Gmax and Ships Creation for X3TC

[gigabyte]

Smoothie, there are lots of both Star Wars and Star Trek ships for X3, I think most are for Reunion but I have seen plent for TC as well, check out the Mods froms at Ergosoft and Xuniverse they both have plenty of ships.

 

[Matt Wynn]

thanks Gig :ernae:

 

[Vayde]

DDTC Update

Hello all

Work here at DDTC HQ is picking up a pace. We have locked down a few of the performance bugs and are tweaking a few more elements to bring the fps up on mid to low range systems as not everyone has a super rig. Also we are hoping that the next patch release from Egosoft will aid performance as well.(read as, well known memory leak) As with all things DDTC these updates will be optional to the Mod so if you do have a super rig you can choose not to add them.

Right, I'm off, back to testing some of the new fetures we will be adding in our first update.

Thanks for playing...

Vayde

 

[GT182]

Vayde, that sounds great. I have noticed tho that X3 has started having a lot of hicups with FPS lately, tho I didn't at he start from it's first install.

My system specs:
XP Home SP3
P4 3.2E
2Gb matched memeory
2 200Gb SATA Hdds
XF 6800 XT 512Gb DDR3memory
Asus P4P800-E Deluxe motherboard
Thermaltake 480watt PSU

I've been wondering if the FPS problem might have to do with game saves, or because of the Apricot Mapping Service mod. I know it shouldn't but I can't get those ywo thoughts out of my head..... old age I guess. LOL I've not hadtFPS issues with any other game I have installed. I defrag and run anti virus/malware scans once a week like clockwork. I even run Error Killer for registry fixes once a week. Plus Game Booster when running X3 to shut down unnecessary computer processes. Maybe all this is overboard but at least you know how one person running X3 takes care of his pc.

Good luck on the patch, I know most of us can't wait to hear your results and get the patch installed. My thanks on a terrific game..... I can't stay away from it. I'm a confirmed X3 Addict. :d LOL

 

[Lionheart]

The memory leak happens with me. After an hour and having done some dog-fighting, I'll need to save and reboot to restore frame rates.


Great sim though. In the past, years ago, alot of games were like that. Even FS did it.


Bill

 

[GT182]

Bill, I played for an hour this afternoon and it was a real mess. Never seen X3TC this bad. It froze up constantly and in that hour it was all I could take, I had to get out of it. Usually I can play for 4 hours or more with an occasional hicup or two, but not now.

 

[gigabyte]

Hello all

Work here at DDTC HQ is picking up a pace. We have locked down a few of the performance bugs and are tweaking a few more elements to bring the fps up on mid to low range systems as not everyone has a super rig. Also we are hoping that the next patch release from Egosoft will aid performance as well.(read as, well known memory leak) As with all things DDTC these updates will be optional to the Mod so if you do have a super rig you can choose not to add them.

Right, I'm off, back to testing some of the new fetures we will be adding in our first update.

Thanks for playing...

Vayde

Looking forward to the DDTC update, I was very impressed with the Mod especially the backgrounds. I had some performance issues, but I blame it on my rig, I suspect you are right on the memory leak to. I am pricing out a new build now planning an i7 with 8 or 12 gig of RAM, hoping that will take care of the performance with my various sims.

Please let us know when the update is ready, I for one will be on it like stink on a turd...lol

 

[gigabyte]

Bill, I played for an hour this afternoon and it was a real mess. Never seen X3TC this bad. It froze up constantly and in that hour it was all I could take, I had to get out of it. Usually I can play for 4 hours or more with an occasional hicup or two, but not now.

GT if you are getting system hangs or crashes, don't forget the event viewer, many folks never think to look at it but you would be well advised to check it out after any system hang or crash event. I can't tell you how many times I have located a problem with some obscure driver or dll that was easily solved by an update or roll back and the event viewer was what provided the answer.

If you have never used it, check the Administrative Tools in the Control Pamel, when you open it up select System Events and filter for ERROR, then scrool through and see where the problems are caused.

 

[Lionheart]

GT if you are getting system hangs or crashes, don't forget the event viewer, many folks never think to look at it but you would be well advised to check it out after any system hang or crash event. I can't tell you how many times I have located a problem with some obscure driver or dll that was easily solved by an update or roll back and the event viewer was what provided the answer.

If you have never used it, check the Administrative Tools in the Control Pamel, when you open it up select System Events and filter for ERROR, then scrool through and see where the problems are caused.

Dang! Thats good to know.

Might be able to use that in FSX as well.


Thanks Mike,



Bill

 

[GT182]

Thanks for that Mike..... never thought of it. I'll take a look and see what's going on.

Even DX Dialog should show it too. I give that a go also.