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Released Mods / Re: [WEAPON] Railgun 1.0 (with graphics!)

« on: February 18, 2014, 03:19:15 pm »

Good job Robin

This kind of weapon is very useful in my own mod as I delay a lot laser technology and "banish" plasma technology

This railgun will take his place in my armament !

Thanks for your contribution of high quality


A remark : as you authorized a 3-shot per round (tuSnap: 31), it would perhaps a good idea to set clip size to 6 rather than 5


I tried a french translation if needed

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  - type: fr
    strings:
      STR_ELECTROMAGNETIC_WEAPONS: Armement electromagnetique
      STR_RAILGUN: Canon electromagnetique
      STR_RAILGUN_SLUGS: Batterie de canon electromagnetique
      STR_RAILGUN_UFOPEDIA: Un lanceur electromagnetique propulsant ses munitions avec une fulgurance destructrice.

Version with accents, but seems to not work except if included directly in fr.yml

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  - type: fr
    strings:
      STR_ELECTROMAGNETIC_WEAPONS: Armement électromagnétique
      STR_RAILGUN: Canon électromagnétique
      STR_RAILGUN_SLUGS: Batterie de canon électromagnétique
      STR_RAILGUN_UFOPEDIA: Un lanceur électromagnétique propulsant ses munitions avec une fulgurance destructrice.

PS : in case of any update, please do not forget to replace your attached file in first message of discussion 

707

Released Mods / Re: [GLOBE] Improved Nations Mod

« on: February 18, 2014, 02:55:52 pm »

Nice job you did !

Suggestion : update your attached file at first message of discussion, to avoid people to look for last post with last update

Please make me before a little favor (except if another french people make any objection !)...

=> Replace Lyon (3rd city) with Marseille (2nd city, 1st in football, and my home !  )


Following coordinates make it well located on UFO original map

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      - name: STR_MARSEILLE
        lon: 4.800
        lat: -43.400

French translation if needed (replaced Lyon with Marseille )
(Beware to replace STR_LYON and Lyon with STR_MARSEILLE and Marseille anywhere needed)

