X3: Terran Conflict Megathread - Games

do they still insist on not letting any mortal people understand what the fuck is going on?

It's easy once you get it, just play it for a few weeks and it will make sense.

Is it out yet :excited:

[QUOTE=RayvenQ]Trust me, after playing Battlecruiser Millenium and Universal Combat, X3 is piss easy, BCM and UC had a learning curve near vertical.[/QUOTE] Agreed. Unfortunately it's like most games nowadays have to be playable by trained monkeys to be popular. 13 days left...

Why does the thread have no pictures of the actual game? [img]http://images.gamestar.de/images/idgwpgsgp/bdb/1839667/800x600_prop.jpg[/img] Capital ship explosion. :excited: [img]http://images.gamestar.de/images/idgwpgsgp/bdb/1839664/800x600_prop.jpg[/img] I'm guessing this is a Terran frigate in a Kha'ak sector. [img]http://images.gamestar.de/images/idgwpgsgp/bdb/1839663/800x600_prop.jpg[/img] Some Boron corvette/frigate. There's a review out for it on Gamestar.de, but you'll have to use babelfish to translate.

Wow, Deepsilver fucked up the manuals [I]again?[/I] Terrible fucking publisher.

Can't wait for this, they say 3GB memory is recommended for it but I have 2GB, wonder if I should upgrade to 3GB unless it uses page file?

Anyone have a high res screenshot of a new Capital ship? The one that's in the trailer that kind of resembles a submarine in the way that it shoots a group of missiles from it's top... it looks completely bad ass *EDIT* Best one I could find [img]http://img.jeuxvideo.fr/photo/00921802.jpg[/img] Found another [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O0AA1Ch7LgE/SLm8ye3IeBI/AAAAAAAAADI/OfzZnh6E9b0/s1600-h/xnews_1.jpg[/img] Right click -> View Image

Pre-order is now available on Steam, just so you all know.

I can't wait to play this, it's going to be great!

less than a week to go until the release. (Keep you all updated if there are any problems, again) [b]EDIT:[/b] [quote=paul1290]Agreed. Unfortunately it's like most games nowadays have to be playable by trained monkeys to be popular. 13 days left... [/quote] They are [b]only[/b] testing them with trained monkeys?

5 days left. The wait is almost over. Now I really don't want to mess around in X3 Reunion anymore knowing that in 5 days I'll be starting over.

It's coming out soon. YES YES ON MY FACE YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Holy shit guys. I pre-ordered it and I got it TODAY! 3 days early! FUCK YES!

Both the disk and Steam versions of this game will not have any Starforce copy protection and will instead have the far less annoying TAGES copy protection, which as far as I know does not impose any install restrictions. It looks like we don't have to put up with any of the 5 installs only crap.

[QUOTE=JeRK]Holy shit guys. I pre-ordered it and I got it TODAY! 3 days early! FUCK YES![/QUOTE] How about some pictures...

I want to know what is new in the gameplay department. They added space hookers?

Wait won't the steam version have support for mods? Also how big will the game be? I'll just buy it retail if it's going to be really big.

[QUOTE=Speed v7]Wait won't the steam version have support for mods? Also how big will the game be? I'll just buy it retail if it's going to be really big.[/QUOTE] X3 alone, without saves or any extra content is almost 3.5 Gigs. TC is going to have more content so we're probably talking around 4 Gigs or so. YES Steam's TC will have mod support, it's found in the "Common" folder like quite a few Steam released games with the exact same format as the retail version. I have no idea about the U.S but here in the U.K, it's cheaper to get it retail than get it from steam, i'm personally getting it on preorder from Play.com. At the end of the day it doesen't matter how big it is, if you use a little patience you'll save yourself money, which to most people is more important than just a little wait to download it. [QUOTE=apocca]I want to know what is new in the gameplay department. They added space hookers?[/QUOTE] From the looks of the trailer we can at least expect some nice new M3's and such which can whip out a swarm of missiles. That alone justified my preorder, those launches look seriously epic.

