Just for information, I solved this by landing an S ship on the (not Heavy, my mistake) Behemoth, nipping into the elevator to get into my spacesuit and distributing a few dozen bombs around the surface. Leave, explode, sorted.

OK, thanks both. Yes I got a bit confused about the plot. I'll either roll back and change my choice or see what happens if I bring a serious fleet in to do the job.

I chose to go with the Terrans in Final Debrief, so the 'Kill Saman Red' submission popped up. I found him dawdling about in a Heavy Behemoth in Second Contact. He doesn't seem to be trying to go anywhere, though I've waited a good long while. If I attack him there's rather a rough melee which I see...

I fly around in my Falx, with a Quasar in internal storgae and, generally, a Perseus Vanguard docked. When doing the WW mission I used the Quasar for racing. Like many people I didn't realise I'd lose the ship, but I can live with that. However it isn't just lost - it's back in internal storage and ...

You shouldn't need to copy that file like that though. Check https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/games_windows_10/directx-90c-and-12/40e2e7f4-4b96-4063-852d-0d7f7863766f and scroll down to the big post made there Thanks. I got the DX end-user runtime web installer from a link there an...

Found the dll in a cab file in X3's Directx9c folder, and extracted it to the game and addon folders. It doesn't complain about it now when I run X3FL.exe directly, but just says that the game was unable to start correctly, error Oxc000007b. Running from Steam is the same as ever, though it might be...

I have X3, XR and X4 all working as Steam games. I added FL as soon as it appeared and it is available to play - but lasts 1 second. No explanation, no error message: it just bins out before getting going. I've un/re-installed it but without effect. Should I be trying to get help from Steam or can ...

ranzolger wrote: ↑

Mon, 10. May 21, 23:29

I have a 4k screen (27"), so borderless is sadly no option for me.
Afaik the gui doesn't scale.

But maybe its a solution for the OP

I can't see a borderless setting anywhere - I'm not getting as far as any screen with options. AFAICS there's no way to set it in the Steam client - is there?

Have you restarted your Steam client and/or PC during this process? Sometime after a fresh installation, Steam doesn't play nicely with the newly-installed game. Please also check whether the game is trying to do a first-time install of the vcredist, and failing due to a permissions setting. Restar...

So, I've tried Steam support and they refer me to Egosoft. There's no way I can see to ask for that support outside the forums, and asking here hasn't sorted it - so what should I do?

Had a similar issue, for some reason FL tripped my Security suite software (Not Anti-Virus, its COMODO suite Host intrusion Prevention system and Auto-Containment module), A little odd considering it didnt trip X3:AP, but disabling it allowed the game to run. Interesting, but unfortunately not rele...

The system setup itself looks OK. Your sound drivers are a little out of date, and if you have any codec packs installed then it would be worth removing those. However the thing that stands out are two ASUS applications, NoiseCancelingEngine.exe and AcPowerNotification.exe, repeatedly crashing. I'd...

I've just been checking and although X3:AP runs fine under Steam, X3:TC pops a notice with a key, which 'will be needed for the game to run'. The game runs OK after that, and there's no request for the key. However when FL tries to start I see that there is a message box that flashes up, too quick t...

CBJ wrote: ↑

Thu, 6. May 21, 20:33

We might be able to help, but you'll need to give us some information to work with. A DXDiag would be a good start.

Hope you can, thanks. Here's the dxdiag: https://nextcloud.webo.hosting/s/CB6Gz2iLeS72N6Y

I have X3, XR and X4 all working as Steam games. I added FL as soon as it appeared and it is available to play - but lasts 1 second. No explanation, no error message: it just bins out before getting going. I've un/re-installed it but without effect. Should I be trying to get help from Steam or can a...

Well there was no change when I went back. Of course, as I should have realised I can't just disable extensions and load a game to test - I'd have to start the whole thing again in vanilla, which is a trudge I'm not interested in. So I guess I'll just have play other plot lines and ignore this one a...

You should definitely try uploading your save and linking it here so that we can have a look, because that bug is something completely new. :) I'm going to go back to the mission to see if HF3 fixed anything. Then I'll have to disable all the mods and try again - if that fails I'll upload a vanilla...

Most people who get stuck in this mission have got further than me, and I haven't seen this particular problem noted anywhere. I have chased the customs officer Tamatha Shani to near the abandoned asteroid base. I have conversed with her two ways: first I tried the coercive option and had a Rapid Un...

I had the same problem. IIRC I solved this by applying a preset loadout, which applied the internal shield generator. Then you simply can revert the changes. It's a dirty workaround but it's working. :) Ah, thank you! As it happens since posting I've established decent relations with a couple of fa...

Most people who get stuck in this mission have got further than me, and I haven't seen this particular problem noted anywhere. I have chased the customs officer Tamatha Shani to near the abandoned asteroid base. I have conversed with her two ways: first I tried the coercive option and had a Rapid Un...