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Open Feedback / Custom Music

« on: February 18, 2017, 06:22:40 pm »

I actually tried experimenting a little bit with replacing the some of the music in OXC, but for some reason when I start up the game it crashes right when it hits the main menu.

I converted the music files using Goldwave from MP3 to FLAC, renamed them so they game would use my files instead, and then dropped them in the SOUND folder under UFO. Could it be that I missed a few settings and formatted them the wrong way?

Edit: The soundtrack I'm replacing the default songs with is from C&C95

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Suggestions / Hero Units

« on: January 16, 2017, 06:31:40 pm »

 The idea for using Hero Units is that these special soldiers have their own custom sprites, weapons, and armor. These Heroes would all start out at the same rank that any other XCOM soldier does, but they start with slightly better stats than your typical rookies. 

Here are some ideas on how you could recruit a Hero:

1. Whenever you recruit new soldiers or start a new game, you have a random chance of getting a Hero
 
Or

2. You can recruit Heroes from by purchasing them from their own pool but its more expensive to do so as compared to recruiting a regular soldier

Or

3. Just have every single Hero soldier as a one-time purchase for each specific one

On the subject of weapons and armor, each Hero would have their own special equipment. Some of their weapons could resemble standard XCOM weapons but have special names and can only be equipped on the Hero it belongs to. And since you have to research better weapons for your normal soldiers to use against the beefier aliens, why not add some new research projects that allow you to upgrade the armor and weapons of all of your Heroes.  For example, after successfully researching Laser Weapons, you unlock a new project called "Heroic Laser Weapons" or something of that nature which would unlock laser weapons for your Heroes specifically.

Heroes would also have some kind of special icon on their stats and/or inventory screens to tell the difference between a normal XCOM soldier and a Hero. And, the best part is, these Heroes could be anything from your  favorite '80s action heroes to your favorite cartoon character or they could even be some crazy version of yourself.