this site has now moved to a new web host. Hopefully this should mean faster page loading for you. The initial indications are good.

still a couple of bugs to work out, but other than that I hope this will give Xai Corporation a new lease of life.

I've just completed some upgrades to the backend of the site. Everything seems to have worked as planned, so you shouldn't actually notice much difference. I took the opportunity to tweek some of the templates, downloads and resource lists so you might notice some minor differences there.

I've got plenty more of these upgrades to come. Hopefully there shouldn't be much interuption to services. When it's all done things should be a bit more streamlined.

I've updated the search box at the top of this screen to use google instead of the rather limited built in search. It's far quicker and provides better results.

Hope you like the change.

Fixing Scripts

I've just opened a new project for tracking bugs and ideas for upgrading the stock scripts that come with X3. I've already released a couple of fixes for the stock scripts, the Jumpsequence fix, !move.movetosector jump enablingfix, and the updates to the buy/sell ware commands for example. Now I want to get you guys involved.

The idea isn't to completly rewrite the scripts, just to fix certain problems or dangerous behaviours and to add new functionality in a simple maner. I doubt very much that stopping the autopilot crashing into things is within the scope of this project, so please don't even suggest it. If you do see something that could have been handled better, please feel free to mention it, and if you've got a quick fix for something, I'd love to see it too.

this is so arbitrary...

doesn't work:

$a = [THIS] -> is script "plugin.autotrade.galaxy" on stack of task= 0
$b = [THIS] -> is script "plugin.autotrade.local" on stack of task= 0
$c = [THIS] -> is script "plugin.autotrade.sector" on stack of task= 0

skip if not $debug
  write to player logbook: printf: fmt= "(%s) resetSignals: galaxy(%s) local(%s) sector(%s)" , [THIS] , $a , $b , $c , null

skip if not ( $a | $b | $c )
  continue

I got fed up with the default stylesheet (x2script.xsl) used for viewing scripts in browsers such as IE or Firefox. So I decided to see if I could change it a bit, make it a bit more friendly to the eyes, maybe easier to read.

Well, I don't know if I've actually achieved that but I thought some of you might like to see the work. You should be able to download the new x2script.xsl from the link at the bottom of this page

The X2 and X3 Online Universe website was taken offline recently after falling victim to a hack attack. Currently their frontpage is showing a message saying they hope to be backup by december.

Xai Corporation would like to offer the facilities here to any of their users feeling a little lost while their site is being repaired.

I've finally finished off the resource lists pages. They show the command slots, textfiles, text pages and ware slots used by the scripts in the Scripts Database.

The database and lists are for both X2 and X3 scripts. If you've writen your own scripts you can add your script's data without having to upload the script here. I don't upload my scripts anywhere else, why should I ask you to ;) . When you add you script to the database you can specify a link to where your script can be found.

I've been working on the MSCI Handbook again. There are still a lot of commands in the commands list section that don't have any description. Just a reminder that if any one feels like adding some stuff, feel free. We can make this into a really usefull scripting resource but it needs input from more people than just me.

The long awaited Bonus Script Pack for X3 has been released. It's now available for download from Egosoft