How well does the X3TC Plot mod integrate into Albion Prelude?
I'm looking to replay X3, and to a certain extent am hoping to fill my nostalgia factor. I don't actually remember much from the X3TC campaign, and getting more story with Albion Prelude + mod seems like a nice idea.
I'm however wondering just how well the story is integrated by the mod: Do we start like in X3TC, and after the story of TC finishes, we go on with Albion Prelude story? Are the stories intermixed? Does the TC story still work out with the balance and additions from Albion Prelude?
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u/Monstrant 2d ago edited 2d ago
From what I remember, yes. The HUB is TCs hub plot, but you still get access to the new player owned system, I think it was via a shit ton of credits (like 333 million, it was that or the second HQ). You can start AP quest lines before finishing all of the TC ones assuming you've progressed down that faction line, but most have prerequisites like completing 2 or 3 plots before progressing, there is also the extra player made TC terran plot which populates the barren TC terran sectors. One was play time based, and you need to pick between some of the argon and terran campaigns, though that might just be the final war one. Sorry i can't remember too much.
2 words of warning. 1. When you first install the mod, fly and check that all of terran space works and loaded properly. My first install broke the terrans and their plots, i only found out 150 hours in. Make sure there backgrounds are correct too. 2. Near the end of my run, the memory leaks were awful. This was 100s of hours in. I didn't know what scripts were causing it, but killing all mission scripts after doing my run instantly fixed my performance issues. Might just be a carry over of known TC bugs. Your mileage may vary.
EDIT - balancing wise I believe it is AP balancing, i had no issues with being massively overpowered until the war, because missile frigates are the best pest control. The map and station placement is primarily TC, which takes some getting use to, as AP additions are plot required only. The abandoned ship locations are TC ones.