New patch on the way, looks like they will be looking at the frame rate issues http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=352790

I explained in my first posting in this thread, that our second priority (after stability) is performance improvements. 1.19 will have a couple of bug fixes that can potentially bring very significant performance improvements.

One of these fixes is not a general performance improvement that will make the game run faster for everybody, but if you were affected by this bug, it can increase performance by several hundred percent.

 

May or may not improve it?.

Honestly I think this is for some specific actions or hardware setups.

How that Easter egg hunt going Robske.

I Just found the Kerble in the back of the Skunk.

Well, I am currently stuck in a lagfest of a storyline mission where I have a battle at the albion gate in devries to knock a plutarch station away 😛 Waiting for 1.19 as the lag makes that battle impossible for me.

Patch 1.19 out

Patch 1.19 - 2013-12-09

• Fixed major slowdown after loading savegames.

• Fixed several more causes of crashes.

• Fixed more cases of trade ships getting stuck.

• Fixed large ships being unable to trade with Canteran station in DeVries.

• Fixed undocking problems after trading.

• Fixed ammunition trade problems.

• Fixed mining drones getting stuck.

• Fixed negative number of drones in cargo.

• Fixed cargo bays containing more wares than they can hold.

• Fixed cockpit animations hanging (see note below).

• Fixed problem with targeting player-owned ships.

• Fixed incorrect player position during highway flight.

• Fixed player owned ships being assigned the wrong commander.

• Fixed ships with missing AI functionality.

• Fixed problems with Engineer functionality.

• Improved flight behaviour for boarding and claiming.

• Improved combat behaviour for capital ships.

• Fixed station defence problems.

• Fixed incorrect defence routines being used on ships.

• Fixed switching the AI mode of the Defence Officer.

• Added defend and attack mode options to Defence Officer.

• Rebalanced skills of existing NPCs in line with new ones.

• Rebalanced contents of boxes and other containers on platforms.

• Rebalanced cost of ship and station repair.

• Fixed transport passenger mission getting blocked after cutscene.

• Fixed sounds not stopping sometimes.

• Fixed buttons not working with mouse input.

• Added facility to unmap controls in control mapping menu (press Delete).

• Added video capture mode with ability to switch off cockpit (Expert settings).

• Fixed too many missing extensions breaking the load game menu.

• Several localisation improvements.

NOTE: If cockpit animations are still stuck after loading an old savegame then you may need to press Enter 5-5 and then return to the cockpit for this fix to take effect.

 

Off for a test in Omicrom to see if theirs an improvement in FPS.

GREAT BASIN HERE I COME.

Off for a testrun in a place called lagfe... *errr* albion gate in devries storyline battle.

@PINBACK: 1.19 fixes a lot of critical bugs! Performance went up a lot making me be a killer machine instead of a sitting duck in the storyline mission.

Also, trading ships at least get themselves unstuck 99% of the time. Only noticed problems with cargolifter URV pathfinding when a trading ship goes in noclip mode through a station and another thing I saw was that trading ships wont trade still if you forget to outfit them with cargolifters 😛

Egosoft get a few more patches that have ths many fixes and balancing they will have this game running right real soon. I wanted to see more things fixed with economy and crew member and station interaction before I make the leap.

Many improvements happening. I managed to get a lot further in the storyline, testimony to that is taking this picture without freeplay mode:

Still a bit of slide show in great basin although I do have most the graphic setting maxed out, if I turn them down then it becomes payable.

Not done any trading yet, going to put together a crew for a boarding action and see if I cap one the big freighters.

Trading is fairly easy honestly now most trading-related bugs are fixed 😀 Have so far only spotted one single one: Trade ships dont cancel orders when they can't trade due to not having Cargolifter drones on them.

Patch 1.20 out.

• Fixed several more causes of crashes and freezes.

• Fixed mouse controls not working after loading certain savegames.

• Fixed trade ships getting stuck after upgrade.

• Fixed skipping trade menu when going back to it.

• Fixed graphics options not setting correct shaders.

• Fixed missing build notifications from architects in other sectors.

• Fixed player trade ships trying to trade with enemy stations.

• Fixed menus showing out of date info about build progress.

• Fixed trades in another sector taking too long.

• Fixed upkeep mission to deliver architect to builder ship not ending.

• Fixed player ships not being returned during plot missions (will not re-create ships already lost, sorry).

• Improved ship movement in certain situations.

• Improved logic for station owned miners.

• Cell Recharge (fuel) stations in Omicron Lyrae now require Bofu instead of Food Rations.

• Various performance improvements (should be most noticeable when shadows are NOT enabled).

 

Time to switch Steam on again.

 

Time to switch Steam on again.

