Egosoft MD Showcases X Rebirth at FedCon XX（部分翻译）

0809000

看了半天也没看出来这贴应该叫啥~~就这样吧~~
我翻译水平不咋地~大小姐说她可以翻译~~就等她的翻译好了~~
谁敢在下面用机翻跟帖~~我跟他拼命~~

感谢kanhf0514 的翻译

原帖地址：http://www.egosoft.com/x/xnews/201105_1_44News.html

Egosoft MD Showcases X Rebirth at FedCon XX Egosoft Managing Director, Bernd Lehahn, and members of the Egosoft development team attended the annual Sci-Fi convention in Düsseldorf in late April and Bernd took to the stage to showcase some early Alpha footage of X Rebirth. On Thursday 28th and Saturday 30th April Bernd gave a presentation on X Rebirth to assembled journalists and sci-fi games enthusiasts. Bernd explained that one of the key design aims of X Rebirth, because of the vastness of space in general terms, is to bring the action closer to the surface of the massive space stations in the game. One good thing about this is that the player can enjoy the glorious detail of those space stations while flying around them. 在4月28日和30日，Bernd (Egosoft 管理人員)向記者和科幻遊戲愛好者展示了X-Rebirth。一般來說，因為宇宙是很大的，所以其中一個關鍵的發展目標，就是要令遊戲更接近地面和大型太空站。一樣很棒的事就是玩家現在能夠欣賞到太空站各種華麗的細節。 The video footage shown was from an early Alpha build of the game and some things may have changed since and Bernd stressed that some things may yet change. 影片裏的遊戲畫面仍然處於早期測試階段，很多東西仍然有可能會改變。 Speaking about the gameplay, Bernd described the game's plot as an important introduction to the Universe into which the player has been thrown. X Rebirth will retain the open 'sandbox' gameplay style that made its predecessors so popular. In the question and answer session that followed the presentation on Saturday 30th, when asked if the game would have an interface for Modding, Bernd stressed that, like previous games in the X series, it is Egosoft's goal that X Rebirth can be modded. He did, however, point out that since the technologies used in X Rebirth are so different to those in previous X games, it is not really appropriate at the moment to get the Modders or other community members involved. Time spent explaining the game's mechanics to modders etc. now would detract from the time that developers are able to spend preparing the game for release. Bernd added that once the game is released scripters and modders will have the best opportunity to see how the game can be changed. - Toastie 在遊戲情節上，遊戲的故事是用作是介紹玩家所身處的宇宙。X-Rebirth仍然會保留著以前的自由模式。在答問環節裏， Bernd表示，egosoft的目標是令X-Rebirth支持各種的修改和模組 (Mod)。但是，他指出由於X-Rebirth所使用的技術跟以 往的有很大不同，這個時間並不是讓模組製作人員參與的好時機。如果現在就向他們解釋遊戲的運作等，就會阻礙了遊戲 製作組的時間。當遊戲開始發售後，那就是讓腳本和模組製作人員研究怎樣改變這遊戲的最佳時機。 KGN Interview with Bernd Lehahn at FedCon XX KGN和Bernd在FedCon的訪問 At FedCon XX in Düsseldorf Egosoft boss, Bernd, was also interviewed by Krawall Gaming Network (KGN) website and gave some further hints and information above and beyond those in the FedCon presentation. Let's take a look at some of the key points from that interview. The concept is being rebuilt from the ground up this time, what key issues will be dealt with in doing so? - The transportation system will be much different. Instead of just flying from one place to another through the lonely void of space, there will be closer interaction and proximity with other ships. While this interaction may seem like 'GTA in space', you wouldn't be dragging anyone out of their ship and beating them up. In previous games, players asked for more and more content, sometimes at the expense of quality. This time around quality is the watchword. 問: 這遊戲是完全重新製作的，這能夠解決甚麼重要的問題？ 答: 運輸系統會很不同。不同像以往般只是獨自的從一點飛到另一點，現在你會跟其他船更接近和有更緊密的互動。雖然 這種互動聽起來像GTA的太空版，但你不會將其他人從他們的船拉出來並且揍他們一頓。在以往的遊戲，玩家常常要求更多 內容，即使這會犧牲遊戲品質。這次我們最重視的是品質。 Will the player be able to leave the ship? - There won't be any FPS-style action, but interaction with Non-Playing Characters (NPC) is very important in X Rebirth. You will interact with your factory managers and other pilots, for example. The most important NPC is your female co-pilot. 問: 玩家能夠離開自己的船嗎？ 答: 這遊戲不會有像第一生射擊般的情節，但與電腦角式互動是很重要的。例如你要跟工廠經理和其他飛行員互動。最 重要的電腦角色是船上的女性副飛行員。 So this is a reboot, right? - It's certainly not X4! 問: 所以這完全是重新製作的遊戲吧？ 答: 這絕對不是X4。 