The DDTC 1.1 Update Released

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Here's the info and download ..... http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=250104
This is for Terran Conflict updated to 2.7. Seems it was out on June 9th, but I just happened to come across it tonight. And I've seen no mention of it here at SOH so far.

DDTC User Guide is here.... http://www.flatrock.org.nz/wolf/imag...User_Guide.pdf

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Oh crap and the wife wanted me to mow the lawn... I wonder if I can gum up the mowers emgine before she gets up...

Thanks for the HU...

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Oh crap and the wife wanted me to mow the lawn... I wonder if I can gum up the mowers emgine before she gets up...

Thanks for the HU...

At least you've got a lawn Mike. Ours down here are burnt to a crisp.

And I figured you'd like to hear about this. :d

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Gary this is totally amazing, I installed it the other night just for a quick peak and I am hooked. I blew away reunion XTM and my messed up vanilla TC, I installed TC fresh and patched it up to 2.7.1 and fired this up - OMG awsome is an understatement. I added Cycrows Cheat Pack and I am redoing my ZBoard key mapping now, this is going to be like a totally new game but the learning curve is behind me

Gig's lovin this!

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That sounds great Mike. But are you telling me DDTC is better than the AMS mod?

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Just got it myself. I've looked for v1.0 but haven't found it yet. Tho I did download v1.1a rar that's 159Mb large. I hope it's the whole thing all rolled into one.

I hope the Free Jump, Claim Software and a few other mods will work with this. Tho I will find out this week. :d

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Gary you have everything with the 1.1 download, it is complete. I have not tried the free jump, or Claim Coftware yet, but I plan to add the AMS Claim script as soon as I have a chance. Cycrows Cheat Pack works just fine and that gives me the ability to claim and free jump so no hurry.

Comparing AMS to DDTC, I have not played this long enough yet to say it is "better" than AMS, the visuals are much more interesting and there are a huge number of new ships (70 or more totally new ships) and I believe you are the Firefly fan aren't you - it's included! Some really cool Star Wars ships with a nice back story to explain their existance (check the DDTC forum for the details).

I will say this, DDTC is one awsome Mod!

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Well, that did it! Hearing the Firefly is included is reason enough to convert.

I'll be working on saving my AMS install and getting DDTC in asap. :d

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Gary, if you want a nice clean install what I would do is just rename the folder that contains the AMS modded game then do a new fressh install of X3TC from the DVD, and patch it up to 2.7.1. That will allow you to switch back to AMS any time you want all you have to do is swap out your save games and create a new shortcut to run the X3TC.exe file in the AMS renamed folder. That is what I have been doing from day one, and it works fine, it means you are doubling up on disk usage but if you have the space it is worth it. I am using the Save Game Manager I posted baout the other day to switch back & forth works great and handles all of the messy details.

If you want to give that a try and have any questions let me know I have it down to a science now, I had 4 seperate X3TC full installs all running for awhile and had no probelms - until I got creative and tried to add ships to them all...

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Yep, that's how I'm doing it Mike. And I'm doing the reinstall right this minute. For some unknown reason Auto Play to install X3TC on my DVD player wasn't working earlier. No idea what caused it but it's fixed now so I can continure on. Oh what a relief that is.

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Gary, I suspect you will love this Mod, there are still a few stutters, but so far the only problems I found was when undocking from a few of the stations, and emerging from jump gates, not a big deal.

Now your Firefly, the model is very cool a TS so it has lots of uses and I expect I will have a lot of fun with it myself.

I am doing a mission set now from the DDTC custom set, so I have to finish that before I do more exploring.

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Mike I have the 1.1a .rar download. What's the easiest way to install? Extract it all to the TC folder. Somewhere I read it was a self installing Mod but haven't seen how.

They're say the spk and scripts will work fine in DDTC.... Claim Software, Free Jump and the rest we were using in AMS/TC

Just got home from a long day out in the hot sun so I'm a bit foggy right now. Twas 100 in the shade here today. Could have been like yesterday and 119*s in the sun. At least we had rain tonight and it's cooling off.... lawns sure need it. This is as close to Death Valley as I want to get. Snow sounds good right about now.

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All you have to do is extract the rar directly into the main X3 Terran Conflict Folder as long as you have it set to extract to the original folders it installs everything where it should go. What I generally do is to extract to a temp folder then select all files and copy them into the X3 Folder, same thing really I just like to have the full Mod Folder extracted on it's own so I can see what files were involved.

I have Tested Cycrows Cheat Pack 1.5 and it works fine, I just installed the Salvage Package and Free Jump but have not tested them much yet, (I am tied up with the mission set), but they seem to be OK so far. I have not tried the AMS Scripts yet, but I will likely try them later this week.

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That's what I thought for the install. Dopey me.

Hey, are you and I the only ones in this forum these days? Seems Loinheart and everyone else has bailed out on us. Shame on them. I know he's playing Mass2 but I figured he'd at least be around. Maybe he's just lurking these days.

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Hey Gary,


lolol... Nope. I didnt bail. Just havent played in a while. Still unwinding from the Skylark launch. About a week or two from launch, I start going critical and focus down on the project. I havent turned on ME2 in ages. I'll have to relearn the controls again, lol.. Same for X3TC.

I also check in every day to see what you guys have been talking about. I figured I didnt have anything enlightening to add.

This update sounds a really cool thing. Looks like I will need to get this and check it out. Mine was starting to really lag in some area's, like near my home base, which was populated with tons of captured craft, good bargains, and my infamous battle fleet! Ive turned my local space into a parking lot... arrgh.

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Good to see ya Bill. Hope the launch went well. With this X3 addicion I haven't run FSX in ages. I came this close - - to getting Mass2 the other day but said I've got enough on my hands for now. hopefully the price will come down this fall and I'll pick it up. Same with SHV and I hope they do away with the needed UBI account to play. That is just plain wrong IMHO.

