The FFED3D Thread
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Well, it's def fun- up to 'Poor' and have a sad amount of cash (25k) - this is about 40 mins of game-playing. It's that hard choice of when to upgrade - as 9t of cargo isn't going to bring in the cash quickly... 
I suppose I could always go for the 1t pilot PATIENCE upgrade...
Anyway, another snippet of news to share - I'm currently working with one of the original coders on FFE - Mike, well, it's a very small Elite-randomly-generated-Universe we live in!
I suppose I could always go for the 1t pilot PATIENCE upgrade... Anyway, another snippet of news to share - I'm currently working with one of the original coders on FFE - Mike, well, it's a very small Elite-randomly-generated-Universe we live in!
I always upgrade as soon as I can afford to get the bigger ship, making sure I have enough cash left over to pretty much fill the hold. For some reason, the gaps between upgrades get smaller as you go. Before you know it you'll be flying a shiny new Panther Clipper (provided you can find enough crew)!
Tend to do the same, it's frustrating when you look on the ships for sale and theres no Panther Clipper there and theres loads of people wanting jobs on the BB.
And when there is a Panther Clipper for sale there's no-one on the BB.7
You then have the quandry of do I buy the ship and wait and see if anyone advertises on the BB. I've waited weeks for someone to turn up!
And when there is a Panther Clipper for sale there's no-one on the BB.
7You then have the quandry of do I buy the ship and wait and see if anyone advertises on the BB. I've waited weeks for someone to turn up!
I seem to remember the Anistropic mod for JJFFE allowed you to do that.
If you want to change things around, you can always use BUFFET to change the crew requirements for your ship
perhaps it would solve this problem, and make the whole thing feel more alive by increasing the amount of activity on the BBS system... in fact it would be great to add more of everything, more ships flying around too, just going about their business... 99% of the ships you meet in frontier are trying to kill you and seem to have little other agenda.
I imagine the first part would be quite easy to achieve; just a slight tweak to the code to have more entries on the bulletin board.
But getting more ships that aren't going to kill you, that could be tricky. The only times I can remember the other ships not coming after you is when you're carrying out an assassination. Still, it shows that the code is there.
But getting more ships that aren't going to kill you, that could be tricky. The only times I can remember the other ships not coming after you is when you're carrying out an assassination. Still, it shows that the code is there.
i have seen them, not apparently part of any running mission, just flying around in system, but its very rare. We've all seen ships which are docked at a spaceport for example, eventually take off and leave. just last week while testing the viper model i tracked a ship apparently leaving a different spaceport on the same planet that i was landing on, so i followed and intercepted it between planets - i actually lost the lock on at the one point but i just stayed on the same heading until i caught up and could track him again.
As for behaviour, like an assassin mission he was well armed but non combatant, until i asked him to surrender or die... again it was not a part of any mission that i had started, just a random thing.
As for behaviour, like an assassin mission he was well armed but non combatant, until i asked him to surrender or die... again it was not a part of any mission that i had started, just a random thing.
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Thought I would ask this question again in this thread since its all about the Russian version Of Elite 3.
Has anyone encountered a problem with the star field not displaying in the game?
No matter how many times I download the game and apply the patches, I cant get the star field background to display. I've also tried switching it on and off in the options menu and tried different resolutions to no avail and also updated my video drivers. The game itself plays just fine, so this problem is annoying more than anything and I would really like to leave this dark matter nebular I seem to be stuck in. And thanks to TJ and Steve Tyler for the kind advice already given.
If anyone has come across this problem, I would be grateful for any advice
Thought I would ask this question again in this thread since its all about the Russian version Of Elite 3.
Has anyone encountered a problem with the star field not displaying in the game?
No matter how many times I download the game and apply the patches, I cant get the star field background to display. I've also tried switching it on and off in the options menu and tried different resolutions to no avail and also updated my video drivers. The game itself plays just fine, so this problem is annoying more than anything and I would really like to leave this dark matter nebular I seem to be stuck in. And thanks to TJ and Steve Tyler for the kind advice already given.
If anyone has come across this problem, I would be grateful for any advice
Hi Geraldine
i haven't had this problem but i do have other issues with some of the graphics and textures that may be specific to my system specs. It might be worth posting your problem on the russian web site http://www.elite-games.ru/conference/viewtopic.php?t=47373 and getting advice direct from the 'coders'. they are pretty good at getting back to you with any issues.
registering with the site can be a pain (cos its all in russian) but here is a good walk through by Pinocchio
if i can get resistered then i am sure you can (use google translate too - its helped me). It might take a day or two for the email to come through to activate ur account and begin posting on the site, but for direct communication to the guys that are coding this mod you cant do better.....
hope this helps, sorry i cant offer any advice to directly resolve ur graphics issue
i haven't had this problem but i do have other issues with some of the graphics and textures that may be specific to my system specs. It might be worth posting your problem on the russian web site http://www.elite-games.ru/conference/viewtopic.php?t=47373 and getting advice direct from the 'coders'. they are pretty good at getting back to you with any issues.
registering with the site can be a pain (cos its all in russian) but here is a good walk through by Pinocchio
if i can get resistered then i am sure you can
(use google translate too - its helped me). It might take a day or two for the email to come through to activate ur account and begin posting on the site, but for direct communication to the guys that are coding this mod you cant do better.....hope this helps, sorry i cant offer any advice to directly resolve ur graphics issue
When you go to the rapidshare website, wait for the timer near the centre of the screen to count down to zero and then click on the link that appears. That should start to download 271.rar
Hi Robbo
Thank you for your post and advice.
I have tried loads of times to register on the Russian site using different email addresses, including Gmail which was recommended, but I cant get past the registration page.
All I can do is hope someone who did manage to register, could ask a question on the site for me
Thank you for your post and advice.
I have tried loads of times to register on the Russian site using different email addresses, including Gmail which was recommended, but I cant get past the registration page.
All I can do is hope someone who did manage to register, could ask a question on the site for me
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I think I may have found out what the problem is. Its the download file itself. It keeps failing before the download is complete, so about a third of the files are missing. I am amazed the game is running at all. Also found the files here
http://www.spacesimcentral.com/forum.html
But hit the same problem. I will just keep trying when the severs are less busy, whenever that is LOL
I think I may have found out what the problem is. Its the download file itself. It keeps failing before the download is complete, so about a third of the files are missing. I am amazed the game is running at all. Also found the files here
http://www.spacesimcentral.com/forum.html
But hit the same problem. I will just keep trying when the severs are less busy, whenever that is LOL
Geraldine
you could also try downloading from George Hoopers site -
http://www.hooplatec.com/encounters/ffed3d.htm#tag1
everything you need should be in the file, it worked fine for me
you could also try downloading from George Hoopers site -
http://www.hooplatec.com/encounters/ffed3d.htm#tag1
everything you need should be in the file, it worked fine for me