What features have been left out from previous series? - Things haven't been left out just because they're hard to develop, rather we've concentrated on bring in gameplay features that are 'cooler'. Previously, for example, it was possible to pilot a capital ship from its bridge. No more. It took many players a long time to get to the point where they would own one and it wasn't a huge amount of fun to fly. If we'd included this, it would have put us back a bit. 問: 有甚麼以往的遊戲特色被捨棄了？ 答: 有些東西因為很難製作所以被捨棄，反而我們集中於一些更捧的遊戲細節上。例如，玩家以往能夠在艦橋上操控主力 艦，這不會在X-Rebirth中出現。玩家一般來說需要很長的時間才能購買主力艦，但是操控它們就不是很有趣。如果我們包 括這到X-Rebirth的話，我們便是退步了。 What's happened to the User Interface? Some are concerned it may be dumbed down and [the game] may even appear on console. - No, no console. The game will become less complicated, but no less complex. 問: 遊戲介面怎麼了？有些人擔心它將會被簡化，甚至遊戲將會出現在家用機。 答: 不會有家用機版本，這遊戲會比較容易玩，但絕不會被簡化。 Will it be multiplayer? - Nope. It's something we've had in mind and there have been some good ideas, nonetheless, it's just not feasible right now. 問:有沒有多人遊戲？ 答: 沒有。這我們一直有考慮的，但是現在並不可行。 Will there be more action in the story? - The story is good and important for newcomers, but we want to ensure fun gameplay in all areas. 'Yes, the plot might only last 10-20 hours, but that's not why I buy the game,' say most X-fans, because there's at least another 100 hours of gameplay beyond that... once the story is over, the player is free to do as he likes in the universe. We're keeping the sandbox. 問: 遊戲故事會否包含更多動作元素？ 答: 故事對新玩家來說是很重要的，但是我們希望遊戲名方面都是有趣的。雖然故事只需大約10-20小時來完，但是故事並 不是玩家買這遊戲的原因，因為故事完成後仍會有超過100小時的遊戲情節。當故事完結後，玩家可以自由地幹他們想做的 事。 What can you say about the story? You're not breaking with the canon of the story, but everything is new. - In the future of the X Universe a lot has happened since the events of Terran Conflict, among which is the fact that the Ancients' gate network that binds the people of the X Universe together have shut down. Some say it started with a supernova, but the end result is that some regions are totally cut off from others and the universe has changed dramatically as a result of the isolation. This gives us a huge amount of design freedom and imagine the possibilities this gives the player! 問: 可以分享一下遊戲的故事嗎？ 答: 未來的X宇宙在X3TC後發生了很多事。古人留下的星門系統被關閉了。有些人說這由超新星開始，但結果是有些區域被 完全隔離，並且有著很多轉變。這給我們很大幻想空間和設計自由。 In the video are lots of massive stations and modules with greenhouses etc. Are these interactive to the player? - Of course. Stations will be gigantic and much more detailed than in the past but it's not just about the visuals, there are many more ways to interact with them now and they are much more important to the economy. 問: 在影片裏有很多巨型太空站和其他如溫室等模組。玩家能夠跟它們互動嗎？ 答: 當然，太空船將會變得很巨大和有著很多細節，而且這些細節不只限於畫質，現在玩家有很多跟它們互動的途徑，而 且它們對經濟將會變得更重要。 What can one do there? - Loads. How trade is done is even different. There's no landing to pick up wares and take them elsewhere. You now overfly the station and see what's on offer. Scanning stations and ships (legal or otherwise) will be important in the game. It was the case before that it didn't matter where you fired. Now the player can identify critical systems and target them. 問: 玩家在那(太空站)可以做甚麼？ 答: 很多，貿易的方法改變了，不再是降落然後將貨物運到別處。現在你能夠飛過太空站來看它們有些甚麼。對太空船和 太空站的掃描(合法或非法)會變得很重要。以往無論你對目標任何一處開火都是一樣的，現在你可以分辨和瞄準重要系統。 Will the game support modding? - Yes, we're not changing our philosophy. We'll open up the games to the fans and work with them. The foundations of this have long-since been established through our forums and its embedded 'DevNet'. 問: 遊戲支援改裝和模組嗎？ 答: 是。我們會開放遊戲給玩家去改變。這個基楚在很久以前已經討論區和DevNet設立。 