Definitely get a cockpit mod. I haven't played the series much, just X3 TC a little, but cockpits make things so much cooler. I've heard AP has the best sandbox but TC has the best storylines.
Wish I could say more, sorry.
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Okay, that helps me a little. I'm not sure if I want more sandbox stuff, or more story... I think that for this, I may prefer sandbox over story, just because every other game has you in this big elaborate story, but I want to just sit back in a space game, and do whatever the hell I want... Which I guess this game is like that, it just has a story as well.
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XTM? Please explain as to why these are your choices.
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XTM(X-Tended Mod) is a mod for X3: Reunion.
It adds an entire species(Terran), 100 New Sectors, 100 New Ships, Better Effects, 50 New Commands, 20 New Missions etc.
The mod was so good that Egosoft actually hired the devs and made X3: Terran Conflict with them.
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Xtended was the best X mod i have ever played, and i tried them all. The scope is big, the ships are not only numerous but also well done, and it includes plenty of minor mods.
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Okay, so how do i go about installing it? And which game is that mod for?
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I have no idea, I just figured they might be in the sense that they are space sims. I'm not entirely sure though.
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With mods you can actually pilot a tie fighter. Or the battlestar galactica if you prefer. Or a Star Trek ship. But those mods tend to always have badly done ships :-(
But yes, nobody forces you to have whole fleets, build bases or be a merchant. You can just fly around an make everything go boum if you want. Be it for a faction or as a pirate or a bounty hunter or just for the fun of it.
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It's in. Just join some faction and go to a base to be given missions. Plus the campaign.
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it will be really hard in the X games to just play campaign missions. The most accessible for that would be Terran Conflict IMO. a lot of it is sandbox one off missions like escorts, raids, or transport but there are defined storylines in each of the games that you can follow, the problem is if you dont do those side sandbox missions or build up a trading empire, you wont have the resources for later missions (ships and weapons)
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You are my soul mate, bobo. thejadefalcon is officially no longer my man-crush.
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X3: The reunion had the best plot, but that's pretty much the equivalent of picking your prettiest pig.
Overall I think X3:TC is the best, AP adds some story stuff but offsets with by making the game a little less accessible (which the X series are already as accessible as the North Pole). TC still has much of the vibrant economy, the dynamic systems and station placement, etc.
Be warned though, all X games are time vampires and you'll be stepping in for 'a quick go', before you know it your face is on the back of a milk carton.
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Haha, okay, I think your comment probably has the most information on here... I like you...
So, anyways, Terran Conflict is your choice? I knew these were going to be time consumers, and I wouldn't have bought them if I wasn't ready. But would PSCO1's CockpitMod work in Terran Conflict? The way it sounds is that any mod made for any X3 game will work with all other X3 games? If so, I was looking at the cockpit mod, Combat Mod 4, Improved Races, I was going to install a bunch of Star Wars ships, and then use the plugin manager to do all of this.
Anything else I should know?
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That cockpit mod does work for TC. Can't speak to the rest of your questions sadly, but I'm currently using that mod with TC. Looks really good.
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Okay, I guess I'll just try it and see if it works. Thanks for the help!
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I would definitely say X3: AP, it has the best storyline as far as I am aware. It is the most engaging and by the end of it you have enough really cool toys, and your own headquarters, to jump into the rest of the game and dick around.
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Okay, so your own headquarters is only available in AP? I'll keep that in mind...
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Okay, I started playing Terran Conflict, and at the moment I'm getting my controls set up properly... This is really hard to set up...
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Well, in this game, I'm not worried about starting at the beginning for the story. This is just for simply getting a ship, flying it around, and building an empire.
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Personally I liked Terran Conflict the most I felt that the story in Reunion was a bit more substantial than TC or AP.
My view of Albion prelude is a little skewed because I started with the Terrans (starting as the terrans is super hard in AP because everyone fucking hates you.)
Terran conflict was the first X where they really made the interface mouse friendly. Reunion was almost impossible to shoot stuff unless you had a joystick. the older ones I cant really comment on yet because I haven't finished them
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Okay, well I think I'm going to do Terran, and I was actually planning on playing mostly with a joystick, and then playing with a mouse and keyboard for the random menus. Now I just need to set up my stuff...
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As you may know, Humble Bundle had their Humble Weekly Bundle Egosoft a few days ago, and I tried to get started with X3 Albion Prelude since it was the latest, but I really haven't done anything in it yet...
So, before I progressed any further, I decided to return to SteamGifts and ask you guys, which one is your favorite, and why so? Which one would be the easiest one to just pick up having never played an X game (but has played Freelancer and X-Wing/Tie Fighter games)?
I want to know, which has the best content as in story, weapons, ships, and which has the best mods...
Which is another thing, if you play your favorite with mods, which ones do you use? I was currently looking at PSCO1 CockpitMod for X3: Terran Conflict and Albion Prelude (it is compatible with both, right?), and then it had a separate download for one if you use XTended for X3 Reunion.
So yeah, give me replies! And then give me reasons as to why these games/mods are your favorite.
And one last thing, I tried playing Albion Prelude with my Logitech Dual Action, and the bindings were really stupid and were nothing like the Xbox Controller layout that I figured it might be like, so how would I change these bindings? I couldn't find anywhere to change them, so I have no idea what I'm doing...
GIVE ME REASONS FOR YOUR CHOICES
I forgot that people here don't give reasons...
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