Posted December 12, 2016
I just picked up X3: Terran War Pack. I'm all tingly. But also quite confused.
First, I was surprised that X3:TC and X3:AP are apparently two different games. As the wikipedia article calls AP an "add-on" to TC, I expected simply to play AP and get the whole continuous experience, like integrated add-ons usually do. Now I'm staring at two launch icons, and though clearly TC comes chronologically first, I"m wondering if I'm supposed to just skip it (then why install the icon...) and go straight to AP to get both at once. Or, am I supposed to pour a ton of hours and effort into TC and eventually declare it "beaten" (once I've had enough of it) and then start all over again from scratch in AP? Or, are my saved games carried over to AP, as usually happens with an "add-on".
Can anyone help me to understand it better than threads here, at egosoft, and even wikipedia have been able to do? I'm guessing it's a case of "it's a question so old and well-known that no one talks about it", but that leaves out the noobs like me.
...And that's not mentioning the official bonus packs. I assume I will use them since they have been deemed "official", however the versions are older than my GOG installers. Will that be a problem?
......Oh, and the extra files GOG supplies -- what are they about? The patch file 3.2D doesn't execute because it says my installation is newer than the patch. So why provide it? (I'm guessing maybe for older, in-progress games?) And the other file, the mod support patch -- is this needed to run any mods (including the bonus packs), now, in the past, or ever? Because that doesn't install either, for the same reason -- installation is newer.
Really confusing intro to X, this is.
Thanks for any help!
First, I was surprised that X3:TC and X3:AP are apparently two different games. As the wikipedia article calls AP an "add-on" to TC, I expected simply to play AP and get the whole continuous experience, like integrated add-ons usually do. Now I'm staring at two launch icons, and though clearly TC comes chronologically first, I"m wondering if I'm supposed to just skip it (then why install the icon...) and go straight to AP to get both at once. Or, am I supposed to pour a ton of hours and effort into TC and eventually declare it "beaten" (once I've had enough of it) and then start all over again from scratch in AP? Or, are my saved games carried over to AP, as usually happens with an "add-on".
Can anyone help me to understand it better than threads here, at egosoft, and even wikipedia have been able to do? I'm guessing it's a case of "it's a question so old and well-known that no one talks about it", but that leaves out the noobs like me.
...And that's not mentioning the official bonus packs. I assume I will use them since they have been deemed "official", however the versions are older than my GOG installers. Will that be a problem?
......Oh, and the extra files GOG supplies -- what are they about? The patch file 3.2D doesn't execute because it says my installation is newer than the patch. So why provide it? (I'm guessing maybe for older, in-progress games?) And the other file, the mod support patch -- is this needed to run any mods (including the bonus packs), now, in the past, or ever? Because that doesn't install either, for the same reason -- installation is newer.
Really confusing intro to X, this is.
Thanks for any help!
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