xtfan - why not let the ai control the one you are not in and use both at the same time? I have a fully kitted pirate falcon and a buster sentinel (which has good shields and just a tad faster than my falcon). I fly the falcon and I let the AI fly the buster. I gave him 2BPACs and 4 BIRE. He does re...

When i hit the "Start x3" button, screen goes black. The computer is still running, and it is not a crash, but rather a freeze. I thought it might be converting some files, so I let it sit for about 10 mins and still a black screen. I cant alt tab or ctrl- alt - del out. Have to do a hard reboot. :...

TSM wrote:just out of a matter of interest what Windows are you using?

98,98SE,ME,2000 or XP

XP home SP 2

Hello. After playing 1.2 without a single crash, hiccup, freeze or problem whatsever, I patch to 1.2.1 and try to run x3. When i hit the "Start x3" button, screen goes black. The computer is still running, and it is not a crash, but rather a freeze. I thought it might be converting some files, so I ...

If you have the trading system extension installed on your ships, while flying your disco, you can hit "r" to bring up your property, select the merc, and have him dock at various stations, buy goods, and sell them. You have to give the orders, but you can fight while he is flying around in his slow...

It's definitely a mixed bag. I think the AI traders are doing a fine job of depriving me of my rightful profittsss, I just wish there were more of them out there so that finished production would be faster, and cheaper, after the feed stocks have done their job. Obviously, part of the job of "fixin...

The weapons are installed, they appear on the little weapons/weapon energy display in the bottom left corner, not to mention I bought the ship with them already installed, and tweaked a little tryin to make em work, they just wont - I've been down every avenue available besides posting on here befo...

I haven't voted because I somewhere in-between yes and no, but my Mercury Trader is obsessed with Energy cells and always seems to keep a stock of above 400! Plus I know he ignores the easy trading of Nav Sat's and Fighter drones that I used as milk runs early on. He keeps those in reserve as his j...

I just did a few more tests on a Xenon L: No shields installed : 8 seconds 55 MJ Shields installed : 8 seconds 75 MJ Shields installed : 8 seconds Then I remote-piloted my mamba and took out the L's shields and did the test while they were recharging : 8 seconds in short nothing changes at all, it ...

Forcing the players to seek this information from external sources is, put simply, WRONG . They don't force you to do that at all. You could always do what I do - try stuff and see what it does. Part of the fun is discovery. I agree. Discovering what is out in space. Not basic information. Imagine ...

First - I really like the game. Second - he is absolutely right. And dont say that ship/weapon specs are "spoilers" either. Go to any car lot - the spec for each are posted right there on the window. You can also look them up online. Same for weapons. They have no advertising in the X universe? No d...

This should get you started:

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=96108

Bottom line - the X games have a STEEEEP learning curve, but once you learn what you are doing, it is a blast. Stick with it for a while.

I raid MC with a 60 warrior on weekends and do ZG on mondays. The rest of the week WAS devoted to X3, but I am going to shelf it until the CTD patch gets posted.

Its a shame too - my wife is out of town this weekend and I planned on spending most of it on X3.

I also have the Dell 2405fpw, but I just can't play the game in widescreen. The view simply stretches to fit the screen, you don't see more. I don’t have a problem with frame rates, as I don’t see that much of a difference between 1920x1200 and 1280x1024 for some reason, but rather that everything ...

Jsangster wrote:Hrett

what hardware are you using?

AMD64 3500+, ATI Radeon PCI Express 850XT 256, 2gig Corsair Ram. My hard drive is crap though.

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wow a teladi falcon 2 x 125 !

That has to be a typo, no?

I have a 21" HP widescreen. I am playing at 1680 x 1050. Runs great. I may have a minor fps drop in intense fights, but it only lasts for one second.

I have gotten a couple, but they were all missles. They shot fine though.

Yours can be installed like software or a scanner?

Yeah - I have seen a number with IDs and PSGs. I tend to avoid them. They also carry very nasty missles too. In my falcon, I was toying with 2 pirate busters. One of the launched a missle that took me from 1/2 shileds to death in one hit. :o I was very suprised. Also - is there a hotkey to target en...

Something destroyed the shipyard in the Boron Home sector? It has a Shark and Ray there, no?

Would have to be a huge invasion force to take it out.