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Windows / Re: Aliens stuck
« on: February 15, 2010, 09:29:21 pm »
Which version are you playing? Haven't found stuck aliens for a long time.
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Discussion / Re: And now for my next trick, I will eat a Nuclear warhead.
« on: January 27, 2010, 09:06:23 pm »
Before lamenting about tough aliens... advance further in the game and encounter Aliens in medium armour armed with heavy needlers. 
You can shoot these with amost everything (exceptions: PB-grenades from launcher, Coilgun, machine gun 25-round-burst) with hardly any or really no effect. 
To make it even better: every hit of their weapon kills.
And to make it even better: Medium armored aliens appeard in hard mode around the 4th month.
Andy
You can shoot these with amost everything (exceptions: PB-grenades from launcher, Coilgun, machine gun 25-round-burst) with hardly any or really no effect. To make it even better: every hit of their weapon kills. And to make it even better: Medium armored aliens appeard in hard mode around the 4th month.
Andy
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Discussion / Re: And now for my next trick, I will eat a Nuclear warhead.
« on: January 23, 2010, 07:09:38 pm »
Grenade launchers kill almost everything in 3-round-burst, so they are highly efficient. Later with PB-grenades you can kill everything (eben medium-armour Mutons) with that burst. Single shots are mostly non-lethal.
If accuracy is a problem (which it actually is with many weapons), use the machine gun in 25-bullet-burst. It hits and it kills pretty much everything at almost every distance.
SMGs are okay, too... in long bursts.
And snipers are only good, if the sniper skill of your character is sufficient. Since there are no aimed shots in reaction-fire mode, he needs to be pretty good to hit.
Watch the stats closely and use the right weapons with the right skills, this is my advice.
Andy
If accuracy is a problem (which it actually is with many weapons), use the machine gun in 25-bullet-burst. It hits and it kills pretty much everything at almost every distance.
SMGs are okay, too... in long bursts.
And snipers are only good, if the sniper skill of your character is sufficient. Since there are no aimed shots in reaction-fire mode, he needs to be pretty good to hit.
Watch the stats closely and use the right weapons with the right skills, this is my advice.
Andy
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Discussion / Re: Medical staff
« on: January 21, 2010, 10:07:15 pm »
They don't exist any more. Hospitals work without them now,
Andy
Hospitals work without them now, Andy
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Discussion / Re: Why is the "saved game during combat" thread locked?
« on: January 18, 2010, 04:55:13 pm »
Let the right peaope spend their energy on more important issues.
Andy
Andy
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Windows / Re: Win32 Development Binary Installer Links
« on: January 18, 2010, 04:53:28 pm »
DLing at the moment, just a question:
Muton: "W2k+XP store gamefiles as user at C:\UFOAI-2.3-dev"
Must I put the game there or can I install it to another drive? Problem is that my C: is pretty full all the time.
Andy - 20 minutes to go
Muton: "W2k+XP store gamefiles as user at C:\UFOAI-2.3-dev"
Must I put the game there or can I install it to another drive? Problem is that my C: is pretty full all the time.
Andy - 20 minutes to go
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Artwork / Re: New models
« on: January 17, 2010, 04:36:03 pm »
Looks human-built and some of the installations (radar, command Center) are visible. I recognize the base intuitively. So, well done!
Andy
Andy
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Artwork / Re: New models
« on: January 16, 2010, 12:21:08 pm »
I like the alien base model. I was thinking about how to do it because these bases should be normally well-hidden, but one can't model a well-hidden building and place it on the geoscape. So I think the approach (designing something that looks "alien" and "futuristic") works quite well!
Andy
Andy
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Artwork / Re: New models
« on: January 14, 2010, 08:42:01 pm »
It looks futuristic (and in my opinion quite solid, not just like a "tent" or just camoflage nets). Yet it doesn't look stable enough to survive an air-to-ground bombing by ufos (which sometimes happens in the game), so I think it fits quite well in my imagination.
Andy
Andy
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Discussion / Re: Just finished 2.3 (destroyed 1. base) - a bit of feedback
« on: January 14, 2010, 04:36:37 pm »
@Destructavator: Of course this solution would be even better.
Andy
Andy
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Discussion / Re: Just finished 2.3 (destroyed 1. base) - a bit of feedback
« on: January 13, 2010, 09:19:44 pm »
Just a small note: Staying inside the craft isn't really safe. I got shot in there many times. Often your dropship is the only available cover (if your pilot chose a bad landing zone). So I think it's not necessary to introduce "no experience"-zones around the dropship because its not really secure even in the last corner of it. =)
Andy - who has often been pinned down in his own dropship by tons of enemy fire.
Andy - who has often been pinned down in his own dropship by tons of enemy fire.
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Artwork / Re: New models
« on: January 12, 2010, 02:36:13 pm »
Actually the radar station that I was guarding while doing military service had almost exactly the shape of the model. Don't change it, I think it looks perfect.
Andy
Andy
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FAQ / Re: Interceptor engagement
« on: January 12, 2010, 02:33:31 pm »
Up to now automatic but they will be changed in the future.
And it is normal that your aircraft are shot down in the beginning. You can only win against the scout ships (the smallest) without the good (alien) weapons.
ANdy
And it is normal that your aircraft are shot down in the beginning. You can only win against the scout ships (the smallest) without the good (alien) weapons.
ANdy
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Artwork / Re: New models
« on: January 11, 2010, 09:32:35 pm »
Great. I thing that tells people intuitively that this is a radar station.
Andy
Andy
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Bugs prior to release 2.3 / Re: [fixed] R27905 - no armour visible on battlescape
« on: January 10, 2010, 07:10:58 pm »
Actually they have armour on. I have the same bug. There is definitely protection even if it is not displayed.
Andy
Andy