Terran Plot Problems In Sector M148: Workaround

[ianrobo75]

Hi,

In my previous post I mentioned that despite having a rank equal or obove others who'd been offered the 'Exterminator' mission I didn't get the dialogue option.

To remedy this it appears to be a simple case of accepting:

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the Goner missions to supply stuff offered in Elysium of Light

After I'd done the first couple of requests I went back & had the dialogue option from 'Exterminator'. Having done the mission he offered I now have access to M148 and all previous red stations (I ventured there while exploring ages ago) are now blue. Not sure why these missions appear to be all interdependant.

Upon entering M148 I get the 'Cleared for Teladianium delivery' message, rather that what really got me access.

Hope this helps,

Scoob.

How do you..

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supply the Goner Ozias?
I can't transport stuff from my TS. Do I have to land at the ship with an M3 or TP with XL cargo capability?

[Carlo the Curious]

How do you..

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supply the Goner Ozias?
I can't transport stuff from my TS. Do I have to land at the ship with an M3 or TP with XL cargo capability?

Just get close enough (5km or so).

[ianrobo75]

ok - pass that mission ( without exterminator mission - fast ship and dock manually)

picked two astronauts - movet ot station docked - i saw quest scompelted but no new mission/options for me ?

whets now - where to go ?

me too - picked up the 2 astronauts and delivered them. Mission said it was hard but I got no resistance, is this a bug because I started the Argon plot (Exterminator an all)?
Also I hear there a rewards at the end but none for me.
So what next and have I lost the chance for my ships?

[ianrobo75]

I have the same problem, does anyone know how to solve?

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...the cut-scene said to pick up the scientist and marine after they've left the station, but I couldn't find them and they are not listed in the freight (neither in the Mercury I've used for transport or the Sabre I've left the station in and waited for the elite to dock.). The mission report says to dock at that station in Heretics end tough.

I had the same problem unit I undocked before the last cut-scene then...

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the 2 astranoughts appear outside the station. I used a TS to pick them up and went OOS before command it to do so, I just couldn't get them myself IS.

[Wicaeed]

I'm having some new issues with this mission.

Basically I had to use a second ship to haul the teladanium to the spacestation, and then dock in my own ship and transfer over the stuff. As soon as the mission completes, it moves on to the next step, waiting for the person to dock. As soon as that step starts, my game crashes to desktop.

I've tried everything short of making a new savegame and running the missions to that step and trying with a fresh game, to see if it works, and I REALLY don't want to have to do that.

Any suggested fixes? I have uninstalled all my scripts/mods and it's still happening.

edit: Well I have a completely vanilla install of the game on another computer, ported over my savegames, and it still crashes. So I guess it's probably my savegame that is corrupt. Does anyone know how to fix a savegame, or if possible bypass an entire mission and skip it onto the next? I don't want to have to start all over

[Lord pZyCHo]

Wel I have the same problem as Wooden_Hamme and wicaed.
When I dock at the station: I get the Wait for someone to dock message, and then the game chrashes.

But Wooden_Hamme posted about it on page 3 so he was first. No reply though.

Also: when I reload the autosave from the station, the game instantly chrashes to desktop. And when I load other previous save games. Same thing hapens when I dock with the millitary outpost.

[BTSRaziel]

For me the mission has been critical when I had to scan the smugglers:
No smuggles available, no freighter class ships around at all.
I've reloaded and everything worked

For the base in Argon Sector

1 - Hopped inside my mercury
2 - Bought 200x Teladianium units
3 - Flew to the base (it was blue)
4 - When I had the order to undock I undocked, but it stayed blue and no astronauts
5 - Redocked, animation started
6 - Undocked and no astronauts but I had the message to go back to Heremith Graveyard
7 - I've flew back and I've found the space suits wandering in Threasure Chest.
8 - Mission Accomplished

Hope this might help someone

[Kimius]

my experience with this whole mess has been something like this:

start game (argon game start). do the terran escort. do my first station defense mission, get lucky as crap and cap the m8 that attacks. sell it, gain 3mill, fly towards argon prime. after a bit of fun there, go back to omicron lyrae. talk to the exterminator, get a mission to kill xenon in black hole sun. go there, get jumped by a fleet of xenon numbering at least 6 P's, 12 L's and a boatload of M's and N's. fight for my life, get close to dead, run for my life. exit sector, get a message from the exterminator about me chickening out. start the terran campaign chain, keep doing it for hours. eventually get to M148. everything attacks me, i use workarounds to survive there. they work. while working there, i discover the exterminator is in M148, far to the south. finish the terran line, go back and check on him. can't talk to him. still get attacked in sector.

anyone have an idea of how i am to fix this problem, other than restarting? it should be noted that restarting means losing my awesome start of capping an M8, which i am pretty much not going to accept.