That's the spirit!!! :gamer:  :gamer:  

As i finished the storyline, I'm going to do a freeplay game soon 🙂

http://steamcommunity.com/id/dirtbag007/stats/2870/?tab=achievements

Nice work, hope to see you get that destroy that capitol ship achievement soon.... thought their would have been more achievements with a wide open game like this. But its great to see the patches flowing and maybe come Jan/Feb I will finally purchase this.

I did capture one though 😉

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=202984716

Take it that the cap ship are still not firing back as I found a Xenon cap ship flying between two zones in Albion and blew the crap out of it, never fired a shot back at me.

Edit: they must have fixed that now as I went after a pirate cap ship and was greeted with a hail of fire.

Another small patch from just before Christmas, explains what Steam was upto this morning when I had it switched on.

Patch 1.21 - 2013-12-20

• Added new Refuel order.

• Fixed more causes of crashes.

• Fixed another case where the player could be teleported into the middle of nowhere.

• Fixed problem with NPCs being assigned to multiple locations.

• Fixed scan overlay not being removed when docking.

• Fixed capital ships standing still forever with the boost effect running.

• Fixed trade menu problem (in German only) when trying to sell and the ship doesn't have the requested ware.

 

I have to play this game again since the last time I played was a few days after launch, but I thought this game was great! I ran into some game-breaking bugs and had to stop playing because I didn't want to go through the tutorial again (which I was just at the end of), but the graphics were beautiful, the warp minigame was enjoyable to say the least and everything was extremely immersive!

The two problems I did have though is:

1. The bugs, which from what I hear are for the most part gone.

2. You can only have one ship.... This was one of the biggest sales points for me in the other X games I've played: the fact that you're not just stuck on one boat, but you can switch to whatever ship you'd like! And the fact that the preview videos showed the player walking around the ship made me excited for the idea that you can move around bigger ships, until I found out that you can't pilot any other ships... But I suppose it is a promising step for the next X game that might have such a thing! 🙂

I have to say that after only a few hours playing the game, I had to leave it. I really regret buying the game now.

For me, as an X series vet, the bugs were more than expected.

The whole "1 ship" issue i could even live with but not the limited view I have of the universe (can't even look left or right) and the "docking" are bad choices in my view. ES's argument about the 1 ship I also find strange seeing as, while most players eventually settled on piloting 1-ship the most of the time, this was usually after trying a few; you CHOSE the 1 ship you spent most of your time in, and I do not support limiting player choice from a game. Hell, I had two or three favourites that, once I'd fitted a teleporter I could jump between at will. I seriously hope that they reverse that decision or the modding community does something about it.

The fact that there are no external views, particularly when you first discover the boost and it gives you a short 360 external view of your ship is also a deal breaker for me.

I think if you're new to or lightly invested in the X series, then you're probably wondering what the fuss is all about (apart from the bugs - welcome to X!) but to anyone who enjoyed previous X games, i cant see how these design choices would go down well. I do applaud the attempt to make the games more accessible but the cutting room floor of Egosoft must be choc-full of some of the best features in the X series to date.  

My two pennies.

New patch from a few days ago.

Patch 1.24 - 2014-02-04

Includes changes from Patch 1.23 that was not released outside the Beta process.

• New feature: Manual target control with keys for target nearest crosshair, closest enemy and next/previous target. Further improvements planned.

• New feature: Logbook system covering non-plot missions, player ships, discounts/commissions and game tips. Logging of a wider range of events planned.

• Added shipyard to Gemstone Manufacture.

• Added escort fighters to some capital ships.

• Increased Pirate, Reiver and Xenon activity for more action.

• Increased yields for mining regions in DeVries and Maelstrom.

• Fixed error causing map to suddenly close under certain circumstances.

• Fixed more causes of being teleported into the middle of nowhere on loading a savegame.

• Fixed cases where destroying a ship could result in the target element not getting removed.

• Improved update frequency of target elements.

• Fixed cargo collection mode.

• Fixed mining ships collecting ware containers.

• Fixed builder ships not being able to trade with stations reliably.

• Fixed one problem with building restarting when player not present (another build issue remains).

• Added filtering by station/ship in trade offer menu.

• Added Hire option with negative response for certain NPCs.

• Prevented certain plot ships from being sold.

• Fixed problem with timing of money transfer to/from manager.

• Added means for NPCs to return to player ship from assignments.

• Fixed marines not showing up in player ship units.

• Fixed builder ship menu not updating player account.

• Fixed negative total yield amounts for asteroid fields.

• Fixed more inconsistencies in weapon counts.

• Fixed drone count calculation for ship trader.

• Fixed several issues with active mission/guidance info being disabled.

• Fixed missing/incorrect highway names in mission objectives.

