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OpenXcom Extended / Re: OXCE (OpenXcom Extended) main thread
« on: March 28, 2024, 02:25:24 pm »
Installation:
Just unpack the mod and move it to other mini-mods in the "standard" folder to activate it just like other mini-mods.

DO NOT UNPACK ANYTHING INTO THE "standard" FOLDER!

Standard folder is for devs only.
Players and modders should not make any modifications there.
Only mods delivered with OXCE will be recognized in the standard folder, other mods will be ignored.

All custom mods belong to the "mods" folder and nowhere else.

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OXCE Suggestions NEW / Re: [Suggestion] First Aid Skill
« on: March 28, 2024, 12:40:18 pm »
or you can forget commendations completely and just track the number of heals in your own custom soldier tag?

(not sure if the soldier is ptr or ptre in this script hook)

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Suggestions / Re: [Suggestion] Add auto updater
« on: March 27, 2024, 05:38:46 pm »
How to use OXCE auto-updater?
Where is a mod or exe file or ingame button?

It's the first option in the list of advanced options, called "Automatic update check".

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Released Mods / Re: [OXCE] Area 51
« on: March 26, 2024, 09:06:18 am »
Is it forbidden to play it ?

no

Or for elite members only ?

no

Or because WIP ?

no

Or because Discontinued ?

temporarily

Can ordinary members share links on forum to download this mod ?

they can, but it's against author's wishes and I will be removing those links as a moderator

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Released Mods / Re: [OXCE] Area 51
« on: March 26, 2024, 07:54:58 am »
Author's decision.

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Suggestions / Re: [Suggestion] Add auto updater
« on: March 25, 2024, 11:09:07 pm »
OXCE has auto updater (on Windows) if you want to give it a try

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Brutal AI / Re: Brutal-OXCE 8.3.2
« on: March 23, 2024, 10:23:14 pm »
In such case OXCE loads one and ignores the other.

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Brutal AI / Re: Brutal-OXCE 8.3.2
« on: March 23, 2024, 08:58:13 pm »
I suggest not calling the  DLLs common data files.

Common data files are the files in the "common" directory.

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Brutal AI / Re: Brutal-OXCE 8.3.2
« on: March 23, 2024, 08:36:42 pm »
4.) Verify with the latest version BAI v8.3.2 that you are only using it's file structure and NOT OXCE+ file structure...
     -- OXCE+ has all it's share common data files combined into a single binary, BAI does not and places them in the directory as individual files.

OXCE+ does not exist since year 2018, please stop using that name and stop confusing everybody.

OXCE always had and still has the same file structure as OXC (and as BAI), both the installer and the zip archive contain common files in a directory as individual files.
(usage of common.zip is not default and completely optional)

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Troubleshooting / Re: SAMPLE.CAT does not contain 49 sound files
« on: March 23, 2024, 07:56:14 am »
Mine is also 1,105,112 bytes.

Don't know what's wrong :(

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Troubleshooting / Re: SAMPLE.CAT does not contain 49 sound files
« on: March 22, 2024, 11:46:40 pm »
Game is trying to load the 49th sound effect from the SAMPLE.CAT file.
And doesn't find it.

How big is your SAMPLE.CAT file?

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Meridian any chance of getting this feature sometime in the future?

Yes, your suggestion can be implemented.
Todolisted.

As for when, I can't say.
I just lost all motivation in this discussion and it will take time before I come back again.

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... all my proposals were entered into the “archive”, except for two, the first logically followed from what was available, the second is still in development at Yankes.

I have implemented 3 suggestions by you:

https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=11658.0
https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=11462.0
https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=6455.0

Some are still on todolist:

https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=11434.0

I have not explicitly rejected a single one yet.

Some were moved into archive, because of lack of demand or because they are not compatible or because I don't like them:

https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=11648.0 -- this is useless and basically a cheat
https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=11467.0 -- this is useless and against the idea of research
https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=11433.0 -- this is useless and unrealistic; even everybody else in the thread seems to agree

https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=11435.0 -- I don't have a strong opinion on this one... but it is practically impossible to implement in the current game engine
https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=6496.0 -- this is not compatible with the current engine

So what should I think?

As you said, the choice of what I do is up to me.
The choice of what you do is up to you.

You can think whatever you want about my opinions, I cannot make everybody happy.
I try to do the best I can, with the time I have available.

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Well, finally, the specifics have come. Why do you have to wait for such an attack for such revelations? Wouldn't it be easier to explain everything at once?

What specifics? What revelations?

I said only what I have been saying all the time for the last 9 years.

If you want a description of OXCE and its goals, it's in the first sticky topic: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=5251.0

Create a topic with plans and maintain it.

I have a whole f*cking forum board with sub-boards and with hundreds of topics dedicated for plans, past and future, you're reading it.

Nobody f*cking else in this entire community (devs, modders or otherwise) with very few tiny exceptions has ANY plans published... and you accuse ME of not providing any information?

F*ck this s*it.
I'm done.
You've just single-handedly taken away all my motivation to do anything.

How about you publish your f*cking plans and maintain them?

So it is here - the latest OXCE update for my mod is absolutely useless, since it does not provide any useful functions. Yes, I’m unhappy, but you also understand that the path of endlessly screwing on bows is a dead end.

98% of my work are suggestions from people on this forum, like you.
I barely do anything from my own initiative... as I said, I like the game as it is.
I'm sorry if it's useless for you, it's not useless for people who made the suggestions.
If you have other suggestions, feel free to suggest them.

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