[TC] Starting points v.6.12.413 subtype 69105

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Thu, 8. Jan 09, 07:35

Just for information, I've copied the OP for inclusion in the next version of the X3 Handbook. Let me know if this is not ok.

Edit : Now added.

supakillaii · Post by **supakillaii** » Sat, 17. Jan 09, 18:58

Ooh nifty, sure.
And does anyone have idea what the fight & trade ranks are? If not, I see if I can start a new game... I have always wanted to try DiD

Carlo the Curious · Post by **Carlo the Curious** » Sat, 17. Jan 09, 19:52

Best guess is on page 4.

supakillaii · Post by **supakillaii** » Sat, 17. Jan 09, 20:19

/me takes cover behind The Shield(tm)(c)
Me and my great eyes

Sorry for missing that Carlo

Anyway, RELEASED.

ianrobo75 · Post by **ianrobo75** » Tue, 20. Jan 09, 19:59

Adding this to my stats and resources Compendium, issuing V1.2 very soon: http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... 72#2729072
Hope that's ok. Let me know if that's a problem.

supakillaii · Post by **supakillaii** » Wed, 21. Jan 09, 06:35

Not a probem.
Or a problem.
So works for me.
('twas faster to write a new line or 2 then to edit that one.)

NewtSoup · Post by **NewtSoup** » Sun, 25. Jan 09, 18:22

Hello, I'm not seeing any of my unlocked game starts. I am Economist and Militant ranks so according to the list I should at least be seeing:

Savage Split
Pious Paranid
Tormented Teladi
Boring Boron

But all I see is the same four default starts.
(Defender, Patriot, Merchant, Assassin)

Anyone else had this and know the cure?

Carlo the Curious · Post by **Carlo the Curious** » Sun, 25. Jan 09, 20:41

I've had entires not update on occasion, not sure why.

What does your registry key say?

maphys · Post by **maphys** » Sun, 25. Jan 09, 21:00

Have you reinstalled? I had to and moved my save games across. Playing my old game I have not had any of the starts unlocked. I guess they get updated the first time you hit the criteria, rather than tested against repeatedly.

D ... oh.

M

NewtSoup · Post by **NewtSoup** » Sun, 25. Jan 09, 21:03

Yeah I re-installed from steam when I moved from XP to vista, but I'm not sure if it was before or after I got to those ranks.

Which registry key should I be looking at? and can I modify it to make up what's missing?

*edit* ahh I see my game starts registry says "0x00000002" (2)
So I imagine that's the default.

I think I understand what the other stuff in the thread is talking about now. I must have missed the talk of registry entries.

NewtSoup · Post by **NewtSoup** » Sun, 25. Jan 09, 21:17

SOLVED IT

Thanks for the pointer's guys

Vista shows Hex rather than a bit string.

I guessed correctly that fight and combat rank 3333 were specialist and financier (or whatever the rank is) and put in 0x0000000e instead and lo!

upon the restarting of X3:TC there were available:

Terran Defender
USC Commander
Argon Patriot
Humble Merchant
Tormented Teladi
Savage Split
Boring Boron
Pious Paranid

Which is pretty much what I thought I should have

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Close enough for me anyway

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supakillaii · Post by **supakillaii** » Sat, 31. Jan 09, 12:54

Oh yay, a Patch has been released!
Edit: Another patch to fix the last patch, thanks Carlo

tkershaw · Post by **tkershaw** » Thu, 5. Feb 09, 14:55

can anyone please tell me why I only have these starts unlocked and what to do about it.
I'm on patch 1.4, on the top or 2nd ranks of every race apart from Goner, Mogul trade & crusader fight ranks. Iv'e completed the all the main plots, terran, final fury, Goner and i.m on the final 3rd set of gates in the Hub plot.
So why cant i see more starts?
Ok i still have to reach Battlemaster for Aldrin adventurer but the others should mostly be there but arn't

My available starts:
Terran defender
Argon Patriot
Humble Merchant
bankrupt assasin
Goner Witness
Teladi traficker.

My game is vanilla and not scripted. I don't want to mess with the registry. do I need to restart somthing?

Carlo the Curious · Post by **Carlo the Curious** » Thu, 5. Feb 09, 16:06

What's your registry key (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\EGOSOFT\X3TC\GameStarts) set to?

Have you re-installed at all?

tkershaw · Post by **tkershaw** » Thu, 5. Feb 09, 16:41

Hi Carlo,
Sorry i dont understand how to access & view the registary. I running on vista 32

Carlo the Curious · Post by **Carlo the Curious** » Thu, 5. Feb 09, 17:02

Run regedit and search for GameStarts.

tkershaw · Post by **tkershaw** » Thu, 5. Feb 09, 17:21

Hi carlo,
The GameStarts value is:
3470 Hex or 13424 decimal.

No I have not re-installed the game, I just patched up as the various patches came out. Now up to ver 1.4

Carlo the Curious · Post by **Carlo the Curious** » Thu, 5. Feb 09, 17:47

Curious.

As far as the registry is concerned you have:
16 = Fight Rank 100,000 reached
32 = Trade Rank 100,000 reached
64 = Goner Plot Complete
1024 = Boron Rank 10,000
4096 = Paranid Rank 10,000
8192 = Teladi Rank 10,000

but not:
2 = Terran plot completed
4 = Fight Rank 3,333 reached
8 = Trade Rank 3,333 reached
512 = Argon Rank 10,000
2048 = Split Rank 10,000
16384 = Argon Rank 333

Fight & Trade rank 3333 you should obviously have - something odd with the way it's updating, maybe. Or our interpretation is wrong

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If you want to add just the fight/trade ranks you can set the registry key to 347C (hex), for the others as well it's 7E7E (which should enable everything except Poisoned Paranid).

tkershaw · Post by **tkershaw** » Thu, 5. Feb 09, 18:25

Hi Carlo,
Thanks the hex codes you provided both work as you said.

347C unlocks the extra starts
Tormrnted Teladi
Savage Split
Boring Boron
Pious Peranid

7e7e unlocks further:
USC Commander
Aldran Adventurer
Unholy Trator

I will continue to finish the hub & get battle commander rank then switch to 7e7e as I want to actually qualify for the starts.
Bugger that I seem to have some sort of bug or file corruption that makes me have to alter the reg but well at least now I can try the other starts ive earned.
Thanks for the help & advice.

maphys · Post by **maphys** » Fri, 6. Feb 09, 17:09

Did you have to reinstall or anything? I found that after a rather dramatic rebuild was required my saved games (which survived, thankfully) didn't enable all the starts I'd had before. Best guess the hex keys are only modified as you hit the rank/do the mission, rather than from a scan of any of the save files or anything.

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