Terran Conflict X3; Extreme Addiction!

luckydog said:
Nav sats not included...................
you have to buy and place them in the sectors of your choice....( I think )

LD
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Yep.. Thats true, but I cannot figure out where they hide them at. I could Cheat them into existence, but it would be cool to figure out where they hide at. Sometimes they are at the main Argon Price trade station, sometimes there are a couple of them in other places, like in Teladi space..

Usually all stations are out of them.. have to be really lucky to find some.



Bill
 
Demo ran smooth, except for the high poly area, stuttering there.

I loved Privateer and similar games. Looks like I'll give it a go. Thanks for providing all of the info here you have, folks. :guinness:
 
Hey guys,

I found a Asteroid that is a Silicon Wafer candidate with a yield of 28. How on Earth (or Argon Prime) does one make the asteroid fascility on it?

I would think I needed to claim the asteroid.

I tried purchasing the Silicon Mining Fascility at the Argon Prime shipyard, but they wouldnt sell it to me as I didnt have a rented TC something freighter, etc, and not enough storage for the kit/package.

Does anyone have knowledge on this they would like to share?



Bill
 
luckydog said:
Not there yet............

I'm having a hard time establishing a wheat farm !
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Are they good money? I havent hauled wheat yet. No idea on costs and profits. I noticed when I tried making my own station via Cheat list and 'thereshallbewings', that I get a generic base that only makes wheat. I need a Silicon mine, dangit! lol... (maybe wheat is better though).

I just started hauling Silicon Wafers and computer components. There are some good prices in Wafers. If you can pick them up for about 220 to 240 each, you can sell them at over 400, sometimes near 500 each. But reload time for each base to need more is timely. Not like ore where bases (stations) go through it really quick.

I found that missile creation stations pay really nicely for regular ore. Sometimes well over 200 each for ore. That can be great if you have a super freighter. Figure purchasing it for 50 Ea. and selling at say 220 Ea.



Oh... I found where I can get Nav Relay Sats. I was looking at the Free Trade stations. There are Advanced Sat factories and a couple of Nav Relay Sat factories. I didnt know you could buy them factory direct. Usually they are out (like the trade stations) but if you invest in selling the Sat stations their supplies, suddenly they are cranking out Sats. (I could cheat and make sats for all sectors, but wanted to see how its done. Nothing like ejecting and planting my own Sats in systems).


I see that I can make a ship to go from one location to another, purchasing and selling. Its very very basic. In other games, I could set ships to have particular costs and set multi purchases, quantities, price limits, etc. Then I could even make small fleets of these sailing ships. But thats other games... not X3.


I am thinking of creating a Caiman Super Freighter. The long version units look pretty cool. Unfortunately, the Med and the long version have the same names, so this will be pick and miss I think. arrgh..


Bill
 
Where are your favorite sectors?

Hey guys,


So where are your favorite sectors?


I find that I hang out most along the top west, Ceos Buckzoid has become home where I park my fleet (when they park). All the systems just under there and to the left are my fave money making centers. I am trying to expand, now that I can get Relay Sats. No use doing huge Jumps if I do not know what the prices and stocks will be when I get there.




Bill
 
Ok... I found a cool Script for automated ship trading. I am going to check it out now and give you guys feedback if I can figure it out.

The webpage on it is here;
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=221815

The product or script is called; Commodity Logistics Software MK1 and MK2


You can set price limits, various docks, etc.

There is a brilliant tutorial on how it works on the website.


Alot of these guys that create the fixes and scripts are German, so they are pretty intense in clarity and precision and extra functions.

:d


Bill
 
That was a good night of X3.. Wheww.... I think I played 4 to 5 hours.. Took a brake for dinner, lol..


I didnt get a chance to check out that NAV Trade software. Looks promising.


