- To download, go to the latest release and click 'Source code (zip)': https://github.com/temetvince/alaankwa/releases/
- 'Alaankwa' means 'star' in the Miami-Peoria language (Myaamia)
- Optionally download and install ReShade
- https://reshade.me/
- When asked for the game, browse and select X3AP.exe in your x3 install folder
- The game uses Direct3D 9
- When asked, select the temetvince.ini preset and install the pre-selected shaders.
- If playing LU, download and run the installer at https://www.alaankwa.com.
- If playing vanilla, copy the contents of the 'Manual Install - Vanilla' folder into your 'x3 terran conflict' folder.
- If playing GiC, copy the contents of the 'Manual Install - GiC' folder into your 'x3 terran conflict' folder.
- If you don't like the new font, delete the 'f' folder in your 'x3 terran conflict' root install directory
- IMPROVED PILOTING
- Ships automatically orient "upright" in the game like they do in the movies.
- Overachiever
- Improved Piloting applies to the playership
- Overachiever
- Ships automatically orient "upright" in the game like they do in the movies.
- STANDARDIZED FLEET OPERATIONS
- Escorts will attempt to follow at reasonable speeds instead of flying all over the place.
- SHIP COMPUTER UPGRADES
- New commands for the Ship Command Menu.
- Map Gates
- This command maps the gates in its current sector.
- Self Destruct
- This command tells the ship to self destruct.
- Map Gates
- New commands for the Ship Command Menu.
- FRESH HOTKEYS, GET YOUR HOTKEYS
- Decide which hotkeys are configurable in the Hotkeys Menu.
- All of Space
- CHEAT: This hotkey adds satellites to all sectors with jumpgates which don't already have one.
- All of Space
- Decide which hotkeys are configurable in the Hotkeys Menu.
- LITCUBE'S BOUNCE
- Ships avoid collisions.
- ROTATIONAL THRUSTERS
- Class rotation variables have been increased by these amounts:
- M1/M2/TL = 200%
- M7 = 50%
- M6 = 25%
- M3 = 40%
- M4 = 25%
- TM/TP/TS = 10%
- Class rotation variables have been increased by these amounts:
- SHIP COMPUTER UPGRADES
- New commands for the Ship Command Menu.
- Manage Mothership
- This command allows you to manage a Mothership. (Feature: Sepa's Mothership)
- Manage Wares
- This command allows you to manage the wares of a Mothership.
- Manage Mothership
- New commands for the Ship Command Menu.
- FRESH HOTKEYS, GET YOUR HOTKEYS
- Decide which hotkeys are configurable in the Hotkeys Menu.
- Blueprint Data Scanner
- This hotkey activates the Blueprint Data Scanner.
- Phanon Industrial Espionage
- This hotkey activates the Phanon Debug Menu, which shows detailed Phanon corp information.
- Satellite Monitoring Plus
- This hotkey activates the Satellite Monitoring+ Menu respecting all player property, not just satellites. It also shows average salvage value per sector in millions.
- Ship Compendium Plus
- This hotkey activates the Ship Compendium+ Menu where ships are shown even if not yet discovered.
- All of Time
- CHEAT: This hotkey saves your point in time to the next slot even if you don't have Salvage Insurance.
- Joubarbe's Player Journal
- This hotkey activates the Player Journal.
- Show/Hide Miners
- This hotkey toggles showing or hiding miners from the player property list.
- Blueprint Data Scanner
- Decide which hotkeys are configurable in the Hotkeys Menu.
- TOP NOTCH RECRUITERS
- All recruited Trade Mrk III Pilots are level 8 (enough to start Galaxy trading).
- TRADE EMBARGO
- Removes all NPC ships docked at player stations which are not open to race traders.
- RAPID DEPLOYMENT
- Ships following another ship will no longer check if their followers can jump prior to jumping themselves.
- SEPA'S MOTHERSHIP
- Motherships are TL class mobile factories which can produce lasers, missiles, shields, and ships (must be able to dock on the Mothership).
- Alaankwa Corsairs
- A unique gamestart which focuses on unlocking blueprints by scanning ships in order to build them instead of buying/selling them.
- Alaankwa Corporation
- An advanced gamestart where you are given a small functioning empire. Phanon is extremely difficult.
- Assembly Lines
- The Ship Building Speed is a function of the population where the population is the max marines a ship can hold multiplied by the Assembly Lines.
- Just in Time (JIT) Manufacturing
- Allows full production speed even when producing more than one type of ware.
- Research and Development Budget
- The number of data scans per type required to get the cheapest blueprint for production.
- Shield Expertise
- The maximum shield percentage of the target while using the data scanner.
- Alaankwa Corsairs
- Motherships are TL class mobile factories which can produce lasers, missiles, shields, and ships (must be able to dock on the Mothership).
- UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT (PHANON)
- Enables various changes which should help Phanon corporations be more competitive.
- Corporate Bailouts
- Corporate Bailouts keep Phanon corps afloat if their balance sheet goes negative.
- Backroom Deals
- Management cuts backroom deals to lower ship manufacturing costs.
- Seedy Investors
- Management isn't afraid to finance cash from less... reputable sources.
- Well Connected Leadership
- Well Connected Leadership commands a premium in salaries.
- Corporate Bailouts
- Enables various changes which should help Phanon corporations be more competitive.
- An optional graphics improvement utilizing ReShade is included
- You can take before/after screenshots that save to your root install folder with the PrintScrn button on your keyboard. To access the options in game, press [SHIFT]+[~] (or [SHIFT]+[`])
- A new game font, Fantasque Sans Mono
- Debugging scripts for development
- Can take in any text decodable object, say an array of tables, and output it in game to the user
- Call the script like this: $debug.return = [NULL] -> call script 'tv.debug': param.debug=$Unknown param.trackingaim=$ShipOrStation
- $param.debug is the message or object to debug. Can be simple like a ship name or complex like an array of tables
- $param.trackingaim is optional. If provided, then the debug script will only run if that entity is the player's tracking aim in game
- Updated LU Export/Import to support Alaankwa
- Quickshuttles notify the player when they have completed their task and have returned home.
- Universe Traders proactively sell off unneeded wares in their cargo bay.
- Universe Traders move to a random core sector within their jump range if no trades are found.
- Player Space Suit has SETA, trading capabilies, video enchancement goggles, and a bioware scanner. (LU only)
- Miners no longer run into asteriods when the player is in sector.
- The Player Headquarters, Equipment Docks, and Trading Stations are now available as Sources in the Dockware Manager.
- MLCC ships set to Assist Escort will no longer attempt to escort themselves.
- Ships will remember their homebase when the player transfers into the ship.
- Removed ATF Mapping Service mammoths from the game (a mission bug)
- No-Steam Exe: https://www.egosoft.com/download/x3ap/bonus_en.php
- ReShade: https://reshade.me/
- LU: http://litcube.xtimelines.net/wiki/index.php/Download
- STLU: https://www.moddb.com/mods/star-trek-litcubes-universe/downloads
- SWLU: https://www.moddb.com/mods/star-wars-lu-swlu/downloads
- GiC: https://www.moddb.com/mods/star-wars-lu-swlu/addons
- Special thanks to Joubarbe for making Mayhem and allowing me to do whatever with his code.
- You can show your support by buying Joubarbe a coffee:
- Also thanks to Sepa for graciously allowing me to redistribute his Mothership mod!