New Player need help with reasearch / How to collect UFOs ?

[dlu]

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.

[H-Hour]

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).

[domanz]

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?

[geever]

He is playing simple campaign, I could imagine something not working there as it is a different subsystem uses features of the main campaign...

-geever

[dlu]

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 

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.

[Triaxx2]

UFO's tend to fly in populated areas. Try putting a Base in Europe.

[jffdougan]

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).

[ShipIt]

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.