X-Tended - Terran Conflict (XTC) (Update: - Manual available! - 12/10/10)

yokozuna · Post by **yokozuna** » Thu, 16. Dec 10, 10:43

That thing with the Xenon vanishing is quite strange, are we to expect some surprise in the storyline like for instance glorious return

or maybe another race will become the main villain?

RLHDLW · Post by **RLHDLW** » Thu, 16. Dec 10, 10:44

vukica wrote:
newname wrote:
vukica wrote:enenra wrote on the german forum that XTC text files have 180 000 words which is about 320 word doc pages...
Well, that's German. Their word for "brevity" is is longer than the sentence containing it.
there are no german text files. all english.

p.s. kürz (not really but close enough)
p.p.s. german language sticks word together so you get less words... but longer words. e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donaudampf ... sellschaft

Brevity = "Kürze" and "Donaudampschifffahrtsgesellschaft" has three "f" in a row since the last Rechtschreibreform (Reform of official spelling rules)

mr.WHO · Post by **mr.WHO** » Thu, 16. Dec 10, 11:54

yokozuna wrote:That thing with the Xenon vanishing is quite strange, are we to expect some surprise in the storyline like for instance glorious return or maybe another race will become the main villain?

Read the manual again. Xenon are present, but they need to be started via script. So if you want Xenon, you will have Xenons.

Blips · Post by **Blips** » Thu, 16. Dec 10, 12:08

Alex Vanderbilt wrote:Performance depends on your system. Generally valid statements about how good/bad it is/will be cannot be made! However, as stated in the FAQ in the first post, we've done everything possible to keep the impact of the mod as low as possible.

AV

Performance is based on system hardware and software yes, but performance should be easily measurable: if vanilla X3: TC has an average FPS of 45 on machine A, then running and testing x-tended on machine A will return the difference in performance.

On a side note, after reading the manual I'm pretty excited for the release. Sounds very promising.

stemardue · Post by **stemardue** » Thu, 16. Dec 10, 12:21

Blips:

That is correct for a basic game or application. X games are quite complex, every single sector can have different 'performance' readings, depending on what is going on in the background... scripts spawning enemies in other sectors, ongoing missions etc. Several events are random as well, so no game is or can be the same as another. In other words, no reproduceable situations... unless you kill all the scripts and play in a void universe.

But, as AV said, much effort has been put into optimizing all that we could.

xavierd · Post by **xavierd** » Thu, 16. Dec 10, 17:15

Just so i can start making space on my profile, do we know how many hotkeys will need to be set?

vukica · Post by **vukica** » Thu, 16. Dec 10, 17:21

xavierd wrote:Just so i can start making space on my profile, do we know how many hotkeys will need to be set?

RTFM page 34,35 and 36.

I apologize for rudeness.

X2-Eliah · Post by **X2-Eliah** » Thu, 16. Dec 10, 17:46

As some of you may have noticed, TheXUniverse (TXU) is undergoing a server change. We expect the ordeal to be over within 72 hours at most, and the site will be back up as soon as possible.

In the meantime, there may be difficulties accessing the download links of the released content - just so you know, we're aware of that

xavierd · Post by **xavierd** » Thu, 16. Dec 10, 18:58

vukica wrote:RTFM page 34,35 and 36.

I apologize for rudeness.

Server transfer = download link dead = can't read the manual. Apology rejected.

Now that's out of the way, and since the information is out there, would anyone who does have the manual care to answer? Or is there a mirror somewhere?

A5PECT · Post by **A5PECT** » Thu, 16. Dec 10, 19:01

16 hotkeys.

Although one of the pictured options looks like a dev menu so that might not appear in the released versions.

xavierd · Post by **xavierd** » Thu, 16. Dec 10, 19:06

Thanks KloHunt3r. Time to make some room! Guess my codea keys can take a walk

costi · Post by **costi** » Thu, 16. Dec 10, 22:09

Speaking of hotkeys - does any of the devs have a suggested layout, assuming standard X3TC controls?

A5PECT · Post by **A5PECT** » Thu, 16. Dec 10, 23:34

Considering how differently people play the game, it would be much easier if you assigned the controls yourself. The best control setup is the one that makes sense to you.

Aydan · Post by **Aydan** » Thu, 16. Dec 10, 23:56

Klohunt3r is right about that.

Not every single Hotkey is a "must" setup. But keeping it the Terran conflict way allows you to access menues directly, which can be opened otherwise also. In the end, personal preference.

newname · Post by **newname** » Fri, 17. Dec 10, 00:16

I recommend setting up voice commands. I use "f***ing AI!" as a shortcut to load the most recent game.

Kozaki · Post by **Kozaki** » Fri, 17. Dec 10, 00:21

Nice idea...

enenra · Post by **enenra** » Fri, 17. Dec 10, 00:24

xavierd wrote:
vukica wrote:RTFM page 34,35 and 36.

I apologize for rudeness.
Server transfer = download link dead = can't read the manual. Apology rejected.

Now that's out of the way, and since the information is out there, would anyone who does have the manual care to answer? Or is there a mirror somewhere?

Explanation rejected.

There's still the ModDB Mirror: http://www.moddb.com/mods/x-tended-terr ... /downloads

Killjaeden · Post by **Killjaeden** » Fri, 17. Dec 10, 00:28

I definitely recommend setting up afterburner and change-shield-to-weaponenergy because you want to use it alot.

And GNS, if you want to know what is going on in your universe... well not your, our

Blips · Post by **Blips** » Fri, 17. Dec 10, 01:16

What race does the ship at 1:30 in the trailer belong to? Is it Terran? If so I think I'm definitely going to be Terran when I start a new game - I love that style of ship design.

mnanderson · Post by **mnanderson** » Fri, 17. Dec 10, 03:08

I believe that the ship in question is the new Terran drone carrier; i.e. the Terran version of the Argon Griffin. However, the XTC Griffin won't be the same as the Griffin in vanilla; the XTM drone frigates build and maintain their own fleet of M4 class fighter drones, and the manual indicates that they'll work the same in XTC.

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