I set up a computer plant station in Argone Prime sector, and built my Asteroid Silicon mine station in Three Worlds sector. I run Energy Cells to both bases, Cahoona's to the Computer plant, transfer Silicon to the Computer Plant, and computers slowly get produced. Very expensive. Perhaps not the way to go. I may have to sell them.


Anyone know how to sell ships? I have too many. arrgh.. Difficult to keep 4 big heavies running freight manually and I still have about 4 or more other birds just sitting.


Side note; Ship yards, where you buy bases at, require you to have a huge cargo ship. I used my new Split Elephant. I had the room them. They load them aboard as kits. Then I went to my asteroid and clicked on Cargo, selected the Silicon mine, it asks 'do you want to build the kit here?' yes... clickie clickie, done... Huge base!

I created my computer plant right near the North jump gate. Just go through and dive straight down, cant miss it. :d No asteroids to bump into.


I lost my fave Split Iguanna Vanguard. It just disappeard. I loved that thing. What a bummer. Cant find it on the list or anything. Totally missing... Must have bumped into an asteroid???

Photo attached; heading to my new computer plant at Argon Prime. Ship is the new Split Super Freighter. Top speed is only 87 M/S, but a good ship. About 10,000 capacity in the cargo bay when fully expanded.

Bill
 
My copy arrived from GoGamer.com this morning. Wow, pretty thick little manual with it!

I'm probably more of an explorer type, any tips for a noob stepping out into the void?
 
Dain Arns said:
My copy arrived from GoGamer.com this morning. Wow, pretty thick little manual with it!

I'm probably more of an explorer type, any tips for a noob stepping out into the void?
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Hey Dain,

Welcome aboard.

Its pretty overwhelming when you start it for the first time. So much to learn. The first thing you want to do is get the SETA drive (Singularity Engine Time Accellerator or something like that). You purchase it at the local free trade station. Then hit J and you clip along faster to the locations.

Then, when you can afford it (after making some funds), get the Jump Drive.

You will be overwhelmed at discovering all the various new sectors. You need to make money to upgrade your engine so you can shoot through the sectors faster.


Have fun!


Bill
 
Snuffy said:
I still prefer to rid the world of evil via the old fashioned means
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DDO is a great game. I was in the first beta a long time ago, and the last one with the free version. The pay as you go is nice, I like the new changes. But for some reason I never could "click" with DDO and keep playing it. Probably too involved with LOTRO at the time.

Lionheart said:
Hey Dain,

Welcome aboard.

Its pretty overwhelming when you start it for the first time. So much to learn. The first thing you want to do is get the SETA drive (Singularity Engine Time Accellerator or something like that). You purchase it at the local free trade station. Then hit J and you clip along faster to the locations.

Then, when you can afford it (after making some funds), get the Jump Drive.

You will be overwhelmed at discovering all the various new sectors. You need to make money to upgrade your engine so you can shoot through the sectors faster.


Have fun!


Bill
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Sorry, Bill. Overwhemling is an understatement. :icon_lol: Wow-Wee!

I like this style of game though, reminds me A LOT of when I was playing in the "Jumpgate" Online beta. Good memories with that old game. Lots to do, need to dig the old Saitek twisty stick for this one. :jump:

Okay back to school... :isadizzy:
 
Dain Arns said:
DDO is a great game. I was in the first beta a long time ago, and the last one with the free version. The pay as you go is nice, I like the new changes. But for some reason I never could "click" with DDO and keep playing it. Probably too involved with LOTRO at the time.
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I was in the original beta ... and am considered vip yet. Still have my original member id number. :)

I do have to admit, I've walked away from DDO once or twice, not because I got bored but other things came up. You know how life is.

I'm more or less getting back into it, a little at a time. I still have a full paid membership so all the areas are open to me and its good to see them focus on the solo player more.

With regard to the bolded text in the quote: LOTROnline ... Never tried it how much different is it?
 
Dain Arns said:
Sorry, Bill. Overwhemling is an understatement. :icon_lol: Wow-Wee!

