The next game: X2 - The Return (with Interview!)

softweir · Post by **softweir** » Fri, 10. Dec 04, 01:17

It has already been said that loading a savegame from The Threat will abort the plotline and start the plot of The Return.

Markogm · Post by **Markogm** » Mon, 13. Dec 04, 09:32

ok let me get this right. THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE MULTIPLAYER???

ARE YOU GUY's CRAZY??? since I sow game I kept playing it from begining and again and again and again... in hope that there is going be multiplayer, and now you are saying that there is not going to be multiplayer??? I CANT BELIVE THIS!!!

trav · Post by **trav** » Mon, 13. Dec 04, 09:55

who needs multiplayer when we have khaaks in the game, they are annoying enough. But they're acceptable enough for me at least I could use khaaks for raising combat ranks, cap their ships and weapons. If ur looking for multiplayer similar to X2, theres a game called Eve Online.

Markogm · Post by **Markogm** » Mon, 13. Dec 04, 10:12

are you saying that you whuldn't like to owe 10 batleships or something like that and fight against another 10 batleships?

trav · Post by **trav** » Mon, 13. Dec 04, 10:59

theres are other games like that online, maybe X3 will have multiplayer features for ships vs ships only, but for building empire, etc would have to be in single player.

Post by **CBJ** » Mon, 13. Dec 04, 14:32

Markogm wrote:ok let me get this right. THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE MULTIPLAYER???

ARE YOU GUY's CRAZY??? since I sow game I kept playing it from begining and again and again and again... in hope that there is going be multiplayer, and now you are saying that there is not going to be multiplayer??? I CANT BELIVE THIS!!!

No, there will not be multiplayer in X²: The Return. This is planned for a future game, but there is no way it could be done in the kind of timescales available for this game.

Markogm · Post by **Markogm** » Tue, 14. Dec 04, 00:08

noooooooooooo... this is not hapening, when I sead "multiplayer" I ment on same game just with multiplayer ( players building empire and fighting ther own wars betvine tham selves )

P.S. this is not hapening I must be dreaming, somebody wake me up!!!

Markogm · Post by **Markogm** » Tue, 14. Dec 04, 00:15

ok, if there is not going to be multiplayer in X2 return, than when IS GOING to be?

Post by **CBJ** » Tue, 14. Dec 04, 00:18

No date has been set for the release of Online Universe, so expect it to be at least a year away.

Markogm · Post by **Markogm** » Tue, 14. Dec 04, 01:23

Hay Trav, you sead that there is Eve Online game and that it is like X2, yes it sounds good, but there is only one litle problem... I CANT afford to pay that much money just to play one game!!!

P.S. I'm from... how shuld I say... Poor country

Zombie · Post by **Zombie** » Wed, 15. Dec 04, 06:26

Don't go with a MMORPG if you want X2 multiplayer. Just be patient and wait for X2 multiplayer.

Anyways... One thing I am wondering, and forgive me if this has been asked and answered already, but can the player HQ-type station be connected with the hubs to make it part of a complex?

That would just be awesome...

Like this!

Pirate 1: "Dear lord, look at that!"

Pirate 2: "Is that some sort of mutant station?!"

P1: "Well I see an HQ on it..."

P2: "Maybe we should call in a couple more units..."

P1: "A couple hundred, you mean?"

NARRARATOR: "While our two pirate friends babbled, they drifted into the flightspace of the large super-station, as they neglected to turn down the thrust."

Automated Station Defence: "PIRATE FORCES DETECTED IN RANGE"

P1: "Look, all I'm saying is-"

ASD: "OPENING FIRE"

ASD targets P2

P2: "Yeah but we would ge-"

ASD pummels P2 with a couple thousand laser shots

P1: "What th-"

ASD targets P1

P1: "Mommy..."

ASD blows P1 into tiny little specks of burning slag

Me: "Whuzza-huh?"

Me rolls out of bed and hits his head on his laptop, inadvertently causing an error that crashes X2 to the desktop

Me: "GAAH! MY HEAD!"

Me looks at his laptop

Me: "GAAH! MY GAME! MY HEAD! MY GAME AND MY HEAD!"

Me stares at his laptop for a few minutes

Me: "76 hours, 51 minutes, and 29 seconds of playing... WHY DIDN'T I SAVE?!?!"

Well, the last part would suck... But I ramble, so now I should get sleep.

Ac3s · Post by **Ac3s** » Mon, 20. Dec 04, 22:16

fix the problems for ATI radeon users first!

nuff said!

Post by **CBJ** » Tue, 21. Dec 04, 00:24

The game works fine on ATI cards, but you refuse to register your game and post in Tech Support so that people can help. Don't say we didn't try.

salusa · Post by **salusa** » Tue, 21. Dec 04, 12:34

Forgive me if this has been asked before. I have the U.S. version of X2-The Threat. I played from November 2003 until March 2004 completed the mission and amassed many ships and much money. With no more goals I ceased playing.

Last time I visited the forum we ued to have a U.S. / U.K. English speaking split on downloads, (upgraded to 1.4). This diversity seems to have disappeared.

X-2 The Return will probably rekindle my interest, will the U.K. version be compatible with my current empire or will I need to buy the U.S. X-2 The Return ?

Post by **CBJ** » Tue, 21. Dec 04, 20:18

There are still separate downloads for US and UK versions of the game. This is because they are published by different companies who chose different copy protection systems.

With regard to your question, I'm afraid we simply don't know yet. However, since many of us are in the same boat (me included) you can rest assured that the developers will at least be aware of the issue.

jaeshaw · Post by **jaeshaw** » Thu, 23. Dec 04, 14:32

CBJ wrote:The game works fine on ATI cards, but you refuse to register your game and post in Tech Support so that people can help. Don't say we didn't try.

Works fine with mine a bit slow in places but that what happens with an old card.

X2Lurker2004 · Post by **X2Lurker2004** » Fri, 24. Dec 04, 02:48

Well as the starting video of x2 implies it's a good idea to use nvidia video cards for this game. I know some people like ati but I have to say that I've never had any graphics goofyness or any kind of graphics related problems with this game and I use an nvidia FX5700 128mb. I don't wanna start an ati vs nvidia thing so please don't throw any gas on that fire but consider that most games that use D3D are gonna work better with cards that started out supporting D3D. I used to be an ati user way back before the end of 2001.

I had one of those all in wonder cards and it could never quit dropping frames and it could not sync the audio with the video whenever I recorded something. I tried other ati cards but they always gave my problems. Sometimes the driver files for the ati card would get corrupted because of a forced or accidental restart and I would have to go through a lot of trouble to fix it. Since I have been using nvidia I have never had any graphic troubles with any game since the end of 2001. I'm sure the return will have that nvidia logo on it's opening movie as well for very good reasons besides getting ad money.

The_Abyss · Post by **The_Abyss** » Fri, 24. Dec 04, 09:09

Actually, if ATI come along and offer a higher amount than Nvidia, I'm sure the ATI logo will appear instead. For the last time hopefully, there are no optimisations for Nvidia.

Lutzie · Post by **Lutzie** » Fri, 24. Dec 04, 11:24

Aside from the original interview with BurnIt! is there anymore (new) information contained within this thread?
I'm starting to get teh X2 itch again, put I'm thinking about waiting for The Return. Any more info might re-inforce my choice...

The_Abyss · Post by **The_Abyss** » Fri, 24. Dec 04, 11:29

We'll have something for you by the end of the year

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The next game: X2 - The Return (with Interview!)

Nvidia is just better