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Offline procdrone

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X Series on steam for 3 days
on: March 12, 2015, 03:07:05 pm
All of the X series are for free on steam for three days, if any one of you want to revisit the old title, or try the new one.
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Offline Akalabeth Angel

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Re: X Series on steam for 3 days
Reply #1 on: March 12, 2015, 06:25:17 pm
Thanks for the headsup
 

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Re: X Series on steam for 3 days
Reply #2 on: March 12, 2015, 08:18:03 pm
Thanks!  I've never played any of them.  Is any particular one noob-friendly?  2 days isn't much time to overcome a steep learning curve. 
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Offline AdmiralRalwood

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Re: X Series on steam for 3 days
Reply #3 on: March 12, 2015, 10:13:31 pm
Quote from: deathspeed on March 12, 2015, 08:18:03 pm
Thanks!  I've never played any of them.  Is any particular one noob-friendly?  2 days isn't much time to overcome a steep learning curve. 
None of them are particularly newbie-friendly. However, the least newbie-unfriendly would be Terran Conflict.
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(the very next day)
<MageKing17> this ****ing code did it to me again
<MageKing17> "That doesn't really make sense to me, but I'll assume it was being done for a reason."
<MageKing17> **** ME
<MageKing17> THE REASON IS PEOPLE ARE STUPID
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(...)
<MageKing17> so
<MageKing17> more than two hours
<MageKing17> but once again we have reached the inevitable conclusion
<MageKing17> How did this code ever work in the first place!?

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Re: X Series on steam for 3 days
Reply #4 on: March 13, 2015, 02:58:08 am
X3 would be the best and has the best mods atm.
Don't play without mods.
There are scripts that save your life and make playing soooo much easier. From reconfigured menus for better UI, automated traders and factory managment, cockpits, new ships, etc, etc..

X:Rebirth is.... looks nice, but is more limited.
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Offline deathspeed

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Re: X Series on steam for 3 days
Reply #5 on: March 13, 2015, 07:13:51 am
Thanks for the advice!  I forgot I had Terran Conflict; I think I got it from a humble bundle.  I might give Rebirth a try this weekend - I've always been a bit overwhelmed by too much going on, so more limited may be better for me.
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Offline Akalabeth Angel

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Re: X Series on steam for 3 days
Reply #6 on: March 13, 2015, 12:16:11 pm
So you cannot actually add these games to your library? Simply have access for three days? Think I'll pass.
 

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Re: X Series on steam for 3 days
Reply #7 on: March 13, 2015, 03:00:42 pm
I bought the series a while ago in some sale or other for dirt cheap.  I tried starting with the original, but didn't get past the training mission when I couldn't make it work with my joystick.  Hope to get it working and return one day.  Or maybe I should just skip straight to x3, but I hate entering series in the middle.
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Re: X Series on steam for 3 days
Reply #8 on: March 13, 2015, 03:05:44 pm
Quote from: Klaustrophobia on March 13, 2015, 03:00:42 pm
I bought the series a while ago in some sale or other for dirt cheap.  I tried starting with the original, but didn't get past the training mission when I couldn't make it work with my joystick.  Hope to get it working and return one day.  Or maybe I should just skip straight to x3, but I hate entering series in the middle.
You won't be missing anything. Really. Just go straight to Terran Conflict.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Codethulhu GitHub wgah'nagl fhtagn.

schrödinbug (noun) - a bug that manifests itself in running software after a programmer notices that the code should never have worked in the first place.

When you gaze long into BMPMAN, BMPMAN also gazes into you.

"I am one of the best FREDders on Earth" -General Battuta

<Aesaar> literary criticism is vladimir putin

<MageKing17> "There's probably a reason the code is the way it is" is a very dangerous line of thought. :P
<MageKing17> Because the "reason" often turns out to be "nobody noticed it was wrong".
(the very next day)
<MageKing17> this ****ing code did it to me again
<MageKing17> "That doesn't really make sense to me, but I'll assume it was being done for a reason."
<MageKing17> **** ME
<MageKing17> THE REASON IS PEOPLE ARE STUPID
<MageKing17> ESPECIALLY ME

<MageKing17> God damn, I do not understand how this is breaking.
<MageKing17> Everything points to "this should work fine", and yet it's clearly not working.
<MjnMixael> 2 hours later... "God damn, how did this ever work at all?!"
(...)
<MageKing17> so
<MageKing17> more than two hours
<MageKing17> but once again we have reached the inevitable conclusion
<MageKing17> How did this code ever work in the first place!?

<@The_E> Welcome to OpenGL, where standards compliance is optional, and error reporting inconsistent

<MageKing17> It was all working perfectly until I actually tried it on an actual mission.

<IronWorks> I am useful for FSO stuff again. This is a red-letter day!
* z64555 erases "Thursday" and rewrites it in red ink

<MageKing17> TIL the entire homing code is held up by shoestrings and duct tape, basically.
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