I like this style of game though, reminds me A LOT of when I was playing in the "Jumpgate" Online beta. Good memories with that old game. Lots to do, need to dig the old Saitek twisty stick for this one. :jump:

Okay back to school... :isadizzy:
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Oh man, this is sooooooooooooooooo huge, it is so huge that it overwhelms my enjoyment........ :bump:

..The next good thing from the very best thing.... sorry, I am tongue tied :jawdrop:

Alright as Dain says, back to school..... :pop4: I will have a great time slacking.... :bump:
 
Lionheart said:
Anyone know how to sell ships? I have too many. arrgh.. Difficult to keep 4 big heavies running freight manually and I still have about 4 or more other birds just sitting.
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Just tell them to fly to the shipyard. After they land you should have the option to repair or sell them. Don't fly them there yourself though......because then you won't have a ride home. :icon_lol:
 
A friendly reminder about repairing your ship. You DO NOT have to pay to get it done, simply get out of your craft and 'shoot' it with your repair laser.

That will save you a TON of cash if you didn't already know.
 
Excellent point Marlin!!! I'm still playing Reunion so no free repairs for me.
 
Some basic points on flying in this game.

* To save a game in slots 1 through 7, you need to dock at a station. Each time you dock at a station, the game 'auto-saves' in its own auto-save slots. So if you are killed in space and havent saved in a while, you lose all that data and earnings, etc. (Cant backtrack to that one point). Reminds me of Gmax, heh heh...

* Always use 'Autopilot' to dock at stations. You can access the sector map via the > key and then scroll down to the station you wish to dock at, click Enter to access a mini menu on that station, click Info to learn what its selling, etc, then Escape / Enter again to rebring the mini menu back up, and select Autopilot / Dock at station option.

You can use J key (jump drive / SETA engine) to speed it up.

There are tons of things to learn when you fly through a sector, by clicking on the many icons that show next to stations. Money symbols are business opportunities, lights are 'something to learn, etc', green bricks are a building type scenario, and target thing is a assasin job usually. There are sometimes many messages and opportunities on a single station, so though it has one icon showing, it may have multiples available of all types.

If you haul some things for money (like with the Mercury hauler ship), try running Ore for funds. Find a station selling it for 50 credits, and find a location to sell it at for around 145 to well over 200. The missile factories will sometimes need ore and will pay perhaps 260 at times, but rarely. Taladianium factories will always pay 145 for it all day long, so if you want to make some good money, do a number of Taladiadium ore runs and you will bring up some good funds.

Sometimes Silicon Wafers do well, but you can fill up the factories and they do not go through it as fast as ore, so you may wish to fluctuate.

Energy units are good even though they are cheap. Selling a ship load of them will bring in some funds.


Get the Jump Drive from that sector just south of Argon Prime. Go to the huge mining headquarters to purchase the system. Its expensive, but well worth it. You should be able to get SETA Boost there also.

Get all your engines and rudder and cargo bay tuned up and upgraded and maxxed out soon. It really helps. You can really improve the speeds which your ships manuvere at.

When you start getting good at it, start buying Nav Relay Satellites and place them in sectors you wish to monitor prices at. Buy one, fly to a sector, go to the middle of the system where it will be able to be in range of all available stations, and go to Freight/Nav Relay Sat/Jettison Set Quantity/Eject 1, and launch it. Be moving when you do or it comes back into your cargo bay. After that, leave the sector and double click on the sector via the Universe map using the < key. Double click on that, then on a station, and you should see the prices instead of question marks.

See your doctor concerning any addiction reactions. There are some good meds out these days to help with that. Support groups as well.. I may need to start attending one..



Bill
 
Well folks I am back from my road trip, I survived the Nurses (or they survived me, take your pick) and I have to get back into space Asap... Bill thanks so much I found a wonderful surprise when I walked in a nice US Postal Service box... Oh boy Oh Boy, I am exhausted but sleep can wait, I have to load up TC first.
 
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