X3 Reunion

 “With the shock of the last destroyer’s explosion still shaking the ship, the battle was now over. Gripping the controls, he strafed the ship into a slow swoop past the wreckage and towards the sun. Dropping the throttle down, he looked out of the ship interface and surveyed the wondrous sight that lay before him. He remembered all the time and effort that he had put in to getting here; the fortune, empire and fleet that had been built to achieve this moment. His heart lifted, with a wave of emotion, as he realised that despite all he had done, nothing could compare to the ultimate prize.” “ This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But, it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” - Winston Churchill 2  GETTING STARTED................................................................................................................. 4 System Requirements............................................................................................................. 4 Installation................................................................................................................................ 5 What are the benefits of Egosoft Game Registration?........................................................ 5 Troubleshooting...... 6 Starting the game for the first time........................................................................................ 8 Guide to Quick Menu Keys................................................................................................... 10 Keyboard, Joystick, Mouse and Gamepad Command Keys............................................. 11 Controller Profile Configuration........................................................................................... 14 Ship Control (Joystick/Mouse/GamePad) ........................................................................... 14 The Options Menu ................................................................................................................. 16 TerraCorp Spacefleet Pilot’s Manual................................................................................... 20 Introduction......... 20 Trade, Fight, Build, Think ..................................................................................................... 21 Getting to know your Ship Interface.................................................................................... 22 How to Start............................................................................................................................ 27 Where are you?...................................................................................................................... 28 How to Dock at Stations ....................................................................................................... 29 How to travel to different Sectors........................................................................................ 31 Strategies of Play................................................................................................................... 33 How to progress .................................................................................................................... 33 How to start Trading.............................................................................................................. 35 Building Factories.... 40 Where to build your factory.................................................................................................. 41 Bartering for Wares ............................................................................................................... 53 How to Fight and Capture 54 Missions ................................................................................................................................. 67 Upgrades & Equipment......................................................................................................... 71 Weapons................................................................................................................................. 75 Wares & commodities 80 Fight, Trade and Race Ranks ............................................................................................... 87 Inhabitants of The X Universe.............................................................................................. 87 Argon ...................................................................................................................................... 88 Boron 88 Paranid............ 89 Split............... 89 Teladi ...................................................................................................................................... 90 Goner............ 91 The Terran Race..................................................................................................................... 92 The TerraCorp Company ...................................................................................................... 92 Xenon............ 92 Kha’ak 93 Pirates..................................................................................................................................... 93 Unlockable Game Start Positions........................................................................................ 94 Books based upon the X Universe ...................................................................................... 95 Credits............ 96 3  GETTING STARTED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Please read the minimum specifications before you install the game. Minimum Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP Pentium® IV (or AMD® equivalent) 1.7 GHz 512MB RAM 128MB 3D DirectX 9 compatible card (not onboard) with Pixel Shader 1.3 support Soundcard 4.3 GB free hard disk space DVD-ROM drive Mouse + Keyboard or Joystick (Optional support for force-feedback) or Gamepad Recommended Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP Pentium® IV (or AMD® equivalent) 2.4 GHz 1GB RAM 256MB 3D DirectX 9 compatible card (not onboard) with Pixel Shader 2.0 support Soundcard (Surround sound support recommended) 4.3 GB free hard disk space DVD-ROM drive Mouse + Keyboard or Joystick (Optional support for force-feedback) or Gamepad EPILEPSY WARNING Some people are prone to epileptic fits or the loss of consciousness as a result of being exposed to strobing light sources. These people may have attacks while watching television or playing computer games. Fits can happen to people who have no previous history of epilepsy. If you or your family has any history of epilepsy it is advised that you contact your doctor before playing. If you suffer from any of the following symptoms: disturbed vision, eye or muscle spasm, fainting, disorientation, convulsions or other uncoordinated movements, you should immediately stop playing the game and contact your doctor. Safety Procedures • Sit an appropriate distance from the monitor, ideally as far away as the cables will allow. • Use a small monitor. • Avoid playing the game if you are tired. • Make sure the room is adequately lit. • Take a 10-15 minute break every hour of playing. 4  TROUBLESHOOTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you have any problems installing this software please log on to our online technical support website at: (Europe – Deepsilver) - www.softwarehelpdesk.co.uk (United States – Enlight) – support@enlight.com General System Performance: 1. Check your system against the published System Requirements above. - The minimum specification is the basic requirement to play the game smoothly. At this specification, performance may vary or be quite slow at times and does not guarantee that you will always see a particular frame rate. Below this specification the game may not run. - The optimal specification (if provided) should provide smooth game play in almost all situations. However, because the game universe is complex and varied, there may occasionally be situations in which even this specification is pushed to its limits. 2. Make sure that your PC is configured for best performance. - Processor speed, graphics card and available memory are all important factors. - Update motherboard drivers where possible, and in particular update any additional drivers if you have on-board chipsets such as sound. - Keep your operating system and drivers up to date, but do not automatically assume that newer is faster and better. If you find that a driver version is slow or unstable, remove it and reinstall one that you know is good. Use a driver cleaner between versions. - Do not run any software in the background. In particular, switch off applications that access the Internet as these often check to see if the connection is still there, causing pauses. - Make sure your PC is clear of viruses and spyware, which can slow a PC down as well as causing other problems. When playing, however, you should consider switching off your anti- virus software, since this too can slow things down. 3. Set the in-game settings so that they are appropriate for your specification. - Playing at a lower resolution is the simplest way to reduce the load on your graphics card, but there are a few cases where graphics cards seem to work better at specific resolutions so try higher resolutions and see what works for you. - Anti-aliasing (AA) provides smoother edges to objects so that they don't appear jagged. However, anti-aliasing is demanding of processing power, so you should only consider using it on mid- to high-end graphics cards. - The Automatic Quality Control (AQC) system is a built-in feature to try to prevent frame rates from dropping too low and should be left switched on for all but the highest spec systems. - Use in-game settings rather than driver settings where poss