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Article #105972Re: X3: Terran Conflict
From: Memnoch
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:49
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:49
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On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:19:02 +1100, Lazarus <devnull@lukewarmmail.com> wrote: >Memnoch wrote: >> On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:33:21 +1000, Lazarus <devnull@lukewarmmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Memnoch wrote: >>> >>>> I've been playing it a lot over the last week and it is great fun. I have >>>> nearly 70 million and about another 30 million in assets so far. Now I never >>>> played the XTM mod really. I stopped playing X3 shortly after it was released >>>> I think but as much as the devs. would have you believe, TC is really X3 with >>>> XTM built in as a paid for product, but the devs. have polished things some >>>> more. There are a lot of new features but one of the core things to my mind is >>>> the modified XTM content. >>> No serious problems, obviously. [Phew!] >>> >>> Ok, that's good enough for me, I'd better pull my finger out and put my >>> order in. >>> >>> Geeze... I'm a really hard sell, eh? >> >> With patch 1.2 and presumably before as well, there are a few problems with >> some of the Terran plot missions, which have easy to follow work arounds to >> avoid them. Rather than retype all that here, have a look on the official >> forums for the Terran plot threads. There are two missions that I am aware of >> that I have also personally come across that are somewhat bugged. But >> fortunately not complete deal breakers. > >That shouldn't be a problem, I was sort of half-expecting something like >that anyway. > >I was a tad concerned about the reworked interface though, there's >always the potential for disaster there. > >Still, my order is in. Now comes the waiting game. The interface is really nice but I still find myself using the keyboard a lot as it is stil faster if you know the keys to press.
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