• Fixed assigning a ship to a station without a manager.

• Removed "taglauncher" from encyclopedia.

• Removed civilian factions from encyclopedia.

• Fixed several encyclopedia layout issues.

• Fixed several issues with build/repair drones.

• Fixed incorrect cargo prediction based on shopping list data under certain circumstances.

• Fixed trade menus not keeping track of selected ship in some cases.

• Added default "protect" behaviour for ships in your squad.

• Improved capital ship fight behaviour.

• Fixed problem with ships not attacking.

• Fixed enemies not attacking correct target in certain circumstances.

• Fixed another cause of jumping ships ending up in invalid positions.

• Fixed player ship sometimes being in the wrong place after undocking.

• Fixed problem with engineer sometimes being paid twice for player ship repairs.

• Fixed incorrect player engine price calculation.

• Fixed incorrect weapon counts in ship menu.

• Ships working for a station no longer sell wares to their homebase (goods just transferred, no money involved).

• Shipyards and fuel stations should no longer run out of resources (may take a while to take effect).

• Fixed cargo drones bumping into hull of mining ships and blocking trade.

• Reduced likelihood of mining ships transferring more minerals to a station than it wants.

• Added hotkey for docking (Shift-D by default).

• Fixed welder drones appearing in property menu.

• Fixed "keycode NNN" appearing in Options menu.

• Fixed problem remapping keys used in Detail Monitor (C, I and G)

• Changed resource cost for ship-building in Omicron Lyrae

• Changed ships available for construction in DeVries

• Fixed URV Wharf module in Integrative URV Forge not producing drones

• Fixed scan sound being replayed for something that has already been scanned.

• Fixed scan highlighting not being properly removed when leaving cockpit.

• Fixed trade missions not completing.

• Fixed problem resulting in player getting stuck in Canteran air ducts.

• Fixed floating crate on Albion platform interior.

• Fixed floating ad signs and incorrect traffic at DeVries wheat station.

• Fixed DeVries shipyard interior orientation.

• Fixed lights in prison being too dark.

• Fixed bench obstructing hangar entrance of DeVries repair platform.

• Fixed NPC stuck in locker on DeVries repair dock.

• Fixed not being able to take cases out of cardboard boxes.

• Improved Russian localisation.

• Improved support for Chinese text.

• Fixed another problem with borderless window mode on certain hardware.

• Fixed freeze and memory-related crash caused by ships shooting excessively under certain circumstances.

• Fixed several more causes of crashes.

• More small performance improvements.

 

• New feature: Manual target control with keys for target nearest crosshair, closest enemy and next/previous target. Further improvements planned.

 

About bloody time should have been their from the start.

Now that is a patch, like to see lots of fixes. That capitol ship fight improvements look like it would be a big plus as well. Maybe by June I will get this, by then it will have been patched to a very stable place and maybe there will be some good mods out, plus I should have my new PC then and I will be able to enjoy it more 🙂

Now that is a patch, like to see lots of fixes. That capitol ship fight improvements look like it would be a big plus as well. Maybe by June I will get this, by then it will have been patched to a very stable place and maybe there will be some good mods out, plus I should have my new PC then and I will be able to enjoy it more 🙂

The progress of X Rebirth is going exactly like x3 reunion so far. I hope the future after it will be alike.

Turn on Steam hit by another update to XR.

