X³ - Its time to strap yourself into your cockpit, warm up your laser cannon and get some answers.

The Sequel to the award winning X²: The Threat will introduce a new 3D engine as well as a new story, new ships and a new gameplay to greatly increase the variety in the X-universe. The economy of X³: Reunion will be more complex than anything seen in the X-universe before. Factories are being built by NPCs, wars can affect the global economy, NPCs can trade freely and pirates will behave far more realistically so they can offer a much more of a challange.

Extensive development has gone into the X³ engine, making full use of DirectX 9 technology, to create dramatic visual effects and stunningly realistic starships. Coupled with the massively enhanced A.L. (Artificial Life) system, X³: REUNION will present players with an ever changing, evolving universe; where a players actions really can shape the future of the universe.

Newcomers will enjoy the additions to the already graphically impressive, almost living X³-Universe, while veterans can expect new construction options and an improved physics model.

What happened so far: While the Argon fleet is stretched almost to breaking point by the continuing attacks from Khaak, a new enemy is stalking the X-universe. What links a mysterious ship with the power to disappear, the ruthless Yaki pirates and a machine left by an ancient species? Its time to strap yourself into your cockpit, warm up your laser cannon and get some answers.

What's New in This Release:

New functionality
· Mobile mining!
· Sector enhancements
· Complete tips menu with all game tips introduced
· Destroyed stations leave wrecks
· Previously missing ships have been activated (Argon Discoverer, Teladi Osprey)
· Missiles have a new look
· Intermediate products in a complex can now be selected in the "sell for best price" menu
· Intermediate products in a complex may now be bought, sold or both (global setting per complex)
· A new ship is available: the Split Caiman Miner
Performance and options
· HUD render performance increased
· Bullet render performance increased
· CPU load reduced, increasing overall performance
· Additional user-defined graphics options
· Optimised overall shader performance
· Higher quality/speed of medium shaders
Balancing and economy
· NPC fight AI improved
· Ship collision-avoidance AI improved
· GOD engine rebalanced and enhanced to affect economy
· M1 & M2 shield generators increased
· M2 laser generators increased
· M6 class ships can now execute trade commands (buy/sell ware/best price)
· M6 class ships can now install the Mobile Drilling System (suitable for mobile mining!)
· Intermediate product distribution logic has been fixed for complex building
· Swarm missiles rebalanced
· NPC AI tweaked to allow dumbfire missile usage
· Pirate stations spawn pirate ships
· Increased NPC fights and conflicts
· Kha'ak fighters rebalanced (don't say we didn't warn you Wink)
· Several plot stages have better balance
· Other minor balancing improvements
Fixes
· Plot elements restored to working (should work for existing save-games too)
· Plot-ending Argon rank bug fixed
· Quantum Tube Fab in Bala Gi's Joy will be re-created if neccessary
· Miria contacts player after she has been rescued from the pleasure complex
· Mine for The Seed is now producing
· Several other minor plot issues resolved
· "Broken" jumpgates now really look broken
· If the storage of a complex is full the running production cycle will not exit until there is enough room for the produced goods
· Argon versus Boron battle issues resolved
· Captured ship-speed bug fixed
· Ships hitting gate following jump fixed
· Followers don't forget their command after docking
· Decreasing numbers of AI ships over time fixed
· Astronauts filling up docking slots fixed
· Fixes to several autosave and savegame CTD problems
· Many other minor problems resolved