With thanks to Bernd Lehahn and KGN. You can view the original german interview here. DortCon 2011 Egosoft Art Director Alex Preuss Featured It seems Alex and his work is becoming a regular feature in the X-Universe News, but his popularity doesn't end here. He was invited to take part in this year's Dortmunder Science-Fiction Conference (09-10 April 2011) as one of the guests of honour. Egosoft's Art Director had a small gallery showing off his award-winning science-fiction artwork and held interviews and answered questions from fans of his work. Having been heavily involved in the art design work for Egosoft's latest project, formerly known as 'TNBT', he was very pleased to be able to show off some of the early concept art from the new game. Alex's concept art from X Rebirth certainly got tongues wagging on Egosoft's forums. There was a range of artwork illustrating many possibilities in the imaginations of many avid X gamers. One of the most striking pieces is that of Solar City. Many of you will now have seen the X Rebirth trailer and I hope you'll agree that the concept art you see here is a beautiful inspiration for the massive structures you may see in the existing and future trailer videos. - Toastie. Let Battle Resume! X3: Terran Conflict - Out of Sector Combat Many of you may have had one of those 'What the!?' moments; you know the one: "Your Boreas was destroyed in Sector Blah by Pirate Harrier". The emotions range from bemusement to downright frustration. It shouldn't be possible. I refer, of course, to the OOS combat code and its sometimes-strange results. In OOS combat (Out-Of-Sector - a sector you, the player, are not personally in) the calculations to determine the outcome of engagements are different to those used In-Sector (IS). This is primarily for performance reasons. The OOS code tries to reproduce similar results to IS fights. This is done with calculations based on things like size, class, speed and manouverability of the ships involved in the battle. Unlike in previous games of the X-Series, in X3:TC the calculations have led to some unexpected results. In X3:TC's OOS combat it's possible that one of your ships could be destroyed by a much weaker ship. An ideal example is the Xenon Q. It is able to destroy almost any other ship in OOS combat, even if the other ship is a fully-equipped M2 destroyer. This is something which has certainly caused a lot of headaches for many players. Almost a year ago Egosoft provided DevNet testers with an updated OOS combat code for further testing. Although the code fixed a few of the known problems, the tests also returned some very odd results. Unfortunately, due to its complexity and a shortage of time, testers and developement capacity, the code had to be dropped, particularly in light of higher-priority bug fixes. At that time the code was far from ready to be released into the wild. The code was actually implemented in version 3.0 of the game, but was not activated. If you aren't already aware of this, you can now try out the new OOS combat code for yourself. If you are so inclined and are familiar with the modification of the game, all you have to do is modify the file globals.txt (the current one can be found in the types folder of the cat/dat number 10). This contains a new value: SG_OOS_FIGHT_MODE. Just change it from 'SG_OOS_FIGHT_MODE;0;' to 'SG_OOS_FIGHT_MODE;1;'. Alternatively you can download this .zip archive and extract it to your X3:TC main directory. It contains the Types folder with the already-modified globals.txt. Please note that this file hasn't been through Egosoft's signing process, which means using it will mark your savegame as ***modified***. Modified savegames aren't considered in the game statistics on the Egosoft site and you won't get any achievements from Steam either. Also before trying it, be sure to back-up your savegames. - X2-Illuminatus A Day in the Life of... CBJ - Egosoft All-Rounder 07:45 In common with many people in the field I work in, I'm not really a morning person. However, circumstances usually conspire to ensure that I am up and at least semi-functional before 08:00 most mornings. Until recently I had help from spoon-dissolvingly strong coffee to help with the transition from semi-functional to functional, but currently I'm having to manage without that. 09:15 I'm usually at my desk some time between 09:00 and 09:30, and I normally start the day by reading emails, reviewing code changes that have been checked in, and trying to work out what on earth it was that I was doing when I finished work the day before. During this time I try to avoid being interrupted, so I tend not to make my presence known to the other members