Xmas Surprise - X3 Albion Prelude - Now available on Steam!

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Post by BeDuiFeD » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 17:53

Awesome news!

Can't wait till the 15th.
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Post by CBJ » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 17:56

Scoob wrote:Does this actually need TC installed or is it stand-alone?
It does require X3TC to be installed.
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Post by EliteM3 » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 17:57

What did you mean Scoob?

EDIT: Ah now I know, Julian went with Miria Marani ^^
oh and its not X2 its X3 when Julian did it
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Post by Mark III » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 17:59

CBJ wrote:
Mark III wrote: - Support for head tracking

Does that mean TrackIr? If so how many axes?
TrackIR is supported, as is FaceTrackNoIR. Not sure about the number of axes, though; probably two.
This is awesome news, finaly some situational awareness!
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Post by Scoob » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 17:59

CBJ wrote:
Scoob wrote:Does this actually need TC installed or is it stand-alone?
It does require X3TC to be installed.
Cool, thanks CBJ - that should keep the download size down nicely.

One more Q: I assume this will work equally well with a Steam copy of TC as well as an original DVD install? Actually, I don't assume that considering my Steam games go to an entirely different folder...

Any more info would be appreciated if you are able to provide it :)

Cheers,

Scoob.
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Post by Mightysword » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:02

Scoob wrote:
EliteM3 wrote:Awsome Game, I want to try it :D
but one question, why Saya Kho destroyed Earth Torus?
Well, it all started after Julian went off with the gangsters daughter from X2 - she took it...badly...

Scoob.

That's a joke ... right?
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Post by Scoob » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:05

Mightysword wrote: That's a joke ... right?
Lol, yes mate - at least that was my intent :)

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Post by Sorkvild » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:07

Thats because we will have to wait longer to Rebirth than originally expected, but thats OK :) Anything new from Ego is always more than welcome
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Post by Scoob » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:08

Like a starter in a good restaurant :)

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Post by Skeeter » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:11

Wish you well ES with the new exp pack. Sadly it still wont get me to play due to the strong dislike for the x3 series as been from the old crowd who started with xbtf and up to x2. Still gl with it and all.

Looking forward to x rebirth tho still as it at least offers change in some form compared to rinse and repeat games that's been happening for years.
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Post by imperium3 » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:17

:O :O :O

THIS IS AWESOME!!!

(Pity they blew up the Torus though... launching a fleet assault against that monster would have been FUN... in the "Dwarf Fortress" sense of the word...)

THANK YOU EGOSOFT!!!!
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Post by DJ0JJ » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:18

A free game (for me) that probably gonna take me 100s of hours playing?

I am gonna cry of happiness! ;.)

Best Xmas present I have received so far. And the 1st one!
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Post by bufi » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:18

Thanks EgoSoft! That is biggest suprise for this Christmas holidays :)
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Post by Slashman » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:19

Yeah...I need to have this...like NOW!!!
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Post by Mateus090985 » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:26

So, if the old save games will not be compatible, I will wait a few more days to begin a new game.
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Post by silenced » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:26

Hmmm ... owning the 'Superbox', but not willing to use Steam for X. How to get my hands on that expansion?

Though I like Steam and use it for other stuff, I like to have X on it's very own partition. :) Steam simply 'kills' that possibility with it's stupid hardcoded installdirectories.
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Post by mark_a_condren » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:29

Slashman wrote:Yeah...I need to have this...like NOW!!!
Look at it this way .... only 7 sleeps to go.


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Post by gregs4163 » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:31

Since this is an add-on to X3TC, do we need to remove any mods before we install X3AP?
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Post by Martin » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:32

Mark III wrote:On the youtube page it says:

Features Overview
- Support for head tracking


Does that mean TrackIr? If so how many axes?
Three rotation axes are supported, but the default is to only use yaw and pitch, roll can be configured.

TrackIR is the best option, as the tracking uses markers on your head and is therefore very accurate. Tracking by face recognition is less accurate as the rotation of your head has to be guessed with image processing.
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Post by Mark III » Wed, 7. Dec 11, 18:43

Martin wrote:
Mark III wrote:On the youtube page it says:

Features Overview
- Support for head tracking


Does that mean TrackIr? If so how many axes?
Three rotation axes are supported, but the default is to only use yaw and pitch, roll can be configured.

TrackIR is the best option, as the tracking uses markers on your head and is therefore very accurate. Tracking by face recognition is less accurate as the rotation of your head has to be guessed with image processing.
Yes i just realized yaw and pitch will do just nice since there is no cockpit.
Coming from flightsims i have been using TrackIr for years and to be able to use it in X is fantastic.

I hope Rebirth will have the same support for tracking devices(?).
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