[X3TC] Thieving UFOs - how to stop them?

afterglowefx · Post by **afterglowefx** » Tue, 23. Oct 12, 04:57

I don't know how I still see posts about people unsure of the existence of UFOs in their games, because I see the damned things all the time. And they're always, always, always stealing my loot. It doesn't matter if the crates drop from NPC kills or my own, as soon as they have been there for a moment a UFO will swoop in at 300m/s and literally grab every crate it can get its grubby mits on. Half the time I don't even have time to grab a single crate before they've all been stolen.

Is there any way to put a stop to this? I shoot them if I can, but with their heavy shielding and fast speed it's very rare that I can down them before they steal all my crap. I'm open to anything - I'd be more than happy to see them scripted right out of my game!

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Tue, 23. Oct 12, 05:26

They take it to their secret UFO base....

stealthhammer · Post by **stealthhammer** » Tue, 23. Oct 12, 06:10

I hardly see any in my game, but when I do I follow it to the base and I can get some expensive stuff for cheap. Sometimes even some rare things like plasma beam weapons. The base most of the time in my games are in the unknown systems up past the Xenon systems in the northern sectors.

StarSword · Post by **StarSword** » Tue, 23. Oct 12, 06:39

What with Morkonan and Mindy here, I honestly can't tell if the OP is pulling our collective chains or if the UFOs are really stealing random drops. I've seen plenty of UFOs, though no crate-ninja'ing by them. Near as I can tell they just buzz around.

afterglowefx · Post by **afterglowefx** » Tue, 23. Oct 12, 09:26

Ahhh I've managed to sort it out. I really wasn't joking, the little bastards cost me hundreds of thousands in stolen missiles.

Evidently it's a part of LV's Racial Response Fleets. I assume he intended it as a means of controlling the proliferation of phat lewts following increased hostilities, but as it stands the UFOs are way too aggressive. When I cannot collect loot from even a small, directly fought skirmish, it's going too far. I disabled the entire RRF package and the problem has gone away.

A pity because I quite liked RRF! However, I'm not willing to pay for it by losing 75-100% of my crates to UFOs!

TTD · Post by **TTD** » Tue, 23. Oct 12, 11:04

Just out of interest,are you referring to the RRF as in the AP Bonus Package, or the Mod itself?

<RRF is in the X3AP main gamefiles rather than in its BP. Alan Phipps>

Thanks for that

afterglowefx · Post by **afterglowefx** » Tue, 23. Oct 12, 11:25

I'm playing TC, so it's the unsigned scripts by LV called "Race Response Fleets" (available here: http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=233908). I wasn't aware that they had been signed for AP, as I don't have the game.

A great set of scripts, but if you rely on crates drops to any degree you'll quickly become frustrated with the constant theft!

TTD · Post by **TTD** » Tue, 23. Oct 12, 11:30

Have you tried the Mars scripts?
The goblins might get the crates for you quicker than the UFOs can get them,especially if there are many to collect

LV · Post by LV » Tue, 23. Oct 12, 13:24

afterglowefx wrote: A pity because I quite liked RRF! However, I'm not willing to pay for it by losing 75-100% of my crates to UFOs!

Those are not the crates you are looking for, they are imperial property

Post by **Nanook** » Tue, 23. Oct 12, 18:19

And as this is not a vanilla game issue or topic, I'm co-opting LV's force squeeze and applying it to this thread.