X2: The Threat

[General Ludd]

I've started play X2 aswell. Very good, and yeah, very impressive graphics - especially in the cut scenes. I don't know if it's just me, but there are alot of hilarious moments in the cut scenes too.

I haven't played the game much yet, but I like it so far - very open, 'real' and immersive from what I've seen.

[Urban Ranger]

Looks good, but I am pulling a Skanky now.

[Spiffor]

Does it mean you are getting drunk instead of playing games?

[General Ludd]

Question:

I completed the first couple of story-line missions and got an argon mercury, so I set out at a snails pace to do some trading while working my way to an equipment dock so that I could upgrade my engines. During that long, slow, flight I got to thinking about my old ship that I left behind - might aswell send it out to do some errands while I'm hauling stuff around, right? So I access it's command console remotely and tell it to dock to another station... a couple seconds later, it's destroyed. By the Teracorp HQ. Why?

Thinking back on it, I guess it may of been because it didn't have a docking computer, so maybe it nicked part of the exterior as it left, or something, and the HQ opened fire on it for 'attacking' - or maybe it just rammed itself against the interior untill it blew up But I don't really know why it happened.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Osweld
I completed the first couple of story-line missions and got an argon mercury, so I set out at a snails pace to do some trading while working my way to an equipment dock so that I could upgrade my engines. During that long, slow, flight I got to thinking about my old ship that I left behind - might aswell send it out to do some errands while I'm hauling stuff around, right? So I access it's command console remotely and tell it to dock to another station... a couple seconds later, it's destroyed. By the Teracorp HQ. Why?

Thinking back on it, I guess it may of been because it didn't have a docking computer, so maybe it nicked part of the exterior as it left, or something, and the HQ opened fire on it for 'attacking' - or maybe it just rammed itself against the interior untill it blew up But I don't really know why it happened.

This is a problem I didn't suffer from myself, but I read on X2's forums that it happens. Your ships may collide stupidly with stations or asteroids. It is a bad idea, because these stations will actually declare war on you.

I strongly suggest you to take a previous save back, because this previous ship will be useful, and you don't want to waste 80,000 into buying another.

Aside from that, you can buy the important upgrades (speed, rudder and cargo, as well as softare) at Terracorp. I trade almost only in Home Of Light, so it's very convenient

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Spiffor

I strongly suggest you to take a previous save back, because this previous ship will be useful, and you don't want to waste 80,000 into buying another.

Aside from that, you can buy the important upgrades (speed, rudder and cargo, as well as softare) at Terracorp. I trade almost only in Home Of Light, so it's very convenient

I was relying on autosaves at the time, and it was too late to reload by the time I figured out why my ship had disapeared from the roster, so I just restarted - I hadn't done much, and I'd made alot of other big screw ups anyways. Like leaving some fairly valuable cargo on the loaned express ship and forgeting to sell it before returning it to Teracorp. And yeah, I kicked myself when i realised that I could've upgraded that mercury at Teracorp HQ - after I had already lugged to a couple of station and through a jumpgate.

[Spiffor]

And press J to accelerate time tenfold. Extremely convenient when you travel. It cancels itself as soon as you press a key or touch your joystick a tad strongly.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Spiffor
And press J to accelerate time tenfold.

Oh, I knew that atleast. I would've quit and uninstalled the game if I didn't have the time accelerater for that mercury.

[Spiffor]

Besides, when you're wealthy, fix that Mercury in the nearest shipyard. Unless you've done it already, you only go at 70% of the max speed

[Sharpe]

I was thinking about getting this game, but the issue with the ATI cards (I have a Radeon 9700) worries me...

[General Ludd]

I have a 9700 PRO and it runs perfectly.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Does it mean you are getting drunk instead of playing games?

I'm still wondering exactly what that refers to.

[General Ludd]

I'm pretty sure he means that he's pirating it. Not enough to make a euphemism for it, he also has to lay the guilt on someone else.

[General Ludd]

By the way - is it just me or do the rudder optimisation upgrades become counter productive? Right now the controls on my discoverer are so sensitive I can barely manevour it without it flying out of control... of course, maybe it's just because I've gotten use to the slow and steady mercury.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
I'm still wondering exactly what that refers to.

To that thread where you said you eventually preferred buying Bourbon instead of a game.