Litcube's Universe
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First question: There'll be a page coming out on that shortly.Brokkoli wrote:Some questions I have not found answered in the wiki:
- What about weapon and ship balance? Has that been touched? I guess so, since it is the first thing I modded when I got the mod urge. I just wanted to ask to make sure.
- Pathfinding: Do NPC ships avoid Xenon/Pirate sectors now? This has always been a major immersion breaker for me that NPC ships fly lemming like into Xenon space to their death. And that they don't flee from hostiles on radar.
Second question: https://code.google.com/p/litcubesunive ... athfinding
- bluenog143
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Hey Litcube, I know this question might sound weird, but please bear with me.
The UFO's, did you do anything with/to the UFO's?
I've been obsessed with UFO's lately.
The UFO's, did you do anything with/to the UFO's?
I've been obsessed with UFO's lately.
SinisterDeath wrote:This reminds me of something...
"I don't believe in GoD, but GoD sure believes in blowing up my factories."
Dark_Ansem wrote:Seeing your creation in-game and working makes one feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
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Litcube wrote:Hah.
A lot of things have changed in the game and the galaxy, but I left those little guys in there in all their 1998 textured glory and pointless self-important mission: Must travel from this place... to this place...
My life is officially complete.
But in all seriousness, that answers my question. There's something about those guys and their buzzing saucers that just adds the finishing touch to X.
SinisterDeath wrote:This reminds me of something...
"I don't believe in GoD, but GoD sure believes in blowing up my factories."
Dark_Ansem wrote:Seeing your creation in-game and working makes one feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Hold on, Rover! I can explain one of those bugs:RoverTX wrote:Can you explain a little bit more about the bug fixes you talk about.
"Mission spawned pirate ships no longer have inactive turrets."
Scenario: If you get a mission, and pirate ships are spawned in the sector you're currently in, the pirate ships will not have turret commands.
Cause: In the script !plugin.gz.missile.def.mk3.xml, there's a check for owership change of the host ship. This happens in the above scenario, so the turret script exits.
Easy fix.
Should be an installer, thanks to the magic of Createse.jeroll3d wrote:Litcube
Your mod is to a noob like me?
(just instal or fake patch Cat. Dat. files)
Edit: I spelled his name wrong.
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jeroll3d wrote:Litcube
Your mod is to a noob like me?
(just instal or fake patch Cat. Dat. files)
I'll be packaging the release (v1.0) into one big behemoth of an installer for Windows users. There could be up to 2-3 files to download (1 EXE/setup and 1-2 BIN/data files). Thereafter, standalone and sequential patches (1 EXE/setup file) can be used to apply updates and bug fixes. I'll also be looking into Linux installers, post-release unfortunately.Litcube wrote:Should be an installer, thanks to the magic of Createse.
"Disclaimer: Setup (also known as an installer) may be subject to change, over time. Bullwinkle came across a rather hacky, but functional method for packaging these three initial setup files in to one big compressed monster using 7-Zip and some magic dust. The resulting executable would be capable of automatically running the setup [EXE] file once extracted."
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I've been happily "play-testing" (read: mooching all of Litcubes hard work) for the past few months - I can honestly say it's been the most "complete" X3 experience I've ever had.
The biggest features in my opinion:
Performance (It's EXTREMELY optimized, runs faster than vanilla)
Phanon/OCV threats - finally, a true challenge!
Some of the neat logistics tools Litcube has built into the universe are great, along with a plethora of new hotkeys.
I can't wait till it's released!
The biggest features in my opinion:
Performance (It's EXTREMELY optimized, runs faster than vanilla)
Phanon/OCV threats - finally, a true challenge!
Some of the neat logistics tools Litcube has built into the universe are great, along with a plethora of new hotkeys.
I can't wait till it's released!
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"Is it compatible with XRM?"
I am sorry had to ask it, no one said it yet.
Sarcasm aside, this is looking amazing, I pity you for undertaking the nightmare that is obj file editing, can't wait to play it when it comes out.
Personally I am finding all of the small changes are going to be a bigger than the larger ones (OMG proper pathfinding).
I am sorry had to ask it, no one said it yet.
Sarcasm aside, this is looking amazing, I pity you for undertaking the nightmare that is obj file editing, can't wait to play it when it comes out.