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  - type: fr
    strings:
      # ANTARTIC BASES/OUTPOSTS
      # STR_VOSTOKSTATION: Vostok
      # STR_MCMURDOSTATION: McMurdo
      # STR_AMUNDSENSCOTTSTATION: Amundsen-Scott
      # BRAZILIAN CITIES
      STR_SAOPAULO: Sao Paulo
      STR_MARACAIBO: Maracaibo
      STR_BELOHORIZONTE: Belo Horizonte
      STR_RECIFE: Recife
      STR_SALVADOR: Salvador
      STR_FORTALEZA: Fortaleza
      # SYRIAN CITIES
      STR_SYRIA: SYRIE
      STR_DAMASCUS: Damascus
      # CHINESE CITIES
      STR_WUHAN: Wuhan
      STR_CHENGDU: Chengdu
      # ALGERIAN CITIES
      STR_ALGERIA: ALGERIE
      STR_ALGIERS: Algers
      # PORTUGESE CITIES
      STR_PORTUGAL: PORTUGAL
      STR_LISBON: Lisbonne
      # SPANISH CITIES
      STR_BARCELONA: Barcelone
      # GREEK CITIES
      STR_GREECE: GRECE
      STR_ATHENS: Athenes
      # IRAQI CITIES
      STR_IRAQ: IRAQ
      # BRITISH CITIES
      STR_GLASGOW: Glasgow
      # IRISH CITIES
      STR_IRELAND: IRLANDE
      STR_CORK: Cork
      STR_DUBLIN: Dublin
      # FRENCH CITIES
      STR_MARSEILLE: Marseille
      STR_BREST: Brest
      STR_NOUMEA: Noumea #New Caledonia
      # CANADIAN CITIES
      STR_TORONTO: Toronto
      # KOREAN CITIES
      STR_KOREA: COREE
      # TAIWANESE/ROC CITIES
      STR_TAIWAN: TAIWAN
      STR_TAPEI: Tapei
      STR_HAIKOU: Haikou
      # PHILIPPINE CITIES
      STR_PHILIPPINES: PHILIPPINES
      STR_DAVAO: Davao
      # MEXICAN CITIES
      STR_MEXICO: MEXIQUE
      # PAKISTANI CITIES
      STR_PAKISTAN: PAKISTAN
      STR_ISLAMABAD: Islamabad
      STR_LAHORE: Lahore
      # INDIAN CITIES
      STR_CHENNAI: Chennai
      STR_BANGALORE: Bangalore
      # ISRAELI CITIES
      STR_ISRAEL: ISRAEL
      STR_JERUSALEM: Jerusalem
      # IRANIAN CITIES
      STR_IRAN: IRAN
      STR_MASHHAD: Mashhad
      # QUATARI CITIES
      STR_QUATAR: QUATAR
      STR_DOHA: Doha
      # UAE CITIES
      STR_UAE: EAU
      STR_DUBAI: Dubai
      # SAUDI ARABIAN CITIES
      STR_SAUDI: ARABIE SAOUDITE
      STR_RIYADH: Riyadh
      # BALTIC ENTENTE CITIES
      STR_BALTENTENTE: ENTENTE BALTIQUE
      # BELARUS CITIES
      STR_BELARUS: BIELARUSSIE
      # LIBYAN CITIES
      STR_LIBYA: LIBYE
      STR_TRIPOLI: Tripoli
      STR_BENGHAZI: Benghazi
      # POLISH CITIES
      STR_POLAND: POLOGNE
      STR_WARSAW: Warsaw
      # DANISH CITIES
      STR_DENMARK: DANEMARK
      # TURKISH CITIES
      STR_TURKEY: TURQUIE
      STR_ISTANBUL: Istanbul
      # INDONESIAN CITIES
      STR_INDONESIA: INDONESIE
      STR_KUALA: Kuala Lumpur
      STR_SURABAYA: Surabaya
      # VIETNAMESE CITIES
      STR_VIETNAM: VIETNAM
      STR_HANOI: Hanoi
      STR_SAIGON: Saigon
      STR_THAILAND: THAILANDE
      # UKRAINIAN CITIES
      STR_UKRAINE: UKRAINE
      STR_ODESSA: Odessa
      STR_KHARKOV: Kharkov
      STR_KIEV: Kiev
      # RUSSIAN CITIES
      STR_SEVASTOPOL: Sebastopol
      STR_LENINGRAD: St. Petersbourg
      STR_ARCHANGEL: Archangel
      STR_STALINGRAD: Volgograd
      STR_ASTRAKHAN: Astrakhan
      STR_CHEYLABINSK: Cheylabinsk
      STR_YEKATERINBURG: Yekaterinburg
      STR_VLADIVOSTOK: Vladivostok
      STR_OMSK: Omsk
      STR_KRASNOYARSK: Krasnoyarsk
      STR_PETROPAVLOVSK: Petropavlovsk
      STR_TIKSI: Tiksi
      # AZERBAIJANIAN CITIES
      STR_BAKU: Baku
      # BELARUSIAN CITIES
      STR_MINSK: Minsk
      # GERMAN CITIES
      STR_MUNICH: Munich
      STR_HAMBURG: Hambourg
      # ROMANIAN CITIES
      STR_BUCHAREST: Bucarest
      # JAPANESE CITIES
      STR_HIROSHIMA: Hiroshima
      STR_OSAKA: Osaka
      # AMERICAN CITIES
      STR_ANCHORAGE: Anchorage
      STR_JUNEAU: Juneau
      STR_NEWORLEANS: Nouvelle Orleans
      STR_SEATTLE: Seattle
      STR_HONOLULU: Honolulu
      STR_DETROIT: Detroit
      STR_SANFRANCISCO: San Francisco
      STR_MIAMI: Miami
      STR_ORLANDO: Orlando
      STR_HOUSTON: Houston
      STR_PHILADELPHIA: Philadelphia
      STR_ATLANTA: Atlanta
      STR_PHOENIX: Phoenix
      STR_SANDIEGO: San Diego
      STR_NORFOLK: Norfolk
      STR_CHARLESTON: Charleston
      STR_BOSTON: Boston
      STR_INDIANAPOLIS: Indianapolis
      STR_CORPUSCHRISTI: Corpus Christi
      STR_BARROW: Barrow #Alaska
      # EGYPTIAN CITIES
      STR_ALEXANDRIA: Alexandrie
      # ITALIAN CITIES
      STR_MILAN: Milan
      STR_NAPLES: Naples
      # MEXICAN CITIES
      STR_GUADALAJARA: Guadalajara
      STR_GUATEMALA: Guatemala
      STR_SANTODOMINGO: Santo Domingo
      # AUSTRALIAN CITIES
      STR_DARWIN: Darwin
      STR_BRISBANE: Brisbane
      # PAPA NEW GUINEAN CITIES
      STR_PORTMORESBY: Port Moresby
      # AFRICAN UNION (AFRICA) CITIES
      STR_AFRICANUNION: UNION AFRICAINE
      STR_LUANDA: Luanda
      STR_KHARTOUM: Khartoum
      STR_ADDISABABA: Addis Ababa
      STR_KAMPALA: Kampala
      STR_HARARE: Harare
      STR_KANO: Kano
      STR_DARESSALAAM: Dar es Salaam
      STR_MOGADISHU: Mogadishu
      STR_MAPUTO: Maputo
      STR_LUSAKA: Lusaka
      STR_ABIDJAN: Abidjan
      STR_ACCRA: Accra
      STR_BAMAKO: Bamako
      STR_ANTANANARIVO: Antananarivo #MADAGASCAR
      # SOUTH AFRICAN CITIES
      STR_DURBAN: Durban
      # NORWEGIAN CITIES
      STR_NORWAY: NORVEGE
      STR_OSLO: Oslo
      STR_TRONDHEIM: Trondheim
      STR_HAMMERFEST: Hammerfest
      # BELGIAN CITIES
      STR_BELGIUM: BELGIQUE
      # DUTCH CITIES
      STR_NETHERLANDS: PAYS-BAS
      # SWEDISH CITIES
      STR_SWEDEN: SUEDE
      STR_STOCKHOLM: Stockholm
      # CZECH CITIES
      STR_CZECH: REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE
      # FINNISH CITIES
      STR_FINLAND: FINLANDE
      STR_TURKU: Turku
      # BANGLADESHI CITIES
      STR_DHAKA: Dhaka
      # AUSTRIAN CITIES
      STR_AUSTRIA: AUTRICHE
      STR_VIENNA: Vienna
      # HUNGARIAN CITIES
      STR_HUNGARY: HONGRIE
      # SERBIAN CITIES
      STR_BELGRADE: Belgrade
      # ECUADORIAN CITIES
      STR_GUAYAQUIL: Guayaquil
      # FIJI CITIES
      STR_SUVA: Suva
      # ROMANIAN CITIES
      STR_ROMANIA: ROUMANIE
      # BULGARIAN CITIES
      STR_BULGARIA: BULGARIE
      STR_SOFIA: Sofia
      STR_BALKANPACT: BALKANS
      STR_CUBA: CUBA
      STR_VENEZULA: VENEZUELA
      STR_COLOMBIA: COLOMBIE
      STR_PERU: PEROU
      STR_CHILE: CHILI
      STR_ARGENTINA: ARGENTINE