of the team. I should explain at this point that I don't have a personal cloaking device; I just don't work in the office, so it's quite easy to hide! 09:45 Some time before 10:00 a fanfare announces my presence to the rest of the team. Well OK, not really a fanfare; more a change of icon colour. Within minutes there are usually two or three chat windows open on my screen, as other team members take the opportunity to catch me before I get too deeply involved in my own coding. The sorts of questions I generally get asked at this point involve how best to implement a particular piece of functionality, how to correctly make use of an existing code library, how to go about tracking down a particular bug, and so on. Sometimes I can answer these questions quickly; other times it can take an hour or two before the other person has everything they need to enable them to get on with what they were doing. 11:00 Once the day's first round of requests for help has been dealt with I can finally settle down to some work of my own. Currently I'm very heavily involved in optimisation, which means spending a lot of time up to my neck in spreadsheets full of numbers, tracing calls through dozens of functions in dozens of files, all written by different people. This kind of work is about as close as a programmer gets to slinging a rifle over their shoulder and going out on a cull; the target is code that is taking up too much valuable CPU time. Please note that the rifle is metaphorical and doesn't usually get used to shoot the person who wrote the code in question. 12:15 "Lunch. Working at home has its perks, one of which is not having to share a kitchen with the rest of the team." 12:45 Back to the code-face. Programming is an endless cycle. You come up with a design for what you're going to write, write some code, check the code, fix any obvious problems, compile the code, fix any compilation errors, tweak the code some more, compile again, fix any new compilation errors, run the code, fix any bugs, run the code again, fix any more bugs, and then start back at the beginning of the cycle again with a new batch of code. At any point in the cycle you might also find a flaw in the design, such as a requirement that you missed or an error in the logic, and have to go back to the beginning. With a code-base as big and as complicated as a game, even just the compile process can take time. With two quad-core PCs on the job it can take between 3 and 10 minutes, depending on the type of build, and it's while this is happening that I find time to make the occasional forum post. And of course there will also be time spent dealing with the various requests from other team members for more help or information. 17:30 Just about the time I need to go and see to my domestic duties there is usually a flurry of new requests for help or information from guys in the office who are still trying to finish up their work for the day. Needless to say I try and sort those out as quickly as possible, because... 18:30 Pizza! Living out of range of any of the usual pizza delivery options, I have to make my own. Starting from the raw ingredients I can knock up a batch of pizzas in about an hour. The results are usually pretty good, though I would still like to improve on my dough and I'd love to have a proper pizza oven to work with. 20:00 The downside to working from home is that it's hard to get away from work completely. I usually spend a little time back at my desk in the middle of the evening, tidying up whatever I was working on earlier, writing emails, or whatever else needs doing. 22:00 By this time I'm usually back at my PC again. If my current tasks are particularly urgent, or if some part of the design has been bugging me, I quite often carry on working on them for a bit. Similarly if there are other people working late then I might end up helping them with what they're doing. Otherwise it's more of a mixed bag: some work, some time on the forums, catching up on the news, maybe even playing a game for a bit. 02:00 Time to shut down... er, I mean go to sleep.- CBJ

