Litcube's Universe

Trooper1994 · Post by **Trooper1994** » Fri, 2. May 14, 20:02

Akruppa I once played X3TC for years without modding it. Because back then I had no internet.

Now my X3Ap is so heavly modified at this point that it has 15,000 jobs alone at start up on a new game.

sorry for de-railing the topic Litcube.

So I have a simple question have ships been modified on their combat stats like their number guns, shield stats, laser energy etc.?

I'm so used to how XRM (I know curse words and hisses all around) paces combat with the amped up everything that i'm worried the combat will be boring.

Joubarbe · Post by **Joubarbe** » Fri, 2. May 14, 21:18

Litcube wrote:@ Rover: I can't tell you how I fixed them, but if there's something else specific you'd like to know, feel free to ask.

There's something obscure on these forums ; some have access to the code (or they've achieved to hack it), others don't...

Injustice ! Revolution ! Xenons are right after all !

Hope I won't get banned for apology of Xenons in a public place.

bluenog143 · Post by **bluenog143** » Fri, 2. May 14, 21:53

Joubarbe wrote:There's something obscure on these forums ; some have access to the code (or they've achieved to hack it), others don't...

That's because EGOSOFT is stubborn and basically says "If you can hack it we'll let you mod it, be don't expect us to help you with it."

Jack08 · Post by **Jack08** » Fri, 2. May 14, 23:58

@Rover, Joubarbe, bluenog143

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S0001D41C:  .ascii    "@Joubarbe, @bluenog143"
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S0001D3E7:  .ascii    "The answer is 42."

/me wonders if someone is going to bitch at me for having out of order memory indexes
Huh... did you know /me works on these forums?... grrrrr i mean /me ... BAH... The / m e command from IRC

bluenog143 · Post by **bluenog143** » Sat, 3. May 14, 01:57

Hmm, well let's see if I can put this together before having an aneurysm!

"@Joubarbe, @bluenog143; If you can piece this post together, then you have your answer - PAIN AND SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF THE EVIL ASM GOD."

I remember back in the "Possible Litcube's Universe Release" thread you had mentioned you helped Litcube hack into the hardcoded aspects of X3. So from what I gather, you had to dig into the game's fundamentals with assembly language, right?

I'm definitely looking forward to the hardcoded performance optimizations in X3LU, because with the OCV and Phanon Corp at the same time, I can imagine that vanilla X3 would be rather slow in sector.

Litcube · Post by **Litcube** » Sat, 3. May 14, 04:52

Trooper1994 wrote:So I have a simple question have ships been modified on their combat stats like their number guns, shield stats, laser energy etc.?

Yes, thank you for asking. There'll be a wiki page on that coming. Probably tonight, maybe!

skoubi · Post by **skoubi** » Sat, 3. May 14, 16:13

So, if I read correctly, there will be an option to activate/deactivate the Phanon Corporation. Will there be sth similar for the OCV as well ?

I'm asking because, I consider myself beginner/intermediate in the X3 and I would like very much to get accustomed to the new interfaces and goodies first.

Thank you.

bluenog143 · Post by **bluenog143** » Sat, 3. May 14, 17:35

If someone manages to beat all 8 levels of the phanon corp as well as defeat the OCV, will they be defeated for good or will they return?

Also I read on the "GoD has changed a bit" section of the wiki about ship and station spawning. Does this mean that the OCV can wipe out the universe, with nothing respawning if it grows out of control and conquers all the sectors?

Litcube · Post by **Litcube** » Mon, 5. May 14, 02:27

skoubi wrote:So, if I read correctly, there will be an option to activate/deactivate the Phanon Corporation. Will there be sth similar for the OCV as well ?

Yes.

bluenog143 wrote:If someone manages to beat all 8 levels of the phanon corp as well as defeat the OCV, will they be defeated for good or will they return?

Gone.

bluenog143 wrote:Also I read on the "GoD has changed a bit" section of the wiki about ship and station spawning. Does this mean that the OCV can wipe out the universe, with nothing respawning if it grows out of control and conquers all the sectors?

Yes.

Litcube · Post by **Litcube** » Mon, 5. May 14, 09:43

https://code.google.com/p/litcubesunive ... ledgements

skoubi · Post by **skoubi** » Mon, 5. May 14, 11:14

I'd like to ask if the MLCC, features auto-repairing of the ships as well. Or is it a job for the Quickshuttles ?

