Thanks for the responses.

X3:TC works about as well as many games in stereoscopic 3D; most of it is just fine, but particularly jarring is that the backgrounds/'skybox' displays on the 2D 'screen' plane, and therefore in front of everything in the game depth-wise. Would it be a quick/simple fix for a modder to change this?

I played through X2, and was real excited for the scripting documentation to come along...

Er, should I still be waiting? I just popped on the board to see if it'd been released yet, and I'm not finding it anyplace.

You can land on planets in Universal Combat. That doesn't make it a fun game in any way. X2 is fun, even if you can't land on planets.

Someday, someone's going to release the Perfect Game. Unless it was Elite, in which case someone already did...

I was a bit upset when X2 was first released, as I recall.

I can't find anything to complain about in the latest patch, really.

I know it's no defense... but if you want to try some games that are *really* buggy, I can make some recommendations that will improve your relative appraisal of X2.

Don't forget to download and print out the tutorials - they go with the training missions in the demo. They look very useful so I'm going to install the demo just for that even though I have the game. I've seen Derek Smart claim that those same tutorials are in the game, I guess if you download the...

Seeing that you (alias scribblej on other boards) were insulting him, slamming the game and abusing your right to post there and then got banned, everyone should take your review with a grain of salt. I'm not sure how to respond to this without descending into a flame war. Carefully, I suppose. Fir...

I disagree about the graphics though. While not having X2's processor intensive bump mapped goodness they are way more than adequate .... I'd be more than happy to trade x2 graphics for this. To each their own. This is why I suggest people try the demo. As the reviewer said - collision detection on...

It's nice to hear that Derek Smart has learned absolutely NOTHING since releasing Battlecruiser 3000AD onto an unsuspecting world... I'm new to the BC scene, as I said UC is my first exposure to the series. But I can imagine it's hard to learn anything when your response to any criticism is to ridi...

It is however, only twenty bucks. Whatever you may think of the feud between publisher and developer (as end-consumer, I frankly don't give much of a rat's ass either way; laissez-faire, baby!) it's hard to go wrong with that. As I preordered, I paid well before the price drop. Heh. - Not that it m...

I preordered Universal Combat and X2 at the same time when I heard about them both last year. Now that they're both out, I can offer you a review. I hesitate to call it a comparison, because the two really don't compare in any way. First off, my advice to anyone considering trying Universal Combat: ...

I'm with Bazaa. Not only did I not cheat, but I didn't even "fudge'' by leaving SETA on when I wsn't actually playing, etc. I still found the game disappointely short. Once you've completed the plot and have a trading empire, enough money to do pretty much as you please, there's little point in cont...

Come on guys make these messages scroll so that I can easily look back and see what messages I have recieved. An on screen text box that stays visible and is scrollable would be ideal. Amen! Also I guess this is more of a feature request but it just seems so basic Im puzzled why its not in it alrea...

Thanks, bazaa - and I didn't mean to sound like I was coming down on you hard. The tip about the other gun types having different icons is a good one. Now I jus thave to figure out what they all are. Your correction to LV can stand - you're right. My problem isn't the delay between "solar power plan...

No. They don't go away.

There's no way in the game to get rid of them for good.

Someone's going to say "Script Editor." Yeah, whatever.

Your cockpit display should be showing you what missile is currently loaded.... Its an icon (different one for each missle type) Same thing happens for lasers... different icon for each with an arrow showing left side and right side... I'm aware of that - although I didn't realize the gun icons wer...

Turrets Firing Arc A turret will not fire at a ship although its lead firing indicator is above its firing horizon. Status : Investigating Addtl: lead firing indicators WAY off in ships that are in motion from turrets that do not face forward. Incorrect Maximum M6 Speed My M6 has its speed stuck at...

Shooting Unknown (Khaak) ships in the sectors you want to get friendly with works just as well as pirates, if you prefer. Missiles make taking out enemies a lot simpler, if you're having trouble making kills. Also, if you have money to throw at the problem, you can always buy the fighitng command ex...

After you intall it, target the ship you want to beam from, within 5k, and it'll have the option on it smenu (hit I)

It is the end of the game either way - if you'd won the last mission you'd get an extra cutscene, but THAT IS IT.

The rest you have to use your imagination for. You can keep playing as long as you like, but with no goals, no rewards, and no plot, I don't see a lot of point.