Just got DDTC all installed this morning mike.... seeing my brain fog has finally lifted and I can finally think better than lastnight. LOL Just to give it a test I started with the Boron. Boy, you don't have many friends in this one. So far I can say the "Eye Candy" is fantastic. I've got a few more scripts to get in and I'll be set to go full bore. From what I can see, if you live long in DDTC you'll be very very lucky. Tho I do wish you'd start with a few more credits in yer wallet.

Yes Mike, let me know how the Save Game Manager works. I have it installed but couldn't figure it out to run both campaigns with it..... actually 3 of them. Seems yer the brains behind all this good stuff. :d Set it up in a separate thread and have Bill make it a stickie if he would.

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Oh man! SHV... I must still get that. Visible engine room! nice....

You can get that on Steam by the way. Still $50.00 and about a 2+ Gig download. Steam might have alternate safeties.


Bill

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Sorry to say this but Steam is not the way to go. You still must have a UBI account and there is no way around that. Tho without Steam there is an alternate way... of which I can't talk about here.

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So far I can say the "Eye Candy" is fantastic.

You are right about that, and there is a huge variety, although it may cause studders in some places if your system is not loaded for bear. The really neat stuff are some of the new Asteroid Bases, several sectors have pirate bases inside asteroids with internal and external docking "MASSIVELY COOL"

if you live long in DDTC you'll be very very lucky. Tho I do wish you'd start with a few more credits in yer wallet.

That really depends on the start you choose, The Terran Start is not too bad, you get a couple ships, and can make a few quick bucks, there is always the Cycrow Cheat PAckage, you can add any amount of credits you want with that to get a good start - Hint you can also cheat up your Firefly on demand to get right at it!

Yes Mike, let me know how the Save Game Manager works. I have it installed but couldn't figure it out to run both campaigns with it..... actually 3 of them. Seems yer the brains behind all this good stuff. :d Set it up in a separate thread and have Bill make it a stickie if he would.

No problem I will grab some screens and do a Cheat Sheet tonight and attach it to a new thread.

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Hey Gary,

I am having problems with Onenote and my PDF writer so I have to reinstall that before I can complete the cheat sheet. In the mean time try these quick steps - AFTER you backup your save game folder of course!

Install the Save Game Manager as per instructions included, it can go in any folder.

When you run it the first time it will be blank, select the Import / Export Manager and Import your current Save Game set, it will ask for a name and description and import the files. Then all you do is Activate that and you are basically ready. You should Import any other Save Game Sets from where ever you have tehem saved and name them, the Save Game Manager will do it's thing and create the required folders and xml files for you. Then just backup as required and select the Activate Campaign to swith set, the app will do the background work for you by copying out the current to a safe place and putting the newly activated set in the main save game folder.

Stay tuned I should be able to post a cheat sheet later tonight or tomorrow evening.

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Sounds good MiKe. I just got home so I'll get at it tomorrow morning. Been out in the hot sun all day again today and I'm beat. Not 100 like yesterday but darned close with an extra helping of humidity. Now I'm really praying for snow. LOL

BTW.... would you have a link to the Cycrow Cheat Package you're using? I've looked on his mod page but can't find it.... Could be me just me and I'm not seeing it. Or if it's small enough to, attach it to a reply here.

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Lets try attaching it, the file is only 101K. - looks like it will work.

You have to use the Cycrow Plugin Manager to Install it,, so if you need that let me know and I'll send you the link it would be too big to attache here.

The Cheat Collection is basically an All-in-one, you can do tons of things with it, all credits, weapons, missles, create stations darn near anything, it will appear under "Custom" in your ships Command Menu if it is installed properly.

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Got it Mike, thanks. And it's installed. One question, is the V1.60 basically the same or are some things left out from V1.5? 1.6 is the only only one I see here.... http://apricotmappingservice.com/X3TCdownloads/

Also wondering if you've tried this one too? Apricot-show-all-sectors. I'll give it a try and see if it works with DDTC. It'll come in handy for Free Jumps, as I haven't found a Map of all the DDTC sectors yet. From what I understand, names of some sectors have been changed in DDTC.

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Here we go with another thought. Is it possible to add the ship extensions like was done in the Apricot Mod, by means of the Cycrow Cheat Package? That is the one thing about DDTC I miss the most. Yeah I know, I'm spoiled now. Beside, why pay for it if there's a way to get it for free.

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Got it Mike, thanks. And it's installed. One question, is the V1.60 basically the same or are some things left out from V1.5? 1.6 is the only only one I see here.... http://apricotmappingservice.com/X3TCdownloads/

Also wondering if you've tried this one too? Apricot-show-all-sectors. I'll give it a try and see if it works with DDTC. It'll come in handy for Free Jumps, as I haven't found a Map of all the DDTC sectors yet. From what I understand, names of some sectors have been changed in DDTC.

I tried V1.6 and it crashed the game had to remove it , I am running 1.5 I think it is the version compatible with most mods, if you can't find it let me know I will zip it up and attach it.

As far as the reveal all sectors that is in the Cheat Package along with a ton of other "enhancements", add any ship extension, all equipment, supertune, all compatible weapons, you name it it is there. You can cheat the challenge right out of the game if you wish, but I have never gone that far. There is a "Free Jump" built in to the package as well - "Warp to Sector" you can warp any ship to any sector even if it is not equipped with a jump drive - very handy if you need to call in a small carrier to hold some claimed ships and you don't have one handy. There is also the "Create Ship, Clone Ship, Create Station, etc." It can allow you to build a fleet and a nice base to start from if you want, very powerful add on, actually the only thing you need really.