SWLU must be installed on top of an installation of LU. SWLU is incompatible with Mayhem and other large LU mods, and LU by its nature is largely incompatible with most of X3's mods. Do not use the plugin manager for LU or LU mods.
* If you don't chose to start a new game (which is perfectly fine) upon updating, make sure you see a new SWLU welcome message in your in-game message log when you load it. If you don't, you need to go to Options\Gameplay\Artificial Life Settings\SWLU Test Scripts, and set it to "yes". It will proceed to initialize my scripts and then turn itself off. You are then free to play the update! This happens automatically for new gamestarts.
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* Note that SWLU is unstable with Windows 7. It will likely freeze and crash on the loading screen. Windows 10 yields the best results.
1. Backup your X3AP saves located in documents\Egosoft. Ensure that there is no folder in there called "X3AP". If there already is, re-name it to something else because those are your old saves. SWLU will generate a new one upon first time startup.
2. Start with a base installation of Litcube's Universe 1.7.2.
- You can get LU here: Litcube.xtimelines.net
- Follow all of his install instructions carefully and launch LU to verify once you install it to X3
- You will need to install LU's core, 1.7.2 patch, soundtrack, and a GUI of your choosing
3. Locate your Litcube installation that you want to convert into SWLU and find its root folder called "x3 terran conflict".
4. Move the contents of Star Wars LU's terran conflict folder to your LU terran conflict folder and override all files when asked.
5. When you launch the game, the main menu should show a Federal Argon Shipyard and star wars ships. If it shows a Goner Temple, then you did not install correctly and are still running regular LU.
6. I highly recommend installing Joubarbe's Satellites Monitoring script, which is invaluable during the early-game and mid-game when you need to scavenge for ships.
- You can get it here: Forum.egosoft.com
- I also recommend looking at his "Internal Distribution Network" script if you don't like to use Saturn Complex Hubs
7. For any add-on mods such as the SWLU edition of Improved Races 2, there is a list of such mods and scripts on the SWLU Discord server with links for download. Discord.gg
- If you want to create a separate game installation outside of Steam for SWLU or any other X3AP configuration, you can get the non-steam .exe launcher from Egosoft here: Egosoft.com
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For any SWLU update, you can either install it again onto a base LU, or you can just dump it into your SWLU "x3 terran conflict" folder and override the old files. Your saves should still be compatible but I would advise making backups just in case. You can always revert to an older version if you don't like the changes. I will always upload an updated full release rather than a mod "patch", to keep things simple. Your old "X3AP" save file located in documents\Egosoft will work just fine if it is from a previous version of SWLU.
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Please make sure you see "SWLU 1.2.8" on the game launcher. Some people have reported seeing the wrong version, although I think it is due to install errors.
Any chance we can get an up to date map? I have no idea where anything is at now.
Do you have an updated discord link? The current one is showing as invalid for me.
The link worked fine for me. Click on the one under the video on the main page.
Hey man just to let you know the game keeps crashing for some reason to me it worked for a few days but now it keeps crashing
Mammoth TL's are bugged. You can't dock with them, and when they are docked don't show in the station's landed ship list. This makes them worthless as TL's since you can't dock you can't use as mining ships, since they don't show on stations you can't use to buy docks/factories, and you can't sell them.
any chance of step by step basic set of instructions on how to install this all on a steam version of the game as all the instructions are super complicated especially if someone is not that familiar with modding the game etc
There is a new install tutorial aiming to be an improvement over the old one. There is also a full troubleshooting guide written up on the Discord. You can also ask for help on the Discord, I'm sure there will be plenty of people willing to help.