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Work In Progress / Custom Music from XCOM 2

« on: August 27, 2020, 05:14:57 am »

Not really a mod, but I guess it could be packaged up as one. If you have XCOM 2 installed, chances are that you have the original soundtrack as well. For what it may be worth, I tested out some of the XCOM 2 music in openxcom -- here are the files that I found to be a good match:

Original Filename	XCOM 2 Title
GMDEFEND	Advent Coalition
GMENBASE	Last Hope
GMGEO1	Out of the Ashes
GMGEO2	Welcome to the Lab
GMGEO3	Implants
GMGEO4	Alien Fortress
GMINTER	Avenger Attacked
GMINTRO1	New World Order
GMINTRO2	n/a (too short for most of the music)
GMINTRO3	First Flight (this one works very well here!)
GMLOSE	Game Over
GMMARS	Ambush
GMNEWMAR	Commander Awakens
GMSTORY	Lazarus
GMTACTIC	Infiltrator
GMTACTIC2	Break the Line
GMWIN	Victory

Disclaimer: I haven't gotten to all the sounds in the game yet, so it's possible that the endgame stuff doesn't work as well as I think it should. But for the normal stuff, so far it sounds pretty good.

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Open Feedback / Re: Extreme Noobie Questions

« on: August 15, 2020, 02:11:06 am »

I'm definitely not opposed to abusing the save/load feature to get the hang of how a specific situation will play out. (Like when my four first people out the door were obliterated by reaction fire through a smoke cloud.... grrrrr!) Slowly getting the hang of things.

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Open Feedback / Re: Extreme Noobie Questions

« on: August 13, 2020, 03:30:39 am »

Thanks, everyone this is very helpful.

@humbe, your guide is excellent!

One final question: is there an in-game way to determine LOS and cover? Or is it just trial and error and experience?

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Open Feedback / Extreme Noobie Questions

« on: August 12, 2020, 03:30:28 am »

Hi all --

I've got some time in grade with the reboot XCOM 2, but I'd like to go back to the beginning and experience the series. A couple questions for the community:

1) I've got UFO: Enemy Unknown and X-COM: Terror From the Deep (via GOG), but how do I enable TFtD with OpenXCom? When I start it up, it defaults to Enemy Unknown.

2) Is there a "getting started" guide anywhere that doesn't assume I'm familiar with the original and have no idea what I'm doing? Most of the ones I've found via Google are very short/abbreviated and assume some sort of experience. I've watched some games on YouTube/Twitch, but since there really isn't a "tutorial" like with the rebooted series, I'm not sure how I should be spending my time when I start a new game. Assume I'm a total idiot -- what should I do first?   


Thanks!