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Offline dlu

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Hi to all,

just let me say this is a nicely done game and good substitute for the original XCOM series.
Especially the large UFOpedia is a nice touch seldom seen nowadays. And good! TB games
are very rare now.

Been playing for some days now (simple campaign) but have no glue how to capture/collect
an UFO for research. Searched the forum but I am missing some details on how to...

Currently no interception with aircraft, no UFO on radar.
Getting terror missions, meeting strange people, killing them all (...will divine being(s) sort them out? ;) )
Have build an UFO Yard near below a base
Often playing on an african map (some huts) with a large, undamaged UFO (harvester?).

I read in the forum that, after a mission, a question will appear if an UFO should be collected, but
haven't seen it. I have currently exhausted all reasearch proposals (no live alien yet).

Am I doing something wrong ?
Any help appreciated.

Offline H-Hour

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Re: New Player need help with reasearch / How to collect UFOs ?
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2012, 09:35:08 pm »
Hmm, you're getting terror missions but no UFOs flying around? Something sounds wrong. How many terror missions have you had?

You only collect a UFO on missions with a UFO (either landed or shot down). After the mission, you will get a popup asking if you want to sell the UFO. If you have a UFO Yard, you will be given the option to send the UFO there (if the yard is not full). Once you have a UFO in a UFO Yard, you can research UFO Theory, then research the UFO type, then disassemble any UFOs of that type (in the production menu).

Offline domanz

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Re: New Player need help with reasearch / How to collect UFOs ?
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2012, 10:00:27 pm »
Another strange thing is, he already built an UFO Yard and had maps with an UFO on it, why didn't he get the capture prompt? I think in harvesting missions you get it too, right, not only when you shot one down?

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Re: New Player need help with reasearch / How to collect UFOs ?
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2012, 11:04:06 pm »
He is playing simple campaign, I could imagine something not working there as it is a different subsystem uses features of the main campaign...

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Re: New Player need help with reasearch / How to collect UFOs ?
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2012, 09:11:13 pm »
Thanks to all for the replies.

It is possible that there is some kind of bug as
I seem not having made a mistake.

I think I will end the simple campaign (it was just
intended for getting a hang on playing but it got
me hooked. Nice work  :) )

I will try a full campaign next. Hopefully the problem will
not occur again.

Thanks for a good and enjoyable game  8)

Update:
Just started a full campaign.
Getting UFO sell message after the first mission (harvester?)
Getting also reports of flying UFOs.
Seems to be a bug in the simple campaign if sell/store + flying UFO was intended
Thanks again for suggestion of a probable bug.

« Last Edit: June 20, 2012, 10:57:25 pm by dlu »

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Re: New Player need help with reasearch / How to collect UFOs ?
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2012, 06:12:28 am »
UFO's tend to fly in populated areas. Try putting a Base in Europe.

Offline jffdougan

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Re: New Player need help with reasearch / How to collect UFOs ?
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2012, 05:31:30 pm »
FWIW, I have the same issue as the OP. Playing the SIMPLE campaign, now into July 2084; have accomplished ~20 terror missions; no interceptions and no opportunities to salvage UFOs (even after terror missions where a Harvester was present).

Offline ShipIt

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Re: New Player need help with reasearch / How to collect UFOs ?
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2012, 06:01:51 pm »
Afaik, if you want to see, intercept, shoot down and disassemble UFOs for the full fun in the game, you have to play Full Campaign.