X-Tended - Terran Conflict (XTC)

stemardue · Post by **stemardue** » Sun, 21. Jun 09, 18:27

@ricky69: i guess the last 3 or 4 posts already answer that first question

Regarding the comms portraits... would you download a mod file of over 1Gb just because 98% of it is a video file replacing the comms portraits?

Not worth doing it... ^^

Gazz · Post by **Gazz** » Sun, 21. Jun 09, 18:31

xavierd wrote:name one person who doesn't want the xtm valhalla back.

I don't want it.

thunderai · Post by **thunderai** » Sun, 21. Jun 09, 20:08

Isn't it so god damn pick its pointless anyway?

riky69 · Post by **riky69** » Mon, 22. Jun 09, 00:02

Yeah it s a crazy idea i know

you could just give some "serious" pictures (not video sequences i know it requests too much time on it) of all char shown in communications (i saw many beautiful artworks of axeface in the forum) .. Only to give a credible look as the aliens should have.. Not the kind of "baby pongo look" that vanilla game uses for argons teladi or boron.. those poor faces feel so ugly in front of fantastic planets sectors stations and ships during the game and estetically speaking those pongo robot faces give an ambient that not inspire the really atmosphere the game should have

Ps: sorry for my bad english

riky69 · Post by **riky69** » Mon, 22. Jun 09, 00:46

And.. What about giving different looks for stations on each race? For ex in X2 boron stations looks like completely different as the argon ones.. So you clearly understand when you enter in a sector of a different race
It could be really cool

Sam L.R. Griffiths · Post by **Sam L.R. Griffiths** » Mon, 22. Jun 09, 02:17

Gazz wrote:
xavierd wrote:name one person who doesn't want the xtm valhalla back.
I don't want it.

I don't know which I prefer, but looking at the Valhalla in the Model viewer I can honestly say I like it... it looks in keeping with the other ATF models.

X2-Eliah · Post by **X2-Eliah** » Mon, 22. Jun 09, 05:11

As long as BOTH Valhalla models will be available in the mod (maybe Valhalla MkI, or Valhalla Prototype), everyone will be happy, right?

I myself like the XTM one better, but I also think that Egosoft's Vally has a certain appeal.

Tenlar Scarflame · Post by **Tenlar Scarflame** » Mon, 22. Jun 09, 05:28

Oh, you guys.

Glad to see you guys are still intent on making more awesome stuff. And if I can get my Leviathan back I will truly be a happy puppy.

Aragon Speed · Post by **Aragon Speed** » Mon, 22. Jun 09, 07:45

silenced wrote:I personally hope the next "X-Tended" is LESS combat-focussed, which is somewhat i hope from reading "more storyline". Since the last one in X3:R was a bit over the top, especially the permanent Wasp-spamming J's although they didn't even have some on board.

But we will see ...

Anything that is annoying to the majority will be swatted. We want the mod to be a challenge, but not frustrating and annoying.

pja · Post by **pja** » Mon, 22. Jun 09, 18:51

X2-Eliah wrote:I myself like the XTM one better, but I also think that Egosoft's Vally has a certain appeal.

In a kind of thrown together in "scrap heap challenge" kind of way?

dalin80 · Post by **dalin80** » Mon, 22. Jun 09, 19:40

its appealing in the 'oh my god what the hell is that rancid pile of junk!' kind of way. which is to say that the xtm valhalla is a 1000 fold better.

ignore gazz, hes a noob.

stemardue · Post by **stemardue** » Tue, 23. Jun 09, 18:17

For all who like to read some new stories, the new terran teaser for XTC is up at http://www.thexuniverse.com/forum/showt ... hp?t=16004

Enjoy!

Post by **Cycrow** » Tue, 23. Jun 09, 18:29

riky69 wrote:Yeah it s a crazy idea i know you could just give some "serious" pictures (not video sequences i know it requests too much time on it) of all char shown in communications (i saw many beautiful artworks of axeface in the forum) .. Only to give a credible look as the aliens should have.. Not the kind of "baby pongo look" that vanilla game uses for argons teladi or boron.. those poor faces feel so ugly in front of fantastic planets sectors stations and ships during the game and estetically speaking those pongo robot faces give an ambient that not inspire the really atmosphere the game should have

Ps: sorry for my bad english

the problem is that to change the portraits, u have to edit the standard video file, which u would then need to put into the mod.

the file is several gb in size, so it doesn't matter if its videos, or still pictures, the result is the same.

theres no way to release seperate pictures to use as portraits

riky69 · Post by **riky69** » Tue, 23. Jun 09, 19:05

And obviously explain how to put the portraits in x3 video format using a video editor

just give some pictures if somebody wants to change the portraits and a mini readme to show how we can import them

What do you think about the idea of different race stations??

enenra · Post by **enenra** » Tue, 23. Jun 09, 19:38

riky69 wrote:And obviously explain how to put the portraits in x3 video format using a video editor just give some pictures if somebody wants to change the portraits and a mini readme to show how we can import them

What do you think about the idea of different race stations??

Interesting idea but lots and lots of work.

stemardue · Post by **stemardue** » Tue, 23. Jun 09, 19:48

@ricky69

the problem with that video file, as Cycrow already said, is that it is a whole long video file containing all the video snippets you see in game.

Those clips are timed and the game accesses to them via time codes, so there is no way of editing it without messing up all the other video files. Unless you append to it some new clips (or pictures stills) and then are sure to recode it back to the original format. Believe me, it is a titanic work and no grant of success.

Then you should replace all the time coded calls to point to the new scenes, thing i'm not even sure that might be done... (don't know if there is a Tfile listing those or if they are hard coded - and personally i don't need to know since that 'mod' is something i think no one wish to waste time with

)

riky69 · Post by **riky69** » Tue, 23. Jun 09, 21:20

Mmm.. That s a pitty

@enenra
Ehm i think so

It could be with a few tipe of stations or only with the main races like boron and split as the terran solar system

X2-Eliah · Post by **X2-Eliah** » Wed, 24. Jun 09, 05:12

Ho hum - I keep getting a Not Found / 404 error when trying to connect to the X-Univ. site.

I just hope that XTC will differ from X3-TC just as much as XTM did from X3-R.

Arendee · Post by **Arendee** » Wed, 24. Jun 09, 20:43

If I could make a request,

I think it would be cool to have a new type of carrier class or TL used for carrying bombers and corvettes. Something like a carryall from dune, or the aran. It wouldn't have that large of a capacity. Maybe like an oversized TM.

Kong · Post by **Kong** » Wed, 24. Jun 09, 21:20

The force is with us! GREAT NEWS!
Good to hear you are at work.
XTM was truly amazing. When I first travelled through XTM's Akeelas Beacon I got an idea how big this beloved game of ours could be. If directed in an inspired fashion.

Now all that I can do is wait and send a prayer every time I play XTC and wonder:
How huge battleships can simply vanish in a ball of light every time they are being defeated.
Why ships must zigzag the universe and at the same time useless taxi services spam each sector.
Why dustclouds are used for colonization and not as hideouts.
Why anyone except Boron would want to settle in dustclouds.
Why stations are build without purpose in the middle of dangerous asteroid fields.
Pray that you might do all the things others cannot.

Godspeed Masters of Code.

Edit: I am not making requests (surely you have your hands full without listening to our wishful thinking), but it would be great to give dustclouds and asteroid fields a meaningful purpose. Something Egosoft has never managed to do. Ah, nevermind. Am I excited or what?

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X-Tended - Terran Conflict (XTC)