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geever:
Everything is possible. But of course the reason it is hardcoded is not to make modding impossible, but some issues were "solved" that way. We need to find a better solution for the underlying issue which can take time.

-geever

Noordung:
i hope you will find good solution as soo as possible. anyway this is how new aircraft is sopose to look like. texures are made in blender and... well not very good. if you like you may put some extra effort to solve this problem ;D

cevaralien:
Oh you think the same as me jejejeje. i know is a game, but a firebird flying around the planet without refueling... is difficult! I mod my game so the firebird only gives 6000 km. This makes the game very difficult because you need basicaly 8 teams for ground missions.

I was thinking about a modified saracen to transport soldiers faster and longer, at the price of exclude any capacity to load electronics or weapons and a space only for 6 troops. This way is possible to have only one ground team and many radar or airbases.

Because my mod, i rise the price of the ufos, so it could be easier to develop, but i rise the price of fighters too. By this way, if i lose an aircraft, i lose the money found from a recovered ufo.

I prefer a center base for a single ground team, but the idea of a firebird reaching all places of the world is very inaccurate.

Noordung:
yes reducing firebird range is nice idea.

you have herakles and raptor for faster transport later. besides saracen doesnt have cargo hold. so using as a dropship isnt good idea, becouse in some maps you soliders would start with no cover (maps in wich there is dropship)

cevaralien:

--- Quote from: Noordung on July 05, 2014, 10:44:27 am ---yes reducing firebird range is nice idea.

you have herakles and raptor for faster transport later. besides saracen doesnt have cargo hold. so using as a dropship isnt good idea, becouse in some maps you soliders would start with no cover (maps in wich there is dropship)

--- End quote ---

Herakles is not a faster transport, is fast like firebird. Raptor is a faster transport but it´s only for later stages of the game. The "modified" saracen could be a faster transport but unarmed. How? removing all electronics and using the weapons bay for soldier bay. It could be done with 3 back 3 seats that go down when the craft land. Cover? no matter, use smoke grenades. In fact, in 2.5 i begun to use smoke grenades because the aliens begun to use burst fire.

This is the only way to be "realistic" when ground missions is needed. Look at this: your interceptors shoot down an ufo. Your firebird is about 10.000 km from there. At 1.000 km/h, you reach the destiny in 10 hours. In that time, the aliens could be very far from the crash site or can be rescued. I know that the games don´t works in that way, but i think is possible to do more realistic the game without hardcoding.

For that reason, i reduce the firebird range. Now, i must relay on the eight bases with eight teams. What´s the problem? simply, when raptor or herakles begun to be available, i will only need one team. Is for this that i want a saracen dropship.

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