How do I beat the Engine Mod Quest

[Mish101]

I feel the timer maybe a little too small. I i got a Jaguar with Travel Engines at around 5k Travel speed and I'm falling short....

[Mish101]

Ok seriously add like 30 seconds to this or atleast keep the challenge in 1 sector. I hate these down to the wire from point A to B quests. I just failed it again due to autosave kicking in disorienting my ship. There is literally no room for error here and it causes unnecessary frustration. I did a Boost Start this time.

[ale]

5k is not enough. Get a pegasus with paranid travel engines . That ship can get to 8.5k and that should be more than enough

[Cythal]

1. Try not to have any delay when turning around to enter any jumpgate.

To help with the above, recommend a combat engine for fast windup to travel mode. Do not approach a gate that you cannot enter directly while in travel mode. Rather approach with the gate towards your left/right view. When you are close enough you can do two things:

a. disable travel mode, then steer quickly to face the gate, if you are sure you can enter the
gate directly (it does not have to be a full circle of the gate) re-engage travel mode. Make
slight adjustments to compensate for drift if needed.

b. stay in travel mode disable flight assist and steer quickly to face the gate and ensure you
can enter directly, then re-engage flight assist. For this one you have to be quick and start it
earlier than method a. This can be done with a travel drive instead of combat drive.

2. Try to avoid using any Highway.

When you enter a system that contains the destination point, you should have enough time to steer the ship to point directly at the destination. Use your map for this. Ignore the auto guidance that takes you through a highway.

You can use one of the 1a or 1b methods to steer into the destination point quickly.

[Mish101]

well i am able to fly into the accelerator in travel mode. The problem is i only have like 20-30 seconds left for the last 200km. And holy jesus if you really need a specific paranid ship for a quest like freaking heck really....

Oh and of course wouldn't be X4 if the paranid shipyard didn't have enough engine parts....

[Wraith]

At least it will get built eventually as parts come in.

[mikemonger]

Cancel the research task and then restart it. Every time you do, it creates two new points for you to race between...it's random, except it will send you through an accelerator/gate once. I went from "impossible" to "well that was so easy it was a waste of time" doing that.

[mOrbidlyObese]

lol I usually have 30+ seconds to spare...

[Mish101]

Well i got it done with the paranid scout. Was not a fun experience.

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by Space Ballz:

lol I usually have 30+ seconds to spare...

More than likely because you got a easy to run route. Like"mikemonger" stated right above your post.

[Sesikee]

Originally posted by Mish101:

well i am able to fly into the accelerator in travel mode. The problem is i only have like 20-30 seconds left for the last 200km. And holy jesus if you really need a specific paranid ship for a quest like freaking heck really....

Oh and of course wouldn't be X4 if the paranid shipyard didn't have enough engine parts....

So build a factory! That's a economy exploit for you!