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Modding => Released Mods => Hardmode Expansion => Topic started by: hellrazor on September 29, 2016, 05:12:41 am

Title: Hardmode Expansion - Future Development Plan
Post by: hellrazor on September 29, 2016, 05:12:41 am

Future Development Plan
This post contains my current points i will be working, a new version release will be made inbetween.
I update as I go, fulfilled points are marked with "DONE".

Screenshots and progress reports are usually left in General Feedback Thread (https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,3550.0.html)


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Current development plan:
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1.) OpenXcomExtended Stuff:

• Implement for Terrorsites: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=7631.0 - UFO Appears on Missionsites e.g. Terrorship on Terrorsites - DONE Terrorship spawns
• Fix up all Terrormisson Site mapScripts to enable Terror Ship Spawn on Terrorsites - DONE
• Fixes Stuff: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=6616.0 - Fix Recovery Ship Terror and Alien Alloys on Missionsites - DONE Alien Alloys are recovered in the correct way.
• https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=11923.0 - UFO Returns after Missionsite Despawn - DONE
• Integrate updated Version of the Commendations Mod: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=3048.75 - DONE
• Maybe some Soldierbonuses from Commendations: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,7405.msg116840.html#msg116840 - I would like to have weapon profiency with specific weapons, needs investigating. There is standalone Mod now for this: https://mod.io/g/openxcom/m/commendation-soldier-bonuses

2.) OpenXcomExtended UI/QOL:

• https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2408.15 - Better DayNightIndicator Graphic - DONE
• Add Inventory Images for all Xcom Drones - NEEDS GRAPHICS
• https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=12240.0 - Custom ArmorScreen Backgrounds! - DONE
• Add Ufopaedia Info for melee Weapons, to make sure player knows Soldiers strength is applied to damage - DONE Added Info on the weapons UFOpaedia page
• Add PsiAnimation by pWWWa: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=5097.msg144304#msg144304 - DONE
• Add PsiMissAnimation - DONE

3.) Make Hardmode Expansion Playable on all difficulties with the balanced Economy:

• Implement Full Armor and Aim on all difficulties for Aliens - DONE
• Rework deployments to Scale Enemy Numbers for Difficulty settings correctly. - DONE
• Determine price difference Averages for all difficulties and all UFO's to get correct sellPricecoeffient - Statistics
• https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=11862.0 - Economy balance lower difficulties!

4.) Mission Related Stuff:

• Add rewards for successfully Ending a Alien Terror Mission (Possible Bonuses: Flat Score, Flat Money, Free Soldiers, Engineers and or Scientists) - DONE Player recovers the Terrorship
• Split of Gamestart Mission, Mapscript and Deployments into total unique seperate branch. - DONE
• Add Interruption chance also to Vanilla Alien Base Mission to unify behaviour and avoid player confusion - DONE
  
• Make Alien Data Slate harder to get. - DONE Have Fun hunting those LAB_SHIPS :)
• Self Cloning Celatid Detected: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=7307.15 Might need some balancing work on thou. - DONE Balancing needs further playtesting but loosk good so far.
• https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=5620.0 - Useful with Spawning Chryssalids from Proxy/Grenades
• https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=6535.0 - Spawning Chryssalids from Proxy/Grenades on the Floor!!

5.) Terrain Fixes and Additions

• Fix up DOWTOWNURBAN Mapscript for 60x60 spawn - DONE Works as intended
• DOWNTOWNURBEN Railstation comes to a few other terrains to visit - DONE
• Overwork mapScript Blockuse and freqs on all mapScripts to bring even more variety to the player - DONE
• Apply OXCE Map Scripting options. To Mix Terrains: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=5108.0 - More Streets and Other Stuff!
• Fix up Linership so Crafts can also spawn on it. Need to setup MapView on Desktop PC... BIG MAP...
• Add Missing Globe Terrains from Hobbes Terrain Pack
• Recheck destructibility of Terror Terrains
• Overwork destructibility of Globe Terrains: Junglemountain, Mujungle

6.) New Mars Terrain Maps  - POSTPONED FOR THE TIME BEING

• Add Expanded Mars 20x20 Mapblocks
• Add Expanded Mars 30x30 Mapblock (Pyramid of Pain)
• Add/Rework Expanded Mars Mapscript

Feedback and Change requests will be put in between those, as I see fit, or as they to do fit in general with the design concept.
If there is something missing or you wanna add stuff please feel free to post, any form of suggestions or feedback of any kind is also really appreciated.

EDIT: I am not the fastest of modders, but my stuff tends to be mostly bugfree, so patience sometimes pays off.