Thanx.

EDIT: to be more precise, the question concerns not the large ships (marines can repaiir those, I guess) albeit a fleet of smaller ships

navetta · Post by **navetta** » Mon, 5. May 14, 13:56

Really good stuff, cant wait to give it a try. The only thing I dont particuarly like is the GUI, other than the different colours is there any way to have the vanilla version?

Another OCV related question (I did read most of the wiki) - I played with the stand alone OCV mod some time ago, I did not like how the allied AI ships just spawned in the middle of the sector, when attempting to invade an OCV sector, only to end up getting raped by hundreds of xenon shps.

Do they now come through the gate or spawn close to it? Do races even attempt to defend/conquer OCV sectors? In the old mod they used to send just a few ships, didnt really stand a chance.

gorkomatic · Post by **gorkomatic** » Mon, 5. May 14, 20:48

The more I read about it, the more I love it!
I tried to return to Albion after Rebirth's... problems, but after a while it just gets stale. "Here's this big sandbox for you to play in; BTW, nothing important will ever happen here".

This sounds more like
"Here's this big sandbox for you to play in; BTW, we have poured a swarm of murderous fire ants in one corner. So, you know, there's that. Have fun!".

Much more interesting

Finaldeath · Post by **Finaldeath** » Tue, 6. May 14, 01:23

Hey, first post, using XRM recently-ish, got kinda stuck with lack of funds (kept saving for a bigger ship but man it takes forever), this sounds good - especially the optimisations and things like scripts to stop ship crashes.

also if it's got more of the stuff merged in, all the things I kept having to work out how to add (and likely would cause more conflicts of interest - I'm especially interested in AI mods for instance) wouldn't be needed I hope.

Will be trying Rougey's mod too for a different flavour too.

I've barely played the original game mind you, best do that sometime!

I'm eagerly watching this thread now

Litcube · Post by **Litcube** » Tue, 6. May 14, 08:15

navetta wrote:Do they now come through the gate or spawn close to it?

No.

navetta wrote:Do races even attempt to defend/conquer OCV sectors? In the old mod they used to send just a few ships, didnt really stand a chance.

They attempt to retake conquered sectors. One of the betas testers just successfully took back a sector on an insurgency (attempt to retake the sector). He was successful, but not without huge losses.

gorkomatic wrote: "Here's this big sandbox for you to play in; BTW, we have poured a swarm of murderous fire ants in one corner. So, you know, there's that. Have fun!"

Hah!

Litcube · Post by **Litcube** » Tue, 6. May 14, 14:18

skoubi wrote:I'd like to ask if the MLCC, features auto-repairing of the ships as well. Or is it a job for the Quickshuttles ?

Thanx.

EDIT: to be more precise, the question concerns not the large ships (marines can repaiir those, I guess) albeit a fleet of smaller ships

Everything that returns from an MLCC mission docks at your HQ for repair, if you have one. Including fighters. From there, you can quickly repair everything that was damaged, and send everyone home.

HQ builds, repairs, recycles a lot faster than vanilla, and it will be vital in repairing and building ships.

skoubi · Post by **skoubi** » Tue, 6. May 14, 15:48

Thank you. I can hardly wait for the phrase "Download Site" on your wiki to become a link

bluenog143 · Post by **bluenog143** » Tue, 6. May 14, 22:48

Will it be possible to have multiple HQ's?

Litcube · Post by **Litcube** » Wed, 7. May 14, 11:43

bluenog143 wrote:Will it be possible to have multiple HQ's?

Vanilla only allows for one (maybe two, if I recall changes to a particular patch). I considered adding the ability to add another, and then I thought to myself: "nope".

I couldn't think of a reason I'd ever use more than one HQ.

temetvince · Post by **temetvince** » Thu, 8. May 14, 18:30

navetta wrote:Do races even attempt to defend/conquer OCV sectors? In the old mod they used to send just a few ships, didnt really stand a chance.

I had one of the sectors get taken back from the ocv by the races without helping them. They were able to do it completely on their own. Granted, the ocv is relentless; they built up again and conquered it again eventually.

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