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I'm kind of around but don't have much time. Some smaller updates did happen since last April, but nothing major.
-geever
Well, that's a shame indeed, I just hope that goggle does the right thing here and you can sort this out without too much trouble...
Oh, BTW, I'm not the game's lead developer (that would be Mattn, even if he hasn't been around in a while) I just try to help wherever I can
Wait are they claiming copyright on UFO:AI music?
The song in the image, (file base/music/van_geoscape.ogg in ufoai) was composed and produced by Manuel Marino (aka Vanethian) it was released (along with the other van_*.ogg songs — which BTW include UFO:AI's theme song...) under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, they have been part of the game since time immemorial, he recently (as in 2012) released them as part of his album 'Science Fiction Story' (Which I'm guessing is being distributed by Awal?), so yeah the song is free even if the version he released for his album has a different license... that said... well I don't know what to advise...
Also, put a guy in the CCTV room of the control centre if you haven't.
I didn't know that! Thanks!!
Heh. I hope my formating just not completely abbandon me. I tried to throw up some ideas to bounce against. ( You are verbally espressive and showy.. like blah,, beyond what I could effortly mount.) Umm H-Hour.. threw up a link [ https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=UFO:AI ] and I believe you have more success contributing to its whole. I would hope that you express yourself on this site.
I love the videos and again ty.
flashbangs are still op.. just well here.
And yes I do light status should start heavy.. or Rocket Launchers are not worth the effort.. you spend all day just to get into position to FIRE.. so when your light, you starts with a RL it is forced and they have to fire. 2nd turn they are back to light/bonus.. its the best that RF offers without any of those carrying weight penalties.
Shamefacedly I am some video behind. Sorry for the delay.. I look forward to this.
Thanks IMBACORE! I really appreciate that - any help in the run up to the launch (as I expect you know!) has a big effect.
I'll have to add your LPs to my to-watch list immediately
Hey, great! Welcome back good sir. I just started watching your videos and this maybe presumptuous but I wonder about making use of some of the less used and overlooked items from the game.. if you can highlight them? Either incorporated into your gameplay or maybe a separate 'Lets Try..' series. I see that you get around to smoke nades but there are more options.
For example I am personally astounded at the lack of flashbang love. Consider how many players have difficulty when facing the Reaction Fire of the aliens versus this one item that completely disables it.. Its not clear, I will grant you that. You have to get the flashbang to land and explode in the aliens field of view and there will be absolutly no indication of whether you have succeeded or not. Which is not so good. But if it works you drain the Time Units for that turn PLUS one full turn cycle. So you flashbang and end your turn --> the alien takes its turn but has no TUs and does nothing --> its now your turn again and the alien still has no TUs and does nothing while you kill it. So if you have advance units [ light units] you flashbang everything and let your assualt troops [ who are behind/backing up] come in and mop up. All of that without any threat of alien RF. At least I'm pretty sure thats how flashbangs work.
Friendly Challenge: You could even go full ninja mode on a base defense. BOOM One unit. Light --> MoK knife --> Support nades ( Incendiary, Smoke and Flash). If it came down to it toss a flash [ remember the aliens position] toss a smoke and kill that bad bad alien even if its in full view of any comrades and by the time they figure out what just happened your already gone. You probably thinking you wouldn't need that flash but I ask you do you think the alien is just going to let you walk up to it? [ Okay, so smoke nades done right you shouldn't need the flash at the beginning of your turn but near the end when your low on TU...] Also you're in trouble? Don't like what you're looking at? Toss a smoke and toss a IC then go find a better position. The aliens will walk through a smoke nade but they really don't like walking through an IC. Thats what you call a firewall.
Also Incendiary grenades and rounds plus the Rocket Launcher. Why no love? You have a scout / light unit taking advantage of the extra Time Units? Try equipping a Rocket Launcher with your choice of round [ please please be IC] and in your first turn you get a 1 incredible fire and 'forget abbbout' it weapon. Drop it after that and you're up to light status on your second turn. You do lose the movement on the first turn though so maybe it works for you or not. [ 24 TU to fire +1 to drop add 3 if you wanna crouch and you will not have a lot of TU for movement.. but really who needs to crouch; just use shift while aiming and deliberately put that round in the ground if there is no barn to hit] IC rounds and nades are a great way of persuading the alien that 'you know what?' they really don't want to go that way. Often in the beginning of a level you are put in a very vulnerable spot and there are way too many openings where aliens can come from. An IC round from a RL will plug that hole. Its a seriously massive fire field [ no really, IT IS huge] that will alter the aliens pathfinding. Is it better than a smoke grenade? I think it keeps aliens from being in position to take shots at you in the first place.
Note that if you toss a IC nade at an alien they can walk out of it but when they meet a fire effect field by itself they really don't seem to want to cross. I'm pretty sure I've seen them walk through 2 grids so is 3 grids enough to deter them? Also if you want you can use Grenade Launchers ( IC round) and its timed bouncy bouncy goodness for a more permanent support option if you are worried about arm throw range. [ With the GL you can use shift to aim up plus use objects in line of sight to raise your effective base level ie just aiming up gives you some range whereas bouncing off of an object gives you sooo much more]
Thoughts (First Blood) :
-I think in 2.5 if you set the RF mode first then it will set aside the TU's for it. You shouldn't really need to use the reservation option at all as its been incorporated into the Reaction Fire system.
-Night missions are just neon circles. Maybe try not to do them?? I'm sorry but I couldn't see anything. Although the light effects are truly awesome.
-Sniper Weapons have through wall capabilities, you could have taken that shot. Sniper Rifle = 1 wall EM Bolter Rifle = 2 wall and such
-If you hit ESC from the Battlescape you should be able to change the options. Most of them don't require a restart. [ Crouch/Walk]
-Loving the series so far but low weight units [ those with a bright green colour] get extra TU is there a reason you haven't explored or even mentioned this yet?
