Mayhem 3 main archive. Please read the full instructions.
Install
Please read the readme file inside the archive or read this article.
If you're coming from Mayhem 2, you must install Mayhem 3 from scratch, on a fresh folder of X3AP. Mayhem 2 is NOT compatible with Mayhem 3.
If you run into a problem while launching the Galaxy Generator, please deactivate your Antivirus.
Mayhem 3 requires a Windows-only software to generate galaxies. It's therefore not compatible with Linux.
Graphics pack for Mayhem 3 is mandatory.
Performance tip: set your Shaders quality to Low in the Graphics menu. It's a big ugly, and doesn't take custom colors into account, but FPS are greatly improved when lots of ships are on screen.
View distance can safely be set to very high, as well as Antialiasing to 4x. Anisotropic filtering at 8 is enough, because at 16 there's no real difference, and it makes things a bit too sharp, causing some texture flickering in the distance.
Help
There's a rich in-game documentation directly accessible from the Encyclopedia (Personal menu -> Advanced -> Encyclopedia -> Help section). Also remember that each command has a description that you can display when you highlight it and hit "i".
You can find more help on the Mayhem thread, on X3 reddit and on the Egosoft Unofficial Discord Server.
And here is a video tutorial series, by DarthFiscus.
Compatibility
Bug Reports
Please provide a savegame if you can, and your galaxy files (X3\mayhem_galaxies), and give as many details as you can. Remember that to fix a bug, I have to reproduce it. Report all your bugs on the Mayhem thread.
Customization
if im playing from the version about a month ago do i need to do a fresh install or can this just go over the top
Over the top.
chears thanks
Hello, after setting up my first outpost my TL ship is lost control. Whatever order I sent to her she just keep flying straight to the edge of the sector without turning back. Need help to get it back under my command. I tried to drive it myself but it seems I can't control its heading direction. I don't have problem with all my other ships. Please help.
Please post all your bug reports on the forum, following the instructions available at the top of the changelog: Forum.egosoft.com
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