southwolf

“谁敢在下面用机翻跟帖~~我跟他拼命~~”
为神马看到这句话就有想贴机翻的冲动……

quiucytt

机翻跟帖。

kanhf0514

在4月28日和30日，Bernd (Egosoft 管理人員)向記者和科幻遊戲愛好者展示了X-Rebirth。一般來說，因為宇宙是很大的
，所以其中一個關鍵的發展目標，就是要令遊戲更接近地面和大型太空站。一樣很棒的事就是玩家現在能夠欣賞到太空站
各種華麗的細節。


影片裏的遊戲畫面仍然處於早期測試階段，很多東西仍然有可能會改變。


在遊戲情節上，遊戲的故事是用作是介紹玩家所身處的宇宙。X-Rebirth仍然會保留著以前的自由模式。在答問環節裏，
Bernd表示，egosoft的目標是令X-Rebirth支持各種的修改和模組 (Mod)。但是，他指出由於X-Rebirth所使用的技術跟以
往的有很大不同，這個時間並不是讓模組製作人員參與的好時機。如果現在就向他們解釋遊戲的運作等，就會阻礙了遊戲
製作組的時間。當遊戲開始發售後，那就是讓腳本和模組製作人員研究怎樣改變這遊戲的最佳時機。

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KGN和Bernd在FedCon的訪問

問: 這遊戲是完全重新製作的，這能夠解決甚麼重要的問題？
答: 運輸系統會很不同。不像以往般只是獨自的從一點飛到另一點，現在你會跟其他船更接近和有更緊密的互動。雖然
這種互動聽起來像GTA的太空版，但你不會將其他人從他們的船拉出來並且揍他們一頓。在以往的遊戲，玩家常常要求更多
內容，即使這會犧牲遊戲品質。這次我們最重視的是品質。

問: 玩家能夠離開自己的船嗎？
答: 這遊戲不會有像第一生射擊般的情節，但與電腦角式互動是很重要的。例如你要跟工廠經理和其他飛行員互動。最
重要的電腦角色是船上的女性副飛行員。

問: 所以這完全是重新製作的遊戲吧？
答: 這絕對不是X4。

問: 有甚麼以往的遊戲特色被捨棄了？
答: 有些東西因為很難製作所以被捨棄，反而我們集中於一些更捧的遊戲細節上。例如，玩家以往能夠在艦橋上操控主力
艦，不過這將不會在X-Rebirth中出現。玩家一般來說需要很長的時間才能購買主力艦，但是操控它們就不是很有趣。如果我們包
括這到X-Rebirth的話，我們便是退步了。

問: 遊戲介面怎麼了？有些人擔心它將會被簡化，甚至遊戲將會出現在家用機。
答: 不會有家用機版本，這遊戲會比較容易玩，但絕不會被簡化。

問:有沒有多人遊戲？
答: 沒有。這我們一直有考慮的，但是現在並不可行。

問: 遊戲故事會否包含更多動作元素？
答: 故事對新玩家來說是很重要的，但是我們希望遊戲名方面都是有趣的。雖然故事只需大約10-20小時來完，但是故事並
不是玩家買這遊戲的原因，因為故事完成後仍會有超過100小時的遊戲情節。當故事完結後，玩家可以自由地幹他們想做的
事。

問: 可以分享一下遊戲的故事嗎？
答: 未來的X宇宙在X3TC後發生了很多事。古人留下的星門系統被關閉了。有些人說這由超新星開始，但結果是有些區域被
完全隔離，並且有著很多轉變。這給我們很大幻想空間和設計自由。

問: 在影片裏有很多巨型太空站和其他如溫室等模組。玩家能夠跟它們互動嗎？
答: 當然，太空站將會變得很巨大和有著很多細節，而且這些細節不只限於畫質，現在玩家有很多跟它們互動的途徑，而
且它們對經濟將會變得更重要。

問: 玩家在那(太空站)可以做甚麼？
答: 很多，貿易的方法改變了，不再是降落然後將貨物運到別處。現在你能夠飛過太空站來看它們有些甚麼。對太空船和
太空站的掃描(合法或非法)會變得很重要。以往無論你對目標任何一處開火都是一樣的，現在你可以分辨和瞄準重要系統。

問: 遊戲支援改裝和模組嗎？
答: 是。我們會開放遊戲給玩家去改變。這個基楚在很久以前已經討論區和DevNet設立。

後面找人繼續吧，這已經花了我2小時...

黑暗枪骑兵

囧，我才刚起床。。。

0809000

黑暗枪骑兵 发表于 2011-5-29 22:10
囧，我才刚起床。。。

重要部分都差不多~~剩下的挑点有用的就好了~~

黑暗枪骑兵

剩下的，重要的也就只有说了TC3.0可以通过修改Globals.txt来使用/试用未成熟的OOS战斗代码

0809000

黑暗枪骑兵 发表于 2011-5-29 22:19
剩下的，重要的也就只有说了TC3.0可以通过修改Globals.txt来使用/试用未成熟的OOS战斗代码 ...

觉得OOS对我这种懒于战斗的人毫无用处~~

wingmancn

hohoho，更大的太空站，更多的互动，

atgtqt

更大的太空站，更多的互动[O:034:]不知道加了什么新元素进去了