Bought it as well via Steam when it was on sale. It certainly seems to have potential, but being too stubborn to read the manual so far all I did was flying around and somehow stumbling on the correct gateways.

...but somehow I sort of sold one of my laser guns apparently and I don't have enough notoriety to buy back my own gun!!! Or something. Not that I miss it - they're rather useless against anything larger than a rat (including those xenon fighters) And I shot all my missiles and can't buy new ones as well.

Any 'must-have' mods for this game?

yes, lots
check the links earlier in this thread- one is a link to the community library of mods. at that same scripting & modding forum, you will see several threads on the subject. at work now or i'd read off what i've got installed, mod wise. 10 or 15 min. reading on the egosoft forum will give you a good idea of must have mods.

wish me luck...i just spent the better part of this weekend installing just about every script available on the egosoft scripts and modding site. also downloaded several mods (naval shuffle, ship expansio, ddtc 1.0) and added 13 new mods as false patches (stuff like better backgrounds, more ships, colored engine trails, race invasions, more aggressive ai patrols, etc). this should be quite an exciting game, provided it runs!

Let us know how it goes!
I picked it up along with Evochron the other day. Got my X52 set up going. Installed a cockpit mod. I really like the menu system now, a vast improvement over Reunion. Now if I could just stay alive! I wish the game had a more traditional save system. If you see a mod for that, please point it out to me.

Getting a little out of hand now I've now got Evochron, X3TC, reinstalling Freespace 2, Darkstar One and Independence War 2. Right before Red Dead comes out I get the space sim bug again BIG TIME. I've never used my flight stick with them so this is all new to me and I really like it.

you can buy salvage insurance at many stations taht will allow you to save anytime, anywhere. not a mod b/c it's built into the game.

handy application that lets you view 3d models of x3tc ships and their stats

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=2765992#2765992

to make this the all purpose x3:tc thread, since there have been at least 5 diff't threads here over the last year about this game.

starting us off, a handy 3d application that allows you to view 3d models of all x3tc ships and their stats and guns:


http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=2765992#2765992


link to the x3 scripts and mods library:

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=216690

the x3tc words of advice thread:
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=260909

more advice:
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=231887

Good stuff Pepper.
There's a lot to soak up about these games, gets a little overwhelming. Having some good quick resources can help.

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=162408

I find this sticky, "The Ultimate X Resource and Guides List", to be a really helpful link to the good stuff, the assembled wisdom of this very large community.