[wempire]

When I dock at the station, I get the Wait for someone to dock message, and then the game chrashes. - I get the same. Thats 3 people who have said this.... Does any on get the same? if so how did you fix it?

[bit101]

I can't even complete the 'exterminator' mission, I killed all the xenon, but nothing more hapens - the exterminator gives me no options if I chat to him and the mission guidance tells me to go out the west (i think) gate. If I go out the gate the exterminator tells me I'm chicken and I fail the mission.

Please, please help me I'm getting really frustrated now as I had to kill upwards of 20 xenon which was damn challenging for me (i'm a casual gamer) and the thought of having to give up the mission to carry on is enough for me not to bother playing any more which is a shame cos I think this is a great game (or would be without the bugs)

[Lord pZyCHo]

I'm stil Trying the Work Around. Cant get the Exterminator to give me anny missions though. Im still working on that part.

I started a fresh game after the crash, since I could not get it to work. But that has so far just resulted in the "Normal" bugs when I enter that sector. (I get the message that im cleard for Teiladianium delivery but it gets cut of by the same guy telling me that I am to revers course imideatly ... well "reverse cou"... before some other bloke tells me that I WILL be used for taget practise.....

Not that the terran fleet in that sector is intimidating annyways, my Katana can handle them just dandy..... but if I whipe them all, out the Argon gets kinda pissed, and so they turn hostile. And that, in turn, has the result that I can not dock at the damn station.

Somtimes the audio messages are also distorted as well. I think all these problems are being worked on by the devs, and that a fix wil be included in the 1.3 pach.

It should be an option to just blow everything up. No one would miss that sector annyway.

[bit101]

further to my last post - the exterminator mission guidance pointer is targeting a Xenon sector, even though the mission is based in black hole sun . the fact that if i follow the guidance pointer it fails the mission tells me there is something very screwy with the mission AI.

[Carlo the Curious]

further to my last post - the exterminator mission guidance pointer is targeting a Xenon sector, even though the mission is based in black hole sun . the fact that if i follow the guidance pointer it fails the mission tells me there is something very screwy with the mission AI.

I think that's just indicating the gate the ships will come through when there are no targets in sector (it works that way for station protect missions, anyway).

How long have you waited since the last ship was destroyed? It can sometimes take a little while for the next wave to show up (although not that long - some minutes).

[bit101]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I was waiting for almost 30mins before giving up and more than half of that was with sata on x10. . I would understand if the guidance pointer stated the gate as the target but why a sector that is not even near by? Any ideas?

[Carlo the Curious]

Ah, I didn't read closely enough - I assumed you meant it was indicating the X472 gate.

No idea then, I'm afraid.

[bit101]

ok, thanks anyway.

Gonna see if I have a save point just before the mission and try it again.

Thinking back I seem remember that one of the xenon got across the sector and i think it went out the west gate. If that is so it looks like it is still being tracked by the mission guide so I can never complete the mission. sort of makes sense i suppose although this is something the mission AI should account for (and fail the mission once it any xenon leave the sector)

Cheers

[rhohltjr]

This is about the Terran mission after rescuing the two from M148. This mission is called Eyes and Ears. I rescued the two and returned them where directed. After that, The Eyes and Ears briefing with the General and the rescued guy. The Guidance never changes after that. It has remained stuck for a long time now. Just says return to station .....
This is not just me, in Spoilers area, I found this :

cdscottie

PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:20 pm Post subject: Eyes and Ears - Bug maybe?
Hello all,

I'm pretty new to the X Universe and have been playing my way through X3 Terran Conflict lately and ran into an issue that you may have seen before.

I am currently on the Eyes and Ears mission in the game and the current order is to Dock At: Orbital Patrol Base. Problem is, I have docked and listened to the Maj. Generals spiel but the objective doesn't seem to change.

Am I missing something or would this happen to be a bug? If you know how to get around it, feel free to let me know.

Thank you,

Same thing as me. Is this a result of doing the two missions at the same time, with the above mentioned M148 workarounds?

[Craeshen]

defo combat rank issue here most missions go from doable with liberal strafe drive use too damn near impossible if you get above militant combat rank.