Terran Conflict X3; Extreme Addiction!

[Dain Arns]

Yipes! Not a cheat at all! My reputation is way too low, and since it's millions to buy I won't be getting these for a while. *sigh*. Good "Addon" though...

That "Free Jump" might be a better solution, Bill. It deducts credits in the same amount of Energy Cells you would have to buy. I think that's fair too.

[Lionheart]

Yipes! Not a cheat at all! My reputation is way too low, and since it's millions to buy I won't be getting these for a while. *sigh*. Good "Addon" though...

That "Free Jump" might be a better solution, Bill. It deducts credits in the same amount of Energy Cells you would have to buy. I think that's fair too.

hmmm.. I didnt notice the drop in credits. I can deal with that I guess. So long as I do not have to contiunously dock at Energy Cell stations all the time for mini hops..

Yep, its already in there. Just go to Jump Drive in Nav mode and you see all the controls in there.

Nice script!!



Bill

[Dain Arns]

hmmm.. I didnt notice the drop in credits. I can deal with that I guess. So long as I do not have to contiunously dock at Energy Cell stations all the time for mini hops..

Yep, its already in there. Just go to Jump Drive in Nav mode and you see all the controls in there.

Nice script!!



Bill

Looks like version 1.4 added the credits exchange. I picked that one because it added jump commands for Wings.

This is much better! Now I can seek abandoned ships!

[Dain Arns]

I have to confess,

I became an illegal trader of Space Fuel.... Dang! I wonder how? I was blinded by the huge profit.... I was so guilty I want the local police catch me, but they would not.... man, how will I straighten my act?

It was good it was just a game.... will I surrender to local authorities?

You better watch out! I got a freight scanner, finally. I'm also getting my Law Enforcement licenses for the various races. I'm looking for you!




So this blew my mind last night. What fun!

Captured a Demeter Super Freighter last night. Then right after repairing it up and sending it to dock, another pirate one appeared. As soon as I got the shields down, the guy bailed! So I'm the proud owner of two Demeter Super Freighters. Wow, they are big!

[Craig Taylor]

Well, I ran my first trading run last night as a "humble trader." Humble, indeed, as I think I lost about 1,000 CR on the deal. I ran the little run described in the game manual to see how it's done, as well as exercise some of the basic ship commands. I'm getting the hang of the autopilot and issuing commands to the little fighter that came with my Mercury. Wow! I haven't left the sector yet, and am still looking for a station that will sell me some weapons. I'm a little nervous flying around without any defenses.

I received a message last night telling me to fly to Omicron Lyrae to help with Terran settlers, and I don't want to go into that unarmed. Must find weapons!

I can see how this can become so addictive. I was amused by a paragraph on one of the first few pages of the game manual - "Say goodbye to family/social life."

Edit: BTW, my older PC rig seems to have no trouble running this. A single-core 3Ghz with 3GB RAM and a 256MB AGP graphics card work just fine, both before and after applying the patches.

[Dain Arns]

There definitely is learning curve to this game. It can be frustrating at first, but it's not too difficult a curve. The thing is there are so many different opportunities for someone. It's so open ended.

Last night, I saw a ship. It belonged to some royal family it turns out. I'm noticing more and more personal ships in the game. Then later on I realized that's for folks that truly want to be "Privateers". So you can even be a pirate if you want. Arrr!

[Lionheart]

Congrats Dain in your new Super Freighters. Those are cool looking ships. They remind me of the Naboo styling in SW. Sort of 1930's Emperial design, complete with gold trim, lol..


Craig,

Watch your prices. Never purchase Energy Cells for more then 12 or 13 Cr. Always check the prices before you buy, and always check the buying rate as well. I wouldnt buy EC's for 15 and then sell 2,000 of them for 16. Wouldnt be worth it. Try best sales, like buying for 12, and selling for 18 or 19 Cr's. Then you make a ton of money on each sales run.

Some military 'munitions' factories purchase at higher prices, such as Ore. For instance, Ore should always be bought at 50 Cr, then sell for no less then say 145 Cr. Teladianium Foundries will purchase Ore at 145. Some missile factories will purchase Ore at nearly 200 Cr and more. (I think I have seen 240 or 280, cant remember). When you get a super freighter, then you will start really raking in the money.


Back to alien freighters and fighters. I tend to like the Split ships most, and then the Boron ships. (I dont know why). But yesterday, I noticed at Walmart, a SW ship available that looks like a Split cargo ship, lolol... All rusty and reddish looking. Reminded me of the Jawa sand crawler vehicles. Big, reddish things, built for hauling cargo...

I'll have to check out a Split fighter and see what they fly like.