Unfortunately there couldn't get a US publisher this time around, so US customers will have to get it through Steam. US publishers are only interested in mainstream titles these days and have no interest in niche appeal games like the X series anymore. :(

[QUOTE=paul1290]Unfortunately there couldn't get a US publisher this time around, so US customers will have to get it through Steam. US publishers are only interested in mainstream titles these days and have no interest in niche appeal games like the X series anymore. :([/QUOTE] Thank god for steam hey.

[QUOTE=paul1290]Unfortunately there couldn't get a US publisher this time around, so US customers will have to get it through Steam. US publishers are only interested in mainstream titles these days and have no interest in niche appeal games like the X series anymore. :([/QUOTE] Crap, that means Canada is out of the loop too. Am I the only one here to purposefully goes out to get the boxed edition just because I like having the boxart and such? Also, those screenshots look like win and epic. [url=http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3tc/screenshots/x3tc_screen_007.jpg]Patrol carriers![/url] or something akin to [url=http://www.cdc.gov/Niosh/FACE/images/05wi049a.jpg]Ship Transport Ships![/url] Screenshots! [img]http://www.egosoft.com/news/images/news_2008_07_04_002.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.egosoft.com/news/images/news_2008_07_04_001.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.egosoft.com/news/images/news_2008_10_02_001.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.egosoft.com/news/images/news_2008_10_02_002.jpg[/img] And from [url=http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3tc/screenshots/x3_tc_screen_014.jpg]this[/url], and [url=http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3tc/screenshots/x3_tc_screen_005.jpg]this[/url], official TC screenshot (found in the [url=http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3tc/screenshots_en.php]X3TC image dump[/url]) I'd say its definitely a fact Xtended mod is working for Egosoft...

Some of the members that worked on Xtended mod did do work for X3TC, even some freelance type of modders that were around on the Egosoft forums took part, like Cycrow You know what's cool about X3 that not many people notice is the planets are 3D models that you can actually go around if you spent the time to do it, And if you go into the atmosphere too far your ship takes damage and then explodes :(

[QUOTE=TheTalon]You know what's cool about X3 that not many people notice is the planets are 3D models that you can actually go around if you spent the time to do it[/QUOTE] Really? Sweet, let us test this... in Antigone Memorial! And to ensure maximum survivability, I shall dispatch myself in a top of the line, fully equipped and armed (including fighters), Teladi Condor. I'll report back once I've left SETA on all month... But seriously, I did not know that. Maybe a strategical advantage if one had the xtended Orellius (I have never used one, so I may be way off there). But then again, kha'ak crap just appears out of nowhere so there will be absolutely no advantage. Are you sure they are 3D models? not just 2D animated sprites with a killing sphere around them?

[QUOTE=TheTalon]Some of the members that worked on Xtended mod did do work for X3TC, even some freelance type of modders that were around on the Egosoft forums took part, like Cycrow You know what's cool about X3 that not many people notice is the planets are 3D models that you can actually go around if you spent the time to do it, And if you go into the atmosphere too far your ship takes damage and then explodes :([/QUOTE] Yes indeed, I once flew some way round the planet in home of light, took about 30 minutes with 10x SETA and a starburst but I did notice the model changing, and I've flown into the atmosphere of the moon in ringo moon before. One thing I want in TC is something like an M3 but which mounts maybe a couple of turrets and is fast, sort of like a corvette from homeworld. Oh and also a larger ship about the size of an M6 maybe, but which mounts a few turrets which can take beta PBEs, for anti-fighter defence of factories.

I'm hoping for a ship to replace my Bullet in speed. Atleast i think it was called Bullet, i only remember my own name for it. I love doing circles around enemy fighters.

X3 Terran Conflict is live on steam. Pew pew!

Can anyone who bought it from Steam tell me the download size?

7.5 gb.

[QUOTE=apocca]I'm hoping for a ship to replace my Bullet in speed. Atleast i think it was called Bullet, i only remember my own name for it. I love doing circles around enemy fighters.[/QUOTE] The race who made the ship? What class? Give us details and we can tell you. It might be a special ship like the Arrow (discoverer model, but can go over a kilometer/second) or Starburst (same, but I believe it has better acceleration) [QUOTE=apocca]7.5 gb.[/QUOTE] That's going to take a while...