Right O.K.
Following the accusations that i cannot read etc. I have gone right back to basics again in my bid to get this XTM Mod installed.
I have now for the 4th time, cleared my computer hard drive of anything to do with the X-Universe. I re-installed X3, added the 2.02 etc update to transform to the Bala Gi upgrade.
I have then followed the instructions AGAIN to a tee. And the Mod still isnt working and i still get the same message when i start a new game, this being about placing the Cat/Dat miles into the mods folder.
So far, i have ensured that i have the full 337 Mb edition downloaded
This i initially saved to My Documents.
I unpacked this using Winrar which gave me the contents marked as XTM.7a as a yellow folder.
Following the instructions, these state to Open the RAR archive and extract its contents into the X3 Reunion directory - it then states that this is the one were the X3.EXE file is located.
PROBLEM 1 - I cannot see this file (X3.EXE) anywhere. I have even searched the entire computers hard drive, files and folders etc and this file is not listed.
SO i unpacked the folers into the X3 Reunion folder regardless.
I dont have a Dat or Cat file higher than 9, so the 10 - 11 files incorporated into XTM.7a should load in O.K. without the need to change their numbers.
I have unpacked the soundtrack folder into the X3 Reunion\soundtrack folder - No problems here.
I have installed the Cycrow Installer and added the Xtended Mods Scripts+Patch-V0.7.2-26.06.2006.spk as specified.
This has also installed O.K.
I then closed this installer as stated.
Loaded the game and started a new game but it still states that same old message about Cat & Dat files needing to be placed into the Mods folder.
Its driving me nuts.
Its obviously something simple that is amiss here but as i am not an I.T engineer i cannot fathom it out.
Someone on the XTM forum had the same problem exactly but he was given suggestions to no avail. Eventually he replied that he had fixed the problem by moving one of the files but did not state which one and to where.
I know that i have all the required pieces but something is just in the wrong place.
When i go into the X3 Reunion file, this being the one that appears after i click on the EGOSOFT folder within Programme Files. This has now displayed all the Cat files from 1-10, No Cat/Dat 11 seems to appear however but this was definitely downloaded with the rest of the file.
It also has the files for Mod, Scripts etc, etc.
Do i leave the yellow XTM.7a file in this folers along with the rest or does it have to be moved into one of the files within the X3 Reunion folder.
So far alot of fellow gamers have tried to assist but each stated a different place for the file to go and i have tried each with the same result.
Am i missing something and is there another file marked X3.EXE that the XTM.7a file should be with.??
Any help please as i have already followed the instructions to the letter but it just isnt working for me. My P.C is up to the job so there should not be any problems there.
Regards.
The problem as I see it, is that the files needed are in the XTM7a folder. In there you should see the cat/dat, and soundtrack folder.
These files Neeed to be in the X3Reunion folder. SO just move them from that XTM7a folder to the X3Reunion folder. The one problem you will have is that the 10 cat/dat is there as you have installed the scripts. Over write the ones there with the ones from the XTM7a folder and reinstall the script files, and you should be good to go!
Kasabian wrote:I hope their are plans to fix the Bala Gi Mission, currently you need a destroyer in order to get the Hyperion because the surrounding sectors are flooded with Pirates. Why get the Hyperion when you need a better ship to get it in the first place.
I just managed the Hyperion mission. Up to Mahlstrom I got the Hyperion using a Nemesis MkI to pull and a Boron Skate, but Mahlstrom was impossible. Until I got a Spitting Cobra (M6 from DDRS with Flak in the rear turret). Still was rather tough.
Lovely, i shall give it another go.
The soundtrack file has worked as there is now new music at the start up screen.
I shall quaff a few more beers and try again.
Remember to attack your foe head on and dont take your finger off the trigger until the dust has settled - DR DEATH.
Does xtended change any of the existing ship stats, I just bought a Python and I was looking around the forum here for tips on weapon selections, alot of people are recommending beta flak but for some reason my Python cant mount beta flak at all, only alpha flak and only left and right turrets.
In a word - yes
In vanilla Python had all-round aFlak (28 guns) with available bFlak in left/right turrets (8 guns),
in XTM it's only aFlak in the left/right 8 guns.
I guess they felt it was unbalanced?
But the Phoenix got a huge Flak boost (none in Vanilla, as much as the
vanilla-Python in XTM)
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i think ive got a problem!!!
installed x3 fresh, updates to 2.0.2 then the bonus pack.
then installed cycows bbs pack, overtune,remove rocks,crystal free and the lv cheat pack. installed xtm and the update.
when i dock at some stations there is no bbs messages and also some mines do not produce anything at all!!!
have started on terran pilot
Hi guys. Sorry about all this as I am a bit computer illiterate.
The instructions clearly state to open the Scripts and the Mods using XScript Installer. I can only assume that both of these are in the download entitled Xtended Mod Scripts 0.71
I have also downloaded the large 337MB file but do not have a clue as to where the contents are supposed to go (I have a .DAT file and a Security Catalogue as well as a folder of rather good music). Could someone please tell me where these are supposed to go
I'm seeing some factories, like the new shield facts, with names including multiple words "alpha" on the end. There's one I'm looking at now that's a 500MJ "alpha alpha", and earlier I saw another one that was a 5GJ "alpha alpha alpha apha". And then there's an AnitMatter Missile fact. "alpha alpha". Sounds like someone has a stutter.
Also, the 5GJ shield facts are selling 10GJ shields.
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