Bill

[gigabyte]

Geez folks this thread is going nuts, 14 pages and over 4500 reads...

I will be watching for the next few days cuz it looks like the Media Center is "Toast" the error looks like a corrupt file on the OS drive and I can't seem to replace/repair it, so I am going to blow it away and reinstall... What a PITA!!!

Oh well when I am done I hope to be running a nice shiney version of Win 7 so I can use all of the 8 gig of RAM I have installed.

Wish me luck I am about to start backing up the apps now so hopefully I can restore the current configs after I reinstall everything.

Some days I wonder why I gave up drinking....

[Dain Arns]

Heh, I've gotten two more smaller Frieghters. Kinda tickle them with the lasers til they bail. Think I just went into the "Previously Owned Frieghter" business.

And speaking of...

I picked up a couple of the pilots, since I had a cargo bay life support system. Seems like you could 'trade' them somewhere? But I can't remember where.

[Lionheart]

Geez folks this thread is going nuts, 14 pages and over 4500 reads...

I will be watching for the next few days cuz it looks like the Media Center is "Toast" the error looks like a corrupt file on the OS drive and I can't seem to replace/repair it, so I am going to blow it away and reinstall... What a PITA!!!

Oh well when I am done I hope to be running a nice shiney version of Win 7 so I can use all of the 8 gig of RAM I have installed.

Wish me luck I am about to start backing up the apps now so hopefully I can restore the current configs after I reinstall everything.

Some days I wonder why I gave up drinking....

Hey Mike,

Sorry to hear that. I was hoping you could do a repair on the Windows from on another drive. arrgh..

Could you load Win7 on a diff drive and have that as your primary and just use the present primary as your secondary?

(hope that makes sense)

Hope you get it running soon.. You're missing out!



Roger that Dain,

Man.. You will have a fleet of Freighters, lol..

I just went up against about 7 Kha-Ahk fighters and scouts and lived.. Well, once, nearly done, I had one fly into me. So I had to reload from a saved point where I ran off to reload missles at a station. (arrgh).

Got them all though. I couldnt get one to give up. Coms were 'hangups' lol.. Fiesty little booogahs..!


Bill

[Lionheart]

Oh....

Did you know they have 'Unknown Objects'?

Yes... They are UFO's. I saw my first one North of Omecron Lyrae. It was a flying saucer, a bit like the Invaders, and a bit like the prototype rumoured nazi 'red mercury' thing. Bottom of the hull spins.

Pretty cool! lol...



Bill

[Chacha]

You better watch out! I got a freight scanner, finally. I'm also getting my Law Enforcement licenses for the various races. I'm looking for you!




So this blew my mind last night. What fun!

Captured a Demeter Super Freighter last night. Then right after repairing it up and sending it to dock, another pirate one appeared. As soon as I got the shields down, the guy bailed! So I'm the proud owner of two Demeter Super Freighters. Wow, they are big!

I am very careful, I want to surrender, I don't know how....I have the illegal cargo on a ship that is remotely controlled...


On repairing the ships that i conquer, you can repair them yourselves by jumping out of your ship with your gear and fix it yourself... so you don't have to pay for repair...


And Craig, be sure you have ammo in your ship's wings.... It's dark out here and scary, you better have something to protect your ships...

[gigabyte]

I was hoping for a quick fix but it looks like I have to do it the hard way... Oh well things always run faster on a fresh install.

Has anyone else found any Space Flies yet? I kept seeing news items about them in Reunion but never found any, just befoe my crash last night I was parked by a gate waiting for a salvaged ship to catch up and I was sitting in the middle of a swarm, and I was without a space fly collector. It was very cool tho, reminded me of a swarm of fire lies like we get around here in the summer, I am going back there as soon as I am operational again. If you are interested they were near the south gate in the Unknow sector, just above Argon Sector M148, but who knows if they will be there in any other game play?

Keep the fight going troops, see you around the XUniverse soon.

[Lionheart]

Hey Mike,

Thanks for the heads up on those Space Flies. I had heard alot about them, and keep seeing ships called Space Fly Collectors.. I hadnt seen any yet. I'll go to look for them. Sounds cool.

See you back soon.



Bill

[Craig Taylor]

I ran a few crates of "space fuel" last night, and that really helped my bottom line. Since I was flush with credits I hopped over to Argon Prime to the Equipment Dock, but wouldn't you know it --all out of lasers (well, the affordable kind... ). I did pick up one of those trade system extension upgrades so I can check the prices for stuff while in transit. The trouble I seem to be having at the moment is that everyone seems to be stocked with the stuff I can buy/haul.

And I'm still flying around unarmed.

@ Chacha, I got scanned by the cops a little while ago, so they are looking...