Personally I am finding all of the small changes are going to be a bigger than the larger ones (OMG proper pathfinding).
1940s - Various "computers" are "programmed" using direct wiring and switches. Engineers do this in order to avoid the tabs vs spaces debate.
ZIP files will be provided [as-is] for those unable or unwilling to use the installers; for whatever reasons. Basic instructions will most likely be provided but computer literate users might also be expected to know what they're doing. Manual installation probably won't be that dissimilar to the other total conversion/overhaul modifications out there, or X3 modifications in general.akruppa wrote:Would it be possible to release a Linux/MacOS zip/7zip/tarball with basic instructions how to install it, so computer literate players at least can give it a try?
That works for me. Thanks a lot!
I'm fairly new to X3 but already growing bored with it, even though it seemed like the perfect match for the kinda game I like. Much of its complexity is superficial, not least thanks to the awkward user interface - I don't think there's any key combination left I don't have hot-keyed by now. The economic model is very simplistic, the enemies are easy and dumb, and almost all built-in scripts are buggy or lacking is some way or another. Now that X: Refund is out, that's written off as an alternative, too.
Reading the changes list for LU made me nod my head on pretty much every point, thinking "yeah, that's what they should have done." I'm really looking forward to it, it might be the game I was hoping for in the first place.
I'm fairly new to X3 but already growing bored with it, even though it seemed like the perfect match for the kinda game I like. Much of its complexity is superficial, not least thanks to the awkward user interface - I don't think there's any key combination left I don't have hot-keyed by now. The economic model is very simplistic, the enemies are easy and dumb, and almost all built-in scripts are buggy or lacking is some way or another. Now that X: Refund is out, that's written off as an alternative, too.
Reading the changes list for LU made me nod my head on pretty much every point, thinking "yeah, that's what they should have done." I'm really looking forward to it, it might be the game I was hoping for in the first place.
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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.
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.
("why can't I make risk-free credits while I slay the universe in my Black Death Ship of Pokemon that lobs auto-generating Fragmentation Bomb Launching Jesus Missiles at everything within 6,000 KM?" -Litcube 10/17/14)
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There's something obscure on these forums ; some have access to the code (or they've achieved to hack it), others don't...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.
Injustice ! Revolution ! Xenons are right after all !
Hope I won't get banned for apology of Xenons in a public place.
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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."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...
SinisterDeath wrote:This reminds me of something...
"I don't believe in GoD, but GoD sure believes in blowing up my factories."
Dark_Ansem wrote:Seeing your creation in-game and working makes one feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
@Rover, Joubarbe, bluenog143
/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
Code: Select all
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; === ForumPost =======================
; function FP.PostMessage(arg1);
;
FP.PostMessage:
enter 1, 3
if SP[0]=0 then jump L00012C5B
push SP[0] ; arg1
get_strg SP[0]
if SP[0]=0 then jump L00012C5B
L00012B1B:
push 0
callasm printf
popx 2
L00012C5B:
push 0
ret
; begin main entry
get_strg S0001D467
call86 FP.PostMessage
pop
get_strg S0001D473
call86 FP.PostMessage
pop
get_strg S0001D40B
call86 FP.PostMessage
pop
L00012C60:
get_strg S0001D473
push 0
callasm printf
popx 1
jump L00012C60
ret
;CRASH: Infinite loop detected
;CRASH: Stack overflow
S0001D40B: .ascii "you have your answer - PAIN AND SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF THE EVIL ASM GOD"
S0001D473: .ascii "this post together, then "
S0001D41C: .ascii "@Joubarbe, @bluenog143"
S0001D467: .ascii "If you can piece"
S0001D3E7: .ascii "The answer is 42."
Huh... did you know /me works on these forums?... grrrrr i mean /me ... BAH... The / m e command from IRC
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"One sure mark of a fool is to dismiss anything that falls outside his experience as being impossible."
―Farengar Secret-Fire
"One sure mark of a fool is to dismiss anything that falls outside his experience as being impossible."
―Farengar Secret-Fire
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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.
"@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.
SinisterDeath wrote:This reminds me of something...
"I don't believe in GoD, but GoD sure believes in blowing up my factories."
Dark_Ansem wrote:Seeing your creation in-game and working makes one feel all warm and fuzzy inside.