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Released Mods / Re: [CRAFT] Alloy Crafts

« on: February 18, 2014, 02:05:08 pm »

Very nice idea, I like it

Warning 1 : you should add a "requires" section for both to avoid to appear in Ufopaedia until research as been completed
=> strange is that only Alloy SkyRanger was appearing (?!)
I did not find the cause, and maybe it will not work after research has been done (to be tested)

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ufopaedia:
  - id: STR_ALLOY_SKYRANGER
    type_id: 1
    section: STR_XCOM_CRAFT_ARMAMENT
    image_id: UP004.SPK
    rect_stats:
      x: 160
      y: 5
      width: 140
      height: 60
    rect_text:
      x: 5
      y: 40
      width: 140
      height: 100
    text: STR_ALLOY_SKYRANGER_UFOPEDIA
    requires:
      - STR_ALLOY_SKYRANGER
  - id: STR_ALLOY_INTERCEPTOR
    type_id: 1
    section: STR_XCOM_CRAFT_ARMAMENT
    requires:
      - STR_ALIEN_ALLOYS
    image_id: UP002.SPK
    rect_stats:
      x: 5
      y: 110
      width: 140
      height: 60
    rect_text:
      x: 5
      y: 40
      width: 210
      height: 60
    text: STR_ALLOY_INTERCEPTOR_UFOPEDIA
    requires:
      - STR_ALLOY_INTERCEPTOR

Warning 2 : beware to update extrastrings type to new standards en-US/en-GB (see below extrastrings)

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extraStrings:
  - type: en-US

Warning 3 : there are two small errors in string (INTERCEEPTOR => INTERCEPTOR, and lack of a dot "." at end of line)

Idea : perhaps add a costrent ?

709

Released Mods / Re: [WEAPON] Daichi Blade

« on: February 17, 2014, 11:40:31 pm »

French translation if needed

STR_COMBAT_KNIFE: Poignard de combat
STR_COMBAT_KNIFE_UFOPAEDIA: Son tranchant aiguisé permet à un combattant aguerri de tuer, d'un seul coup et en silence, tout ennemi équipé d'une armure légère.{NEWLINE} Utile pour tout type de corps à corps.

