This game is enough to try the patience of a saint! v2.0

[chobbler]

In normal campaign mode there is no option for me to build the URV forge. There are 3 stations available, energy, water and something else but no URV forge.

Ditched that after restarting again only to have the same problem.

Started again but this time as a mercenary set to hard option. The game constantly crashes during the 1st mission while escorting the freighter. It always crashes when following it into one of the lanes.

I reckon this game might be playable by about version 5.

[Ossiwozzy]

from the moment that u boarded the prison ship and was heading back to the gate to jump into devries u got your ships back…. including a "special" construction vessel.

this construction vessel is the only one that is capable of building the integrative urv forge.

if u sold it or made it go poof u have a problem..

another thing is that if u buy / build a construction vessel in devries u will be limited to the stations u have mentioned in your post. as far as i know this is intended.

One workaround is to change the saved File.

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* First write down the name of your architect of the construction vessel
* Save the game and make a Backup so that u can replace the the file incase of u breaking the save.
* find the save in your documents - eggosoft - x rebirth - ****** - Save
* Open it with notepad
* Search for your architect so that ur sure that u have the correct construction vessel
* Once u have found it the next line your looking for is further up in the file…. Look for the following : <component class="buildmodule" macro="buildmodule_stations_devries_macro"
*once u have found it replace it with : <component class="buildmodule" macro="buildmodule_stations_albion_macro"
* Save the file and ur good to go

U should now be able to build all the albion stations EXCEPT for the intergrative urv forge
To get this to work u build another devries construction vessel add full crew. and we are going to edit the savedgame file again.

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* First write down the name of your architect of the construction vessel
* Save the game and make a Backup so that u can replace the the file incase of u breaking the save.
* find the save in your documents - eggosoft - x rebirth - ****** - Save
* Open it with notepad
* Search for your architect so that ur sure that u have the correct construction vessel
* Once u have found it the next line your looking for is further up in the file…. Look for the following : <component class="buildmodule" macro="buildmodule_stations_devries_macro"
*once u have found it replace it with : <component class="buildmodule" macro="buildmodule_stations_plot_01_macro"
* Save the file and ur good to go

do this correct and your golden and will be able to continue the campaign.

---NOTE--- Failure to backup your save before Editing is at your own risk!! U CAN BREAK UR SAVE ---NOTE---

With regards

OSSI

[chobbler]

Thanks Ozzie I'll try it out :0)

[Ossiwozzy]

Also i forgot to mention if u open the file with a save-game editor first and save it right after, the text in the saved-file will be alot easier to read when u open the file with notepad

[chobbler]

It doesn't matter what you do! Cure 1 problem and 20 more rear there ugly heads.
Gave up on the plot so set off on free play with the XRSGE savegame editor to hand knowing I would need it but came across loads of problems..
To mention a few:
* Freighters just go back and forth through gates, they go through a gate turn around and go back through it again, infinately! Not just NPC's but my own too.
* Freighters dock at stations to trade, but just sit there doing nothing.
* Freighters sit in the sector and ignore trades you set up for them through the trade software. This happens about 10% of the time only after several hours of gameplay.
* Spend hours and hours building a station. For what? It doesn't do or sell anything!
* Capture a small fighter and claim it with a pilot. You might as well just tell him to commit suicide and not bother getting into the cockpit. First sign of trouble he is dead.
* Things keep sticking so have to go out of zone and back in again to unstick it.
* Things keep sticking so have to command the ship to leave group, then join again to unstick it.

This game is CRAP!!!

[Dygaza]

Your problem with trade ships not trading when you set them to trade is quite new. I'm having this problem now on 64-bit occasionally aswell. Stations themselves work just fine, so dunno what your problem is with them.

I haven't had any problems with freighters getting stuck at tradeports in a long time. Nor do I have problems with them getting looping at gates either anymore. (Not saying these things can't happen).

Problem with captured small fighters is obivious, as you can't repair them. Which is a big drawback in the system, and needs to be addressed.