Can't make a CAG

Thufir18 · Post by **Thufir18** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 05:49

So I was going to start my own stations now that I've saved up some bank but I can't make any ships into CAGS. I've followed all the guides I've read to the letter but set commercial representation or anything else that I'm supposed to see as options are not showing up. No clue what I'm doing wrong. Like I said I've followed each guide to the letter

Fenris321 · Post by **Fenris321** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 06:25

Did you download the bonus pack off the website?

http://www.egosoft.com/download/x3ap/bonus_en.php

The one all the way on the bottom.

Thufir18 · Post by **Thufir18** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 06:30

According to steam it was installed

Thufir18 · Post by **Thufir18** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 06:37

Just downloaded and installed again to be sure. Still no option to set commercial representative. Really no idea what's wrong. I've followed rogues guide to the letter with no luck.

tuskenus · Post by **tuskenus** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 06:49

can't hurt to check off the basics

you have navigation mk1 and trade mk1 and 2 installed on the ship?

you set the ship's homebase to be your factory?

you are looking in the trade menu of the ship (with the above criteria met) and not in the factory menu somewhere?

Thufir18 · Post by **Thufir18** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 06:52

tuskenus · Post by **tuskenus** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 06:54

and you got the bonus pack for the right game (tc vs ap)

beyond that, i'm stymied.

Thufir18 · Post by **Thufir18** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 06:56

In the ships trade menu I have
Manual trade run
Remote best buy
Remote best sell
Manual trade buy
Manual trade sell
Buy ware for best price
Buy ware .......
Sell ware for best price
Sell ware .......
Transfer frieght via drones (grey)
Start sector trader
Start universal trader

That's all I see. Not even a greyed out option for commercial representation

tuskenus · Post by **tuskenus** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 06:58

is the ship docked? i forgot about this part...

it doesn't have to be at your factory, but the CAG/CLS scripts give your ship a 'pilot', and that won't happen unless the ship is at a dock.

call it realism, call it whatever....but....yah. for the first time starting a CAG/CLS ship, it has to be docked somewhere that it can 'hire a pilot'.

Thufir18 · Post by **Thufir18** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 06:58

I downloaded the link above to be sure. All bonus pack info I've seen is all for AP nothing specific to TC

Thufir18 · Post by **Thufir18** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 06:59

Yep docked

Thufir18 · Post by **Thufir18** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 07:00

Is there a way to upload my save game to ego soft? I'd love to hear official feedback.

tuskenus · Post by **tuskenus** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 07:05

no clue Re: uploading savegames.

I'm about as far from official as you can get, but if you find a place, I'd be happy to take a look. What I lack in officialness, I more than make up for with boredom and curiosity.

Thufir18 · Post by **Thufir18** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 07:06

I think I found the error. Looks like I had pack for wrong game. Deeper exploration of the site led me to the right download link. Lets hope this fixes everything.

Thufir18 · Post by **Thufir18** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 07:06

Rofl. Boredom/curiosity ftw

Thufir18 · Post by **Thufir18** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 07:13

Fixed! On a side note, I started TD on my first game. I collected some derelicts to get started. Now I'm still flying my saber, but I've gt 11 ships total. 5 acting as local traders getting me re and money. I've got 20 mil in the bank. I figured I'd start a few station before going back to plot. I'm at the point in the terran plot where you should also start final fury. Any suggestions? I've been thinking about getting in a m3+ but I kinda like speed.

tuskenus · Post by **tuskenus** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 07:46

score - enjoy the profitsssss

both ships i'd recommend are available in Aldrin, and both would require some patience/effort to get kitted out right, but...once you do, they're more than worth it. if you're really after an M3, a spitfyre is a fun little ship - and if you want to step up to m6, the springblossom has great speed, storage, and offensive capabilities.

in both instances, the ships primarily take 'prototype' weapons that are only made in aldrin, tho...and can take some patience or engineering on your part to get a full loadout, but they're worth it. in any event, the springblossom tops out at around 360 and the spitfyre is somewhere in the 450 range, so the speed is there.

Thufir18 · Post by **Thufir18** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 07:58

Yeah, those aldrin ships are sick. But it'll be a bit before I can get them. Any suggestions for the interim? I don't mind going big, I just don't want to o too big since I hear it makes the computer OP.

tuskenus · Post by **tuskenus** » Wed, 5. Jun 13, 08:37

those really are the outliers in terms of speed and firepower - other m3 ships worth taking a look at would be the fenrir or the susanowa. maybe the cutlass.

If you skip the m3's and just get an m6, I really can't stand the non-springblossom terran m6's (they're either as agile as a brick, fire just empcs, or have some other aspect I find obnoxious) - what you can get/who you have the rank with would probably matter more than any advice I'd have, tho.