[MOD] IEX - AP/TC Sector Visual Enhancement - IEX 1.5b (27/07/2014)

BlackArchon · Post by **BlackArchon** » Thu, 5. May 16, 23:01

Moonrat, you are the best!

I didn't want to hurry you, please accept my apology. Currently my excitement for X3 returns and I'm eager to start a new game with IEX.

Moonrat · Post by **Moonrat** » Thu, 5. May 16, 23:09

BlackArchon wrote:Moonrat, you are the best!
I didn't want to hurry you, please accept my apology. Currently my excitement for X3 returns and I'm eager to start a new game with IEX.

Don't worry, I took the displayed impatience as a compliment!

OneOfMany · Post by **OneOfMany** » Sat, 7. May 16, 16:52

Hi Moonrat,

I've installed the latest LUI in cat 12 after adding the other 2 parts to cat's 10 and 11. However I have not started a new game just E/I'd over from my last one. All of the backgrounds are vanilla and I saw that dizzy_plays was using this fine.

Do I have to re download the other 2 parts as well? Have you made any changes?

Moonrat · Post by **Moonrat** » Sat, 7. May 16, 18:40

OneOfMany wrote:Hi Moonrat,

I've installed the latest LUI in cat 12 after adding the other 2 parts to cat's 10 and 11. However I have not started a new game just E/I'd over from my last one. All of the backgrounds are vanilla and I saw that dizzy_plays was using this fine.

Do I have to re download the other 2 parts as well? Have you made any changes?

The good news is that you don't have to download the other two parts (IE & IEX) ... at the moment ... but the semi-bad news is that you won't pick up any of my IEX changes for LU 1.7.0 without a new game. I believe (correct me folks if I'm wrong) but the solution you are looking for is :

1. Export your game
2. Start new game (with LU + LUi 1.7.0)
3. Import 'old' game from step 1

OneOfMany · Post by **OneOfMany** » Sat, 7. May 16, 19:52

Aye, I seem to remember someone telling me a while back that an E/I was the equivalent of a new start.

I'll try again.

dizzy · Post by **dizzy** » Sat, 7. May 16, 20:52

From the perspective of most mod and script developers an E/I is a "new start". Because that's what it is, it starts a new game and then using LU specific code logic it will try to recreate your assets and the rest of the universe state in the game using script commands. So it's like a new start followed by running thousands of scripts commands to recreate (as close as possible) the state of the universe from the previous game.

It's a brilliant feature of LU, one that I wished for in many other games and their mods.

TomRobinson · Post by **TomRobinson** » Fri, 13. May 16, 04:48

Whereabouts is the download link?

First post is blank, obviously by design so just wondering what im missing.

Cheers,

Tom

Moonrat · Post by **Moonrat** » Fri, 13. May 16, 08:15

TomRobinson wrote:Whereabouts is the download link?

First post is blank, obviously by design so just wondering what im missing.

Cheers,

Tom

In the OP description & below, hover over the word here, these are the download links.

X3 : Terran Conflict
- 1). Download IE 1.1 from here (104MB)
  2). Copy & rename the cat/dat to ...\X3TC\14.cat and ...\X3TC\14.dat
  3). Download IEX 1.5b from here or here (316MB)
  4). Copy & rename the cat/dat to ...\X3TC\15.cat and ...\X3TC\15.dat
  5). Set View Distance to Medium for best effect (View distances in TBackgrounds.txt have been extended)
  6). Run X3:TC
Albion Prelude
- 1). Download IE 1.1 from here (104MB)
  2). Copy & rename the cat/dat to ...\X3TC\addon\05.cat & ...\X3TC\addon\05.dat
  3). Download IEX 1.5b from here or here (316MB)
  4). Copy & rename the cat/dat to ...\X3TC\addon\06.cat & ...\X3TC\addon\06.dat
  5). Set View Distance to Medium for best effect (View distances in TBackgrounds.txt have been extended)
  6). Run X3AP

Post by **X2-Illuminatus** » Fri, 13. May 16, 10:54

TomRobinson wrote:Whereabouts is the download link?

First post is blank, obviously by design so just wondering what im missing.

Cheers,

Tom

That the first post is blank for you is caused by a little malfunction when it comes to using url-tags in a certain way. You can prevent that by opening your profile and enabling the feature to "Show images in posts". That way the first post should be displayed correctly.

siddham · Post by **siddham** » Fri, 13. May 16, 20:17

Is there a video showing the enhancements this adds in TC ?

...and comparison with vanilla TC ?

Thanks

Moonrat · Post by **Moonrat** » Fri, 13. May 16, 21:20

siddham wrote:Is there a video showing the enhancements this adds in TC ?

...and comparison with vanilla TC ?

Thanks

memeics / dizzy (?) has made some videos playing AP with IE/IEX, click here to see some...

dizzy · Post by **dizzy** » Fri, 13. May 16, 21:37

Thanks for the plug! My favorite is Y Alpha (which only exists in LU, do you know which vanilla/non-LU game sector would have the same background/planet ?), also "happens" to be where I based the HQ and the fleet. There are also some amazingly looking pirate sectors south of Interworlds, very fiery!

siddham · Post by **siddham** » Fri, 13. May 16, 21:47

Thanks guys

siddham · Post by **siddham** » Fri, 13. May 16, 23:30

Moonrat, does your mod mark the game as modded?
ie for uplink

Moonrat · Post by **Moonrat** » Fri, 13. May 16, 23:43

siddham wrote:Moonrat, does your mod mark the game as modded?
ie for uplink

You know... I've never quite been able to answer that question! IE/IEX doesn't alter any scripts or anything just the planetary objects/textures, backgrounds and the map. May be someone more knowledgeable will be able to give us a definitive answer.

Post by **X2-Illuminatus** » Fri, 13. May 16, 23:48

Map changes will mark your game as *modified*.

siddham · Post by **siddham** » Sat, 14. May 16, 00:06

Maybe it doesn't...

I have the Trix XUniverseHUD and it doesn't because it's only a graphical replacer; according to Trix anyway - I haven't tested it

... so maybe ?

siddham · Post by **siddham** » Sat, 14. May 16, 00:07

Maybe it doesn't...

I have the Trix XUniverseHUD and it doesn't because it's only a graphical replacer; according to Trix anyway - I haven't tested it

... so maybe ?

siddham · Post by **siddham** » Sat, 14. May 16, 00:11

X2-Illuminatus wrote:Map changes will mark your game as *modified*.

But does this mod change the map..?
or does it only replace some graphical resources?

Moonrat · Post by **Moonrat** » Sat, 14. May 16, 00:13

siddham wrote:
X2-Illuminatus wrote:Map changes will mark your game as *modified*.
But does this mod change the map..?
or does it only replace some graphical resources?

Yes ... and yes.

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[MOD] IEX - AP/TC Sector Visual Enhancement - IEX 1.5b (27/07/2014)