Ok, that makes sense then, thanks for your help Following on from that, what about the complex vs. standalone station argument. Obviously there is the lack of need for freighters and the time lag/ protection cost that that entails, but is that it? It seems a fair hassle given my experience of having...

Sorry, this has no doubt been covered before, but none of the explanations I've read make it very clear: If I have a 25 yield asteroid, and put an 'M' station on it, it produces like an 'M'? correct? so I can, say, have enough silicon for one 'M' Crystal fab. So if I put an 'L' on it, what then? eno...

I actually perfer the M4, although its not so good for taking down groups of novas (as you know). As for missiles, I would suggest putting an AIRE in the rear turret, and setting it to missile defence. that will help no end. But yes, I quite like the way that M3s are very vulnerable to attacks from ...

Great stuff! And with only 2MB of RAM!! You'll prolly see a much greater boost if you OC the graphics card. Those E6850s really go! How are you cooling it? What memory ratio & timings can you get out of the OCZ 8500?

Alternatively, it might not be the UT at all, it could one of your patrols or something, who have somehow had their FoF set to enemy. That happens quite a lot in X2, anyway.

Good to remember such games. I first got into XBTF in the hope that it was the next elite (I'm sure many people here are the same). Yeah IIRC, the place where they payed you to take gemstones away was Ceimess or something, just 'south west' of federation space. I think you can get it to work in DOSB...

Righty, heres me: Pre overclocking: -------------------------- X3 - Reunion -------------------------- Game version: 1.3.0.US Graphic card name and driver used: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS Version [6.14.11.6218] CPU name: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz Family 6 Model H Video settings during...

Be less rubbish !

I don't remember a race in freelancer. When was that?

(mind, it is the kind of game you can play through in a weekend, so I'm not suprised that memory doesn't serve here!)

yes, exactly.

In otherwords, by holding one of those keys, your directional controls become altered to strafe controls

are you playing X2? In that case the reason might be that you have an origninal copy, are patched up, but haven't installed the bonus pack- The UT is a bonus pack expansion, which comes preinstalled in later X2 releases. Fulfill the requirements people have posted, but if the above applies to you, t...

I dunno, even at the start, just about all M3s seem to use HEPTs, with the occasional PAC in the back turret or soo...

Again, my very first check would be to try a new monitor, as that seems the most likely culprit. Although it sounds more like a CRT monitor problem. Anyway, good luck. interesting find!

weird. I'd suggest just trying a different monitor, just to see. No idea though. How can you tell that its click on every screen refresh? Maybe its just some buzzing associated with the sound in X3 or something

have you tried using a different monitor?
EDIT: also is it a CRT screen or a new LCD?
(urg. getting old- referring to LCD as new)

Urg. Sorry. My bad. Long day. 2am, finishing off thesis, wasting time by reading forums. Urg. bed.

Yes, it is much better. Well, depends on how you look at it. Basically the AI deal with it much better (they actually aim for where you are ending up). Also, its marginally less powerful, and the intertia effect is much larger in X3, so it takes longer to change direction. Weighed against that, howe...

How fr*kking lazy are you?
http://www.thexuniverse.com/index.php?c=7
How fri*kking stupid am I by bothering to find this link to give to you.

nah- early game = no triplex scanner. Prolly no duplex scanner, I can't remember. (ah, the days when I couldn't shell out 2k)

Saya's banter = rubbish. Fact

Y'all need to get out more. Says the guy posting on an online forum at 11pm. hrm....