Litcube's Universe

[Crunk15]

Has anyone heard any updates about the anarkis defense system and pirate guild update for LU?

[Zaitsev]

Has anyone heard any updates about the anarkis defense system and pirate guild update for LU?

Solarhawk has started this thread, posting progress and asking for opinions and feedback.

[solarahawk]

Uh, see my post about that here, if you haven't seen it yet: Status Update on PG and ADS

tl;dr The Pirate Guild is operational but needs ADS to really be competitive in the LU galaxy. I am in the process of making ADS NPC-only and a core system (non-optional) for the Guilds. I am hoping to have a public beta version ready in a week or two (depending on RL time commitments.)

Edit: hah, beaten to the punch by Zaitsev

[Crunk15]

sorry i looked on multiple occasions but couldnt find any news, im stoked cant wait for the release.

[Jonzac]

I'm sorry if this is going to be a repeat question, however, does LU automatically include NPCs forcing other NPC's to bail? I've tried google search and I can't find a definitive answer.

If it doesn't, does the NPC bailout script work with LU...

[solarahawk]

Yes, NPCs do bail from other NPC attacks: Litcube Wiki

Check out the rest of the wiki, it contains all sorts of goodies.

[Jonzac]

Thanks. I looked but wasn't sure if it was talking about ships I shot at or the NPCs

[Sticks]

Very fantastic mod

I have a question though, is it possible to disable the automatic naming for ships? Both UTs and Military Ships revert all the name changes i make to them.

edit: Second Question: Can i move Asteroids to other sectors with a jumpdrive? Or normal tractor beam for that matter?

[eugene171]

Not sure about the first question, but for the second one, you need the Plutarch tractor beam system thing. You can buy it a few places, and it goes on a TL. It costs crystals, quantum tubes, and energy cells to use.

[TXSailor]

So, I've done a completely fresh install, no plugin manager or anything, and I'm running into this issue:

Performance is noticeably worse than with vanilla, and I think I know why. Everything seems WAY too shiney, and almost see-through. I took this screenshot docked at the trading station immediately after starting a new game

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74 ... if84v5.jpg

Should everything look like this? It looks like it would be insanely graphically draining.


{Images posted directly to the forums should not be greater than 640x480 or 100kb, oversize image now linked - Terre}

Quoted here, because I've scrubbed clean, started fresh, and got EVERYTHING else working, but everything is still this super-shiny kinda-see-through. All my graphics are set to high. Any ideas?

[TXSailor]

One additional question, and a simple one I couldn't find on the wiki: Are there new sectors added? Or just the originals from TC?

[solarahawk]

I really don't know what the deal is with your graphics. The screenshot does look wonky. If you are absolutely sure you installed the game correctly (copy clean/verified Vanilla directory to a new location, install the NoSteam.exe, run the LU 1.4.0 installer and install into the standalone game directory, install 1.50 patch, sound pack, and GUI) then I would think there is something weird going on with your video card software. But of course, if X3 vanilla works fine, I can't think of any reason LU would be any different.

Most of the map in LU is the same as the vanilla AP map, but there are a few differences (which I won't spoil.) If you would like a completely new universe map for LU, then you should give vukica's X3 Remap - New Map for LU a try. It gives you a brand new universe to play in.

[solarahawk]

Wait, did you install the LU-EMS addon? It uses a graphics driver DLL similar to the SweetFX/ENB postprocessors to display the dynamic mission reports onscreen. It could possibly be an issue arising from that. Maybe a conflict with your graphics driver that needs a config tweak. If you are using EMS, take a look through the Support thread here.

[Franzos]

I have a question though, is it possible to disable the automatic naming for ships? Both UTs and Military Ships revert all the name changes i make to them.

IIRC In the Player Console (setup a hotkey to get to it) there is a command for global shipnaming. Maybe check this out

[TXSailor]

I really don't know what the deal is with your graphics. The screenshot does look wonky. If you are absolutely sure you installed the game correctly (copy clean/verified Vanilla directory to a new location, install the NoSteam.exe, run the LU 1.4.0 installer and install into the standalone game directory, install 1.50 patch, sound pack, and GUI) then I would think there is something weird going on with your video card software. But of course, if X3 vanilla works fine, I can't think of any reason LU would be any different.

Most of the map in LU is the same as the vanilla AP map, but there are a few differences (which I won't spoil.) If you would like a completely new universe map for LU, then you should give vukica's X3 Remap - New Map for LU a try. It gives you a brand new universe to play in.

I've gone through the whole process about 3 times now, and I'm sure of it. And unfortunately, I'm not using EMS.

[Alan Phipps]

@ TXSailor: Are you using a hybrid system with an apu or a notebook/laptop with an onboard Intel HD graphics chipset as well as a mobility graphics card? I ask as I have seen 3d games looking a bit like your linked screenshot when using the VRAM-poor onboard gpu/apu instead of the separate VRAM-rich graphics card. Just a thought.

[El.]

Very fantastic mod

I have a question though, is it possible to disable the automatic naming for ships? Both UTs and Military Ships revert all the name changes i make to them.

Dunno if there is any easy way to completly remove renaming, but you can customize renaming in your own way.
1) Install X-Studio (Editing scripts via notepad is pain in ass)
2) Install X-Studio Custom Syntax V1.3.2
3) Your target is Lib.Gen.ColourShipName.xml from addon\scripts folder. (MAKE A BACKUP FILE)

Let's look at Station Agent (I haven't original file and used another one from Small Improvements and Fixes, but the only difference is $PlayerCorpNamePrefix variable):

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1. $Pos = find position of pattern '*sa' in $OriginalShipName
2. if $Pos > -1
3.     $FoundPattern = [TRUE]
4.     $Ships = array alloc: size=0
5.     $AllShips = $Homebase-> get owned ships: class/type=[Ship]
6.     for each $AllShipCurrent in array $AllShips using counter $AllShipsCount
7.         $name = $AllShipCurrent-> get name
8.         $Pos = find position of pattern 'SA' in $name
9.         do if $Pos > -1
10.       append $AllShipCurrent to array $Ships
11.   end
12.   gosub GetNumberID:
13.   $OriginalShipName = sprintf: fmt='%s%s SA %s %s', $PlayerCorpNamePrefix, $HomebaseName, $NumberString, $ShipType, null
14.   $Colour = 3
15. end

Station Agent is named like "Company Homebase SA 000 Shiptype". If you want to keep only ship name and digit, you should edit 13-th row in the following way:

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13.   $OriginalShipName = sprintf: fmt='%s %s', $ShipType, $NumberString, null, null

Now Station Agent is named like "Shiptype 000". REMEMBER always to place null if you delete any variable from mask. As far as I remember, vanilla script contains only 3 variables.

To customize color just edit 14-th row.
Color codes:

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1 - Red
2 - Green
3 - Blue
4 - Cyan
5 - Magenta
6 - Yellow
7 - Plain
8 - White

[Jonzac]

Ok I have not added any other mods to litcube but I cannot find the required Station agent software or Trade Run software the encyclopedia says I need. The in-game encyclopedia does not list it either. How do I get my station agent to work?

Thanks

[El.]

2 Jonzac
Check Terracorp HQ.

[Jonzac]

I did. I must have the bonus pack installed automatically. I'll export the try a fresh install from Steam