710

Work In Progress / Re: Dawn City terrain Beta release

« on: February 17, 2014, 09:20:05 pm »

+1 

711

Work In Progress / Re: Brainstorming for slower technological progression

« on: February 17, 2014, 09:12:22 pm »

well, you only require an alien autopsy, whereas Hadan wants Alien Alloys as an additional requirement...

it would be nice if there was a way to include building upgrades and special requirements... like the necessity to improve your alien containment with alien alloy shielding in order to contain the more... volatile... aliens (chryssalids, silacoids).

unfortunately, we don't have a way to prevent only certain aliens from being put in the standard containment, and we don't have building upgrades, and I don't think we have the possibility to have buildings require special materials for building, or do we?

An idea...

If you find a way to do this, an idea could be to define alien containments specifically to any alien race :
- "Sectoid containment" facility
- "Sectopod containment" facility
...

Including a new research "alien containment technology", it would become
- "Sectoid containment" facility needs "alien containment technology" research + "Sectoid autopsy" research
- "Sectopod containment" facility needs "alien containment technology" research + "Sectopod autopsy" research

712

Work In Progress / Re: UFO upgrades

« on: February 17, 2014, 08:19:51 pm »

Congratulations for advancement...

713

Work In Progress / Re: Achievements mod

« on: February 17, 2014, 08:16:38 pm »

Nice job !
I like this idea to introduce awards.

Some suggestions I have in mind (sorry but no idea how to model it) :
- amount of x kills in a limited number of missions (e.g 25 kills in 10 first missions) -> kill medal
- x missions in a country -> country medal
- give a retribution depending on kind of medal
   -> kill medal type => stat bonus e.g. +1 Health
   -> country medal type => bonus of +5000/medal to country budget
   -> ...

714

Work In Progress / Re: UFO upgrades

« on: April 19, 2013, 02:57:10 pm »

If anyone would have some documentation about spawn nodes, I would be glad to have it...
For example :
- use of "Flags" attribute
- use of "Spawn" attribute in case of value different from 0 or 1
- an accurate definition (impacts) of Rank value "0:Civ/Scout"

715

Work In Progress / Re: SkyRanger rear doors (from UFO Extender by Seb76 & Co)

« on: April 17, 2013, 02:44:58 pm »

Sure ! 

716

Work In Progress / [CRAFTS] New SkyRangers

« on: April 17, 2013, 02:33:42 pm »

I was using a modification of Skyranger without knowing it was not part of OpenXCom mod but coming from UFO Extender mod (thanks to Moriarty for information !)

Would someone be interested (also capable !) to include this in a future release, as a mod ?

It totally changes XCOM deployment, strategy, possibilities :
- it is now interesting to put some high level soldiers rear
- if get only 8 soldiers, it is possible to fight from SkyRanger for some rounds, before exiting it
- depending on mission, for example if SkyRanger is on a border, it is possible to exit from "protected" side, then hide behind SkyRanger
Really, I can just say this : "trying it is adopting it !"

The only issue I saw is that units deployment contains a little error (one soldier on a door)

Edit : in fact, this mod does not only add rear doors, but floor protection too (it is now possible to hide under wheels or between weels, particularily interesting in case of lot of aliens around SkyRanger !), and is longer than original one (but keeps only 14 places) ; also I uploaded some screen shots level by level

Edit2 : I attached Plane.zip -> To install : just unzip PLANE.MAP under OpenXcom\Data\Maps

717

Work In Progress / Re: Mod idea : "Protection shield"

« on: April 17, 2013, 01:20:40 pm »

This idea was apparently in pipe, as I can see that Chiko already created a "Personal shield" sprite !!
Not really important if not of size 3X3 neither 2X2 but only 1X1, use motion scanner shape is a wonderful idea !

718

Programming / Re: release schedule.

« on: April 17, 2013, 12:34:52 pm »

What a big news !! 

719

Work In Progress / Re: New weapon graphics

« on: April 15, 2013, 02:44:06 pm »

Nothing really of interest, but I vote for similar weapons too, I mean not so different from original to keep atmosphere...
Job done by Chiko is just amazing !

720

Suggestions / UFOPedia - Facilities description does not match in case of modded capacity

« on: April 02, 2013, 01:14:08 am »

About Ufopedia, I noticed that if I change some facilities capacities, as for example :
- Living Quarters = 10
- Research Laboratory = 10
- Manufacture = 10
- Alien containment = 1
UFOPedia displays original capacity

It is not really an issue, as it is possible to update description directly in .lng files, but perhaps a solution could be to split STR_LIVING_QUARTERS_UFOPEDIA in two entries (i.e. before and after "50" for Living Quarters) , and display first part of string, then real capacity, then second part of string.