• New Feature: Player-owned ships and stations can now be renamed.
• New Feature: Smalltalk reward allowing you to receive trade offer updates for a station remotely.
• Added logbook entries for refuelling, trade and building.
• Added call from manager when a station is low on credits.
• Added ship name when player gets a call requiring a response from a player owned ship.
• Fixed a cause of occasional crashes when loading savegame.
• Fixed a cause of occasional crashes during large battles.
• Fixed several other causes of occasional crashes.
• Fixed another cause of the game hanging after Alt-Tab.
• Added prices for small ships so that these can now be sold.
• Cargo value is now taken into account when selling a ship; you get roughly half it’s value.
• Fixed price calculations for intermediate wares.
• Fixed two causes of disappearing ships and one of ships ending up in strange places.
• Fixed certain station elements being rotated incorrectly after loading a savegame.
• Fixed problem with random station elements being built and preventing further building.
• Fixed problem with small ships preventing building.
• Fixed problem with drones not being able to dock at certain mining ships.
• Fixed incorrect container amount being dropped from cargo drones.
• Fixed another issue with cargo collection.
• Fixed buy offers for more wares than can be stored.
• Fixed player being able to start multiple boarding operations on the same ship.
• Fixed abort button for boarding operations.
• Fixed info and comm options for externally docked ships.
• Fixed issue with operational range settings resulting in ships looking for trades in the wrong places.
• Improved station-owned mining ship AI to prevent station from filling with more resources than it wants.
• Improved shooting logic for NPC ships (more improvements to come).
• Fixed a problem resulting in inactive patrol ships.
• Fixed a problem with NPC beam weapons not firing correctly.
• Fixed tag darts occasionally tagging something other than their intended target.
• Added inter-system traders to DeVries.
• Fixed station scan mode remaining active when it shouldn’t.
• Fixed rare case resulting in missing info points and dock icons.
• Fixed subordinate count in orders menu.
• Fixed incorrect trade status in ship menu.
• Fixed “+” button not working in map menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed sold ships and collected drones being displayed as destroyed in the logbook.
• Added missing descriptions for systems to encyclopedia.
• Improved rewards after successful smalltalk on platforms, including trade subscriptions.
• Improved dialog structure to find people on platforms.
• Fixed missing architect on plot builder ship.
• Fixed player being sent to a hostile NPC when asking for directions.
• Fixed ships not in player squad requesting player input when out of fuel.
• Fixed visual flicker when returning to the cockpit from a platform.
• Fixed location of visor/glasses on certain NPCs.
• Fixed missing physics data when loading a savegame.
• Added graphics settings for SSAO, Glow and Distortion.
• Fixed incorrect display of certain options in graphics menu.
• Fixed incorrect resolutions when changing displays in borderless mode. 
• Improved stability of job system and patch code with modified games. 
• Added support for catalog files in mods. 
• Added Korean localisation (text only). 
• Added Spanish localisation (text only, incomplete but included to enable feedback to translators). 
• Further optimisations resulting in small performance improvements, particularly on lower-end graphics hardware.

 

Looks like it may be time to start a new game again, think I will try the story mode again.

And a video to explain what they are upto.

Have they changed that bloody music in the night clubs how can you have the same music playing in every club. :haha: will have to go and have a look at that list.

Turned Steam on this morning and got 104 meg of fixes.

X Rebirth Update 2.10 Released

11 June -

• Improved dock info menu by marking enemy NPCs in red.

• Fixed incorrectly sorted NPCs in the dock info menu.

• Fixed CVs being unexpectedly relocated when rammed by boosting capital ships.

• Fixed item trader telling you about an "excellent choice" when you didn't buy anything.

• Fixed long range scanner effects not showing for distant objects.

• Fixed resource menu not opening for ship trader.

• Fixed mission finding player-owned objects as targets.

• Fixed several other small mission issues.

• Fixed architect not being set up correctly on plot CV.

• Fixed capital ships trying to use their jumpdrive when they should go through a gate directly.

• Fixed several cases of incorrectly oriented ship parts on the radar.

• Fixed issues with sending cargo collector drones from certain capital ships.

• Fixed Omicron Lyrae sectors not having an owner faction.

• Fixed inconsistent interact menu item positions.

• Fixed one cause of cargo collector drones having trouble launching/docking.

• Fixed event monitor sounds coming from the wrong direction in first person mode.

• Fixed text errors in German localisation.

• Fixed repair not being available for damaged objects when some sub-components are damaged.

• Fixed build duration and resources required when running a "partial" build (usually in response to missing components).

• Fixed build durations generally not taking into account production method and efficiency.

• Fixed repair resources not being calculated correctly.

• Fixed integrated sub-components sometimes being wrecked independently.

• Fixed various issues with visual build progress becoming inconsistent during building.

• Fixed inconsistent component states, both visual and functional, after destruction/repair in certain circumstances.

• Fixed NPCs on destroyed player platforms not being killed resulting in problems assigning new ones.

• Fixed problems with stop task and with clear shopping list not clearing the shopping list.

• Fixed pilots losing money when they are no longer in the squad when they finish their last planned trade.

• Fixed ships sometimes failing to line up correctly to trade offer docks, blocking trades.

• Fixed problems with drones not returning to dock.

• Fixed problems of losing reputation in wrong cases.

• Fixed various issues with upkeep and Secret Service missions.

• Fixed cases with missing target elements (especially for newly built stations).

• Fixed cases where a super-highway exit incorrectly showed a target element.

• Fixed target element at left side for the playership, when player is under cover.

• Fixed police ships sometimes attacking innocent objects.

• Fixed keeping PageUp/PageDown pressed down not cycling through target when being inside a drone.

• Fixed keeping Shift+F pressed down causing an FPS-drop.

• Fixed achievements for Hard difficulty not unlocking in some cases.

• Fixed several minor physics issues.

• Fixed one cause of "micro-stutter" during gameplay.

• Fixed several causes of occasional crashes.

• Various optimisations resulting in small performance improvements.