the system memory matches the graphics card. Too often I see systems with 1GB RAM and a killer graphics card. That's nonsense. The ressources loaded into the graphics card are generally mirrowed in the system memory. A 512MB graphics card should at least have 2GB of system memory on it's side. Although with a 32bit Windows 4 GB of system RAM are only limitedly useful, it is still recommendable regarding the actual prices. Besides that X3TC, of course, runs stable on WINXP 64bit or Vista64bit systems too. (It can however only use up to 2 GB because the game is a 32bit EXE). The newest graphics cards (we just got a 4850 ) then can start with 1920*1280 with 4*AA or higher). On such systems the limiting factor is the CPU.

The minimum CPU is a P4 with 3 ghz or a dual core with 2,4 ghz. It's with all of our games: the more the better. You can do almost everything in our universe, but to do so you need power.

Conclusion:
1. Processor
better than P4 3 GHz
or
Dual Core 2,4 GHz
2. Memory (RAM)
better than
2 GB,
but 4GB and more best.
3. Video
better than Geforce 6200.

[arnak]

Hi,

Great News!

But what are the required PC specs???

Arnak

[Al]

I know, I know, could that sentance be more vague?

not really

I'll not be upgrading before its released anyway so I dont suppose it matters too much. I'll just turn down all the options as usual

[Aro]

Who knows how official but they are selling the game, found this site with reqs (near the bottom middle left):
http://www.softunity.com/softunity/ECD008445D.jsf

Ran it through babelfish:

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CONDITION FOR SYSTEM 
Operating system: Windows XP/Vista 
 CCU: 2.0 GHz Pentium od. 100% compatible processor 
 Memory (RAM): starting from 1 GB RAM 
 CD-ROM: DVD drive assembly necessarily 
 Diagram map: 256 MT 3D DirectX 9 Compatible video card (emergency onboard) with pixel Shader 2,0 support 
 Additive: Windows XP (SP-2)/Vista (FR 1), 5 GB of free fixed disks, Mouse and key board or Joystick or Gamepad 

Probably want 2 gigs ram with vista.

[Nova Scotia]

Glad to hear everything is on track
dial up = no steam
pre order from Ego store $72.00 Ca dollars

Hope it gets to Canada some day,I will look forward to reading all the comments and revues when the game comes out.

[igorstef]

well, ive noticed the price has risen by £10, this will be something that will wait to be bought i think, new games i may buy for £30 but rehashed games i think not

rehashed? Do you know something the rest of us dont? Surely hats like sayign you'll never buy more than one racing game as they are all just rehashed versions of some ancient GP game?

Although I will definitely buy this game even if I need to give twice as much still X3:TC is more expansion then new game. Especially if you take in to account XTN mod.

[CBJ]

System requirements now added here.

[dalin80]

well, ive noticed the price has risen by £10, this will be something that will wait to be bought i think, new games i may buy for £30 but rehashed games i think not

rehashed? Do you know something the rest of us dont? Surely hats like sayign you'll never buy more than one racing game as they are all just rehashed versions of some ancient GP game?

I think that fault lies with ego, we havent seen a great deal that doesnt look like x3 with xtm and ui mod, but just call me a cynic.

amazon.co.uk list the RRP as £30 and display the only platform as vista.

[exogenesis]

System requirements now added here.

Just re-read that recommended spec,

- Soundcard (Surround Sound support recommended)

Has X always supported SS ?

- ...(optional support for force-feedback)

Is that new ?


- 3GBytes RAM

I know X3 uses a lot of memory, but does TC memory usage get that high ?

[AleksMain]

- 3GBytes RAM

I know X3 uses a lot of memory, but does TC memory usage get that high ?

It has been said a while ago.

Although with a 32bit Windows 4 GB of system RAM are only limitedly useful, it is still recommendable regarding the actual prices.

[CBJ]

Just re-read that recommended spec,

- Soundcard (Surround Sound support recommended)

Has X always supported SS ?

- ...(optional support for force-feedback)

Is that new ?

Neither of these are new. Force Feedback support is limited to collisions, as before.

- 3GBytes RAM

I know X3 uses a lot of memory, but does TC memory usage get that high ?

There is no error in the requirements or the recommended specification. The more memory you can throw at a game like this the better.

[Al]

thanks for the clarification CBJ

[jlehtone]

The more memory you can throw at a game like this the better.

On a modern operating system such as Windows Vista, applications run within their own private virtual address space. Typically, the size of the virtual address space is fixed at 2 gigabytes (GB) for 32-bit applications. How much virtual address space is available is not related to how much physical memory there is on the computer.

I take that means: "give X3:TC all it can address and leave some more for the rest of the system"?

[Gilesey]

amazon.co.uk list the RRP as £30 and display the only platform as vista.

Indeed, but still available for pre-order at £18 postage free - I believe play.com is similar.